'Joy Bangla': Ten films to mark the 50th anniversary of the Bangladesh Liberation War
Tareque Masud’s autobiographical debut, titled The Clay Bird in English, is a poignant look at a rural Muslim family grappling with both religious fundamentalism and the nationalist movement. The film is set a few years before the liberation war. In one scene, the independent-minded Ayesha Bibi (Rokeya Prachy) observes, “Earlier there was a heaven-and-hell difference between home and what was outside of it, now it feels the same”. Play Guerrilla (2011) Bengali star Jaya Ahsan pla...
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