Böcker av Sanchita Islam

Description Gungi Blues chronicles the trials and tribulations of a dysfunctional Bangladeshi family growing up in Manchester. The main character Mina, who after being widowed at 25 with three little girls, remarries and embarks on a journey that leads to self-discovery and final self-acceptance. It is only by re-visiting the country of her birth, the country she escaped, that she reaches this epiphany.About the AuthorSanchita Islam is an artist, writer and filmmaker. She graduated in International History and Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics, Directing and Screenwriting at the Northern Media School and studied Fine Art at Chelsea School of Art and Design. She heads pigmentexplosion.com, a company that specialises in London based and international art projects. Islam has exhibited and screened her films in London, New York, Paris, Germany, Indonesia, Malaysia and Bangladesh. She has also made films in New York, Bangladesh, Nepal, Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand and London for the British Council, Arts Council and Commonwealth Institute. Her writing and artwork have been published in New York, Paris, London, Mumbai and Bangladesh.Islam has published six books to date, 'From Briarwood to Barisal to Brick Lane,' 'Old Meets Young,' 'Hidden,' 'Connecting Kids,' 'Avenues' and the 'Cloud Catcher.' Sanchita Islam lives and works in London.

Description "I am not a poet I just write. These pieces are a collection of my musings and it is the first time that I am publishing my writing without drawings, photos or paintings to accompany the words. This is very scary since I see myself primarily as an artist but these pieces are about the soul, life, s**t, rubbish, beauty, love, hate, mental confusion, light and darkness. You might wonder if they are autobiographical but I will remain mute regarding that detail since I have a fervent imagination and what is truth anyway?Something very dubious if you ask me. Just read and see where the words take you."About the AuthorSanchita Islam is an artist, writer and filmmaker. She completed her BSc (econ) and MSc (econ) at the London School of Economics before embarking on a Channel 4 sponsored MA at the Northern Media School in Directing and Screenwriting, and a BA in the Practice and Theory of Visual Art at Chelsea School of Art and Design. Islam has exhibited and screened her films in London, New York, Paris, Bangladesh, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Frankfurt. She has filmed in New York, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Nepal, Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Cuba, Barcelona and Miami for the production of her fifteen films to date. Islam's films and five books have been funded by the Arts Council, BBC and British Council. These include 'From Briarwood to Barishal to Brick Lane,' 'Old Meets Young,' 'Hidden,' 'Connecting Kids' and 'Avenues'. Islam is currently artist in residence at Artscape and has been running Pigment Explosion, an organisation specialising in international art projects, for the last nine years. She has many publications with Chipmunka.