https://helloitsnehal.com Nehal Vyas Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:47:31 +0000 https://helloitsnehal.com en https://helloitsnehal.com/Amma-Ki-Katha Wed, 25 Jan 2023 08:21:41 +0000 Nehal Vyas https://helloitsnehal.com/Amma-Ki-Katha AMMA KI KATHA 2023 India—my nation—is being rebuilt. Her foundation is being laid on the imagined land that claims to be the birthplace of my grandmother’s God. In the mythology that she passed down to me during many summer nights, her God was magical, kind, imaginative and democratic—just like my India was supposed to be. But today, through its many retellings and reimaginings, the tale is being used as a political tool to manifest the violent desire of a Hindutva state. This film attempts to remember—as well as dream—a forgotten nation.&nbsp; Screenings: IDA Awards Nominee, 2024 Gold List 2025 Honorable Mention, Best Short Documentary San Sebastian International Festival (Nest Mediapro Award winner), 2023 Camden International Film Festival, 2023 Indie Memphis Film Festival (Best Departures Short award), 2023 True/False Film Festival, 2024 Prismatic Ground, NY, 2024 Prismatic Ground (West Coast edition), LA, 2024 San Diego Asian Film Festival, 2024 Refocus Film Festival, 2024 Kolkata People’s Film Festival, 2025 To view this film, please contact me here. https://helloitsnehal.com/Dapaan Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:14:36 +0000 Nehal Vyas https://helloitsnehal.com/Dapaan DAPAAN 2021 In July, 2020, three year old Ayaad became the sole witness of an incident which resulted in the shooting of his grandfather by the Jammu and Kashmir security officials. In Ayaad, I find the echo of Agha Shahid Ali’s Rizwan, who speaks the truth of Kashmir. The film questions the harsh realities that are hidden in the alluring landscapes of Kashmir.Screened At: Camden International Film Festival, REDCAT (LA), 2220 Arts + Archive (LA), and Analogica, Italy To view this film, please contact me here. https://helloitsnehal.com/29940512 Fri, 27 Jan 2023 16:16:00 +0000 Nehal Vyas https://helloitsnehal.com/29940512 ︎ 2022 &nbsp; Flowers brought by friends in memory of The Velvet Underground, turn into impressions on film. It is the music video that Lou Reed (sadly) never asked for. Watch this film here. https://helloitsnehal.com/Girl-Swan-Offering Fri, 27 Jan 2023 17:00:44 +0000 Nehal Vyas https://helloitsnehal.com/Girl-Swan-Offering GIRL SWAN OFFERING 2020 In this film, an image becomes a site that the family revisits again and again. Watch this film here. https://helloitsnehal.com/Saleh-Bhambru Sat, 28 Jan 2023 14:26:51 +0000 Nehal Vyas https://helloitsnehal.com/Saleh-Bhambru SALEH BHAMBRU 2017 With Sindhu dancing next to them, the two brothers spend their days awaiting and celebrating their childhood and the freedom that they have been promised. We drift from one seemingly happy memory to the next. But, interspersed between their illusion of freedom are hints of the future that awaits the country. Screened at Cut.In Student Film Festival (2017), Irregulars Art Fair, New Delhi (2017), Mumbai International Film Festival - Student Film (2017). Watch this film here. https://helloitsnehal.com/Installations-1 Sun, 29 Jan 2023 09:58:46 +0000 Nehal Vyas https://helloitsnehal.com/Installations-1 <img width="4972" height="3750" width_o="4972" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e3def754031f8eee8ae955556b31e211901de67ed4411dabb217efd9c801220b/gulistaan-02.jpg" data-mid="166489601" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" alt="Gulistaan" data-caption="Gulistaan" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e3def754031f8eee8ae955556b31e211901de67ed4411dabb217efd9c801220b/gulistaan-02.jpg" /> <img width="4972" height="3750" width_o="4972" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/91f2a6a9d5dde5c8ceae0a4c5aee62e72fbdd7fcfa75b92ee03e2f6ada32b8f2/superpower24.jpg" data-mid="166489618" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" alt="Superpower 2024" data-caption="Superpower 2024" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/91f2a6a9d5dde5c8ceae0a4c5aee62e72fbdd7fcfa75b92ee03e2f6ada32b8f2/superpower24.jpg" /> https://helloitsnehal.com/Gulistaan Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:36:57 +0000 Nehal Vyas https://helloitsnehal.com/Gulistaan <img width="4972" height="3750" width_o="4972" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1efba33cd6589bde75d7cace193d2670ca4fccdd47d4dbf372ff78c46871369/gulistaan-02.jpg" data-mid="166450182" border="0" data-scale="68" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1efba33cd6589bde75d7cace193d2670ca4fccdd47d4dbf372ff78c46871369/gulistaan-02.jpg" /> <img width="4972" height="3750" width_o="4972" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dc94071f4efde061beead0cfc2984357b17d8f7c8ad50b614e46125269f748e/gulistaan-04.jpg" data-mid="166450161" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8dc94071f4efde061beead0cfc2984357b17d8f7c8ad50b614e46125269f748e/gulistaan-04.jpg" /> <img width="4972" height="3750" width_o="4972" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6787a78583ec0ac08cb77c97e6a8514a9b2f03db5f046405e148a85bd9eab962/gulistaan-03.jpg" data-mid="166450183" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6787a78583ec0ac08cb77c97e6a8514a9b2f03db5f046405e148a85bd9eab962/gulistaan-03.jpg" /> <img width="4972" height="3750" width_o="4972" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/40537cb074060afa970e263e5e63e170daf0b5387a795640d1cfbea014e5509e/gulistaan-07.jpg" data-mid="166489228" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/40537cb074060afa970e263e5e63e170daf0b5387a795640d1cfbea014e5509e/gulistaan-07.jpg" /> <img width="4972" height="3750" width_o="4972" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da8d61e57b609be823d78e0f36546aa93bbd8d5c7742975ca466a71e08c70019/gulistaan-06.jpg" data-mid="166489227" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da8d61e57b609be823d78e0f36546aa93bbd8d5c7742975ca466a71e08c70019/gulistaan-06.jpg" /> GULISTAAN Installation exhibited at California Institute of the Arts, 2020. “The desire for revolution is in our hearts Let us see what strength there is in the arms of our executioner” written by Bismil Azimabadil in 1921 and immortalised by Ramprasad Bismil during the freedom struggle. On December 12th 2019, a Citizenship Amendment Act was passed by the Indian Parliament. This act provides a path towards Indian citizenship towards people of all religions minorities, except muslims. This, accompanied with the National Register of Citizens, is a move by the government to strategically change the nation into a predominantly Hindu one. The Indian constitution, written to safeguard the values of India states that secularism is a fundamental right — and this new law stands to challenge that. The Indian citizens are on the streets, every single day, protesting against the right-wing government. They sing songs of freedom and revolution. They read the preamble to the constitution together. They fight the police batons with their free words. They walk hand in hand, guided by the revolutionaries of a freedom struggle that once was. Gulistaan documents these everyday acts of resistance. It links its arms with those it showcases and joins the resistance. We filled the space with soil, and in that soil were envelopes that contained the sounds of revolution. To access the piece, one would move closer to the soil and hear the words. On the walls were images from the protest, the Indian constitution and Whatsapp messages that we had collected from our friends and loved ones. https://helloitsnehal.com/Superpower-2024 Sat, 28 Jan 2023 19:49:33 +0000 Nehal Vyas https://helloitsnehal.com/Superpower-2024 <img width="6130" height="3750" width_o="6130" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ffd44f0c2e985a7ca46723694678e36ee0e74d89f02ed2ade7cea67560fe384d/superpower24-08.jpg" data-mid="166489476" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ffd44f0c2e985a7ca46723694678e36ee0e74d89f02ed2ade7cea67560fe384d/superpower24-08.jpg" /> <img width="6130" height="3750" width_o="6130" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e956cd338e0405614758c99fc5d3dd6845ff9b7f9d375cb0e42f67f0401be7d/superpower24-11.jpg" data-mid="166489481" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e956cd338e0405614758c99fc5d3dd6845ff9b7f9d375cb0e42f67f0401be7d/superpower24-11.jpg" /> <img