I think I’ve mentioned this before but my friend Ahlam’s husband, Musa Syeed’s Valley of Saints” premiered at Sundance this year. Check out the trailer above and this interview with Musa:

I always dreamt of making a film about my parents’ homeland, Kashmir. It was where they spent their first years as a young couple, but it was also where my father endured jail as a political prisoner. While researching the region I came across news about Dal Lake, the pristine, unique waterworld where thousands of inhabitants row themselves around island shops and villages.

I discovered that the lake was now under serious threat from pollution and overdevelopment; some predicted it could disappear entirely. I realized that it was the perfect symbol not only for Kashmir but for all human resilience: beauty surviving in the face of destruction.

My friend, Ahlam’s husband (Musa Syeed) recently produced a video for TIME.com on co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize 2011, Tawwakol Karman. Check it out.

At 32 years old, the Yemeni activist and journalist who had been protesting the regime since 2007, is the youngest person awarded the Nobel Prize. Tawwakol became the public face of Yemen’s uprising early this year, representing the true spirit of Yemeni women, many who are on the front lines of their revolution.