[Assam] North East Media Forum film screenings in Delhi

[utpal borpujari]

THE NORTH EAST MEDIA FORUM INVITES YOU TO THE SCREENING OF  THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTARY FILMS:
   
  1.      “AFSPA, 1958”
                   
                        This hard-hitting film eloquently brings out the impact of the controversial Armed 
                        Forces Special Power Act,  1958, on the common people in insurgency-hit Manipur.
   
                        Director: Haobam Paban Kumar
                        Length: 77 minutes 
                        Format : DVD
      Festivals: Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), 2006 : Jury Award and  
                                        FIPRESCI Award.
                                        Invited to Munich International Film Festival in July
   
  2.     “In Search of A Job”
   
                              This film chronicles how domesticated elephants in Assam have been reduced to 
                              begging for survival following the Supreme Court ban on logging.
   
                              Director: Mrinal Talukdar
                              Length: 14 minutes
                              Format: DVD
                              Festivals: Jeevika (Livelihood) Festival organized by Centre for Civil Society (New  
                                             Delhi), 2006.
                                             Silver Lake Film Festival, Los Angeles
                                 Included in the Hall of Fame of Paris-based “Des Elephants Et Des 
                                 Hommes” organisation as one of the important movies made on elephant.
   
   
  Venue              :            Press Club of India
  Time               :            3 PM
  Date               :            1st July, Saturday


  Contact: Utpal Borpujari, NEMF (9811631034)

 		
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