The India Studies Program is delighted to announce its sponsorship of Traveling Film South Asia 2010 with the co-sponsorship of the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries and the Department of Communication and Culture. These twelve outstanding documentaries from South Asia were selected in the competitive documentary film festival held annually in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Please find the film series schedule below. Those films not in English have English subtitles.
Thursday Feb 24, 3-6 pm in the new IU Cinema:
Mayomi (50 minutes)
Sri Lanka, 2008, directed by Carol Salter
Post-tsunami, Mayomi struggles for her family.
The Last Rites (17 minutes)
Bangladesh, 2008, directed by Yasmine Kabir
Where the ships go to die.
Winner of the Ram Bahadur Trophy for Best Film at FSA ’09
The Promised Land (90 minutes)
Bangladesh, 2008, directed by Tanvir Mokammel
Stigma still haunts Biharis in Dhaka.
Joint Winner of the Second Best Film Award at FSA ’09
Friday, Feb. 25, 3-6 pm in the new IU Cinema:
Afghan Girls Can Kick (50 minutes)
Afghanistan, 2007, directed by Bahareh Hosseini
The girls do kick well.
Out of Thin Air (50 minutes)
India, 2009, directed by Samreen Farooqui & Shabani Hassanwalia
The high energy of Ladaki cinema.
The Battle for Pakistan (40 minutes)
Pakistan, 2009, directed by Maheen Zia
Do extremism and madrassas converge?
Saturday, Feb.26, 1-6 pm in the School of Journalism, EP 220
Come to My Country: Journeys with Kabir and Friends (98 minutes)
India, 2008, directed by Shabnam Virmani
Unlikely bonds in quest for Kabir’s ‘country’.
In Search of the Riyal (86 minutes)
Nepal, 2009, directed by Kesang Tseten
Deep study of Nepali migrants in the Gulf.
The Way of the Road (60 minutes)
Nepal, 2009, directed by Ben Campbell & Cosmo Campbell
The new Nepal-Tibet road and the locals.
Sunday, Feb. 27, 1-6 pm in the School of Journalism, EP 220:
Children of God (89 minutes)
Nepal, 2008, directed by Yi Seung-jun
The kids of the Aryaghat cremation grounds.
Saamam (The Music) (42 minutes)
India, 2009, directed by Ramachandran K
Homage to Carnatic music and M D Ramanathan.
The Salt Stories (84 minutes)
India, 2008, directed by Lalit Vachani
Following Gandhi’s salt march in our time.
Joint Winner of the Second Best Film Award at FSA ’09
For additional information, please contact Professor Rebecca J. Manring, rmanring@indiana.edu
