Content Details
Flying Hands
Duration: 78’ / 1 x 52′
Language: Urdu
Subtitle: English
Production Year: 2023
Format: 4K
Directors: Marta Gómez & Paula Iglesias
Origin: Spain
SYNOPSIS
In the middle of the Karakoram mountain range in Pakistan, Aniqa Bano gives birth to a deaf girl, Narjis. Until then, she was unaware not only of the rejection and stigma attached to these girls, but also of their very existence, as they remained hidden due to the shame of their families. Sixteen years later, Narjis reads her mother’s diaries, where she narrates the personal and social obstacles she has had to overcome to defend the dignity and rights of a group that had been condemned for centuries to not being able to have a full life. Not even a life as a human being. Mother and daughter take us on a journey through the Baltistan region, where Aniqa has built both a school and a home for deaf people. There, they don’t only receive education and respect but discover a world of possibilities and rights to which they can aspire too. This story tells us of a commitment, of how integration and equal opportunities for everyone are a direct benefit to the coexistence of society. Aniqa has not only fought for the rights of her own daughters, but for the rights of everyone’s daughters in her community, in a selfless way. Narjis changed the life of her mother, and Aniqa changed the life her daughter was doomed to.
AWARDS
HotDocs (Toronto, 2024): World Premiere – Oficial Selecition, Selected for Best Feature Documentary, Selected for the Audience Award