Screening
of Amudhan R.P.’s films at Visakhapatnam!
Jointly
organized by
Environmental
Film Society & Vizag Film Society.
Date:
21 September 2014; Time: 10 am
Venue:
Builders association hall, Tycoon Hotel 4th floor, near Siripuram Jn.
Visakhapatnam.
Films:
1)
The Road
10
minutes; Tamil with English subtitles; 2008
Who
owns the highways? When foreign direct investment and multinational Indian
companies take over the road with heavy funding for construction and expansion
who owns them finally? Do the villagers who were robbed off their lands own it?
What about the school children? When the houses and trees are bulldozed along
with the deities, Hitler’s dream can also be implemented in India.
2)
Seruppu (Footwear)
64
minutes; Tamil with English subtitles; 2006
This
film portrays the life and struggle of the inhabitants of Dharmanathapuram, an
old slum in Tiruchirappalli with the combination of ethnographic and point of
view style.
The
protagonists are dalits/untouchables/harijans involved in making footwear for
their livelihood, which is their traditional caste based occupation. They are
also Catholics and that religious identity “officially prohibits” them from
getting benefits such as reservation/quota in education and jobs, scholarship
for students, and other measures that are otherwise available for fellow
“Hindu” dalits under the same Indian constitution.
Besides
the external trouble, they also face discrimination within the church as their
fellow Catholics who happened to be “upper castes” practice untouchability and
hegemony over the lower caste Christians. Also the entry of multinational
companies because of globalization and privatization deprive them the market
share, apart from the apathy shown by both the state and central governments
who are in the process of slowly stopping all the support mechanism that has
been guaranteed to the small scale and cottage industries in India.
3)
Hey Mr.Gandhi, Leave the Indians Alone!
28
min; Tamil with English subtitles; 2011
3
villages near Madurai in south India will be robbed off 1500 acres of fertile
lands by Special Economic Zone (SEZ) a chain of no-tax zones to promote industrialization
initiated by Government of India across the country. People are being forced to
leave the lands that were part of their lives for generations.
The
filmmaker will be there to introduce the films and for post screenings
discussions!
Amudhan
R.P.
1 comment:
Dear Mr.Amudhan,
Last week, I came across an interview with you in "Mathrubhumi" weekly and is very impressed with many of your views on social, especially caste issues. The topics of your documentaries itself is of great interest to me and I would like to watch them. Sorry to ask you this question - how can I get hold of these documentaries?
Thanks in advance,
Jinaraj
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