invite you mark Human Rights Day with
ME, WE, US:
Films on self and collective care for human rights' defenders
(53:52/ English and Hindi with English subtitles/ 2020)
Please click on the title of the films to watch!
Available from from 5pm (IST), 10th Dec. upto 6pm (IST) on 14.12.2021
THIS EVENT IS NOW OVER BUT YOU CAN ACCESS THE FILMS ON YOUTUBE BY CLICKING ON FILM TITLE!
Film 1: DISCUSSING ACTIVIST AND CASE WORKER STRESS
(13:22/ Hindi and English with English subtitles)
The film focuses on the geography of stress that is familiar to many human rights activists and caseworkers, but rarely, if ever, articulated and expressed. It introduces the viewer to the concept of stress and burnout, self-care and mental health issues, faced by those working in the human rights field.
Film 2: STRESS, SELF-CARE, LANGUAGE AND VOCABULARY
(15:57/ Hindi and English with English subtitles)
This film focuses on stress, burnout and self-care needs assessment, based on our work. This presents the perspectives and responses of participants and resource persons, some with experience spanning decades, working on taboo subjects such as sexuality and rights, disability justice and mental health, with communities who face minority stress, who are part of co-creating this ongoing process with us.
Film 3: STRESS, BURNOUT AND SELF-CARE ASSESSMENT
(24:33/ Hindi and English with English subtitles)
This film focuses on stress, self-care, language and vocabulary. The lack of articulation, that helps people express their stress, be heard, understood, and be accepted, is a key issue. This is more than a language component and involves the emotional and psycho-social ‘space to speak’, which is often missing.
Why talk about these issues on Human Rights Day?
We often hear the words 'stress' and 'burnout' across a spectrum of people, whether involved in paid work or unpaid work. This is a reality for people across societies.
'ME, WE, US' bring together three films on self and collective care, from the life experiences of those who pursue human rights work, service provision, advocacy, activism, and who may have clients across a spectrum of needs and vulnerabilities. As activists, rights advocates, and/ or social workers, many of these individuals are exposed to prolonged and often continuous stories and experiences of trauma, helplessness, and injustice. Most lack adequate resources or capacity to address these at their roots.
Some of these issues are captured in these three films made with participants and resource persons, mainly human rights defenders, who were a part of a series of workshops and a consultation, conducted by TARSHI and Nazariya in 2018 and 2019. The three films present the perspectives and responses on self and collective care needs of people working on issues of gender and sexuality rights, disability justice, and mental health. Stress management and burnout prevention are core aspects of mental and emotional wellbeing, but these realities are only beginning to get the attention they deserve, compared to the enormous need.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
TARSHI’s work, guided by a rights-based, non-heteronormative, pleasure-affirming perspective, has always emphasised self-care and wellbeing, and focused on burnout prevention. Facebook/ Instagram/ Twitter: @tarshingo
Nazariya’s focused work on mental health with queer communities has led to a steadily evolving exploration & understanding of stress management and self-care. Instagram: @nazariya.qfrg / Facebook and Twitter: @NazariyaQFRG
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The filmmakers thank all the participants who attended the needs assessment workshops and follow-up consultations. Their generous sharing of time, energy and insights make it possible to take this work forward. The films have been uploaded upon consent from the participants at our needs assessment workshops and follow-up consultation. We appreciate all the support we have received from our donor, AJWS. Special thanks to Bhamati Sivapalan for editing the films beautifully.
About the Kriti Film Club
This is an educational initiative of a not-for-profit organisation 'Kriti team'. It screens and shares documentary films on development, environment and socially relevant issues, in an effort to positively influence mindsets and behaviour towards creating an equitous, just and peaceful world. It curates issue based film festivals and organises documentary film shows online, and in neighbourhoods, communities, schools, colleges or institutions on request and otherwise.
The Kriti Film Club has been screening documentaries regularly and independently (without any grants) in Delhi NCR since 2000, in Mumbai since 2019, and online, since March 2020. Its online portal, DOCULIVE, is an attempt to take #thoughtprovokingcinema to people across gender and intersectionalities, borders and build possibilities of social change through the medium of 'films'.
- No Registration required.
- The films are available to watch from 5pm (IST), 10th Dec. upto 6pm (IST) on 14.12.2021
- For any query or support email us on space.kriti@gmail.com
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