Other Cinemas in India - A panel discussion
Posted by Magic Lantern Foundation
on January 27, 2012
Marg Humanities and Magic Lantern Foundation present
Other Cinemas in India: Production and Piracy, Circulation and Censorship
with the Premiere of documentary film Fried Fish, Chicken Soup and a Premier Show, (2011) by Mamta Murthy
and interrogations/investigations in a panel discussion with
Lawrence Liang, Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore
Ravi Sundaram, Centre for Studies in Developing Societies, Delhi
Mamta Murthy, filmmaker
Moderated by Brinda Bose, MargHumanities
Venue and Date
Venue: Delhi University, Arts Faculty (north campus), Room 22
Date: February 10, 2012 at 2.00 pm
Fried Fish, Chicken Soup and a Premiere Show
Director: Mamta Murthy
The film is a journey with a Manipuri feature film unit through the landscape of picturesque hills and narrative traditions. As technology and army fatigues permeate the terrain the people continuously re-configure the narrative inheritance and the strategies to chronicle the contemporary. Traversing through various sites - the home based filmmaking convention, the courtyards as locations for public life, the community imposed censorship and finally the phenomenal love for cinema, the film brings forth the very specific story of Manipur and its public culture in the 21st century.
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