Description
Neza Bazi Stables is a compelling documentary that explores tent pegging, an ancient South Asian cavalry sport taken up by British colonial officers, now thriving in a British Pakistani community in the North of England.
Filmed over three summers at a Bradford stables, the film follows young tent peggers as they navigate tradition and modernity.
Join us for a screening followed by a Q&A with co-directors Farhaan Mumtaz and Roopa Gogineni.
Please note there is an accompanying exhibition: Riding Time
About the Speakers
Roopa Gogineni
Roopa Gogineni is a Paris-based filmmaker and photographer. For a decade she lived in Nairobi, developing a collaborative practice alongside communities in struggle across East Africa. Her films, described as intimate and urgent, have premiered at festivals including IDFA, SXSW, Hot Docs and Sheffield Doc/Fest. She has directed documentaries for The New York Times, BBC and Al Jazeera and her work has been supported by the Sundance Institute, BFI Doc Society, CatchLight, Firelight and Chicken & Egg Pictures. She is the coordinator of Night School, a network of grassroots film clubs for displaced Sudanese communities, and co-founder of Sunduq Al Sudan, a fund supporting mutual aid groups on the frontlines of Sudan’s counterrevolutionary war.
Farhaan Mumtaz
Farhaan is a teacher, writer, documentary filmmaker from Bradford who made a film about the city called Dear Bradford. He has lived in Indonesia, Italy, Denmark, India and China and is inspired by learning from cultures, communities and characters.
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