Screening: Javaid Shampoo (2004) at Recess, Brooklyn, Saturday October 10
作者 Khajistan
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Saturday, October 10, 2026
Recess, 46 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205
Free and open to the public. RSVP at Recess.
Tomorrow, Khajistan screens Javaid Shampoo (2004), the telefilm by Faisal Rehman and Bilal Hasan Minto, in its Directors’ Cut. It is part of The Khajistan Institute for Advanced Research and Necessary Development, the archive’s session at Recess, and the print comes from the Khajistan Film Vault. It runs 73 minutes.
The afternoon
1 to 4 PM, Office Hours. The Khajistan Portal is open on the workstations with the Khajistan team in the room. Search the Reading Room, the Screening Room and the Born-Digital Archive, offer a translation, correct a date, or tell us where the interface stops making sense.
4 to 6 PM, Screening. Javaid Shampoo, Directors’ Cut. Popcorn provided.
The film
Javaid’s family makes counterfeit shampoo in Lahore’s informal economy. He wants out, through show business, through militancy in Kashmir, through anything that might lift him clear of his class. The film is set during an upper-class celebration and takes in aspiration, American influence and the trade in branded goods.
It is one of three telefilms Khajistan licensed from Turun Talky, the production company the two filmmakers set up and later closed, alongside World Ka Center (2002) and Kali Shalwar (2007). All three were made during the private-television opening of the Musharraf years, aired briefly, and were digitised and subtitled from the original DV tapes.
After tomorrow
Office Hours continue on Saturday, October 17, 2 to 5 PM, with no registration required. The session closes on Saturday, October 24, 1 to 5 PM, with Portal Test: Day Two and a closing party. Details of the full run are in Khajistan Portal Opens at Recess, Brooklyn and on the Recess project page.