{"id":8600,"date":"2008-03-18T11:46:37","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T11:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2008\/03\/18\/award-winning-filmmaker-to-visit-birmingham\/"},"modified":"2008-03-18T11:46:37","modified_gmt":"2008-03-18T11:46:37","slug":"award-winning-filmmaker-to-visit-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2008\/03\/18\/award-winning-filmmaker-to-visit-birmingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning Filmmaker to visit Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">\n<h3>Jamil Dehlavi to present renowned films at MAC<\/h3>\n<div><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"262\" hspace=\"10\" width=\"180\" align=\"right\" vspace=\"3\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/Image\/ArticleImages\/JamilDehlavi180x232.jpg\"\/>AWARD winning filmmaker Jamil Dehlavi is to visit Birmingham to present a double-bill showing of two of his most revered films.<\/strong> <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>The Indian-born director will showcase his 1981 film \u2018Blood of Hussain\u2019 and most recent work \u2018Infinite Justice\u2019 at a special event at the Midlands Arts Centre later this month. <\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>Mr Dehlavi, a qualified lawyer, musician and artist, has received critical acclaim for both films.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u2018Blood of Hussain\u2019 was banned by the Pakistan military ruler General Zia-ul-Haq after he seized power in a coup de etat and became President of Pakistan in 1977.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>His latest feature and the second film on the bill, \u2018Infinite Justice\u2019 has won critical acclaim for its depiction of post 9\/11 events.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe film was awarded Best Dramatic Feature at the European Independent Awards, and the Robert Rodriguez Award for Excellence at the 2007 Hollywood Digital Film Festival.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>This special event screening will be followed by a post-screening discussion with a chance for the audience to ask the director questions.<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<div><em>An Afternoon with Jamil Dehlavi, Sunday 30 March, MAC<\/em>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamil Dehlavi to present renowned films at MAC AWARD winning filmmaker Jamil Dehlavi is to visit Birmingham to present a double-bill showing of two of his most revered films. &#13; The Indian-born director will showcase his 1981 film \u2018Blood of Hussain\u2019 and most recent work \u2018Infinite Justice\u2019 at a special event at the Midlands Arts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}