“Situated in the harsh, mountainous Ladakh territory near Pakistan and Tibet, the North Indian town of Leh is mired in perpetual conflict and disputes. The debut full-length from Leh native Ruhail Qaisar deliberately puts us into this physical space by means of a challenging bombardment of grinding, ghostly approximations of the literal and psychic ambience of a singular part of the world. As nois”
“A psychogeographic survey of the Himalayan region of Ladakh rendered in ambient drones and harsh noise, Fatima doubles as an uneasy chronicle of capitalist exploitation and generational trauma.”
