Open Space invites you to a screening of the film
INDIA UNTOUCHED - Stories of a People Apart
108 minutes, Hindi, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalm with English sub-titles.
Directed by Stalin K
on Monday | July 23, 2007 | 5.30pm to 8.00pm
at Dnyaneshwar Hall, nest to Central Office, Marathwada Mitramandal College of Commerce, next to IMDR campus, Pune
Filmmaker Stalin K. will share his experiences of making the film after the screening, which will be followed by an informal discussion.
INDIA UNTOUCHED - Stories of a People Apart is a comprehensive look at untouchability ever portrayed on film. Director Stalin K. spent four years traveling the length and breadth of the country to expose the continued oppression of ‘Dalits,’ the ‘broken people’ who suffer under a 4000 year-old religious system. It exposes the continuation of caste practices and untouchability in Sikhism, Christianity and Islam, and even amongst the communists in Kerala. Dalits themselves are not let off the hook. Spanning eight states and four religions, “INDIA UNTOUCHED” will make it impossible for anyone to deny that untouchability continues to be practiced in India. In an age where the media projects only one image of ‘rising’ or ‘poised’ India, this film reminds us how far the country is from being an equal society. Traveling through eight states and four religions, this film is a serious exploration of caste oppression.
Stalin K. is the co-founder and Director of DRISHTI Media, Arts and Human Rights and the India Director of Video Volunteers.
DRISHTI is a leading media and human rights organization in India, with 15 years experience pioneering new models of participatory media, such as street theater, community radio, campaign design, documentary filmmaking, and participatory video.
Stalin is also an internationally acclaimed documentary filmmaker and has made over a dozen documentaries and has received several national and international awards. His film, Lesser Humans, on the issue of Untouchability has been responsible for much of the international attention to Dalit issues.
He is one of the leading voices to democratize India’s airwaves and has been in the forefront of the fight for communities’ right to own and run their own radio stations. He was part of a team that set up one of the first community radio projects in India. He is the National Convener of the Community Radio Forum-India, a membership network of more than 100 organizations.
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In Peace,
Gaurang Bharti Raval
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