Negotiating Spaces: Films on Development and Gender

 

Agar wo Desh Banati (If she built a country)

(60 min; 2018; dvd; Hindi with English subtitles)

Director: Maheen Mirza

 

Rural, Adivasi women from the villages of Raigarh, Chhatisgarh critique the grand plan of development of the country. As mines and power plants appear and grow in monstrous proportions around them, many of them have been cheated of their land and compensation. Their relationship with the forest and environment has been severed, leaving them surrounded by a toxic, polluted gutted earth

 

Breathe (24 min; 2018; dvd; English)

Directors: Anushka Shivdasani & Madhuri Mohinder

 

The film explores the intersections between identity, sexuality, mental health and the many alleys through which women negociate freedom and dignity. It interweaves the stories of Swati and Ray, as they redefine the boundaries of intimacy, desire and relationships

 

Ishq, Dosti and All that (19 min; 2018; dvd; English)

Directors: Rituparna Borah & Ritambhara Mehta

 

The film is a light-hearted take on the lives of a transman and a lesbian, as they reflect on their loves, crushes, desires, dating experiences, friendships and intimate relationships

 

(Collaboration: Public Service Broadcasting Trust)

 

 
   THIS PROGRAMME HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, 3 JUNE 2019 AT 6.30 PM IN CONFERENCE ROOM-I

Speakers: Dr. Sunita Gupta, Senior Professor and Head, Oral Medicine & Radiology, Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences; and Dr. Naresh Gupta, Maulana Azad Medical College