
Bengal Memory
A Bangladeshi American explores his father’s memories of the liberation war in their native country and the cognitive dissonance in learning of the U.S. government’s controversial role in a forgotten genocide that occurred there in 1971.
A Bangladeshi American undertakes a journey to learn about the liberation war in his native country, traveling there for the first time in nearly two decades, and uncovering the controversial role the U.S. played in a forgotten genocide that occurred there over 50 years ago. From 1971 to the present day, this is a story of Bangladesh’s independence, a family’s journey immigrating to America, and the cognitive dissonance of a person belonging to both homelands. Driven by interviews with his father and other family members, along with experts and witnesses, archival videos, declassified recordings, and animations, BENGAL MEMORY is a unique and untold oral history through a personal lens.
- Year: 1970
- Country: United States of America, Bangladesh
- Genre: Documentary, History
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- Keyword: cold war, 1970s, pakistan, richard nixon, india, genocide, bangladesh, bengali, international relations, pakistan vs india, bangladesh liberation war, war, henry kissinger, american history, bengali revolutionary, us government, geopolitical conflict, usa
- Director: Fahim Hamid
- Cast: Salil Tripathi, Meghna Guhathakurta