Salam – The First ****** Nobel Laureate
‘Salam – The First ****** Nobel Laureate’ is the definitive story of Abdus Salam, the first Pakistani to win the Nobel prize. The film captures in vivid detail his life’s journey – from a small village in Pakistan to worldwide scientific acclaim – and his fraught relationship with his homeland, where he faced rejection for being a member of the “heretical” Ahmadiyya movement.
6:00pm-7:30pm (extra screening added)
Director
Anand Kamalakar is a Brooklyn based film director, producer and editor. The Gowanus Canal (Winner, Best Film, Brooklyn Film Festival), Chief Engineer Conrad, Citizen Sharma, Building Bridges, 300 Miles to Freedom and Garwin are some of the films he has directed. Heart of Stone a film he recently produced and edited won over ten awards including Best Film at Slamdance Film Festival, Philadelphia Film Festival and Cinequest Film Festival. It also won an award for Best Editing at the Santa Fe Film Festival. Anand has worked as an editor for Primetime (ABC), Dateline (NBC) and 20/20(ABC) and was the editor of the 2004 Emmy nominated ABC special on the Iraq war titled Brothers in Arms. Anand was also a creative consultant on the academy award-winning documentary Born Into Brothels. He recently edited the feature documentary film David Bromberg Unsung Treasure, which was televised on PBS nation wide. His last film Garwin, premiered at the Mumbai International Film Festival and was broadcasted across Australia and the Middle East. He is currently Producing and Editing a film on river Ganges titled Holy (Un)Holy River. Anand is the co-founder of the Brooklyn based arts company, Trilok Fusion Arts Inc. and Trilok Fusion Media. He has also taught as an adjunct professor at Syracuse University and School of Visual Arts, New York. He has also been a guest faculty at the Tisch Film School, New York University and Parsons School of Design, The New School University. Apart from making films and listening and playing the Blues, Anand writes a blog on the state of the world we live in titled “It is what it is”.
Producer
Omar Vandal received his Ph.D. in Immunology and Microbial Pathogenesis studying tuberculosis at the Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences in New York City, and now lives in Seattle.
Zakir Thaver is a Science/Education Media Producer. After majoring in physics from the College of Wooster, Zakir worked as a Consultant for Granada America in New York. He produced a UNESCO funded science TV series in Pakistan, and has worked in curriculum development as well as distance learning via TV at the Aga Khan University.
Festival/Awards
Raw Science Film Festival (Winner Best Documentary), DC South Asian Film Festival