Feature Documentary
Produced and Directed by Anam Abbas


Editor: Omar Majeed
Animator: Aziza Ahmed
Original Score: Rahema Alam
Vocals: Aliya Rasheed
Narration: Kulsoom Aftab

Distributed by Journeyman

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A feature documentary that explores the current feminist movement in urban Pakistan through the eyes of women organizers of the Aurat March (Women’s March) as we countdown to the event, when 10,000 protesters gathered in Karachi on 8th March 2020. We follow the organizers as they negotiate through a deeply surveilled, paranoid, and threatening environment in the hopes of a revolution.  We find a tightly knit community of young womxn in Karachi who are changing the face of their city and its culture through their sometimes quiet, sometimes raging resistance.

Observational footage of the organizers of the 2020 March is supported by animation and archive that trace a history of state suppression of women’s resistance in Pakistan and illuminate the urgency of the unfolding struggle of today.

Press

Sheffield DocFest 2021 with Simran Hans, Cíntia Gil & Anam Abbas
Girls On Film
‘This Stained Dawn:’ How Director Anam Abbas Captured a Women’s March and the Broader Feminist Movement in Pakistan
AwardsDaily
Sheffield DocFest interview: This Stained Dawn by Anam Abbas
Business Doc Europe
‘This Stained Dawn’ post-screening discussion between director, Anam Abbas, and protagonist Laila Raza
Other Cinemas
  • Sheffield International Doc Film festival- International Competition Nominee-2021
  • Yamagata International Films Festival- New Asian Currents Competition Nominee-2021
  • Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival- Truth to Power Award winner-2021
  • Dharamshala International Film Festival-2021
  • Screening Rights Film Festival (UK)-2021
  • Which Human Rights? Film Festival (Documentarist- Istanbul)- 2021
  • Dhaka International Film Festival-2022
  • Human Rights Watch San Diego,-2022
  • Victoria Film Festival, 2022
  • Women’s Voices Now – Tom Lantos Best Human Rights Documentary Award Winner
  • Film Southasia- 2022
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  • L.A.Asian Pacific Film Festival- 2022
  • Northwest Fest International Documentary Festival- 2022
  • Chicago South Asian Film Festival- 2022
  •  Aichi International Women’s Film Festival (Nagoya
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  • Chalta Phirta Film Festival (Pakistan)- 2023
  • South Asian Film festival of Montreal-2023
  • Aube Film Festival (Basel)-2023
  • Beyond Borders Feminist Film Festival (New Dehli)- 2023
  • South Asian Doc Fest (Windsor) – 2023
  • Auroville Film Festival- Jury Award (India)- 2024
  • Feminist Active Documentary Video Festa ( Tokyo) – 2024
  • International Women Make Sister Waves Film Festival (Osaka)- 2024
  • Parda Faash Film Festival (Mumbai)-2024