Divided We Fall – Americans in the Aftermath

The Sikh community in the US has been the target of many attacks (especially after 9/11). Valarie Kaur is directing a movie called Divided We Fall, which captures the fears and sentiments of people in the aftermath of 9/11. She has managed to speak to Sikhs, Muslims and Arab Americans during the course of filming this movie.

This summer, award-winning director Sharat Raju and a film crew from New Moon Productions traveled with Kaur, now a graduate student at Harvard Divinity School, to re-trace her steps across America, revisiting and re-interviewing the people she first met in 2001. The crew also interviewed leading scholars, lawyers, and policy makers to speak about the broader implications of hate crimes, national security and civil rights in post-9/11 America. The finished film will weave this present-day narrative on film with the rawness of Kaur's original video footage. (via)

World over, there is increasing objection against the exercise of religious freedom by the Sikh Community. Hope films like these will help in putting things in the right perspective.

This film looks like a noble effort. Let’s wish Valarie and her team the very best.