Way Back Home

Way Back Home

2003 · 117 min · Documentary

After more than 50 years India’s Partition the director follows his parents as they visit their lost homeland in Bangladesh. The mother tries to trace out one of her sisters who was abandoned during the holocaust of partition. The film is about this journey, individual and collective memories and the historical consciousness arise from personal interactions and recollections.

Directed by Supriyo Sen

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