The third edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale (KMB) will screen a series of film packages specially curated by eminent filmmakers, critics and scholars.As many as eight films feature narratives on contemporary caste-based discrimination. Reputed documentarian and critic Prof. C.S. Venkiteswaran presented a cinema package titled ‘Kinetic Power Called Caste’ that showcased four hard-hitting Malayalam-language works: Shanavas Naranipuzha’s Kari (2015), Sanalkumar Sasidharan’s Ozhivu Divasathe Kali (2015), Ranjit Chittade’s Pathinonnam Sthalam (2016) and Aaradi (2016) by Saji Palamel Sreedharan. The films were screened from December 23, 2016. Aaradi will be screened on December 26, 2016.Another cinema package titled ‘The Die is Caste’ and curated by noted film scholar Meenakshi Shedde, will explore how a modern, globalized India still deals with burning issues of caste and the future of caste in India. It will also feature music shows by activist performers. This package, which runs from January 7-10, 2017, will showcase four films (in order of screening) in as many languages: Bikas Mishra’s Chauranga (2014) in the Kortha dialect spoken in Jharkhand, Nagraj Manjule’s Marathi feature Sairat (2016), John Abraham’s Agraharathil Kazhuthai (1977) in Tamil and Chomana Dudi (1975) by B.V. Karanth in Kannada.The films will be screened, with English subtitles, at the Pavilion in Cabral Yard, TM Muhammad Rd, Kunnumupuram, Fort Kochi, Kochi, Kerala 682001.For details, visit: http://kochimuzirisbiennale.orgClick on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the movies.
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