Child of Empire (2022)

Year: 2022
Genres: Animation, Documentary
Countries: India, Pakistan, United Kingdom
Languages: English, Hindi, Urdu
Runtime: 17 min

Name: Child of Empire
Genre: Animation, Documentary
Released: 2022

Two men from the Partition generation — Ishar Das Arora, an Indian Hindu who migrated from Pakistan to India, and Iqbal-ud-din Ahmed, a Pakistani Muslim who made the opposite journey — share childhood memories of their experiences while playing a board game. As the two men unpack their memories, audiences embody the experience of a 7-year-old child at key points in the migration. Child of Empire offers a powerful counter-narrative that lends a fresh perspective on the effects of forced migration on everyday individuals.