Date: Sat, 30 May 1998 12:19:52 -0400 (EDT)
From: Deepika  Petraglia-bahri <dpetrag-AT-emory.edu>
Subject: Film by environmental activists at USC!  (fwd)


This resend of an old listserv msg. is for Alpana.  Apologies to the rest
but I've misplaced Alpana's direct address.  Deepika
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Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 00:13:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: "chaklada-AT-scf.usc.edu" <chaklada-AT-scf-fs.usc.edu>
Reply-To: postcolonial-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
To: mdear-AT-aludra.usc.edu, postcolonial-AT-jefferson.village.Virginia.EDU
Cc: judithg-AT-aludra.usc.edu
Subject: Film by environmental activists at USC!  (fwd)

 The Association of Indian Students at USC is organizing a showing of the 
  independent film "Kaise Jeebo Re" ('How Do I Survive, My friend!') on
  Saturday, the 25th of October in 205, Annenberg School of Communication.
  The filmmakers, Anurag Singh and Jharana Jhaveri are visiting from India
  and are currently showing this film at over 40 U.S. universities. They
  will attend the screening at USC and will be available for a discussion
  afterwards.  
        This documenatry, filmed over a period of six years, focusses on 
  issues related to the construction of a dam over the river Narmada in
 Central India. It raises many provocative questions regarding 
 'development' and democracy and should be a great resource for those
 involved in teaching/studying issues related to environmental conflicts, 
 third world development, organization of resistance movements within
 democratic contexts etc. 
          Please help publicise this film by reposting this information
 to all those you think might be interested, especially to those involved
 in human and environmental rights groups. If you or somebody you know
 is teaching a course in these areas, they could either buy the film or
 recommend it to the USC library. (Price of the film: $150 for
 Institutions and $50 for NGOs & Individuals- in VHS (NTSC) format)
 please scroll down for a brief synopsis of the film and the directors'
 biofilmography. If you have other questions, please contact
 mandavil-AT-scf.usc.edu  
  thank you,
  anu mandavilli


A BRIEF SYNOPOSIS OF THE FILM
 
Kaise Jeebo Re! (How Do I Survive, My Friend!) is a story of uprootment,
of struggle, of survival, and of human dignity. In the last fifty years of
Indias independence, in the name of development, millions of people have
been forcibly  uprooted, rendered homeless, forced to join the ever
increasing mass of unskilled labour.
 
In the name of "national interest" men, women and children have been
forced out of their homes and lands so that a dam, a mine, a factory or a
wildlife sanctuary can be built. Their struggles against this process have
been crushed, marginalized or ignored. What happens to their lives after
uprootment? The film meets them in Indias city-streets and rural areas as
labour, rickshaw-puller, domestic help and the uprooted.
 
Who are they? Where do they come from? How did they get here?
 
"Kaise Jeebo Re!" records the victims account of this uprootment, in this
case caused by dams built on the river Narmada; Bargi Dam in the Central
state of Madhya Pradesh. It records the arduous and heroic story of a
people who have come together to fight a determined battle for justice.
 
This 80 minutes feature length documentary was shot over six years and
more than 200 hours of footage documented in the Narmada Valley and in
areas where resistance against the dams built or are to be built have
taken place. The film is in Bhilali and Gondi tribal languages, along with
Gujarati, Hindi and English.
 
 
DIRECTORS' BIO-FILMOGRAPHY
 
Anurag Singh has been involved in photography, cinematography and
film-making, with issues of political, environmental and social issues
since 1984. Among his films are "Manibeli" ( on the police repression and
peoples struggle in Manibeli village, the first village of Maharashtra
State to be submerged by the controversial  Sardar Sarovar Dam); and
"Battle for Peace" (on the Burmese students in exile in India). 
 
Jharana Jhaveri, who started as a student of social movements, has been
involved with human rights, anti-communal, labour and environmental
movements. Using films as a medium of social transformation and training
rural as well as urban people in using this medium for sensitizing and
empowering. She has made "Angan Manch" ( forum  in the courtyard) on
womens participation in a movement for self-empowerment in the interior
villages of South Bihar and "Devdasi", on the age old religious practice
of dedicating young girls to Goddess Yellamma and forcing them into
prostitution; their journey from temples to brothel houses.
 
3)  Regarding the finance, on an average, other Universities have agreed
to pay us between $ 150 to $ 300 as the lecture fee, (many excluding the
travel expenses, in a few, including the travel expenses). Most are making
arrangements for our stay. We leave the final arrangements to you.
4)  We would like copies of the film to be purchased, by university
departments, libraries or organisation and of course, individuals where
possible. 
5)  The suggested price for a VHS(NTSC) copy of the film for Institutions
: $ 150 and for NGOs $ 50. 





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