Kasturi kasturi.basu@gmail.com [docuwallahs2]
2018-08-11 05:05:20 UTC
Dear friends,
On 15th August we bring to you the second edition of FRAMES OF FREEDOM.
This year we will screen five feature-length films from our part of the
world, five from amongst some of the most important work in fiction from
the last decade, which question the notion of 'independence', and point us
to the unending march of people for freedom.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/303281010417968/
Zindabad!
People's Film Collective
This is an all-day programme. We begin at 10 am and end at 9 pm. It's a 400
seater auditorium. As always, seating is on first-come-first-seated basis.
Please arrive 15 minutes early for a show you want to catch, as you would
have to register your name before entering the hall. There are no tickets
or passes. We urge you to contribute generously in the fund box, to support
People's Film Collective.
* People's Film Collective*
* presents*
* Monthly Film Screening & Conversations*
* FRAMES OF FREEDOM 2018 *
* 15th AUGUST | 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. *
*JOGESH MIME ACADEMY (KALIGHAT PARK)*
*FILM SCREENING SCHEDULE*
* 10 a.m. *
*COURT*
*Dir: Chaitanya Tamhane*
*116 mins/ 2014/ Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, English *
*(English subtitles) *
*12:30 p.m.*
*ACHAL / THE STAGNANT*
*Dir: Bikramjit Gupta*
*91 mins/ 2013/ Bengali *
*(English subtitles)*
*2:30 p.m.*
*HARUD / AUTUMN*
*Dir: Aamir Bashir*
*99 mins/ 2010/ Hindi, Urdu *
*(English subtitles)*
*4:30 p.m.*
*FANDRY / PIG*
*Dir: Nagraj Manjule*
*105 mins/ 2013/ Marathi *
*(English subtitles)*
*6:30 p.m.*
*ANHEY GHORHEY DA DAAN / ALMS FOR A BLIND HORSE*
*Dir: Gurvinder Singh*
*117 mins/ 2011/ Punjabi *
*(English subtitles)*
* FREE ENTRY*
* Contact: 9163736863 | ***@gmail.com
<***@gmail.com>*
*Synopses*
*COURT *- The dead body of a sewer cleaner is found in a Mumbai manhole.
An ageing Dalit activist and mass singer is charged with abetting suicide
based on the fiery content of one of his song lyrics, which allegedly may
have incited the worker to take his own life. The ensuing trial is drawn
out through procedural delays and excuses, and meanders through the
absurdities of coached witnesses, arcane colonial legal practices and
institutional incompetencies. This Kafkaesque chaos of a low-level court
acts as a backdrop to explore the complex personal lives of judge,
prosecution and defense alike. The director moves between tragedy and
comedy, working with a cast of professional and un-trained actors alike, to
bring his dark yet humanist portrait of the Indian justice system to life.
*ACHAL / THE STAGNANT* - Characters that remain unnoticed in this era of
globalization. Human beings surviving in the opposite direction of the
stream. Micro traders like hawkers, street performers are rapidly going
extinct from our vicinity due to the constant pressure of the market. They
donât carry big brand names behind them but they are creative enough to
colour our life with their magnificent creativity. Achal paints the humane
world of those that are considered surplus of the society.
*HARUD / AUTUMN* - Rafiq and his family are struggling to come to terms
with the loss of his older brother Tauqir, a tourist photographer, who is
one of the thousands of young men who have disappeared, since the onset of
the armed insurgency in Kashmir. After an unsuccessful attempt to cross the
border into Pakistan, to become a militant, Rafiq returns home to an
aimless existence. Until one day, he accidentally finds his brotherâs old
camera.
*FANDRY / PIG* - A mesmeric force pulls Jabya onto the other side. The
rarest of rare Black Sparrow he is told, is the cure to his problem. The
hypnotic spell of the sparrow makes him wander relentlessly. Completely
away from the magical world of Jabya, exists the callous reality of his
parents who are working at the most oppressed level of the Indian class and
caste structure and assume him to do the same work which they have done all
their life. The protagonist Jabya has to now struggle between his quest to
find the magical sparrow and his parentsâ expectations. Will Jabya be
successful in his pursuit of the Black Sparrow? Will the magnetic power
surpass the class differences between Jabya and Shalu created by centuries
of customs? Will Jabya break the fences and pass onto the other side?
