KRITI FILM CLUB
invites you for the first screening of 2020
Aayi Gayi
(61 minutes/ Hindi with English subtitles/ 2019)
by Anandana Kapur
Producer: Tata Centre for Development at University of Chicago
on Friday, 31st January 2020
7 pm
Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road
New Delhi 110003
The film will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker and a member of the Tata Centre for Development at University of Chicago.
https://www.facebook.com/events/747208062351414/
ABOUT THE FILM: In Bihar, where “Sarkar mera bada bhai hai…” (The government is my older brother) is the righteous response to why one may illegally acquire electricity connections or not pay bills, a team of academics work on the ground to activate RLSS- the Revenue Linked Supply Scheme- and are met with various degrees of opposition and success. The film explores the complex relationships people have with the State through the lens of electricity. Is it a right? Or is it a commodity? In a country with limited resources, can it be a social right if the government needs funds to keep the grid functional? And if so, can the normalisation of non-payment of bills be reversed? Is it possible to create an ideal citizenry?
ABOUT THE FILM MAKER: Anandana Kapur is an award-winning filmmaker and media scholar. She has been directing and producing documentaries since 2004. As a founder director of CINEMAD India, she tells uniquely Indian stories on oral traditions, gender, and social innovations. Anandana's work is critically acclaimed and has been showcased at over 50 film festivals. Her most recent awards include the Leadership award and the Best Mobile App for Social Good at the MIT Media Lab led hackathon Reality-Virtuality. She also co-wrote 'Unseen Memories' which won the Toronto Smartphone Film Festival in 2017. A Fulbright Scholar at MIT's Open Documentary Lab and an Indo-Canadian Shastri Institute Fellow, Anandana's writing focuses on cinema, new media, and culture. Passionate about bringing the art and its nuances to people she teaches cinema to university students and youth leaders in India, USA, and Canada. Anandana also curates and serves as jury at national and international film festivals. Her latest works include 'Aayi Gayi', a film that examines electricity policy in Bihar and a co-creative interactive documentary 'Aashiyaan', featuring domestic workers and homemakers in Delhi.
ABOUT THE KRITI FILM CLUB: This is an educational initiative of a not-for-profit organisation 'Kriti team'. We screen and share documentary films on development, environment and socially relevant issues, in an effort to positively influence mindsets and behaviour towards creating an equitous, just and peaceful world. We also curate issue based film festivals and organise documentary film shows in neighbourhoods, communities, schools, colleges or institutions on request and otherwise. The Kriti Film Club has been screening documentaries regularly and independently (without any funding) in Delhi NCR since 2000 and in Mumbai since 2019, to promote 'thought-provoking cinema'.
Venue Collaboration: India Habitat Centre, Habitat World, New Delhi
Nearest Metros: Jor Bagh, JLN Stadium, Khan Market, Race Course
Open for All.
The space is wheelchair and disabled friendly.
Seating on first cum first basis.
Preference to senior citizens, differently abled and wheelchair users.
Confirmations would be appreciated on space.kriti@gmail.com
Contact us: 011-26027845/ 26033088
https://krititeam.blogspot.com
www.doculive.in
http://www.gestures.in/Docushop-depid-687581-page-1.ht
(61 minutes/ Hindi with English subtitles/ 2019)
by Anandana Kapur
Producer: Tata Centre for Development at University of Chicago
on Friday, 31st January 2020
7 pm
Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road
New Delhi 110003
The film will be followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker and a member of the Tata Centre for Development at University of Chicago.
https://www.facebook.com/events/747208062351414/
ABOUT THE FILM: In Bihar, where “Sarkar mera bada bhai hai…” (The government is my older brother) is the righteous response to why one may illegally acquire electricity connections or not pay bills, a team of academics work on the ground to activate RLSS- the Revenue Linked Supply Scheme- and are met with various degrees of opposition and success. The film explores the complex relationships people have with the State through the lens of electricity. Is it a right? Or is it a commodity? In a country with limited resources, can it be a social right if the government needs funds to keep the grid functional? And if so, can the normalisation of non-payment of bills be reversed? Is it possible to create an ideal citizenry?
ABOUT THE FILM MAKER: Anandana Kapur is an award-winning filmmaker and media scholar. She has been directing and producing documentaries since 2004. As a founder director of CINEMAD India, she tells uniquely Indian stories on oral traditions, gender, and social innovations. Anandana's work is critically acclaimed and has been showcased at over 50 film festivals. Her most recent awards include the Leadership award and the Best Mobile App for Social Good at the MIT Media Lab led hackathon Reality-Virtuality. She also co-wrote 'Unseen Memories' which won the Toronto Smartphone Film Festival in 2017. A Fulbright Scholar at MIT's Open Documentary Lab and an Indo-Canadian Shastri Institute Fellow, Anandana's writing focuses on cinema, new media, and culture. Passionate about bringing the art and its nuances to people she teaches cinema to university students and youth leaders in India, USA, and Canada. Anandana also curates and serves as jury at national and international film festivals. Her latest works include 'Aayi Gayi', a film that examines electricity policy in Bihar and a co-creative interactive documentary 'Aashiyaan', featuring domestic workers and homemakers in Delhi.
ABOUT THE KRITI FILM CLUB: This is an educational initiative of a not-for-profit organisation 'Kriti team'. We screen and share documentary films on development, environment and socially relevant issues, in an effort to positively influence mindsets and behaviour towards creating an equitous, just and peaceful world. We also curate issue based film festivals and organise documentary film shows in neighbourhoods, communities, schools, colleges or institutions on request and otherwise. The Kriti Film Club has been screening documentaries regularly and independently (without any funding) in Delhi NCR since 2000 and in Mumbai since 2019, to promote 'thought-provoking cinema'.
Venue Collaboration: India Habitat Centre, Habitat World, New Delhi
Nearest Metros: Jor Bagh, JLN Stadium, Khan Market, Race Course
Open for All.
The space is wheelchair and disabled friendly.
Seating on first cum first basis.
Preference to senior citizens, differently abled and wheelchair users.
Confirmations would be appreciated on space.kriti@gmail.com
Contact us: 011-26027845/ 26033088
https://krititeam.blogspot.com
www.doculive.in
http://www.gestures.in/Docushop-depid-687581-page-1.ht
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