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Catherine Masud is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Editor American born on 27 may 1963 at Chicago (USA)
Catherine Masud (Bengali:ক্যাথরিন মাসুদ) is an American-born filmmaker, residing in Bangladesh since 1995. She has collaborated with her husband & filmmaking partner Tareque Masud to make numerous shorts, documentaries and features, many of which have been nationally/internationally awarded and shown around the world. Since Tareque's untimely death in August 2011, Catherine has devoted herself to the archiving and preservation of his work, and the completion of their unfinished oeuvre.
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Homeland (2005)
, 1h25Directed by Catherine Masud, Tareque Masud
Origin Bangladesh
Genres Drama
Actors Sara Zaker, Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachy
Rating76%
Ontorjatra (literally meaning "inner journey") is an Bengali intimate exploration of the complex issues of dislocation and identity in a diasporic world. After 15 years in the UK, Shireen and her son Sohel return to their home in Sylhet, Bangladesh for the funeral of Sohel's father. For Shireen the homecoming allows her to make peace with her ex-husband and his family, for Sohel, the journey allows him to connect with a family and a "homeland" he has never known.
Muktir Kotha (1998)
, 1h20Directed by Catherine Masud, Tareque Masud
Origin Bangladesh
Rating84%
Muktir Katha is a film about the liberation struggle of 1971. The film is an archive of the ways in which ordinary people fell victim to genocide, rape and other atrocities. The struggle still ranging in the countryside, and struggle for a more just and democratic society. The combined footage shot used in the film was taken from American film maker Lear Levin.
Song of Freedom (1995)
, 1h18Directed by Catherine Masud, Tareque Masud
Origin Bangladesh
Genres War, Documentary
Rating91%
In 1971 the people of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) waged a bitter war of liberation against West Pakistan, which ended in December in 1971 with the foundation of the state of Bangladesh. The film Muktir Gaan is an special and rear archive of footage of this war. Firstly the footage taken by American filmmaker Lear Levin shot of a group of young musicians and actors who at the time travelled through the country with battle songs and political puppet shows. The film follows the group not only during their performances for refugees and guerillas but also during their travels, which has produced many melancholy pictures. Levin's material is available for the first time thanks to two filmmakers from Bangladesh who, being discontent with the present regime, wanted to remind the Bengal people of the initial motives of the war of liberation: freedom and democracy. Despite opposition by the government, the film was screened in Bangladesh where it was a resounding success.
Scriptwriter
Runway (2010)
, 1h30Directed by Tareque Masud
Origin Bangladesh
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Nusrat Imroz Tisha
Rating81%
Ruhul, a young frustrated boy lives in a small hut near an international airport.
Homeland (2005)
, 1h25Directed by Catherine Masud, Tareque Masud
Origin Bangladesh
Genres Drama
Actors Sara Zaker, Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachy
Rating76%
Ontorjatra (literally meaning "inner journey") is an Bengali intimate exploration of the complex issues of dislocation and identity in a diasporic world. After 15 years in the UK, Shireen and her son Sohel return to their home in Sylhet, Bangladesh for the funeral of Sohel's father. For Shireen the homecoming allows her to make peace with her ex-husband and his family, for Sohel, the journey allows him to connect with a family and a "homeland" he has never known.
The Clay Bird (2002)
, 1h34Directed by Tareque Masud
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about religion, Films about Islam, Films about school violence
Actors Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachy
Rating83%
The film is set against the backdrop of unrest in East Pakistan in the late 1960s leading up to the Bangladesh War of Liberation. In this setting, a small family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world. Anu, a young boy, is sent off to a madrasah by his unbendingly devout father Kazi. Anu's younger sister falls ill and dies because of Kazi's refusal to use conventional medicine. While at the madrasah, Anu befriends Rokon, an eccentric misfit in the rigorous religious school, who is forced by the teachers to undergo an exorcism by ducking in the freezing river to cure himself.
Production
The Clay Bird (2002)
, 1h34Directed by Tareque Masud
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about religion, Films about Islam, Films about school violence
Actors Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachy
Roles Producer
Rating83%
The film is set against the backdrop of unrest in East Pakistan in the late 1960s leading up to the Bangladesh War of Liberation. In this setting, a small family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world. Anu, a young boy, is sent off to a madrasah by his unbendingly devout father Kazi. Anu's younger sister falls ill and dies because of Kazi's refusal to use conventional medicine. While at the madrasah, Anu befriends Rokon, an eccentric misfit in the rigorous religious school, who is forced by the teachers to undergo an exorcism by ducking in the freezing river to cure himself.
Editor
Runway (2010)
, 1h30Directed by Tareque Masud
Origin Bangladesh
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Nusrat Imroz Tisha
Rating81%
Ruhul, a young frustrated boy lives in a small hut near an international airport.
Homeland (2005)
, 1h25Directed by Catherine Masud, Tareque Masud
Origin Bangladesh
Genres Drama
Actors Sara Zaker, Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachy
Rating76%
Ontorjatra (literally meaning "inner journey") is an Bengali intimate exploration of the complex issues of dislocation and identity in a diasporic world. After 15 years in the UK, Shireen and her son Sohel return to their home in Sylhet, Bangladesh for the funeral of Sohel's father. For Shireen the homecoming allows her to make peace with her ex-husband and his family, for Sohel, the journey allows him to connect with a family and a "homeland" he has never known.
The Clay Bird (2002)
, 1h34Directed by Tareque Masud
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Films about religion, Films about Islam, Films about school violence
Actors Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Rokeya Prachy
Roles Editor
Rating83%
The film is set against the backdrop of unrest in East Pakistan in the late 1960s leading up to the Bangladesh War of Liberation. In this setting, a small family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world. Anu, a young boy, is sent off to a madrasah by his unbendingly devout father Kazi. Anu's younger sister falls ill and dies because of Kazi's refusal to use conventional medicine. While at the madrasah, Anu befriends Rokon, an eccentric misfit in the rigorous religious school, who is forced by the teachers to undergo an exorcism by ducking in the freezing river to cure himself.
Muktir Kotha (1998)
, 1h20Directed by Catherine Masud, Tareque Masud
Origin Bangladesh
Rating84%
Muktir Katha is a film about the liberation struggle of 1971. The film is an archive of the ways in which ordinary people fell victim to genocide, rape and other atrocities. The struggle still ranging in the countryside, and struggle for a more just and democratic society. The combined footage shot used in the film was taken from American film maker Lear Levin.
Song of Freedom (1995)
, 1h18Directed by Catherine Masud, Tareque Masud
Origin Bangladesh
Genres War, Documentary
Rating91%
In 1971 the people of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) waged a bitter war of liberation against West Pakistan, which ended in December in 1971 with the foundation of the state of Bangladesh. The film Muktir Gaan is an special and rear archive of footage of this war. Firstly the footage taken by American filmmaker Lear Levin shot of a group of young musicians and actors who at the time travelled through the country with battle songs and political puppet shows. The film follows the group not only during their performances for refugees and guerillas but also during their travels, which has produced many melancholy pictures. Levin's material is available for the first time thanks to two filmmakers from Bangladesh who, being discontent with the present regime, wanted to remind the Bengal people of the initial motives of the war of liberation: freedom and democracy. Despite opposition by the government, the film was screened in Bangladesh where it was a resounding success.