26th October 2024 @KNMA

The Elemental You Film series curated by Kriti Film Club and organised in
collaboration with the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art.

26 October 2024 (Saturday)
5:30 pm onwards
Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA)
145, DLF South Court Mall, Saket
New Delhi – 110 017

TORTOISE UNDER THE EARTH
(95 mins./ Santhali with English subtitles/ 2022/ Drama)
by Shishir Jha

Followed by a conversation with the filmmaker and Yogendra Yadav, facilitated by Aanchal Kapur

About the film: In a uranium mining area of Jharkhand, India, a tribal couple cope with the loss of their daughter. For them, the land and forest are witness to their daughter’s memory. With great sensitivity and beauty, the film explores the deeply intertwined connections between tribal communities and the forest that is their traditional home. Watch Trailer

About the filmmaker: Shishir Jha is a Mumbai-based filmmaker who was born in Bihar, India in 1988. He graduated from the National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad with a Bachelor’s degree in Film & Video Communication Design. He received a Diploma in Filmmaking at the workshop of the late Abbas Kiarostami at EICTV (Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV) in Cuba in 2016. He has made several short films, and 'Tortoise Under The Earth' is his first feature film.

About the speaker: Yogendra Yadav is a psephologist and politician whose primary interests are in the political and social sciences. He was a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi from 2004 to 2016. He is a former member of University Grants Commission (UGC) and National Advisory Council on the Right to Education Act (NAC-RTE) constituted by Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India, in 2010. He was a member of the National Executive of the Aam Aadmi Party until 2015. Previously, he has been an academic at Panjab University from 1985-1993. Yadav is a founding member of Swaraj Abhiyan and Jai Kisan Andolan. He was the founding National President of Swaraj India, a registered political party.

About the moderator: Aanchal Kapur is the lead curator and founder of Kriti Film Club, a 25-year old initiative that curates, screens and distributes independent cinema. With over three decades of work experience in the social sector, she uses a creative lens for her research, capacity building and development communication work. As a curator, she has a keen interest in the conversations around the issues and themes that the films capture and facilitates these for social impact and active citizenship by audience and filmmakers alike.

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