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The Day After Independence

Feat. Naeem Mohaiemen 24th June 2020 1h 2m

Discussing Mohaiemen’s film ‘Two Meetings and a Funeral’ which revisits the Non-Aligned Movement, decolonisation of the 1960-70s, and the legacy of the hopes and disappointments of these political movements.

BIO Naeem Mohaiemen was born in London and works in Dhaka and New York. He combines essays, films, drawings, and installations to research failed insurgencies and incomplete decolonisation. Naeem was a finalist for the 2018 Turner Prize, and is Mellon Research Scholar at the Society of Fellows, Columbia University, New York.

CAPTION Video still, Naeem Mohaiemen
CAPTION Naeem’s father, Mohammad Abdul Mohaiemen