Lockdown Watching with KRITI FILM CLUB - 1st to 30th April 2020

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Continuing the Kriti Film Club lockdown recommendations started in March

KRITI FILM CLUB invites you to watch a special daily curation during Lockdown 2020!

As the Covid19 lockdown keeps many of us home, its an opportunity to watch some insightful and thoughtprovoking cinema. The Kriti Film Club continued its lockdown recommendations through April and here is the collection, if you have not yet seen these films. Most of the documentaries recommended by us have been screened by the Kriti Film Club over the past two decades. Some others are being recommended in consultation with the filmmakers and/ or producers. 
If any organisation requires curation and facilitation of documentary films please get in touch with us on space.kriti@gmail.com

Day 12 (1 April 2020): This one to respect our natural resources! 

A DAM OLD STORY by Tarini Manchanda 



Day 13 (2 April 2020): LET'S TWIST AGAIN by Sonata Gay Dkhar 
Day 14 (3 April 2020): LET THERE BE LIGHT by Supriyo Sen 
Day 15 (4 April 2020): This one for the weekend lockdown dance! 
DANCING SHOES by Rishebh Batnagar and Jogavindra Khera 



Day 16 (5 April 2020): The weekend dancing continues in style! 

SHOVANA by Aparna Sanyal 
Day 17 (6 April 2020): This one on sexuality and disability! 
ACCSEX by Shweta Ghosh 
Day 18 (7 April 2020): A World Health Day special! 
TIMBAKTU by Rintu Thomas and Susmit Ghosh
 

Day 19 (8 April 2020): This one to watch with children! 
HEDA HODA by Vinod Ganatra 

Day 20 (9 April 2020): This one to appreciate what ‘home’ means! 
IN SEARCH OF MY HOME by Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas 
Day 21 (10 April 2020): This one with music on the streets! 
THE BOHEMIAN MUSICIAN by Rochak Sahu

Day 22 (11 April 2020): This one for the feminine spirit! 
SONG OF THE OTHER FIREFLY by Abhijeet Bhatt, Abhishek Dutta, Meghna Talwar, Nagma Sahi Ansari, Umang Sabarwal 

Day 23 (12 April 2020): Short, charming, happy and heartwarming films by Nitin Das
Day 24 (13 April 2020): On the occasion of Baisakhi! “For the farmers whose harvest is in lockdown....For the daily wagers whose livelihoods are in lockdown...For those who have food on the plate and those who do not...Wishes for resilience, survival, security and abundance!” 
JARDHAR DIARY by Krishnendu Bose Please see on: https://vimeo.com/338846794

Day 25 (14 April 2020): On the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti, a film that documents the lives of manual scavengers in Tamil Nadu and the dehumanising that comes with their occupation. KAKKOOS by Divya 

Day 26 (15 April 2020):  A light-hearted chronicle of the marriage predicament. 
MUCH ADO ABOUT KNOTTING by Geetika Narang and Anandana Kapur. 
Born into a society obsessed with marriage, a young girl, a not-so-young man and an NRI couple are compelled by tradition to look for matches via classifieds, matchmaking bureaus and websites. 

Day 27 (16 April 2020): An insight into India's democracy! 
TURUP by Ektara Collective 
Chess is a popular pastime in this neighbourhood in Bhopal, with roadside games bringing together men to challenge each other in friendly and sometimes unfriendly matches. But for some, the pawns include morality and religion, causing tensions to erupt when a tournament gets underway. Please watch here: https://vimeo.com/189462834

Day 28 (17 April 2020): PATHER CHUJAERI by Pankaj Rishi Kumar 
A glimpse into how a group of artists in Kashmir use the satiric, non-sectarian folk theatre form Bhand Pather to question and make sense of the regime of fear!Through the lives of the Bhands and their performances, the Film explores the subversive message of their art. 

Day 29 (18 April 2020): Today, on WORLD HERITAGE DAY, a glimpse into our rich cultural heritage from the Deccan Plateau which is one of the oldest centres of civilisation in the ancient world and one of the greatest lands of the development of Buddhism.
THE ART OF COMPASSION: BUDDHIST HERITAGE OF THE WESTERN AND THE EASTERN DECCAN by Benoy Behl 

Day 30 (19 April 2020): An online international premiere of “STALKING CHERNOBYL: exploration after apocalypse”. This film examines the underground culture of the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, where-three decades after the world's most infamous nuclear disaster-illegal hiking adventurers have begun to explore anew the mysterious, ghostly, post-apocalyptic landscape.

Day 31 (20 April 2020): Take a peek into the fascinating cultural universe of Delhi, a film we first screened in Feb 2012! DIL KI BASTI MEIN by Anwar Jamal This documentary captures a vibrant city caught between the past and the present, between decay and renewal, between hope and despair, between tradition and modernity.  

 Day 32 (21 April 2020): A weekend watch in corona times! 
ZOHRA SEHGAL ON ZOHRA SEHGAL by Anant Raina 
This film is the story of Zohra Segal, in her own words. Compiled from two interviews when she was about to turn 100, interspersed with recitations and personal photographs, it presents an account of a truly fantastic life. 

Day 33 (22 April 2020): On Earth day, reflecting on what the earth means to each one of us! EARTH WITNESS by Akanksha Joshi  This film talks about four common people - a teacher, a farmer, a shepherd, a father - who find themselves on the frontline of the earth’s biggest, most complex crisis: climate change. 

Day 34 (23 April 2020): SHEWRITE by Anjali Monteiro, KP Jayashankar 
A glimpse into the lives of four women poets from Tamil Nadu. And their diverse modes of resistance, through images and sounds that evoke the universal experiences of pain, anger, desire and transcendence. 

Day 35 (24 April 2020): DERE TUN DILLI by Shilpi Gulati, DivyaCowasji  
A film about storytellers who weave history in the everyday, tell tales of a divided country, of struggles across borders and of lost and found homes. Storytellers who try to remember, keep a collective memory alive, and who often forget. This is a journey through time, through Dera Ismail Khan and Delhi, through memory, living and forgetting. 

Day 36 (25 April 2020): JAADUI MACHCHHI by Maheen Mirza, Ektara Collective 
On the banks of a flowing river Jyotika and her friends are busy in their lives when one day they meet an old woman who tells them a story of a fish that spreads happiness in the world. Please see on: https://vimeo.com/191917882

Day 37 (26 April 2020): MARDISTAN (Macholand) by Harjant Gill 
This film is an exploration of Indian manhood articulated through the voices of four men from different generations and backgrounds. 

Day 38 (27 April 2020): SITA'S FAMILY by Saba Dewan, PSBT 
This film delves into the personal exploration of a daughter trying to find answers to her present by dwelling into the past of her mother Sita who had been active in the struggle against colonialism. 

Day 39 (28 April 2020): THE HOUSE ON GULMOHAR AVENUE by Samina Mishra, PSBT A film about home and belonging, tracing the filmmaker's journey to understand what it means to be a Muslim in India. 

Day 40 (29 April 2020): THE GHETTO GIRL by Ambarien Alqadar 
A film that reflects on in what is also known as India’s ‘Little Pakistan’ in New Delhi and a girl who is on a search for a lost home. A love and loss tale about being Muslim in India today.

Day 41 (30 April 2020): BULLETS AND BUTTERFLIES by Sushmit Ghosh 
The journey of a handicapped street child and a biking enthusiast on a motorcycle - popularly known as a Bullet - as they travel from the bustling cityscape of Delhi to the serene hills of Himachal Pradesh. Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFj3gHC2lHo 

and the recommendations continue into May 2020. 

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