The film
Talking Faith opens a window into the lives of Sarah and Azam. Two friends living the post 9/11 realities where Islam gets associated with militarism and Christian minorities face a backlash by the extremists. Their faiths are different, one is Muslim and the other Christian, but what they share is huge! Music, friendship and a human bond of commonalities. They exist under the shadow of divisions but live the hope of interfaith harmony and give dialogue a human face shared by all religions.
This documentary film is produced by Naveen Qayyum, a former intern at the World Council of Churches who worked with the Communications department for interreligious dialogue issues in Switzerland. This is her first attempt in filmmaking, as she had been working with NGOs and writing about social justice issues previously. The film is supported by WCC -World Youth Programme
for being focused on the insights and opinions of young people living the contexts of faith identities and dialogue. It also includes comments by prominent actors of interreligious debate in Pakistan including Dr Mehdi Hassan, Dr Javed Ahmed Ghamidi, Bishop Alexander John Malik and Rev. Elvin Wilson.