Utterance: The Music of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

Synopsis: Discusses Qawwali, a devotional music which combines complex ragas with exultant spontaneity. Its repetitive poetical force has made it an essential part of Muslim worship at Sufi shrines throughout the Indian sub-continent. It also has a large following amongst Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, Christians and atheists. The musician, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, belongs to a family of Sufi singers whose name has been linked with Qawwali music as far back as the 15th century. Today he and his group are innovative and accomplished practitioners of a musical form which requires a lifetime commitment.
Series: Black Arts Video Project, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 22 min.
Year of production: 1990
Availability: Hire
Sale; 1998 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p) (VHS)
Uses: Multi-cultural studies. Music courses.
Subjects: Music
Keywords: Indian music; Qawwali; religious belief and practice

Name: Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster
Notes: Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.

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