Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "My Pure Land" in English language version.
I came across an article in The Express Tribune - "Meet Nazo Dhajero: The toughest woman in Sindh" - and sent the journalists who wrote it an email. That's how I got to speak to Nazo.
The U.K. has picked My Pure Land, an Urdu-language feature from first-time director Sarmad Masud, as its submission for consideration for the 2018 Oscars in the foreign-language film category. This marks the first time Britain has submitted an Urdu-language title to be its Oscar hopeful.
The film is based on the real story of Nazo Dharejo, who grew up in a rural pocket of Sindh with her two sisters and elder brother. Nazo's father, Khuda Buksh was a farmer and her mother Waderi Jamzadi had to raise her children.
It's a modern-day feminist Western set in Pakistan, based on the extraordinary true story of one woman and her family who defended their home and land from 200 bandits. The film was self-funded via friends and family and our last investor was the great supporter of Pakistani cinema - Mr Bill Kenwright.
It's a good idea (a female-centric Pakistani western, shot on location!) that doesn't quite hang together, though there are things to appreciate, such as Haider Zafar's cinematography, which captures the gorgeous, stoic Nazo in silhouette at sunset and lit by moonlight.
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