"My Migrant Soul", a video documentary by Yasmine Kabir, is about Shahjahan Babu, a young migrant worker from Bangladesh, who left for Malaysia in search of work. Having sold his only piece of property and virtually mortgaging his life - the young man arrives in the host country to experience only disillusionment, misery and frustration.

The documentary uses the story of one person to illustrate that of countless others who have suffered in the hands of those who have stood to gain profit by bartering their lives. The film highlights the plight of the migrant workers in these times.  

DRISHTIPAT presents an Award Winning Documentary, My Migrant Soul, followed by a panel discussion with a renowned political science scholar, Dr. Rounaq Jahan and a renowned Bangladeshi columnist and writer, Hasan Ferdous.

ROONE ALREDGE CINEMA AT LERNER HALL
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
2920 BROADWAY, NY 10027
TRAINS 1/9 TO 116TH ST.
7 PM DEC. 13, 2004

Special thanks to our co-sponsor Club Bangla of Columbia University.