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DESCRIPTION:Film Screening of THE PLAY IS ON and THE VOTE with Director PANKAJ 
 KUMAR\n\nDate: Saturday, October 18, 2003\nTime: 6 PM\nVenue: Auditorium, 
 3rd Floor\nAddress: California Institute of Integral Studies\n1453 Mission 
 Street, San Francisco (between 10 and 11 Street)\n\n\n\nPankaj Rishi Kumar, 
 a film maker from India, will be screening Pather Chujaeri (The Play Is On) 
 and his latest film Mat (The Vote) in October in the Bay area. Pather 
 Chujaeri reveals the state of a popular art form "the street play" in the 
 face of militancy and severe curbs on daily life in Kashmir. Mat depicts 
 the election process in India through the eyes of candidates, workers and 
 voters in the constituency of Siyana in Uttar Pradesh.\nBoth films take the 
 shape of narratives, with Kumar in the role of an anchor who interviews the 
 various social actors about their experiences and views. After the flim 
 screenings, Kumar will discuss his own experiences in producing the films 
 and provide insights into the lives and aspirations of the people of 
 Kashmir and Siyana.\n\n\nPATHER CHUJAERI/ THE PLAY IS ON\n(Hindi and 
 Kashmiri with English subtitles, 44 min, 2001)\n\n"The Play is on.... 
 follows the two groups as they prepare for public performances, a rare 
 phenomenon today. For the bhands, who daily witness the erosion of their 
 way of life, each performance represents both a change as well as a 
 repetition of the same brutal fact: that they are not free to share their 
 revolutionary spirit." \n\nAwards\n\nBronze Remi at Houston International 
 Film Festival\n\nBest Film---UNESCO MITIL Prize\nSpecial jury award at 
 Karachi film festival\n\n\nMAT / THE VOTE\n(DV, 60 min, 2003 ) Hindi with 
 English subtitles.\n\n"For the last fifty-five years, India has had a 
 democracy that operates from above. Democracy in our country has functioned 
 as a sop from the elite to the masses, rather than a system of 
 gooddecentralized governance that the masses are able to create, sustain 
 and exploit for the establishment of a common wealth. The production of THE 
 VOTE has been\nmotivated by a need to bring these vital issues in Indian 
 democracy to the fore, by revealing in a comprehensive and articulate 
 manner, the failure of our society to meet even the most basic challenges 
 of such a social and political\nsystem."\n\nSponsored by the Cultural and 
 Social Anthropology Program, California Institute of Integral Studies\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/25983.php
SUMMARY:Film Screening of THE PLAY IS ON and THE VOTE with Director PANKAJ KUMAR
LOCATION:California Institute of Integral Studies\n1453 Mission Street, San 
 Francisco (between 10 and 11 Street)\n\n3rd Floor Auditorium\n
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/02/03/25983.php
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