Screening

Bhangon (Erosion)

Bhangon (Erosion)
Sourav sarangi, India, 2006, 60 mns   Banks along the Ganga and Padma in West Bengal are being eroded an an unprecedented pace. More than six hundred thousand people have been rendered homeless as a result. The hapless victims watch in silent endurance as the soil takes away their culture,...

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Gadi Lohardaga Mail

Gadi Lohardaga Mail
Meghnath & Biju Toppo, India The film is an interesting documentation of many people’s memories of the narrow-gauge train that ran between Ranchi and Lohardaga — a journey of yesteryear’s that’s now a part of the local history.

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Gaon Chodab Nahi

Gaon Chodab Nahi
K. P. Sasi, India, 5mn A music video that talks about the present day exploitation of tribal land and forests in the name of development. This video is inspired by a song by Bhagwan Maaji, leader of the adivasi struggle against bauxite mining in Kashipur.

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Hope dies last in war

Hope dies last in war
Supriyo Sen, India, 2007, 80 mns. 54 Indian soldiers taken as Prisoners of War during the Indo-Pak war of 1971 are yet to return home - yet both countries deny they have any prisoners of war. While waiting for them, some of their parents died, some of their wives remarried and some children lost...

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