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The Speech

AZAD, an aged is trying to remember few memories. In 1971, he attended a gathering of over two million people in Racecourse at Dhaka where Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibar Rahman addressed his speech for liberation. It was delivered during a period of escalating tensions between East Pakistan and the powerful political and military establishment of West Pakistan. The Bangladesh Liberation War began 18 days later, when the Pakistan Army launched Operation Searchlight against Bengali civilians, intelligentsia, students, politicians, and armed personnel. Many civilians inspired by the speech and attended the liberation war against the trained Army. On 16 December 1971, Bangladesh becomes independent. On 30 October 2017, UNESCO added the speech in the Memory of the World Register as a documentary heritage.

  • Md Ashraful Alam (Ashraf Shishir)
    Director
  • Md Ashraful Alam (Ashraf Shishir)
    Writer
  • Md Ashraful Alam (Ashraf Shishir)
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Television
  • Genres:
    Narrative Fiction, Drama, History
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 37 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    Bangladesh
  • Country of Filming:
    Bangladesh
  • Language:
    Bengali
  • Shooting Format:
    4k HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2.35:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF)
    Mumbai
    India
    February 20, 2019
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Md Ashraful Alam (Ashraf Shishir)

Md Ashraful Alam, whose penname/nickname is Ashraf Shishir, is a National Award Winning Independent Motion Pictures and Film Professional, Script Writer, Poet, Story Writer, Human Rights Activists from Bangladesh. Educated in IT and law, he is the pioneer of the AECB film movement, a platform for the filmmakers to establish alternative show-case for better cinema with more than 20,000 members. He is the founder and festival director of International Open Film Festival (IOFF). He is the jury of several international film festivals like Houston Cinemania Film Festival (Texas, USA),Red Rock Film Festival(Utah, USA), Widescreen Film & Music Festival (Florida, USA), Walur Lake International Film Festival (Kashmir, India). Published four books on literature and film.

Filmography of the Director:

Ashraf Shishir`s debut work includes feature THE CART [Gaariwala] 2015 (Script and direction, Recipient of prestigious Grant from the Govt. of Bangladesh and selected in more than 100 International Film Festivals in 31 Countries and won 26 International Awards from India, Chile, Italy, Spain and USA and the National Film Award), His 3rd feature film titled THE INNOCENCE [Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo] which is one of the longest fiction feature film (21 hours long) in the world film history is already in post-production stage and 2nd feature film titled THE INNER SOUND [Gopon] (Script and direction, Recipient of prestigious International Awards from Russia and India and selected in more than 17 International Film Festivals in 13 Countries till date) is awaiting for it`s worldwide release in December 2018. Featurate (Mid-length Feature) fiction film titled THE UNSUNG [Judhdhata Chilo Shadhinotar], Short film titled THE F.I.F.O and feature film titled THE UNPARALLELED [Adwaita] is in work-in-progress stage. Documentary film titled THE CAGE BIRD 2012 has been screened in 16 International Film Festivals in 12 countries and won 1 award from USA. He created few television commercials and music videos too. A social advertisement directed by him was nominated as the finalist in an event organized by the United Nations Office, Geneva, Switzerland in 2018. Ashraf also directed 3 music videos of a musical band named “Shironamhin” which ranked year-long as top ranker in Bangladesh and have millions of views on youtube. He is the writer and producer of the feature film titled THE LOANEE which is now work-in-progress stage. Ashraf worked as one of the scriptwriters and directors (5 episodes, 2 seasons) of THE A BILLION TO ONE (2017-18), an international TV & web-series produced by CollabFeature, an award-winning USA-based company, record breaking team of filmmakers & creators from all over the world.

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