Tate Modern art gallery in London is hosting a Retrospective of Indian documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan from July 12-28, 2013.
The Retrospective is titled “A cinema of songs and people: the films of Anand Patwardhan”.
“Rarely viewed in Britain, the films of Anand Patwardhan represent one of the most important achievements in documentary cinema. This comprehensive retrospective, the first to be devoted to the major works of Patwardhan in London, devotes long overdue attention to a giant of cinema whose films inaugurated the independent documentary moment in India in the mid-1970s,” mentions Tate Modern website.
Each film in “A Cinema of Songs and People: The Films of Anand Patwardhan” will be introduced by Anand Patwardhan, Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun, followed by audience discussion after the screening.
Recently, a Retrospective of Anand Patwardhan’s works was also held at the British Film Institute (BFI) in an event called ‘State of...
The Retrospective is titled “A cinema of songs and people: the films of Anand Patwardhan”.
“Rarely viewed in Britain, the films of Anand Patwardhan represent one of the most important achievements in documentary cinema. This comprehensive retrospective, the first to be devoted to the major works of Patwardhan in London, devotes long overdue attention to a giant of cinema whose films inaugurated the independent documentary moment in India in the mid-1970s,” mentions Tate Modern website.
Each film in “A Cinema of Songs and People: The Films of Anand Patwardhan” will be introduced by Anand Patwardhan, Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun, followed by audience discussion after the screening.
Recently, a Retrospective of Anand Patwardhan’s works was also held at the British Film Institute (BFI) in an event called ‘State of...
- 7/13/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
A special section, ‘Anand Patwardhan: At Work’ devoted to the documentary filmmaker will be presented at the upcoming Cinema du Reel international documentary film festival in Paris (March 21 – 31, 2013).
Ten films by Patwardhan that have been curated by Nicole Brenez, a historian and professor of cinema specializing in avant-garde, will be screened under this section.
The festival will also host a masterclass with Anand Patwardhan.
Patwardhan was awarded the Special Jury prize in Cinema du réel 1986 for his film Bombay: Our City. He is well known for his documentaries on corruption, city slums, the caste system, injustices to women and the nuclear arms race.
The Retrospective is divided into seven segments, each representing the social / political cause Patwardhan has made films on: The Political Organisation Front, The Working Class Front, Trilogy of Fundamentalism 1 (Secularism), Trilogy of Fundamentalism 2 (Nationalism), Trilogy of Fundamentalism 3 (Feminism), The Anti-Nuclear Front and The Untouchables Front.
Films...
Ten films by Patwardhan that have been curated by Nicole Brenez, a historian and professor of cinema specializing in avant-garde, will be screened under this section.
The festival will also host a masterclass with Anand Patwardhan.
Patwardhan was awarded the Special Jury prize in Cinema du réel 1986 for his film Bombay: Our City. He is well known for his documentaries on corruption, city slums, the caste system, injustices to women and the nuclear arms race.
The Retrospective is divided into seven segments, each representing the social / political cause Patwardhan has made films on: The Political Organisation Front, The Working Class Front, Trilogy of Fundamentalism 1 (Secularism), Trilogy of Fundamentalism 2 (Nationalism), Trilogy of Fundamentalism 3 (Feminism), The Anti-Nuclear Front and The Untouchables Front.
Films...
- 3/2/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
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