Happy to associate with the prestigious SIGNS Film Festival, Kerala by curating a package of documentaries on Music.
Thank you folks!
For more details : https://www.signsfestival.in
Films :
Sikhirini Mwsanai (Dance of the Butterfly)
Dir. Subasri Krishnan; 65 min; Bodo, Hindi and English with Eng subtitles; India ; 2019; Documentary
Sikhirni Mwsanai, literally, dance of the butterfly in Bodo, expresses the delicate almost fragile rhythms of traditional Bodo music and dance.The film traces the journey of "Sifung Harimu Afad" a cultural troupe of young adult Bodos as they rediscover those rhythms in their efforts to revive live music and dance performance in Chirang district, Assam. Using traditional musical instruments like the Kham, Serja and Sifung, the group attempts to foreground Bodo identity through disappearing cultural forms.
BREAKING BARRIERS :The Casteless Collective
Dir: Maja Meiners; 69 min;English/Tamil with English subtitles; Germany / India; Documentary
`The Casteless Collective ́ is a protest music band from Chennai, South India. Founded in December 2018, the 15-piece band is now playing an exciting mix of the Folk Music form of `Gaana ́, an art coming from North Chennai‘s slum areas, and the modern musical styles of Rap and Rock.
The film shows the young band’s powerful attempts of breaking cultural stigmas, and joins part of their journey towards an Indian future in which a free casteless mentality grows into a possibility.
Up Down & Sideways
Dir:Anushka Meenakshi & Iswar Srikumar; 83 min; Chokri with Eng subtitles; Documentary; India
Up Down and Sideways’ is a musical portrait of a community of rice cultivators and their memories of love and loss, created from working together on the fields. It is the first feature film from the u-ra-mi-li project, a larger body of work that looks at the connections between music and labour.
Jazz My Home
Dir : Beraat Gokkus; 92 min; English, French; Documentary; France
Jazz My Home is a feature-length documentary that searches for the answer to the question "Where is my home?" with nine black American jazz musicians who live in Paris, France.While the film shows the jazz life of Paris, during the interviews the artists explain what is the difference between being a black in France and in the US.And they explain their personnelles experience about living in a foreign country.
The film shot and edited between 2019 and 2023.That’s why in this documentary there are also some historical scenes from Covid 19 area of Paris, France.