CHRONICLES OF THE FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE

This searing feature documentary by Emmy-nominated, internationally acclaimed filmmaker Ramesh Sharma rips open the veil on one of the most brutal and unacknowledged genocides of the 20th century – the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, where almost 3 million civilians were slaughtered, hundreds of thousands of women were raped, and 10 million refugees were driven into India. Their suffering was buried beneath Cold War geopolitics. Drawing from declassified White House tapes, official documents, and first-hand testimonies of survivors, diplomats, and investigative journalists, the film lays bare the complicity of the Nixon-Kissinger administration. By connecting Bangladesh to Vietnam, Cambodia, Chile, and Gaza, it asks how power justifies extraordinary violence, and what it takes for memory to compel justice.

Director

Ramesh Sharma