Best Pakistani documentary movies

A woman in Pakistan sentenced to death for falling in love becomes a rare survivor of the country's harsh judicial system.

A documentary on Pakistani architect and urban planner Perween Rahman and her remarkable work for Karachi’s poor.

Detailing the preparation of the multi-city Aurat March (Women's March) in Pakistan, This Stained Dawn tells the story of a feminist movement asserting itself in the country's urban spaces through the eyes of the march's organisers.

Pakistani folk artists talk about their struggle to keep a fading art form alive while reminding the world what they are about to lose.

A train hits a donkey at high speed, mortifying onlookers.

A documentary on the making of the film Jinnah (1998), and the trials and tribulations faced by a British production team.

The creator of Pakistan has long been a controversial figure. The film tries to unravel his personality with interviews and footage never before aired.

Amir, shot during the height of the Afghan civil war in the 1980s, investigates and portrays the life of Afghan refugees living in and around the city of Peshawar in northern Pakistan through the experiences of the musician Amir. The aspirations of Afghan refugees are expressed through their political songs dealing with the civil war in Afghanistan, with exile, with Afghan nationalism and with the Islamic revolution. In highly charged and tragic circumstances, music can be used in very direct ways, both to promote solidarity and as an agent of catharsis.