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Partition: a human journey

What was it like to leave your home at the dead of night?
Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy recreates the journey made when an estimated 14 million people were displaced with the creation of an independent India and Pakistan, in her exhibition HOME 1947.
Image: A film still of personal letters, documents and photographs from the exhibition HOME 1947
Credit: Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy/ Manchester International Festival

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2 minutes