*ANHEY GHORHEY DA DAAN / ALMS FOR A BLIND HORSE* - On a foggy winter
morning, a Dalit family in a village in Punjab wakes up to the news of the
demolition of a house of one of their community members on the outskirts of
the village. Based on the 1976 Punjabi novel of the same title, written by
Punjabi novelist and Jnanpeeth Award winner Professor Gurdial Singh, this
highly acclaimed film examines the problems faced by Punjabi farmers, the
rural working class, as well as the landlords, presented as one day in the
life of a poor Punjabi family in Bhatinda.
*-- *
*PEOPLE'S FILM COLLECTIVE*
*Email: *****@gmail.com* <***@gmail.com>
*Phone: **+91-9163736863* <091637%2036863>* (also WhatsApp)*
*Facebook: **http://www.facebook.com/KolkataPeoplesFilmFestival/*
<http://www.facebook.com/KolkataPeoplesFilmFestival/>* (page)*
*http://www.facebook.com/groups/PeoplesFilmCollective/*
<http://www.facebook.com/groups/PeoplesFilmCollective/>* (group)*
*ABOUT*
*People's Film Collective is an independent, autonomous, people-funded
cultural-political collective based in West Bengal. Formed in 2013, it
believes in the power of films as a weapon of pedagogy as well as
alternative media for people. PFC organises monthly film screenings &
conversations in Kolkata and travels in Bengal with films & movemental
videos. PFC organises two annual film festivals - the 'Kolkata People's
Film Festival' (KPFF) and the 'Frames of Freedom' and publishes a magazine
(Pratirodher Cinema). PFC collaborates with like-minded collectives of the
working class and peopleâs movements.*
*Kolkata Monthly Documentary Screenings and ConversationsKolkata People's
Film Festival (KPFF)Frames of Freedom Film FestivalLittle CinemaTravelling
CinemaPeople's MediaPeople's Study CircleProtirodher Cinema : film and
counterculture magazine*
*Campaign for People's Unity* (joint initiative with several groups and
individuals)
* --*
On 15th August we bring to you the second edition of FRAMES OF FREEDOM.
This year we will screen five feature-length films from our part of the
world, five from amongst some of the most important work in fiction from
the last decade, which question the notion of 'independence', and point us
to the unending march of people for freedom.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/303281010417968/
Zindabad!
People's Film Collective
This is an all-day programme. We begin at 10 am and end at 9 pm. It's a 400
seater auditorium. As always, seating is on first-come-first-seated basis.
Please arrive 15 minutes early for a show you want to catch, as you would
have to register your name before entering the hall. There are no tickets
or passes. We urge you to contribute generously in the fund box, to support
People's Film Collective.
* People's Film Collective*
* presents*
* Monthly Film Screening & Conversations*
* FRAMES OF FREEDOM 2018 *
* 15th AUGUST | 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. *
*JOGESH MIME ACADEMY (KALIGHAT PARK)*
*FILM SCREENING SCHEDULE*
* 10 a.m. *
*COURT*
*Dir: Chaitanya Tamhane*
*116 mins/ 2014/ Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, English *
*(English subtitles) *
*12:30 p.m.*
*ACHAL / THE STAGNANT*
*Dir: Bikramjit Gupta*
*91 mins/ 2013/ Bengali *
*(English subtitles)*
*2:30 p.m.*
*HARUD / AUTUMN*
*Dir: Aamir Bashir*
*99 mins/ 2010/ Hindi, Urdu *
*(English subtitles)*
*4:30 p.m.*
*FANDRY / PIG*
*Dir: Nagraj Manjule*
*105 mins/ 2013/ Marathi *
*(English subtitles)*
*6:30 p.m.*
*ANHEY GHORHEY DA DAAN / ALMS FOR A BLIND HORSE*
*Dir: Gurvinder Singh*
*117 mins/ 2011/ Punjabi *
*(English subtitles)*
* FREE ENTRY*
* Contact: 9163736863 | ***@gmail.com
<***@gmail.com>*
*Synopses*
*COURT *- The dead body of a sewer cleaner is found in a Mumbai manhole.
