[Reader-list] Film Screening

Punam Zutshi pz at vsnl.net
Mon Aug 1 10:18:27 IST 2005


Dateless ! 1st August or 8th????

Punam
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> WHO CAN SPEAK OF MEN?
> Dur: 32 minutes
> Lang: Urdu and Hindi with English subtitles
> Producers: AJK Mass Communication Research Center,
> 2003
>
> "An astonishing intimate documentary about middle
> class Muslim women in India who refuse to conform to
> feminine norms. They describe in poignant detail the
> everyday struggles they face in order to be true to
> themselves. The film is striking in the inclusion of a
> disarming seven-year-old, Chini, who stubbornly
> insists that 'she' is a 'he'. The film-maker has had
> unprecedented access to the women's lives because she
> also come from the area in which they live. A
> revolutionary and subversive documentary for its
> portrayal of contemporary Indian Muslim women."
> Review from British Film Institute festival brochure,
> 2004
>
> Synopsis:
> Kafeela and Arshi are women in 20s. Chini is 7 year
> old. They don't know each other but between them, they
> share a neighbourhood and a desire to ' 'look and
> feel' like men. Together with the filmmaker, they set
> out to explore their worlds of masquerade through
> stories and encounters in their daily lives.
> Situated in the spaces between memory and desire, the
> film explores masculinity as distinct from the body.
> Chini, Arshi and Kafeela's struggles in surviving as
> men and negotiating a predominantly middle class
> Muslim neighbourhood make them the stars they are-
> both on-screen and off-screen.
>
> Venue: PARTNERS FOR LAW IN DEVELOPMENT
>             F-18, 1st Floor
>            Jangpura Extension
> Time:   3.45 pm, Monday
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