Song of Lahore, a documentary by Oscar-winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Andy Schocken on ‘Sachal Studios’ and their journey across the world, has been selected for the World Documentary Feature Competition at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival.
The only Pakistani entry amongst 12 international documentaries selected, the film has been chosen for the following categories: Best Documentary Feature, Best New Documentary Director and Best Documentary Editing at Tribeca.
The documentary focuses on the music community of Lahore, which until the late 1970s, was world-renowned for its music and talent.
In 2004, Izzat Majeed founded Sachal Studios to create a space for traditional music in a nation that had rejected its musical roots.
After convincing a number of master musicians to pick up their instruments again, they quietly released some classical and folk albums, but an experimental album fusing jazz and South Asian instruments brought Sachal Studios into the global spotlight.
The twelve films in 2015’s World Documentary Competition represent the year’s achievements in nonfiction storytelling.
The Tribeca Film Festival was founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in 2001.
The 14th annual Tribeca Film Festival will take place from April 15 – 26, 2015 at locations throughout downtown Manhattan.