An ageing Dalit activist and mass singer is charged with abetting suicide
based on the fiery content of one of his song lyrics, which allegedly may
have incited the worker to take his own life. The ensuing trial is drawn
out through procedural delays and excuses, and meanders through the
absurdities of coached witnesses, arcane colonial legal practices and
institutional incompetencies. This Kafkaesque chaos of a low-level court
acts as a backdrop to explore the complex personal lives of judge,
prosecution and defense alike. The director moves between tragedy and
comedy, working with a cast of professional and un-trained actors alike, to
bring his dark yet humanist portrait of the Indian justice system to life.
*ACHAL / THE STAGNANT* - Characters that remain unnoticed in this era of
globalization. Human beings surviving in the opposite direction of the
stream. Micro traders like hawkers, street performers are rapidly going
extinct from our vicinity due to the constant pressure of the market. They
donât carry big brand names behind them but they are creative enough to
colour our life with their magnificent creativity. Achal paints the humane
world of those that are considered surplus of the society.
*HARUD / AUTUMN* - Rafiq and his family are struggling to come to terms
with the loss of his older brother Tauqir, a tourist photographer, who is
one of the thousands of young men who have disappeared, since the onset of
the armed insurgency in Kashmir. After an unsuccessful attempt to cross the
border into Pakistan, to become a militant, Rafiq returns home to an
aimless existence. Until one day, he accidentally finds his brotherâs old
camera.
*FANDRY / PIG* - A mesmeric force pulls Jabya onto the other side. The
rarest of rare Black Sparrow he is told, is the cure to his problem. The
hypnotic spell of the sparrow makes him wander relentlessly. Completely
away from the magical world of Jabya, exists the callous reality of his
parents who are working at the most oppressed level of the Indian class and
caste structure and assume him to do the same work which they have done all
their life. The protagonist Jabya has to now struggle between his quest to
find the magical sparrow and his parentsâ expectations. Will Jabya be
successful in his pursuit of the Black Sparrow? Will the magnetic power
surpass the class differences between Jabya and Shalu created by centuries
of customs? Will Jabya break the fences and pass onto the other side?
*ANHEY GHORHEY DA DAAN / ALMS FOR A BLIND HORSE* - On a foggy winter
morning, a Dalit family in a village in Punjab wakes up to the news of the
demolition of a house of one of their community members on the outskirts of
the village. Based on the 1976 Punjabi novel of the same title, written by
Punjabi novelist and Jnanpeeth Award winner Professor Gurdial Singh, this
highly acclaimed film examines the problems faced by Punjabi farmers, the
rural working class, as well as the landlords, presented as one day in the
life of a poor Punjabi family in Bhatinda.
*-- *
*PEOPLE'S FILM COLLECTIVE*
*Email: *****@gmail.com* <***@gmail.com>
*Phone: **+91-9163736863* <091637%2036863>* (also WhatsApp)*
*Facebook: **http://www.facebook.com/KolkataPeoplesFilmFestival/*
<http://www.facebook.com/KolkataPeoplesFilmFestival/>* (page)*
*http://www.facebook.com/groups/PeoplesFilmCollective/*
<http://www.facebook.com/groups/PeoplesFilmCollective/>* (group)*
*ABOUT*
*People's Film Collective is an independent, autonomous, people-funded
cultural-political collective based in West Bengal. Formed in 2013, it
believes in the power of films as a weapon of pedagogy as well as
alternative media for people. PFC organises monthly film screenings &
conversations in Kolkata and travels in Bengal with films & movemental
videos. PFC organises two annual film festivals - the 'Kolkata People's
Film Festival' (KPFF) and the 'Frames of Freedom' and publishes a magazine
(Pratirodher Cinema). PFC collaborates with like-minded collectives of the
working class and peopleâs movements.*
*Kolkata Monthly Documentary Screenings and ConversationsKolkata People's
Film Festival (KPFF)Frames of Freedom Film FestivalLittle CinemaTravelling
CinemaPeople's MediaPeople's Study CircleProtirodher Cinema : film and
counterculture magazine*
*Campaign for People's Unity* (joint initiative with several groups and
individuals)
* --*