My Migrant Soul

Original Language:
BENGALI

If I live, I'll write the history of
my travels in Malaysia
I’ll write a poem about it

said Shahjahan Babu,
before leaving Bangladesh for Malaysia,
in search of a better life.

In a posthumous record, left behind for the world,
Babu talks about his hopes, desires, and disillusionments through audiotaped accounts sent home to his family.

“My Migrant Soul is about dreams that crumble into despair."

"an indictment of the ruthless machinery of globalization, extracting the soul out of those who fall prey to it."

About the Director ...

Yasmin Kabir is an independent filmmaker now living in Dhaka. She was a member of the Board of Directors of Berkeley Public Access Television and a founding member of Narika, a Bay Area based organisation for abused women of South Asian descent. Her last film Dushomoy (1999) recounted the tragedy of Shima Choudhury, a young garment factory worker picked up by the police while traveling with her boyfriend and allegedly gang raped while in "safe custody."

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