BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:TIME CHANGE - THIS EVENT IS NOW AT 2:00 PMThe Moynihan Institut e’s South Asia Center presents Kamalan Bebagr\, Baloch filmmaker from the National College of Arts (NCA)\, Lahore. Bebagr will be joining remotely f rom Pakistan.*Jang o Gol Bibi is a cinematic portrait of Baloch women’s re silience in one of the densest militarized regions of Pakistan\, Balochist an. It is a story of an elderly Baloch mother\, Gol Bibi\, who is struggli ng to survive with her two drug-addicted sons in contemporary Balochistan. This intimate portrait reveals the everyday struggles of Baloch women nav igating state violence\, unemployment and addiction while sustaining famil y life. Dedicated to the historical figure Banuk Gul Bibi Baloch—the legen dary resistance fighter who fought against British forces led by General D yer in 1916—this film honors her memory by showing that her spirit of resi lience lives on. “har dora wati gul bebi gon”(there is a Gul Bibi in every era)-Balochi proverbThe proverb highlights that\, from historical resista nce to contemporary survival\, Baloch women continue to embody courage\, w hether in political spheres\, by resisting enforced disappearances in Paki stan\, or in family spheres\, by struggling to feed their families.*Bebagr will be joining on-line following the in-person screening of his film.Kam alan Bebagr is an emerging Baloch filmmaker from Balochistan\, currently c ompleting his studies in the Film and Television Department at the Nationa l College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore. He began his filmmaking journey in Balo chistan before formal training\, and his work spans fiction\, documentary and music video formats\, consistently rooted in Baloch landscapes\, verna cular life and stories that rarely reach wider audiences. His feature film Malaar \;(2020) was widely received across Baloch communities both wi thin Pakistan and in the diaspora and marked him as a distinctive new voic e in Balochi cinema. His other works include Nalonj \;(2024) and State of Limbo \;(2022). \; He dalso served as cinematographer on \ ;The Wall. DTEND:20260416T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260510T073448Z DTSTART:20260416T180000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Film & Discussion | Jang o Gol Bibi (War and Gol Bibi) UID:RFCALITEM639139808885738649 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

TIME CHANGE - THIS EVENT IS NOW AT 2:00 PM

The Moynihan Institute’s South Asia Center presents Kamalan Bebagr\, Baloch filmmaker from the National College of Arts (NCA) \, Lahore. Bebagr will be joining remotely from Pakistan.*

Jang o Gol Bibi is a cinematic portrait of Baloch women’s resilience in on e of the densest militarized regions of Pakistan\, Balochistan. It is a st ory of an elderly Baloch mother\, Gol Bibi\, who is struggling to survive with her two drug-addicted sons in contemporary Balochistan. This intimate portrait reveals the everyday struggles of Baloch women navigating state violence\, unemployment and addiction while sustaining family life. Dedica ted to the historical figure Banuk Gul Bibi Baloch—the legendary resistanc e fighter who fought against British forces led by General Dyer in 1916—th is film honors her memory by showing that her spirit of resilience lives o n.

“har dora wati gul bebi gon”
(there i s a Gul Bibi in every era)
-Balochi proverb

The proverb highlights that\, from historical resistance to contemporary survival\, Ba loch women continue to embody courage\, whether in political spheres\, by resisting enforced disappearances in Pakistan\, or in family spheres\, by struggling to feed their families.

*Bebagr will be joining on-line f ollowing the in-person screening of his film.

Kamalan Bebagr is an emerging Baloch filmmaker from Balochistan\, currently com pleting his studies in the Film and Television Department at the National College of Arts (NCA) in Lahore. He began his filmmaking journey in Baloch istan before formal training\, and his work spans fiction\, documentary an d music video formats\, consistently rooted in Baloch landscapes\, vernacu lar life and stories that rarely reach wider audiences. His feature film < em>Malaar \;(2020) was widely received across Baloch communities both within Pakistan and in the diaspora and marked him as a distinctive n ew voice in Balochi cinema. His other works include Nalonj \; (2024) and State of Limbo \;(2022). \; He dalso served as cinematographer on \;The Wall.

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