Theme 4: BIG PROJECTS & MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES
These films were available to watch from 9-18th April 2022. We hope you enjoyed watching them and can share your responses on space.kriti@gmail.com If you missed seeing these films, look out for other upcoming screenings and festivals on Doculive.
Agar wo Desh Banati
Maheen Mirza | 2018 | 60 mins | Hindi, Chattisgarhi, English with Eng subtitles
Rural, Adivasi women from the villages of Chhattisgarh critique the grand plan of development of the country. As mines and power plants appear and grow in monstrous proportions around them, many of them have been cheated of their land and compensation. As they grapple with all this, they seek justice for themselves and their communities and share their thoughts about how the development of a country should be.
As a part of Ektara Collective, Maheen Mirza has anchored the production of several documentary and fiction films such as Turup and Hotel Rahgir, If She Built a Country, Prison Diaries, etc. The Collective has developed a unique way of scripting, producing, distributing and screening films across the country by engaging deeply with people’s movements and cultural groups.
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Dance with Hands held Tight
Krishnendu Bose, Kavita Das Gupta | 2005 | 62 mins | Local languages with Eng subtitles
About 80% of rural women are engaged in livelihoods dependent on natural resources in India. This intense relationship throws up a whole range of issues and questions. Does the policy recognise this intensity? Do we value the knowledge systems, which may have developed among these women? How have women coped with coercion from the state in their access to natural resources?
Krishnendu Bose, after acquiring a Masters degree in Economics from Delhi School of Economics in 1985, he set up Earthcare Films, making films on wildlife conservation and environmental justice. Since then has produced several international award winning documentaries. Kavita Das Gupta has over 15 years of professional and organisational experience in development communication, wildlife and environmental film-making, independent documentary films and participatory video across South Asia and Africa.
Missing - Women and Climate Change
Krishnendu Bose | 2014 | 14 mins | Indian Vernacular with Eng subtitles
The film argues that two-third of the rural women of India are engaged in natural resource based livelihood and they bear the brunt of the impact which climate change brings. But the Indian policy and laws are largely gender blind. They do not recognise one half of the population engaged in this now climate vulnerable occupation. This film travels around the country and brings a cross sectorial conversation of women sharing their life and experiences of the travails of their everyday lives.
Krishnendu Bose, after acquiring a Masters degree in Economics from Delhi School of Economics in 1985, he set up Earthcare Films, making films on wildlife conservation and environmental justice. Since then has produced several international award-winning documentaries.
Narmada: A Valley Rises
Ali Kazimi | 1994 | 87 mins | English
The film documents the activist campaign of Narmada Bachao Andolan led by Medha Patkar against the then-proposed Narmada Dam project in Gujarat. It included a 200-kilometre protest march by over 6,000 people that followed Gandhi's principles of non-violent resistance.
In 2019, Ali Kazimi became the first Indo-Canadian to be honoured with the Governor General’s Award for Lifetime Achievement in Visual and Media Arts for over three decade of ground-breaking work as a documentary and media artist whose work deals with race, social justice, migration, history and memory. He is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Cinema & Media Arts at York University, where he has also served as the Chair of the Department. You can contact the filmmaker on https://alikazimi.ca/contact/ for any questions or comments.
Panel Discussion: Climate Change
(held on 23.4.2022 as part of the Benglaluru edition of the festival)
Climate and environmental activists, Adv Sreeja Chakraborty, Disha Ravi and Rajani Rao Santosh discuss climate activism in the Indian context. They speak about individual and collective responsibility and the urgent need for swift action both at the policy-level and on the ground.Panel Discussion: Impact of Big Development Projects
(held on 25.4.2022 as part of the Benglaluru edition of the festival)
Madhu Bhushan (independent women’s rights activist, writer, researcher, and filmmaker), Bhargavi S Rao (environmental activist, legal and policy researcher) and Dr. Du Saraswati (feminist writer, theatre artist, and activist) discuss impacts of development projects, urbanisaiton and technology on the communities they have worked with. Speaking from experience, they emphasise the need for reimagining technology and development that is decentralised, driven by the community and principles of justice, equality and care.
(held on 25.4.2022 as part of the Benglaluru edition of the festival)
Madhu Bhushan (independent women’s rights activist, writer, researcher, and filmmaker), Bhargavi S Rao (environmental activist, legal and policy researcher) and Dr. Du Saraswati (feminist writer, theatre artist, and activist) discuss impacts of development projects, urbanisaiton and technology on the communities they have worked with. Speaking from experience, they emphasise the need for reimagining technology and development that is decentralised, driven by the community and principles of justice, equality and care.
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