Twenty Years Since 9/11: An Activist Filmmaker’s Take

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Mara Ahmed

Mara Ahmed is an interdisciplinary artist and activist filmmaker. She was born in Lahore and educated in Belgium, Pakistan, and the United States. She has master’s degrees in Business Administration and Economics. Her documentaries have been broadcast on PBS and screened at international film festivals. Her first film, The Muslims I Know, premiered at the George Eastman Museum in 2008 and started a dialogue between American Muslims and people of other faiths. Her second film, Pakistan One on One (2011), is a broad survey of public opinion about America, shot entirely in Lahore. Mara’s third film, A Thin Wall (2015), explores the partition of India and possibilities of reconciliation. It premiered at the Bradford Literature Festival, won a Special Jury Prize at the Amsterdam Film Festival, and was recently acquired by MUBI India. Mara is interested in dialogue across both physical and psychological borders. She is now working on The Injured Body, a film about racism in America, focusing exclusively on the voices of women of color. Her production company is Neelum Films.