Copyright 2026, Documentary Educational Resources https://store.der.org/baily-john-c777all.aspx Mon, 21 Sep 2026 02:42:48 GMT 60 Nexternal RSS 2.0 en-us https://store.der.org/lessons-from-gulam-p666.aspx Product666 Wed, 29 Aug 2018 06:41:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/lessons-from-gulam-p666.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/lessons-from-gulam.jpg" alt="Lessons from Gulam" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/lessons-from-gulam-p666.aspx">Lessons from Gulam</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/lessons-from-gulam-p666.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>Bradford is a mill town in the north of England with a population of around 60,000 Muslims from South Asia. Muslim values are strongly maintained. This film studies Asian music within the community and contrasts music education in the schools with the very different kind of music enculturation in the family.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>Gulam Musa is from Gujerat (India), from a Muslim sub-caste whose members are traditionally barbers and musicians. He specializes in singing qawwali, a genre of Muslim devotional music found in India and Pakistan. He runs his own qawwali group and takes part in Asian music workshops in the Bradford schools.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>This film is more ethnomusicological than AMIR, examining in greater detail the music itself and what people have to say about it. The film is of special interest to music educators involved with the multi-cultural school curriculum.</div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/baily-john-c777all.aspx">Baily, John</a> to see additional products in this category.</div> https://store.der.org/amir-an-afghan-refugee-musicians-life-p146.aspx Product146 Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:30:00 GMT <div style="float:left"><a class="url" href="https://store.der.org/amir-an-afghan-refugee-musicians-life-p146.aspx"><img src="//cdn.nexternal.com/der/images/amir.jpg" alt="Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life" border="0" hspace="3"></a></div><span class="riRssTitle"><a href="https://store.der.org/amir-an-afghan-refugee-musicians-life-p146.aspx">Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician's Life</a></span><br><a href="https://store.der.org/amir-an-afghan-refugee-musicians-life-p146.aspx">Buy Now:</a> <span color="#990000"><b>$320.00</b></span> <br /><br /><div>Between 1973 and 1977 John Baily carried out extensive ethnomusicological fieldwork on the urban music of Afghanistan, particularly in the western city of Herat. In 1985, he traveled to Peshawar to film Afghan refugees who were musicians and again met his old friend Amir Mohammad, from Herat.&nbsp;<div><br /></div><div>The film portrays aspects of Amir's life as a refugee - his living conditions in Peshawar and his longing to return to Herat. It is also about Amir's life as a professional musician and his relationships with other musicians in Peshawar. Musical performances include resistance songs at a Pakistani wedding.</div><div><br /></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><div>"It is a poignant production. The plight of refugees comes through and should leave no-one indifferent."&nbsp;</div></div><div><div>— Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, UN Co-ordinator Operation Salam</div></div></blockquote><div><br /></div><div><hr><b>SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS</b></div><div><div><i>Award of Excellence</i>, Society for Visual Anthropology, 1989</div><div><i>Prix Special de Jury</i>, Bilan Ethnographique, Musee de l'Homme, 1986</div></div><br /><br />Visit <a href="https://store.der.org/baily-john-c777all.aspx">Baily, John</a> to see additional products in this category.</div>