From 6 pm, Friday (18 Sep)
Film : Red Data Book : An Appendix
Dir: Pradeep Dipu & Sreemyth Myth; 72 min; Malayalam with Eng subtitles; 2014; Documentary
Synopsis : The film is a layered examination of the factors, both contemporary and historical, that have led the Adivasi (tribal) communities of Attappady (Kerala, South India) to the verge of extinction. The film focuses on the phenomenon of rising infant mortality to probe the entire range of underlying factors.
Is it mainly due to malnutrition, as the State claims? Is it their exclusion from the fruits of so-called development? Is it their refusal to 'modernise'? Or is it our inability to comprehend and preserve their centuries-old harmonious way of life? Have our prescriptive interventions helped? Or have they caused great harm?
The film attempts to understand the gamut of 'alienations' responsible - social, cultural, economic and political while gently posing the core question: Is it they who are alienated from the onward march of progress or is it us who are alienated, blinded by the discourse of modernity?
About the filmmakers:
Pradeep K.P. (Dipu) co-founded Pedestrian Pictures in 2001, a Bangalore-based film collective, actively engaged in film screenings, documentary-making andcultural/ political activism. He’s also a cinematographer with several narrative fiction films, ad films and documentaries to his credit.
Sreemith N, a young activist film maker, has made several documentaries on issues like caste/gender, displacement/ development and community/ indigenous rights in Kerala. Get up, Stand up - his film on the anti -nuclear movement in Koodankulam was nominated for the Yellow Oscar at the International Uranium Film festival (2013) and won the Kerala State award for the best documentary.
Interaction : We invite you to an interaction with the filmmakers on 20th September, Sunday at 11 am via Zoom; message to 9940642044 for ID and password to take part in the interaction.
Click here to watch the film : (from 6 pm, Friday, 18th September)
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