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HOME 1947

A New work by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Personal Reflections on Partition. 

In-Situ is proud to host this unique and deeply beautiful immersive exhibition at Northlight (Brierfield) Mill this month. Introducing two-time Academy Award winning filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy reflects on the largest mass migration ever witnessed, which took place exactly 70 years ago this year. HOME1947 puts a human face on history, asking what it means to find and feel at home.

More than 10 million people were displaced in 1947 during the creation of two new independent states, India and Pakistan. HOME1947 brings a powerfully personal perspective to their collective story - through a series of short drama and documentary films, a gallery installation, and an elegiac reimagining of a century-old house, recreating the long-lost sights, sounds and smells of what millions once called home. As the refugee crisis continues to affect millions across the world, HOME1947 shows us this world not through the words of historians and politicians, but through the eyes of those who lived through it.

Commissioned by Manchester International Festival, the British Council and Super Slow Way. Produced by Manchester International Festival and The Lowry. Free and welcome to all!