My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947 (2017)

Overview

Commemorating the 70th anniversary of India's Partition, this poignant two-part documentary explores the personal narratives of three British families—Muslim, Hindu, and colonial—who experienced the upheaval firsthand. Dr. Binita Kane visits Bangladesh to trace her father's escape from his village during his childhood. Mandy Duke ventures to Calcutta, where her grandfather documented the violence erupting during the chaos. Meanwhile, Asad Ali Syed and his grandson Sameer embark on a journey to Ambala, India, in search of Asad’s childhood home before the family's forced migration to Pakistan. Each story reveals the deep scars left by this historic event.