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Pakistan and India Under the Nuclear Shadow
A video documentary from the Eqbal Ahmad
Foundation
In May 1998, over a billion people were thrust
into the nuclear shadow as India and Pakistan blasted
their way onto the world stage as nuclear weapons states.
This path-breaking 35 minute independent documentary
made in Pakistan takes a critical look at what the bomb
has done for the two countries since then. Senior Indian
and Pakistani military leaders assess the consequences
of nuclear testing in South Asia and the possibility
of war. Heads of Islamic religious organizations and
militant groups engaged in jihad explain the hopes they
have for the bomb and why they believe it strengthens
Pakistan and Islam. Leading peace activists, academics
and journalists make the case that nuclear South Asia
is spiralling into instability, an arms race, deepening
poverty, and an ever-greater threat of nuclear war,
both deliberate and accidental. Through interviews,
graphics, and archive footage, the film spells out in
stark and urgent terms the nuclear danger that now imperils
the people of Pakistan and India and the desperate need
for peace.
Produced and directed by Pervez Hoodbhoy; script
by Zia Mian
Purchasing Information:
Pervez Hoodbhoy hoodbhoy@pierre.mit.edu
Zia Mian zia@princeton.edu
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