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DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\n\nEKTA \npresents\nTRAVELLING FILM SOUTH ASIA 2002SOUTH ASIAN 
 DOCUMENTARY FILM \nFESTIVAL\nCalifornia College of Arts \nand Craftsjan 
 26th & 27th, feb  2nd & 3rdSan \nFrancisco Campus 1/26 - 1/27Oakland 
 Campus 2/2 - 2/3For more info, \nvisithttp://www.ektaonline.org/tfsa\nLIST 
 OF TRAVELLING \nFILMSAll films are in English or subtitled in \nEnglish.The 
 Bee, the Bear and the Kuruba \nForcible eviction of the \nKurubas ofthe  
 forests of Nagarahole and Kakanakote in the Western \nGhats started inthe 
 early 70s. Today these forest dwellers have nowhere to \ngo, and they 
 findit hard to adapt to the new recommended way of life. They \nhave 
 becometrespassers on their own lands. Vinod Raja, 2000, 63 min, 
 \nKarnatakaBetween the Devil and the Deep \nRiverManmade floods have 
 devastatedNorth Bihar. The \nembankments on the Kosi river represent a 
 development modelwhich devastates \nthe lives of millions, and yet it is a 
 failed model that noone is willing to \nabandon. Arvind Sinha, 1999, 65 
 min, BiharBorn at HomeBorn at Home observes indigenous birth practices in 
 partsof \nIndia. Poised between social reality and the eternal mystery 
 ofchildbearing, \nthe film presents an intricate delineation of the figure 
 ofthe dai (midwife) \nwho is almost always a low-caste, poor woman. Sameera 
 Jain, 2000, 60 \nmin, North IndiaColours \nBlackStructured around the 
 narratives of four \nchildren,Colours Black seeks to break the silence 
 around the sexual abuse \nofchildren -- in this case among Bombay's 
 well-to-do. Mamta Murthy, \n2001, 30 min, BombayJari Mari: Of Cloth and 
 \nOther StoriesThe narrow lanes of the Jari Mari slum in \nBombay house 
 hundreds of sweatshops where people have no rightto \norganise. The film 
 records the changes in the nature and organisation \nofBombay's workforce 
 over the past two decades. Winner of Third Best \nFilm Award at FSA '01. 
 Surabhi Sharma, 2001, 74 min, \nBombayThe Killing \nTerracesWith footage 
 shot in the Nepali Maoist \nstrongholddistricts of Rukum, Rolpa and 
 Jajarkot, the film attempts to \nunderstand thecauses underlying the rise 
 of the Maobaadi, the role of the \nstate, and thedevastating impact on the 
 lives of the hill people. \nDhruba Basnet, 2001, 40 min, Nepal.King for a 
 Day When Bill Clinton agreed to visit Bangladesh in March2000, the 
 \nBangladesh government began the biggest clean-up operation ofDhaka since 
 \n1971. This is a diary of a cynical journalist assigned todiscover what 
 the \nman-on-the-street thinks of the hoopla. Alex Gabbay, 2001, 33 min, 
 \nBangladesh.King of \nDreamsHow many fantasies does \na man have in his 
 lifetimeabout sexual union? How often do his dreams \nsubstitute the act 
 itself? Andwhere exactly does love fit into the scheme? \nThe film tries to 
 answer thesequestions and show manhood in a new light. \nWinner of Jury's 
 Special Mention at FSA '01. Amar Kanwar, 2001, 30 \nmin, India.The LoomThe 
 \nLoom is the story of a poet, a painter and a city. Thepoet is Narayan 
 Surve, \nthe painter Sudhir Patwardhan and the city Bombay --both of them 
 part of a \nleft cultural movement in the city. Anjali Monteiro and K.P. 
 Jayasankar, \n2001, 49 min, BombayMy Migrant Soul \n"If I live, I'll write 
 the history of my travels \ninMalaysia...I'll write a poem about it," said 
 Shahjahan Babu, before \nleavingBangladesh as a migrant worker. Shahjahan's 
 posthumous account, in \nthe formof audiotapes, are a record of one man's 
 hopes, disillusions and \nfears.Winner of the Ram Bahadur Trophy for Best 
 Film at FSA '01. \nYasmine Kabir, 2000, 35 min, Bangladesh.Our Boys In 
 \nthese confusing times, boys from a pop group and a youngartist from the 
 \nnewly emerging upper middle class of Dhaka open up aboutduties and 
 \nobligations, women and desire, confusion and contradictions.Manzare 
 \nHassin, 2000, 42 min, BangladeshRamlila \nRamlila the spectacle is one 
 thing for the audience and \nquiteanother for the performers, the 
 filmmakers discover as they turn \ntheircamera on streetside Delhi. The 
 documentary captures the \nfascinatingbehind-the-scenes discussons of those 
 who would play Ram and \nRavan. Ananth Sridhar, Sanjay Pande, Subash 
 Kapoor, 2000, 28 min, \nDelhiA Rough Cut on the Life and Times of 
 \nLachuman Magar He has fought in the Bangladesh war, jumped \nas a 
 paratrooper, and married five times. At age of 58, Lachuman still eyes 
 \nthe opposite sex, charming them, cajoling them. But his life seems to 
 have \ncome full circle for this cleaner at a touristlodge in Nepal's 
 western \nTarai. Winner of Second Best Film Award at FSA '01.Dinesh 
 Deokota, 2001, \n39 min, Nepal.A Sun Sets In \nDocumented through 
 interviews, audio tapes and \nvisuals,religious intolerance in Pakistan 
 comes alive in this film. This is \na lifesketch of Bishop John Joseph, who 
 laid down his life in 1999 to \ndramaticallytell the world of the plight of 
 religious minorities in his \ncountry. Shahid Nadeem, 1999, 45 min, 
 \nPakistan.We Homes Chap The \ncentennial celebration of Dr. Graham's Homes 
 inKalimpong offers some old \ngirls and boys a chance to revisit the site 
 oftheir childhood and \nadolescence. Even as the film courses through 
 layers ofsentiment, there is a \ngradual unfolding of real childhoods, a 
 testimony topowerful early \nexperiences. Kesang Tseten, 2001, 65 min, 
 North \nBengal.Silent Shorts \nKathmandu Silent Night was a 
 \nfestival-within-a-festivalof 22 short films shown at FSA '01. The 
 intention \nwas to spark creativity byhandicapping filmmakers by 
 disallowing the use of \nambient sound. These five'goongi films' presented 
 in TFSA indicate how \nsuccessful the exercise was.For more info, 
 visithttp://www.ektaonline.org/tfsa\n-----------------------------------------Ekta 
 - A South \nAsian Progressive Networkemail: contactus@ektaonline.orgVisit 
 \nour website!http://www.ektaonline.org \n\n 
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