The Naked Punch Review, Filmbar, Progressive Students Federation, Surkh Sawera, Kitab Ghar, Roshni Publications invite you to a screening of Mara Ahmed's film "Return to Sender: Women of Colour in Colonial Postcards & the Politics of Representation" at the Research and Publication Centre (RPC) on Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 6:00 pm.
The documentary explores how photography, art and culture were used to shape colonial narratives of gender, race and ethnicity in the Subcontinent. These constructs are still prominent in our society's structural vernacular, yet so are the quiet, subversive ways that were born to resist and create newer visions and possibilities.
This event is part of the Red Book Day festivities taking place throughout Pakistan, organised by many progressive publishing houses, artist collectives and student organisations. Red Book Day celebrates the publication of the Communist Manifesto, providing us with opportunities to revisit, reimagine and push forward Marx's ideas within a broader context.
Mara Ahmed is a multidisciplinary artist who works across various media including film, sound and visual art to challenge existing structures of post-colonial modernity and political borders. She will deliver a talk to accompany the film, followed by a Q & A session.
All friends are welcome. Tea will be served.
Address: Research and Publication Centre (RPC), 2nd Floor, 65 Main Boulevard Gulberg, Lahore (next to Standard Chartered Bank, above Indesign showroom).
Rashed Rahman
Editor, Pakistan Monthly Review (PMR) (link: pakistanmonthlyreview.com)
Director, Research and Publication Centre (RPC) (on Facebook)
Cells: 0302 8482737 & 0333 4216335
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