A Message from the East

"A Message From The East" - Documentary on the Life and Works of Allama Muhammad Iqbal from Beehive on Vimeo.
The story of Muhammad Iqbal, a turn of the century poet/philosopher from South Asia. Through Iqbal's work we open a dialog between the East and West, refute the notion of a class of civilizations and discover our shared humanity.

"A Message from the East" invites us to take another look at Islam, through the window of time during the late-colonial rule of India. Muhammad Iqbal was a man who understood the nature of contradiction and the necessity of balancing the converging forces in our lives. An inspiration to the people of the subcontinent, Iqbal was instrumental in the stages leading up to the Partition of India and the Creation of Pakistan. An advocate of cultural understanding and peace, Iqbal interestingly enough became the inspiration for the modern state of Pakistan. In order for us to understand the current situation in Pakistan and Afghanistan and the rising paranoia of Radical Extremism we need to look at this critical point of history to understand those who where concerned with these same issues 100 years ago.

Directed by

Jeremiah Hammerling

Cast

	Salman Asif	...	Himself
	Souleyman Bachir	...	Himself
	Carl Ernst	...	Himself
	John L. Esposito	...	Himself
	Javid Iqbal	...	Himself
	Zain Iqbal	...	Young Iqbal
	Ali Kazmi	...	Iqbal
	Basit Koshul	...	Himself
	Bruce Lawrence	...	Himself
	Sheila McDonough	...	Herself
	Ebrahim Moosa	...	Himself
	Peter Ochs	...	Himself
	Suheyl Umar	...	Himself

Produced by

Sean Patrick Fahey	...	producer (as Sean Fahey)
Roy Hammerling	...	executive producer
Fawzia Mirza	...	co-producer

Music by

Andrew M. Edwards

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(as Andrew Edwards)

Film Editing by

Josh Hamilton

Sound Department

John Wong

...

sound editor / sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department

Tom Clayton	...	camera operator
Amanda Clifford	...	camera operator
Jamieson Mulholland	...	camera operator
Andy Patch	...	camera operator

Music Department

Andrew M. Edwards

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composer: theme music (as Andrew Edwards)

Other crew

Rita Baghdadi	...	sales consultant
Shalalae Jamil	...	production coordinator
Ben Morphis	...	production coordinator