Rumi's Film Club - A screening and conversation - PEACE & LOVE by film maker Raza Tariq

Director Statement

THIS IS A FILM WHICH I SHOT A YEAR AGO WITH A FEW PEOPLE I LOVE ABOUT A MAN WHO TRULY ENCOMPASSES LOVE ITSELF JAJU, ALSO KNOWN AS PEACE AND LOVE. I DON’T THINK MANY MEN HAVE INFLUENCED AND SHAPED MY WORLDVIEW MORE THAN THIS MAN (ALTHOUGH I HAVE ONLY SPENT A HANDFUL OF HOURS AROUND HIM) I TRULY BELIEVE HE IS A WALI OF ALLAH ﷻ THE FILM IS TRULY AN ARRESTING EXPERIENCE AND IT WAS AS SUCH TO MAKE. FROM THE FACT THAT ITS MATERIAL TOOK ME A YEAR TO JUST COME TO TERMS WITH FROM SHOOTING TO EDIT. TO THE WAY IT WAS LIKE WALKING THROUGH DARK MAKING THIS LITERALLY FROM JUST TRYING TO TRACK HIM DOWN EACH DAY TO HIM APPEARING AFTER HOURS BY MIRACULOUS FIRES AND MISTY SEASHORES. IT’S A PRIVILEGE THAT ALLAH ﷻ ALLOWED ME TO NOT ONLY WITNESS BUT SHARE SUCH…