Shanaz Gulzar Britain
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‘Costumes of ethnicity’ connect the past to the present.
An autobiographical film exploring connections of the past with the evolving self, using ‘costumes of ethnicity’. The individual remains the same but the cultural landscape changes to a soundtrack created by Inder Goldfinger.
- Camera, Edit & Direction:
- Shanaz Gulzar
- Music:
- Inder Goldfinger
- Lights:
- Small World Kultural Kollective
- Performer:
- Shanaz Gulzar
- Thanks to:
- Steve Manthorp
Shanaz Gulzar
Shanaz Gulzar
Shanaz works in theatre and digital media. In 1996, she joined Chol Theatre, an arts and performance company that produces community/professional theatre, video and art projects. Until recently she was Chol's Associate Director. Shanaz has directed a short film with young refugee children, The Bag, the Book and the Chocolate Mountain. In February 2004, she visited Pakistan and produced a short film entitled Bokata about the Lahore Spring Kite Festival. Her video installation, Face2Face opened at Cartwright Hall, Bradford in March 2005, and she produced a new video commission entitled I, which was projected onto the face of Bradford Library to launch the Yorkshire Urban Cities Program.
Shanaz’s current projects include: White Washed - a Big Screen Commission for BBC Bradford explores and creates a living portrait of Bradford. The project comprises two components: a filmed series of portrait videos which have been ‘ethnically cleansed’ - de-saturated of all colours so that the faces are colourless - and an interactive component that will be introduced through a live feed from Centenary Square and superimposed upon video; and Zenab's, a two-hander based on the life of her family and the decline of the Asian corner shop.