Screening

This is Life (Idi Naa Jeevitham )

This is Life (Idi Naa Jeevitham )
Venu Polasani, India The young women are being infected with HIV without their knowledge. The infected young men are transmitting their infection to the innocent women in the name of marriage. This film “Idi Naa Jeevitham” is based on the demand of an innocent women to bring a legislation for...

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Wagah

Wagah
Supriyo Sen, Najaf Bilgrami (co-director), Germany, 13 min   Each night the only border crossing between India and Pakistan on a 1000km stretch becomes the sight of an extraordinary event. Thousands of people gather to witness the ritual closing of the border, after which the masses get as...

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Waiting

Waiting
Atul Gupta & Shabnam Ara, India, 38mn 45sc   A story of missing people – boys and men picked up by security forces and simply disappeared. The location is Kashmir. Sandwiched between India and Pakistan, Kashmir is a battleground for both. Since the men are not declared 'dead', their...

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We are not your monkeys

We are not your monkeys
Anand Patwardhan, 1996,India, 5 mn   A music video that reworks the epic Ramayana story to critique the caste and gender oppression implicit in it. Sung by Sambhaji Bhagat and composed by Sambhaji, Anand and the late Daya Pawar, the music video opposes the systematic oppression and...

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