Events
12th Dharamshala International Film Festival 2023
Mhara Pichchar (Our Film), directed by Dakxin Chhara, was screened at the 20th International Social Justice Film Festival in Chennai.
Venue: Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai
20th International Social Justice Film Festival
Mhara Pichchar (Our Film), directed by Dakxin Chhara, was screened at the 20th International Social Justice Film Festival in Chennai.
Venue: Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai
Film screening followed by Q&A
A screening of the film Mhara Pichchar was held at Centro Studi Sereno Regis, a cultural space that has been active in the city of Turin since 1982 to promote peace research, peace education and non-violence. The screening was followed by a Q&A with Dakxin Bajrange Chhara (DNT activist, artistic director of Budhan Theatre and award-winning filmmaker) Keyur Chhara (emerging filmmaker) and Alice Tilche (researcher and producer).
Exhibition: What was to pass, remained
The exhibition took place as part of the European Conference of South Asian Studies ECSAS. It brings together contemporary art forms that shed light on the history of the adivasi and denotified tribes in India and their lives and showcases the untold stories and resilience of these remarkable communities through the years of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival
The Budhan Podcast project was featured in the interactive media category of the Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival 2022. The Festival is held as part of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting, giving filmmakers and distributors broad access to an audience of thousands of anthropologists, educators, and other attendees.
What was to pass, remained
A brief history of Adivasi and Denotified Tribes … through Covid Years
'Criminals' in the time of covid
A courageous and talented group of artists from one of India’s so-called ‘criminal tribes’, stepped out during the COVID-19 pandemic to document the stories of their communities, which have remained invisible from national and international reporting. If you’re interested in films, and would like an insight into little known stories from Indian culture and current affairs, come along to the film screening of what they have recorded. It will take you through the histories and arts of people living at the perilous margins of Indian society and will explore how they are dealing with the impact of the pandemic.
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