6 APRIL 2019 | FILM BY: WENCESLAUS MENDES, ANOUSHKA MATTHEWS, PARANJOY GUHA THAKURTA, MOHIT BHALLA | TALK BY: WENCESLAUS MENDES
52 MIN | ENGLISH, HINDI | 2019
ABOUT THE FILM:
Indian society conflates different forms of prejudices and discriminations relating to skin, colour, race, caste and class, and their interrelationship with each other. Consequently, frequent acts and events of individual and collective violence against the ‘other’, across the country, lead to public humiliation, shame and torture. We seek to bring under the lens – ‘blackness’ in ‘brown’ spaces.
Through this film we engage in dialogue with the “African” diaspora here in India, as well as diverse individuals from various backgrounds, to understand what constructs – the images, thoughts and ideas; one associate with the concerns of prejudice and discrimination.
The screening was followed by a discussion with the director, Wenceslaus Mendes.
ABOUT THE MAKERS:
#UNFAIR is built on principals of ‘co-labour-ableing’ – a call for action, addressing a shared concern through various stakeholders, building a collective knowing – ‘Knowledge’.
Anoushka Mathews is a video producer and her training is in scriptwriting from the Film and Television Institute, Pune.
Mohit Bhalla is a journalist with ‘The Economic Times’ and specializes in covering financial crime and corporate fraud cases.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s work experience, spanning over 40 years, cuts across different media: print, radio, television and documentary cinema.
Wenceslaus Mendes is also a film-maker: cinematographer, editor by profession; practising and working with multimedia and mediums.
SOURCE: CONFLICTORIUM ARCHIVES
Watch the film trailer below
