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From: saraswati <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Subject: "Fire Within" - Screening of Documentary on Coal Mining -26/6/2010
To:
Goethe Zentrum, Alliance Francaise of Hyderabad
&
Docu Circle of Hyderabad
Present
POINT OF VIEW
*(Screening of documentaries)*
On June 26th 2010 we are screening -
Buru Sengal
(The Fire Within)
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This documentary is a portrait of a painful transformation. The land of the
Tana Bhagats, a peaceful sect of the Oraon tribe who follow a Gandhian
lifestyle and philosophy, is today besieged by Naxalite violence. In tracing
the impact of the underground Maoist guerillas, the film touches upon
corruption, the mafia, energy politics and displacement of villages, and
tribal identity in an area where Coal has been mined for the last 150 years.
Best Film Award, XVIII Balck International Cinema, 2003.
Grand Jury Award, Film South Asia ’03.*
*Special Jury Mention, Earth-Vision Film Festival 2002
Film Festival in Asian Social Forum, 2003, Hyderabad
9th Energy Film Festival, Lausanne, 2003
Documentary Film Festival, Istanbul, 2003 *
**ABOUT THE DIRECTOR*
Born in 1966, *Shriprakash* has directed several films and won awards at the
Earth Vision Film Festival, Tokyo, the Thunderbird Film Festival, USA, and
Film South Asia, Kathmandu. Shriprakash is also chief coordinator of
Kritika, an organization located in Ranchi that works in the field of
culture and communications in India's Jharkhand region.
*ALL ARE WELCOME*
Time – 5.30pm
Date – 26/june/2010
Venue – Goethe-Zentrum, 2nd Floor, Hermitage Complex,
(Adjacent to HACA Bhavan, opposite to Kalanjali),
Hill Fort Road, Nampally, Hyderabad
Phone: *040-6552 6443 / 2324 1791***
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Thank you.
with regards,
PRASANTHI.
http://groups.google.com/group/birdsofsamefeathers
http://prasanthi.wordpress.com
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