What keeps us company
Nepali workers in Bahrain rely on music to keep them company, remember home, and build solidarity. For the full article that this film accompanies, go here: https://annamariestirr.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/08_chapter_08.pdf (Stirr, Anna. “Popular Music among Nepalis in Bahrain: Nightclubs, Media, Performance, and Publics.” In David Gellner and Sondra Hausner, eds. Global Nepalis: Religion, Culture, and Community in a […]
Singing A Great Dream Trailer
Trailer for Singing a Great Dream: The Revolutionary Songs and Life of Khusiram Pakhrin. People’s singer, songwriter, and Maoist cultural leader Khusiram Pakhrin’s musical journey through nearly 4 decades of political movements and revolution in Nepal. For an article accompanying the film, please go here: https://annamariestirr.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/tears-for-the-revolution.pdf (“Tears for the Revolution: Nepali Musical Nationalism, Emotion, and […]