You need to be logged in to avail of this functionality. Log in. This film stream runs throughout the conference showcasing the best ethnographic films around the conference theme. Film-makers should propose their films as below. Films dealing with uncertainty and disquiet the main theme of the conference will be screened during the four days of the biennial in the main lecture hall.
To propose a film please click on the 'propose a paper' link below supplying under short abstract a summary of content of the film. Please note that as per the two-role rule, a filmmaker may not present a film and a paper during the conference, unless the paper is directly based around the film. Afin de soumettre un film, veuillez cliquer sur le lien "propose a paper" puis fournir une description succincte du film.
It's about Budhan Theatre, a group of young Chhara Tribals who are considered "born criminals. In Dakxin, a director and playwright, was arrested on false charges.
We started documenting his case. We were concerned because the Chharas are regularly brutalized by the Police. The documentary evolved from that initiative. Dakxin and his friend Roxy became our guides into why the Chhara are so reviled.
They told us how the Chhara were notified as "born criminals" by the British colonial government in , and how entire families were incarcerated in "soft" concentration camps. The British are long gone, but their legacy remains. Despite being well-educated, nobody will employ a Chhara, forcing them into a life of crime, twenty percent of the Chhara work as thieves, and sixty percent brew illicit liquor. And so the vicious cycle continues. Their identity as criminals has been internalized by many Chhara as well.
