[Urbanstudy] Film Screening-‘Our Metropolis’ by Gautam Sonti and Usha Rao followed by discussion-Mon 24 August, 2015 at 6.30 pm, Lecture Hall, NIAS

[Carol Upadhya]

*NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES*

*Indian Institute of Science Campus,*

*Bengaluru - 560 012*



invites you to



a screening of the film



*Our Metropolis*



*by*



*Gautam Sonti and Usha Rao*



Date    :  *Monday, August 24, 2015*

Time    :  *6.30 to 8.00 p.m. *(coffee/tea: 6.00 p.m.)

Venue :  *Lecture Hall*, National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc
Campus, Bengaluru





*About the Film*: Bangalore grew into prominence in the 1990s as an IT hub
after liberalization of the Indian economy. Over the past decade, spurred
on by corporate houses, the state is pushing to develop Bangalore into a
‘world class metropolis’. This ‘reinvention of Bangalore’ has meant the
initiation of large infrastructural projects, and creation of a ‘global
look’ for the city. The city and its transformation is the subject of our
narrative. The film comments on the ways in which the ‘global city’ ideal
is used to transform the city to benefit global business players, leaving
little space for residents to shape its future.



‘Our Metropolis’ premiered at the Busan International Film Festival in
October 2014, and has been screened at the Dubai International Film
Festival, December 2014 and the Tromso International  Film Festival,
January 2015.



*The filmmakers will be present at the screening.*



*Directors’ profiles*:

*Gautam Sonti's *earlier series of short films, Coding Culture is a
critical examination of the experience of globalisation within the
microcosm of a hi-tech workplace in Bangalore. Our Metropolis, his first
feature-length documentary film, extends this theme to the entire city.



*Usha Rao *is a cultural anthropologist with an interest in the
anthropology of cities. She has been studying the transformation of
Bangalore over the past decade. In particular, she is interested in
understanding the effects of the ‘global city’ discourse on the lives of
people and the cityscape.

* * * * * * *

*All are welcome*



For further details, please contact: Prof. Carol Upadhya <
carol.upadhya at gmail.com>



K S Rama Krishna
-- 
N.I.A.S., I.I.Sc Campus
Bengaluru 560012
Ph:   2218 5000
Fax: 2218 5028
Email: niasoff at gmail.com
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