FILMS AND MOVEMENT JOURNIES | Kriti @25 | Reflections, Retrospectives & Premieres | 7-9 June 2024 | IHC, New Delhi
Celebrating twenty-five years of Kriti development praxis and communication team this June 2024. Join us for three evenings of conversations, documentary screenings and reflections around activism, filmmaking and social change.
7th to 9th June 2024 (from 7 pm onwards)
Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre
Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003
7th June (7 pm onwards): Films and Movement Journies |
KRITI CONVERSATIONS @25
Speakers: Aruna Roy, Uma Chakravarti, Vani Subramanian, Dipta Bhog, Arbab Ahmad
Sootradhar: Aanchal Kapur
Researchers, practitioners and filmmakers share reflections and vignettes from their inspiring personal and political journies. We discuss trajectories of people’s movements and filmmaking, with a focus on documentaries for social change. This evening celebrates the documentation of social movements in 'Our Diary' and showcasing of documentary cinema by Kriti Film Club over 25 years.
8th June (7 pm onwards): Films and Movement Journies |
KRITI RETROSPECTIVES @25
MAJMA (54 mins/ Hindi with English subtitles/ 2001/ Docu)
Dir. Rahul Roy
Aslam sells medicines for sexual problems on the pavements of Meena Bazaar near Jama Masjid in Delhi… Khalifa Barkat presides over an akhara (wrestling gym) in the adjacent park and puts a group of young men through the moral and physical grind of wrestling… Through the park and the market hundreds of men pass every day… Majma explores the instability and insecurity of working class lives and its impact on male sexuality and gender relations.
Followed by a filmmaker conversation moderated by Manak Matiyani
9th June (7 pm onwards): Films and Movement Journies |
KRITI PREMIERES @25
Dr. B.R. AMBEDKAR: NOW & THEN (111 mins | English, Hindi w/Eng. subtitles | 2023/ Docu)
Dir. Jyoti Nisha
Through the discerning lens of a Bahujan feminist filmmaker operating within the upper-caste Indian film industry, the film delves deep into critical themes of liberty, equality, fraternity, social justice, exclusion, and marginalised representation. Bridging the realms of Ambedkarite politics with the visual language of cinema, it offers a poignant representation of the culture, history, and politics of marginalised communities within popular cinema and media. Watch Trailer
Followed by a conversation with the filmmaker
OPEN FOR ALL
Confirmations are appreciated on space.kriti@gmail.com or you can register at venue.
Venue is senior citizen and wheelchair friendly
Nearest metros: Jor Bagh, Khan Market, JLN Stadium
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