FILM & THEATRE "Nuclear Hallucinations" a film and performance by Fathima Nizaruddin at S47, Panchsheel Park > 7pm on 17th January 2016

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Time : 7:00 pm Add to Calendar 17/01/2016 19:00 17/01/2016 20:30 Asia/Kolkata FILM & THEATRE "Nuclear Hallucinations" a film and performance by Fathima Nizaruddin Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2016/01/film-theatre-nuclear-hallucinations.html Downstairs@S47, S47, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Downstairs@S47, S47, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi
Venue Info : Map | Nearest Metro Station - 'Hauz Khas(Yellow Line)'

Event Description : Downstairs@S47 presents "Nuclear Hallucinations" a film and performance by Fathima Nizaruddin.

Nuclear Hallucinations is a film, which claims to be a documentary, and it is centered around the anti-nuclear struggle against the Kudankulam Atomic Power Project in Tamil Nadu. In a context where cases of sedition and waging of war against the state are filed against anti-nuclear protesters, the film attempts to question the totalitarian nature of pro-nuclear assertions through comic modes. Satirical impersonations, performance and ironic renderings of jingoistic rhetoric work together to form a narrative that explores the tragic absurdity of constructing nuclear power plants on a tsunami affected coast. This narrative tries to ascertain the relation between the production of “scientific facts” about the “safe” nature of the nuclear project and violence against anti-nuclear protesters including police firing. Anti-nuclear activists, villagers and performers who appear in the film engage with the farcical dimension of these “facts” and this raises larger questions about how authoritarian knowledge claims are asserted through the documentary form.
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Statutory Warning: The video document ‘Nuclear Hallucinations’ does not comply with the complete guidelines regarding the reportage of permissible statements about nuclear energy and weapons (Ref: File no 420, Section 203/IPC). To protect viewers from being affected by the harmful opinions emanating from the above-mentioned video document, the screenings of the same will be preceded by a mandatory lecture conducted by Scientific Rational Security Intelligence Officials.
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Fathima is an alumnus of AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, and Goldsmiths, University of London. Her film Talking Heads (Muslim Women) has been screened at various international film festivals including Punto de Vista, Spain, Filmmor Women’s Film Festival, Turkey and Bracelona International Women’s Film Festival. She is a recipient of the National Geographic’s All Roads Seed Grant.

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