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SYNOPSES Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam/The World is Family - eyewitness accounts of the Independence struggle told even as India's history is being rewritten. उना मित्रान दी याद प्यारी/ In Memory of Friends - on a band of Hindus and Sikhs who spread Bhagat Singh's message of communal harmony at the height of the Khalistan movement. हमारा शहर / Bombay Our City - on the plight and resistance of Bombay's homeless. विवेक / Reason - on the murder of rationalists and the hijack of democracy in 21st century India. |
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR Anand Patwardhan has been making documentary films for over five decades, pursuing issues at the crux of social and political life in India. His films, often banned by state channels, became the subject of litigation where he successfully challenged censorship rulings in court. Working for inter-faith harmony and in movements against unsustainable development, militarism and nuclear nationalism, Anand describes himself as a & 'non-serious human being forced by circumstances to make serious films'. Anand Patwardhan is an institution. This time, India's leading documentary filmmaker dedicates a film to his immediate family. Starting with his parents and relatives' stories, he crafts an unusual documentary tapestry, where personal anecdotes weave into momentous historical events. Illustrated with unique archival materials, stories of uncles and aunts who, together with Gandhi, organized resistance against the British authorities, make the past come alive, suddenly comprehensible and proximate. Patwardhan's film is also an ode to family ties, tiny gestures that bind us together and an immortal sense of humour forming a poignant documentary that explores the passage of time, the essence of dignity, and the resonance of memory, incidentally yet deliberately anchored in the fabric of modern India.”
Antenna Documentary Festival, Sydney |