Zakir Hossain Raju

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Raju, Zakir Hossain (2004). National Cinema, Cultural Identity and Public Sphere: Rewriting Bangladesh Film History (PhD thesis). La Trobe University. OCLC   388032437.
  • —— (2014). Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern?. Routledge. ISBN   978-1-317-60181-4 . Retrieved 18 October 2024.

    • In Bengali

    Chapters and articles

    • Raju, Zakir Hossain (1998). "Significance of News Elements". The Journal of Press Institute of Bangladesh. 74: 36–37.
    • —— (2011). "Multiple Islams, multiple modernities". In Weintraub, Andrew N. (ed.). Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203829004. ISBN   978-0-203-82900-4. S2CID   142722115.
    • —— (1 December 2012). "Indigenization of Cinema in (Post)Colonial South Asia". Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 32 (3): 611–621. doi:10.1215/1089201X-1891606.
    • —— (2017). "Identity and Sovereignty in Asian Art Cinema". In Howland, Douglas; Lillehoj, Elizabeth; Mayer, Maximilian (eds.). Art and Sovereignty in Global Politics. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 217–238. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95016-4_9. ISBN   978-1-349-95015-7.
    • —— (2022). "Film in Bangladesh: Cultural Transformation of a National Cinema within and beyond the Nation-state". In Khondker, Habibul; Muurlink, Olav; Ali, Asif Bin (eds.). The Emergence of Bangladesh. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 387–404. ISBN   978-981-16-5520-3.

    Filmography

    Raju has been involved in the scripting, production, and direction of various short films and documentaries. His film Michiler Mukh (1991), a documentary on the 1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh, was selected for the 1992 Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival. [15] It was also screened in Dhaka shortly after the Non-cooperation movement (2024). [1] Beyond the Borders (1995), a documentary on the Bengali diaspora, was selected for the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. [16] Additionally, Raju and Piplu Khan as producers, are engaged in the development of a film project titled Summer in Shizuoka, Winter in Dhaka. [17]

    Zakir Hossain Raju
    জাকির হোসেন রাজু
    ZH Raju Profile (cropped).jpg
    Raju in 2023 at IUB
    Born1970[ citation needed ]
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
    CitizenshipBangladesh, Australia[ citation needed ]
    OccupationsAcademic, professor, filmmaker
    Known for
    • Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity In Search of the Modern? (book)
    • Michiler Mukh (documentary) [1]
    Board member of Bangladesh Film Certification Board, Curriculum Advisory board of Wawasan Open University, Bangladesh Short Film Forum, Expert Committee member of the Bangladesh Film Archive
    SpouseNusrat Disha[ citation needed ]
    Academic background
    Alma mater Dhaka University, La Trobe University
    YearTitleDirectorScreenwriterProducerNotes
    1991Face in the Millions (Michiler Mukh)YesYesYesDocumentary film portraying the 1990s popular upheaval against military autocracy in Bangladesh. [15]
    1992Miles to GoYesYesYesDocumentary film on the perception of ordinary people about political process amid the 1991 elections under the first non-party caretaker government.
    1993Tale of a WomanYesYesYesDocumentary film on how women are leading social transformation in rural Bangladesh.
    1995Beyond the BordersYesYesYesDocumentary film on intercultural Bangladeshi-Japanese families in Japan and Bangladesh.
    1996Images under the ShadowsYesYesYesDocumentary film on media and gender in Bangladesh.
    1998Beijing Conference and Women in BangladeshYesYesYesDocumentary film on the impact of the 1995 Women's Conference in Beijing on women's movement in Bangladesh.
    2023Summer in Shizuoka, Winter in DhakaYesYesYesThis Documentary film currently in Development. [18]

    Film organizations and festivals

    Raju serves as a board member of NETPAC along with Golam Rabbany Biplob from Bangladesh and was appointed as the NETPAC jury chair for the Asian cinema category at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. [19] [20] Raju serves as vice president of the International Film Initiative of Bangladesh and is a former president of the Bangladesh Short Film Forum. [21] In addition, Raju has been invited as a jury president and member in various international film festivals, including the Hawaii International Film Festival, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema, and the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival with Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. [22] [23] [6]

    References

    1. 1 2 "Aung Rakhine's banned Chakma film 'My Bicycle' premieres". The Daily Star. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
    2. ↑ "Board of King Sejong Institute, Dhaka". directory.iub.edu.bd. 23 September 2024. Archived from the original on 18 September 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
    3. ↑ "Bangladesh Film Certification Board launched, censor abolished". Prothom Alo. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
    4. ↑ "IUB launches Window on Korea and King Sejong Institute". The Daily Star. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
    5. ↑ "News and media". iub.ac.bd. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
    6. 1 2 "Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema | Netpac Members". Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
    7. ↑ "Dr Zakir Hossain Raju". School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
    8. ↑ "Zakir Hossain Raju". Festival des Cinémas d'Asie de Vesoul. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
    9. ↑ "Bulletin Board". The Daily Star. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
    10. ↑ "Taking a look at Bangladesh cinema down the years". The Daily Star. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
    11. ↑ "Zakir Hossain Raju represents SA". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
    12. ↑ "Prof Dr Zakir Hossain Raju appointed to Bangladesh Film Certification Board". Dhaka Tribune (Press release). Kazi Anis Ahmed. 25 Sep 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
    13. ↑ গণমাধ্যমে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (হার্ডকভার) by জাকির হোসেন রাজু. rokomari.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 18 October 2024.
    14. ↑ চলচ্চিত্রের চালচিত্র. www.prothoma.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 18 October 2024.
    15. 1 2 "1992 (2nd) | アジアフォーカス・福岡国際映画祭 アーカイブ : Focus on Asia International Film Festival Fukuoka ARCHIVE". www.focus-on-asia.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
    16. ↑ "YIDFF: Past Festivals: '95: Screening List". www.yidff.jp. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
    17. ↑ "Zakir Hossain Raju". MUBI. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
    18. ↑ "Developing Category – Dhaka DocLab". dhakadoclab.org/. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
    19. ↑ "Zakir Hossain joins Venice Film Fest as a jury chair". New Age. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
    20. ↑ "Bangladeshi film scholar Raju hands award to Japanese filmmaker in Venice". The Daily Star. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
    21. ↑ "art & culture". Holiday. 17 January 2006. Archived from the original on 17 January 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
    22. ↑ Kamal, Md Ashequl Morsalin Ibne; Saha, Niloy; Hossain, Jobayer. "Farooki, Raju becomes Jury members at 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)". Dhaka Courier. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
    23. ↑ "Zakir Hossain Raju named Netpac jury for Asian Cinema at Venice Film Festival". The Daily Star. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
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