Afsan's Long Day (The Young Man was, Part 2)
Director Naeem Mohaiemen
Countries Bangladesh, United States
Duration 40 min
Synopsis
The experience of Afsan, a young intelectual, in the tumultuous years following 1971 in Bangladesh, in contrast to the so-called German Autumn (associated with the Baader-Meinhof Group). An essay on the transnational circulation of ideologies, reflecting on the dissolution of the extreme left movements which then constituted specific activisms in different countries.
The experience of Afsan, a young intelectual, in the tumultuous years following 1971 in Bangladesh, in contrast to the so-called German Autumn (associated with the Baader-Meinhof Group). An essay on the transnational circulation of ideologies, reflecting on the dissolution of the extreme left movements which then constituted specific activisms in different countries.