| Description | Master video recording of film documentary on the storytelling of Dhamail embedded with music and dance and live painting.
With narration and English translation subtitles.
Length: 13 minutes 37 seconds.
Features the following (start minutes and seconds timings are given in brackets):
Bangladesh. Including panoramas, performances in Sunamganj village scenes and tea plantation (00.00-03.07)
Dhamail Stories project performances at Dhamail, Third Brit-Bangla Heritage Festival, Poplar Union, 2 Cotall Street, Poplar, 19 April 2025 (03.08-04.16)
Histories, clips from performances including Dhaka International FolkFest, Bangladesh, 2019 ('Dhamail nritto (ami robo na robona ghore). Prema and Bhabna Nritya Dol') (05.28-05.44) and 'Dahmail London' (06.25-06.52).
Interviews with the following women:
Mouni Mukta Chakravarty, British-Bangladeshi artist, painting in Bangladesh and at home on her balcony (01.00, 10.12)
Sondha Rani Das, Damail artist, Sunamganj, Bangladesh (01.25)
Gita Rani Das, Debi Rani Sarkar and Milon Rani Talukdar, Damail artists, Sunamganj, Bangladesh (01.45, 04.17, 09.41)
Junu Rani Das, Damail artist, Sunamganj, Bangladesh (02.50, 10.00)
Shamim Azad, bilingual poet, storyteller and writer, interviewed online (05.45)
Jasmin Chowdhury, Councillor, City of Cardiff, Wales and human rights and social justice campaigner, at Dhamail, Third Brit-Bangla Heritage Festival (06.53)
Supriya Dev-Purkaystha, Managing Director, Media and Ad Tech Solutions, Microsoft, London, at Dhamail, Third Brit-Bangla Heritage Festival (07.32)
Interview with the following man:
Sajal Kanti Sarkar, Haor researcher at DHORA, an environmental and cultural group, Sunamganj, Bangladesh (08.36).
Planning and Art Direction: Mouni Mukta Chakraborty
Production: Mukto Arts, London
Research: Dr. Saidur Rahman Lipon
Script: Dr. Ashim Chakraborty
Direction and Compilation: Moinul Hossain Mukul
Special Acknowledgment:
Biman Talukdar, Satyabrata Das Swapan, Amit Dey, Gauri Chowdhury [Gouri Choudhury], Laboni Barua, Deep Roy, Mousumi Samanta, Poppy Kar
Special Thanks:
The Frame
Dhaka International FolkFest
Palash Choudhury Music
Paul Music
Dhamali Chunarughat
Kirtan Tv 24
BD DHAMAIL
Saurav Fast Films
News Network
Eagle Music Silchar
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