Thatta Kedona: The Toy Village of Pakistan

Overview

Thatta Kedona is a remarkable village in rural Pakistan. Since 1991 36 volunteers from Western countries have visited and coached the village people in a help to self help project. Dolls and tin toys reflecting regional cultures of Pakistan are products which generate cash income for the farming families through the local cooperative-like NGO. On the other side those volunteers from Western countries are also having their fun by working in a rural village of Islamic society with strong overlays by the traditional culture of Indus Valley, the Mogul period, Hindu culture and the influences of British-India. Hence the playfulness of a "toy village" is on both sides. For the villagers by producing toys for cash in a not-yet industrialized region avoiding rural exodus to the big cites (and thus avoiding the poverty slums that are generated by migration). And joy for Western people being confronted by their own history stages in present time within a foreign context.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 8, 2005

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

Polzer Media Group GmbH

Cast

Inge Keindl,Karola Groch,Senta Siller,Christa Dönnhöfer,Norbert Pintsch,Tobias Nohl,Bernhard Steck

Director

Joachim Polzer

Writer

Joachim Polzer

Producer

Joachim Polzer

Cinematography

Joachim Polzer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0408259