Witness 84 in collaboration with Phoenix Arts Leicester brings to you a collection of films to mark the 21 st Anniversary of the Anti – Sikh Pogroms in India . Sunday, October 09, 2005 at 2.30pm
MY MOTHER INDIA
Dir: Safina Uberoi Australia 2002, 52mins, English language, 12A
PRICE : £4.90
CONCESSIONS : £3.90
Documentary
What begins as a humorous portrait of a mixed marriage between a scholarly Sikh husband and his red-headed Australian-born wife unfolds into a complex commentary on the social, political, and religious events of the anti-Sikh massacres of 1984 which tore the family apart. A powerful story of love, hate, exile and belonging, loss of identity and return to faith.
“A fascinating insight into Indian culture” Urban Cine File Sunday, October 09, 2005 at 4pm
Final Solution
Dir: Rakesh Sharma India 2003, 3hrs 28mins with interval, subtitled (Gujurati/Hindi), 15
PRICE : £4.90
CONCESSIONS : £3.70
Documentary
Final Solution is a study of the politics of hate. Set in Gujarat during the period Feb/March 2002 to July 2003, the film graphically documents the changing face of right-wing Indian politics through a study of the 2002 massacre of Muslims in Gujarat . It specifically examines the ideological tendencies reminiscent of Nazi Germany in the 1930s and holds the deeply serious view that “those who forget history are bound to relive it”.
Winner of awards at the 2005 Bangkok Film Festival and 2004 Berlin Film Festival. Sunday, October 09, 2005 at 8.30pm
KAYA TARAN
Dir: Shashi Kumar India 2004, 1hr 47mins, subtitled (Hindi), 15
PRICE : £4.90
CONCESSIONS : £3.90
With: Angad Bedy, Seema Biswas
Kaya Taran (Chrisalis) is a fiction film adapted from a Malayalam short-story that straddles two traumatic events in modern India 's past: the 1984 carnage that killed many Sikh's following the assassination of Indira Gandhi and the anti-Muslim riots of 2002. Preet is a Hindu journalist who interviews a nun, Sister Agatha, who had sheltered a Sikh boy and his mother during the earlier horrors and unfolds the story of their fate, mapping out as she does the dilemma of identity in a supposedly multicultural society.
A deeply affecting work that won the prestigious Kerala Award in 2004.
Nanavati Commission 2005
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Witness84 is continuing to develop a number of arts related projects in 2005, some are in early stages, and some will be announced shortly.
Our main projects in development are :
Films about Sikhs : A yearlong screenings of films were made to highlight the issues relating to the Sikh struggle. Films from the BBC to Independent filmmakers were shown all over the country and internationally.
Theatre : Development work is continuing for a stage piece that will Relate to the stories and accounts of eyewitnesses during the storming Of the Golden Temple, the Delhi anti- Sikh riots and subsequent atrocities against the Sikhs by the Indian state.
Visual Arts : Asian artists have been commissioned for a unique visual Arts show about the 1984 experience. A gallery will be announced very shortly :: About Witness84.com ::
20 years after 1984, the truth is still not told,
justice has still not been delivered, minority rights are yet to be addressed. Those that committed violent atrocities are walking free and have been granted impunity.
Witness84 launched on June 6th 2004 exactly 20 years after the events of 1984, – to bring a new perspective and to bring new activities to the Sikh campaign through means of communication that can invite interest and enquiry. The site will be build over the course of the next few weeks. New sections, new pages are being constructed, to provide a focal point and a central resource.
Join us to bring the events of 1984 to the world’s attention and tell us how you wish to contribute to the campaign – whether it is cash donations, stuffing envelopes or undertaking one of our research projects.
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