14th Social Justice Film Festival 2022
Stories from the Margins : Curated by Amudhan R.P.
1) Longing
Dir : Bani Singh; 89.42 min; Documentary; India
Against the backdrop of Partition, newly independent India’s first hockey team defeats England, their erstwhile coloniser, to win the Gold at the 1948 London Olympics.
Six decades later, when Nandy Singh, a member of this iconic team suffers a stroke at the age of 84, his tenacious will to recover inspires his daughter to go on a journey to discover the champion he was before she was born.
2) Footloose a story of belonging
Dir : Gulshan Singh; 93.38 min; Documentary; India
Minorities from Pakistan & Myanmar came to India to save their lives. They had heard that Indian is a secular country where there is no religious discrimination. But, in the last few years, religious discrimination has increased leading to communal riots which ultimately ended up being the sole agenda for contesting elections.
3) Whose Dreams, Whose City?
Dir: Abhishek Parija; 39.58 min; Documentary; India
Whose Dreams, Whose City?' is a 2021 Odia Independent documentary that takes a flagship state building called 'Krushi Bhawan (Center for Farmers)' sitting at the heart of Bhubaneswar as its focus. It uses that to explore the aspects of artisanship, agriculture, and public art/architecture in a city, things that the building claims to celebrate.
4) Land of Women
Dir : Marion Gaborit ; 77.19 min; Documentary; France
"Land of women" tell the story of five women farmers around the world, working the land, which plays a key role in the planet’s food production. A tribute to some of these women, invisible but essential links in the chain who ensure subsistence agriculture every day and everywhere on earth.
5) The Last Man
Dir : Dakxinumar Bajrange; 60.17 min; United Kingdom / India
‘The Last Man’ aims to show the ground reality through everyday life of manual scavengers engaged in different types of manual scavenging, endangering and losing their lives in cleaning the choked sewers, and manholes in India.
6) Rat Trap
Dir : Rupesh Kr Sahu; 35 min; Hindi with English subtitles; India; Documentary
It is a film about the rat-hole coal miners who risk their lives to earn a livelihood. While doing this activity, many mishaps go unreported, which we cannot see from the outside. Their lives are devastating enough that they are called thieves in their own house, and during a case of mine collapse, they cannot even shed a tear or claim their loved ones’body. This film narrates their daily life.
Dir : Samina Mishra; 51 min; Documentary; India
Happiness Class is a journey through the unique and fascinating world of children: their preoccupations, their worries, and most importantly, their idea of happiness. Set in the context of an experimental happiness curriculum inspired by the ideas of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and included as part of formal pedagogy in the schools run by the Delhi government, Happiness Class explores this landscape in schools and diverse neighbourhoods, with resident and refugee families, across the metropolis of New Delhi.
8) Emptiness Crossing Us
Dir: Fernando Moreira; 22:58; Portuguese; Brazil; Documentary/Experimenta
Crossed by greed, two hundred and seventy-two people were buried by tailings from the Vale mining company in Brumadinho (MG), Brazil. The emptiness that now crosses those who try to carry on will never be filled. This tribute film is dedicated to the victims of the irresponsible mining tragedy that continues to take its toll with blood and devastation.
9) 80.000 Schnitzel
Dir:Hannah Schweier; 103 mins; German with English subtitles; 2020; Germany; doc
Berta Zenefels (84) has never seen the sea. She has barely left her beloved farm,”Zollhaus“in Bavaria. A life shaped by hard word, a life that nobody wants to live anymore. During her lifetime she had to bury her firstborn son, her husband, her grand-son and her youngest son. Every single one of them lived and died for the big dream of the Zollhaus. But without a successor the heavily indebted farm is threatened with bankruptcy. But now the granddaughter Monika appears out of nowhere and decides to save the family-owned farm.
10) The Price of Cheap
Dir: Barry Stevens; 80 mins; Hindi, Tamil with English subtitles; 2021; Canada; doc
The stories of modern slaves in textiles manufacturing supply chains and the brave individuals fighting on the ground against immeasurable odds to help them. Joseph Raj, runs an organization called T.E.S.T. (Trust for Education and Social Transformation) in Tamil Nadu, India as he goes on raids to rescue underage children from unsafe and labor intensive factories.
11) City of Lanes
Dir : Modak KS, Ragini Rao Munjuluri; 39.47 min
The documentary offers a look at the implications of a recent urban development project in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh through the perspectives of the city's residents. The documentary explores themes of citizen-state engagement, governance and development, urban land rights, notions of modernity and socio-cultural dynamics in the city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
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