Name of the film SIEGE IN THE AIR
Directed by Muntaha Amin
Duration 30 minutes
Year 2022
CountryIndia
Language English, Urdu, Hindi, Kashmiri (English subtitles)
PRINCIPAL CREW
Cinematography Ghania Siddique
Editing Muntaha Amin
Sound Muhammad Fibin
Music Reneesh Basheer, Vimal Nazar
About the film
Women in Indian-administered Kashmir weave memory threads to piece together a narrative of what it feels like to live under perpetual uncertainty and unending cycles of lockdowns in Kashmir, with a focus on the recent communication blockade of 2019, post the abrogation of Article 370.
About the director
Muntaha Amin graduated with a Masters in Mass Communication from Jamia Milia Islamia University. She has long waited to tell everyday stories of existing, loving, and resilience that come from living in the world’s highest militarized zone and from inhabiting the Kashmiri Muslim Women identity that she identifies with.
