FILM SCREENING & DISCUSSION : Kriti Film Club screens "Dakhal ( Reclaimed )" at Tara Apartments, Alaknanda - 12th Jan 08

• Time : 4.00 pm

• Duration : 61.10 min
• Language : English

• Event Info : KRITI FILM CLUB shows the documentary "Dakhal" (Reclaimed)
  
• followed by a discussion with the film maker! )

• Research & Direction : Deepak Roy
• Camera : Raviraj Singh Editor: Tarun Wadwa Coordinator: Ashok Choudhuri
• Producer : National Forum of Forest People & Forest Workers (NFFPFW )

• About the Film : Historically, the Forest People are at best perceived as sub-humans to be kept in isolation, or as 'primitives' living in remote and backward regions who should be "civilised". None of them have a rational basis. Consequently, the official and popular perception of Forest People is merely that of isolation in forest, tribal dialect, animism, primitive occupation, carnivorous diet, naked or semi-naked, nomadic habits, love, drink and dance. Contrast this with the self-perception of Forest dwellers as casteless, classless and egalitarian in nature, community-based economic systems, symbiotic with nature, democratic according to the demands of the times, accommodative history and people-oriented art and literature.
• This film attempts to present the struggles of the tribal and other forest dwellers for their rights over forest resources from a socio-historical point of view. This is especially significant in the context of their recent campaigns to reclaim lost rights of ancestral land in every part of India...their collective battle against the land mafia, forest officials and corrupt local administration...and impending the Forest Rights Bill.

• About the Filmmaker : Deepak Roy, a Delhi based independent film maker, has been making films since the past 22 years on various socially relevant issues. So far, he has made 150 documentaries - including, The Lace Makers Of Narsapur, The Path Of A Saint, Beauty Without Cruelty, Rhythm In Stone, The Exceptions & The Rules, etc.. This profession has taken him to remote corners of the Indian subcontinent and other parts of world. He is a five times National Award winner for his documentaries from time to time and some of his documentaries have received critically acclaim internationally. Deepak writes occasionally on serious cinema and other subjects that interest and provokes him. He has written over fifty short stories in Bengali, his mother tongue.

• About the Film Club :
  
• We offer an informal space for screening documentary & mainstream films as well as slide shows, on a whole range of issues connected with development, human rights & social attitudes/ trends once a month. We also serve as a borrowing & buying space for documentary films. Consistently screening films since 1999 in New Delhi, non-funded and surviving on our audiences' contribution into our ' gullak' (collection box)

• Place : KRITI TEAM WORKPLACE S-35 Tara Apartments, Alaknanda, New Delhi 110019
• Phone: 26027845/ 26033088
• Email: space.kriti@gmail.com

• Related Events :
• Click here for All Films at Cultural Places
• Click here for All Movies' Screenings in Delhi
• Click here for All Upcoming Events