Documentary on positive Bangladesh screened

A documentary film titled ‘Happy Rain’ based in Bangladesh was screened at Alliance Française de Dhaka on Wednesday. The 52-minute film has been directed by French-born filmmaker Isabelle Antunes and was previously screened at the UN COP 21 Conference on Climate Change in Paris in December last year. The documentary work favors the rise of Bangladesh and shows the country has immense likelihood to uplift itself. Despites all odds, Bangladesh can achieve anything when its efforts get united, that example got wider focus in the documentary. The story is about the development of fish farming in the low flooded lands (post-monsoon rain). The documentary work took place in Dautkandi of Comilla. The work is the brain-child of S.M. Morshed, the Director of Shisuk NGO, who aimed to introduce multi-produce and accordingly he managed local communities to invest and to create a fishing company together.  “Bangladesh is totally opposite of what I imagined. It is beautiful and really different from what other films represent. I decided to portray the real picture of Bangladesh to the whole world,” said Isabelle. Born in France and brought up in Australia, Isabelle worked in Indonesia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, New Caledonia and Pakistan in the Asia-Pacific region; as well as Botswana, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Senegal in Africa.

 

Documentary on positive Bangladesh screened

A documentary film titled Happy Rain based in Bangladesh was screened at Alliance Franaise de Dhaka on Wednesday. The 52-minute film has been directed by French-born filmmaker Isabelle Antunes and was previously screened at the UN COP 21 Conference on Climate Change in Paris in December last year. The documentary work favors the rise of Bangladesh and shows the country has immense likelihood to uplift itself. Despites all odds, Bangladesh can achieve anything when its efforts get united, that example got wider focus in the documentary. The story is about the development of fish farming in the low flooded lands (post-monsoon rain). The documentary work took place in Dautkandi of Comilla. The work is the brain-child of S.M. Morshed, the Director of Shisuk NGO, who aimed to introduce multi-produce and accordingly he managed local communities to invest and to create a fishing company together. Bangladesh is totally opposite of what I imagined. It is beautiful and really different from what other films represent. I decided to portray the real picture of Bangladesh to the whole world, said Isabelle. Born in France and brought up in Australia, Isabelle worked in Indonesia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, New Caledonia and Pakistan in the Asia-Pacific region; as well as Botswana, Ivory Coast, Morocco and Senegal in Africa.