Film | 📅 Wednesday, 5 August 2026 ⏰ 6:30pm | 📍India International Centre, Lodhi Estate | 🎟️Free Entry
Date and Time: Wednesday, 5 August 2026, 6:30pm
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Venue: Lecture Room - 1, Annexe Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003, India
Landmark: Annexe Building is Next to Alliance Francaise
Venue Info: About | Annexe Map | Nearest Metro Stations - 'Khan Market(Violet Line)' & 'Jor Bagh(Yellow Line)'
Area: Lodhi Road Area Events
Event Description: Two Poets and a River
Recipient of the ICTM Prize for Best Documentary Film or Video at the International Council for Traditional Music, Portugal (2022) and an Official Selection at the RAI Film Festival, Bristol, UK (2023).
Set along the Oxus River, which separates Tajikistan and Afghanistan, the film explores themes of love, loss and belonging through the lives and musical poetry of two renowned Wakhi poet-musicians, Qurbonsho and Daulatsho. Against the backdrop of a border shaped by history, the film reflects on shared cultural heritage, memory and identity through music.
Followed by a post screening discussion with film-maker, Prof. Richard K. Wolf, G. Gordon Watts Professor of Music and Professor of South Asian Studies, Harvard University. The session will be moderated by Shubha Chaudhuri, Associate Director General (Academic), Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, AIIS, Gurugram.
Film Duration: 75 minutes
Year: 2021
Language: Wakhi,Tajik and Dari with English subtitles
Director: Richard K. Wolf
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