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Searching for DOOM is a bold re-imagining of what an Arts & Culture documentary can be. Created to mark the 20th anniversary of MF DOOM’s seminal Hip Hop album MM..Food, it combines rigorous journalism with a scripted narrative device that reshapes the familiar music documentary form.

In this unique audio treatment, hosts Sumit Sharma and Chris Mitchell set off to the fictional world of Latveria in search of the iconic and enigmatic Hip Hop artist, MF DOOM through the imagined world of his classic MM..Food album, Sumit and Chris indulge in the munchies at late-night food spots, go digging for records and even take a quick detour to an art gallery, all in pursuit of the method, madness and meaning of MF DOOM.

Tune in, mask up and hear stories about one of the greatest artists of our time.

Credits:

• Creators and Hosts - Sumit Sharma and Chris Mitchell

Having self-funded Season 1, which is in the process of being produced, creator TK Dutes is seeking to either recoup those costs or receive funding to work on Season 2 (or both!). TK would also love to explore the possibility of transitioning to a visual format like TV down the line, so there's even more potential to be gained by working on this project at this stage!

The Secret Life of TK Dutes is the story of what it means to become when the system won’t let you be. One woman sets out into the world, looking for ways to get ahead as an Artist. Producer. Daughter, Sister. Partner.

Together with those who bear witness, TK throws away the scripts and looks for answers, in airports, dentists offices, across borders.

Each episode is a new world, pioneering the art of loose autobiography to build the picture of a life in a community of voices.

What happens when you stop doing what is expected of you and start doing YOU?

A better life can be a hustle. It doesn’t have to be a secret.

Credits:

• Creator - TK Dutes
• Producer - Kristen Bennett
• Engineer - Manny Faces
• Theme Music - Pat Mesiti-Miller
• Artwork - Gabrielle Smith

As a two-person indie duo, Tania Mohammad and Shahjehan Khan are open to partnering with more than one organization, whether that's collaborating with one team on marketing or working with another team on production for Karachi Nights. Support with audio production, marketing and PR, and copyright clearance for music and archival news clips and images would be ideal, as music is the soul of the show.

Since this type of South Asian storytelling falls within the DEI category, it has been affected by restrictions in funding sources, so they would also find it invaluable to to collaborate with someone who understands how to navigate grants and private sponsorships to further the development!

Welcome to Karachi Nights, a podcast about Pakistan’s famed City of Lights, its biggest and most bustling metropolis. This series dives into Karachi's forgotten nightclub era of the 60s and 70s: a dazzling scene that rivaled Beirut (the Paris of the East). Back then legendary rockers ruled the scene while Christians, Parsis, and Muslim kids mixed and mingled with foreigners, and other dreamers on the hottest dance floors. As the young country navigated its post colonial identity, a military dictatorship arose and shut it all down and changing our cultural landscape forever. Also impacted were the lives of our minority communities that were the heartbeat of this vibrant scene. In a world grappling with rising xenophobia and cultural polarization, the story of Old Karachi holds universal lessons about resilience, coexistence, cultural loss.

Join Tania Mohammad and Shahjehan Khan, two Pakistani music nerds, obsessed with this moment in time. Together we'll travel back in time to Karachi's Golden era, and to the shores of North America and England today along with the legends who lived it and a few rising stars of today. We will try to understand what happened and what it all means for us today. Karachi Nights: an offbeat sonic journey featuring groovy tunes, a side of history and plenty of cool uncles and aunties, who were there when it all went down.

Credits:

• Creators and Hosts - Tania Mohammad and Shahjehan Khan