Program Overview
- Hosts: Hina Bayat
- Length: 37:16
- Original Airdate: May 2009
On this program, Hina interviews Actor Ahmad Razvi, the Pakistani-American whose first film was an independent film directed by Ramin Bahrani, “Man Push Cart.” This film won awards at the Seattle Film Festival, London Film Festival, and was an official selection in the Sundance Film Festival in 2007. Razvi was also nominated for the Independent Sprit Awards. The film is the story of a former rock star in Pakistan who moves to New York and is struggling to survive as a push cart vendor.
This show includes a brief interview with the push cart vendor who Razvi studied from in preparing for the film, and an interview with Ahmad Razvi and his father at CoPo, The Council of People’s Organization in the “Little Pakistan” neighborhood of Brooklyn. Razvi’s father, Mohammad Razvi, founded the non-profit in 2002 in the after-math of 9/11 to bring together the diverse communities of his Brooklyn neighborhood through various interfaith and multi-cultural programs, and to provide services to assist low income South Asian families.
About the host:
AAA Journalist Fellow Hina Bayat, one of Geo TV's leading hosts, spent two weeks with AAM producing a special series of programs on US-Paksitan relations, religion, arts, and culture within the Pakistani-American community. Geo is the leading independent television station in Pakistan, and is the most watched satellite channel for its news, entertainment, and talk shows. Learn about the AAM Journalism Fellowship program.
