Long live Pakistan

August 2007 marks the 60th anniversary of the partition of India. The most fascinating story to emerge from that defining moment in history, which affected the population of one-fifth of the globe, is the one that is little known and particularly badly understood: the creation of Pakistan. Taking as its central metaphor the recent devastating earthquake, the film uncovers five major faults lines in Pakistan’s body politic and through the prism of history, evaluates the real status of the military, of militant Islamist groups and of democratic forces within the country and the key relationships with the United States, India and with Pakistan’s Muslim neighbours. With contributions from notable military and political figures, as well as leading specialists in the field, this ambitious film will combine archive and well-dramatised sequences with astonishing locations to bring us a deeper, more lucid understanding of what is at stake in the new world order.