From 14 Aug (Friday), 6 pm
Film : Are You Going to School Today?
Dir: Anupama Srinavasan; 60 min; Hindi with Eng subtitles; 2019
The film takes us to rural schools in the predominantly tribal district of Dungarpur in southern Rajasthan. Children come from difficult contexts with very limited material resources, absentee fathers and younger siblings to attend to. How do teachers respond to this situation? How do they bring children to school and create an environment in which they are motivated to learn?
Even as the film observes the efforts that teachers make, it explores the fragile relationship of children with schools. It seems that everyday the question needs to be asked anew, Are you going to school today?
Credits
Script & Direction: Anupama Srinivasan
Location & Post-production Sound: Sandeep Singh
Camera & Editing: Anupama Srinivasan
Colourist: Divya Kehr
Produced by PSBT
Festival screenings/selections:
Film Southasia, Kathmandu 2019; Vibgyor Film Festival 2019; Madurai International Film Festival 2019; Bangalore Human Rights Film Festival 2019; Peloponnisos International Film Festival, Greece 2020; Chennai International Documentary & Short film Festival 2020; Realtime International Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria 2020; Award for Best Film by a Female Director; Finalist at European International Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Russia 2020; Liberation Docfest Bangladesh 2020; Selected for Kino Otok Festival, Slovenia 2020; FILUMS International Film Festival, Lahore, Pakistan 2020
About the filmmaker:
Anupama Srinivasan is a filmmaker based in Delhi. An alumna of Harvard University and FTII, she has been making documentaries for the past 17 years, often shooting and editing her own work.
Her films I Wonder..., On my Own and On my Own Again have been screened at various film festivals including 100 Years of Cinema Centenary Festival, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, FIPA Biarritz, Mumbai International Film Festival, ImagineIndia Madrid and Kara Filmfest.
The documentary Nirnay that she co-directed and edited won the Pramod Pati Most Innovative Film Award at MIFF 2014. She has also collaborated with CIET, NCERT to make short documentaries on gender and education.
Anupama was the Festival Director of the IAWRT Asian Women’s Film Festival for three years (2013-15), and of the Peace Builders International Film Festival in 2016.
Online interaction with Anupama Srinivasan : On 16, August, Sunday @ 11 am; text 9940642044 for ID and password.
The film is such realistic portrayal of status of children's education in rural/tribal areas. It just mocks the idea of 'online classes' during this lockdown. And more so about the NEP to 'Make New India'.
ReplyDeleteOf course it is tribute to the commitment of teachers in Government schools
Every government official connected with school education should watch the film
ReplyDeleteEvery government official connected with school education should watch the film.
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