Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy's Song of Lahore wins Silk Screen Film Festival award

Documentary had earlier won an award at a London film festival

Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy and Andy Schocken's documentary Songs of Lahore has won the Audience Award at the 11th Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, according to a post on the film's Facebook page.



The Film Festival is organised by the Silk Screen organisation that seeks to increase awareness about Asian arts.



The documentary is about a group of Lahore’s struggling musicians striving to bridge the East-West cultural divide.

Song of Lahore takes a close look at the musicians’ lives as they prepare for a concert in New York City. In a unique experiment, they blend classical music with Jazz to save the cultural heritage of the subcontinent.



The film also makes reference to the common cultural heritage of India and Pakistan. It had earlier won the audience choice award at the London Indian Film Festival.

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