width="5183" height="3750" width_o="5183" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5c83d434b8e383f9c5e6586828cff9c2a117d0a10890d800ed15bd2427930d8/superpower24-13.jpg" data-mid="166489483" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5c83d434b8e383f9c5e6586828cff9c2a117d0a10890d800ed15bd2427930d8/superpower24-13.jpg" /> <img width="6130" height="3750" width_o="6130" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e4a9b8414611aff6bcb372019ff32afa4e01f4a445b7d7e53ab52ef5f6cb071/superpower24-10.jpg" data-mid="166489479" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e4a9b8414611aff6bcb372019ff32afa4e01f4a445b7d7e53ab52ef5f6cb071/superpower24-10.jpg" /> <img width="6130" height="3750" width_o="6130" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fea4ea7e364e298050210e4098ed8f2aff857eab4e3f8a12ecdc82965570e881/superpower24-14.jpg" data-mid="166489503" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fea4ea7e364e298050210e4098ed8f2aff857eab4e3f8a12ecdc82965570e881/superpower24-14.jpg" /> <img width="6130" height="3750" width_o="6130" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe381e20e7cdee8426f509ebe5599cdb65f56067663448100731f53b741ea099/superpower24-09.jpg" data-mid="166489478" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe381e20e7cdee8426f509ebe5599cdb65f56067663448100731f53b741ea099/superpower24-09.jpg" /> SUPERPOWER 2024 Installation exhibited at Automata LA, 2022 Superpower 2024 is an installation that responds to the absurd ideas and language used by political figures in India to manufacture a glorious legacy based on fiction and non-truths. It uses the format of a TV infomercial show to sell quick-fix products for any inappropriate dissenting thoughts that one may have. On the other hand, materials in the installation counter the narrative seen on television. https://helloitsnehal.com/Curations-Scroll Sun, 29 Jan 2023 10:16:56 +0000 Nehal Vyas https://helloitsnehal.com/Curations-Scroll <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb3656a9f5fd2e901399bd9c5193da133f64c76d02edc0e2872559a608a8076f/forrhea.png" data-mid="166618552" border="0" data-scale="50" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb3656a9f5fd2e901399bd9c5193da133f64c76d02edc0e2872559a608a8076f/forrhea.png" /> HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL A curation for Beyond Baroque’s Haircut Series.&nbsp;January 28th, 2023, Beyond Baroque, LA Program Note: Notes scribbled on grocery bills, surprises left on the kitchen countertop for a loved one, ID cards shoved in wallets alongside fortune cookie notes, secret hand gestures shared across the room, and the signature intonations of someone’s voice on the other side of the phone—is this how we are remembered and re-discovered? The films in Hope This Finds You Well look at how objects and languages—tangible or otherwise—become vessels of one’s many identities—private, personal, communal and national. <img width="1486" height="1482" width_o="1486" height_o="1482" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f291b8e4e700d3d885655412413eb126476d79d0a13bd85a75c45c72c114ebf/airc.png" data-mid="166498961" border="0" data-scale="50" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f291b8e4e700d3d885655412413eb126476d79d0a13bd85a75c45c72c114ebf/airc.png" /> ARTISTS IN REVOLUTION COLLECTIVE A collaboration between Nehal Vyas and Gavati Wad. The Artists in Revolution Collective focuses on amplifying art and cinema from underrepresented communities all over the world through a network of friends, colleagues and fellow artists. In each of our sessions, we collaborate with artist members from the region in focus to create dialogue around the socio-political conditions that surround them. Our programs encourage engagement with media ranging from cinema to music, poetry and performance. Over the past two years, we have curated sessions focusing on South Africa, Brazil, China, Mexico, Native America, Black American Music, Palestine, and Peru.︎ <img width="1807" height="1807" width_o="1807" height_o="1807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e61dde8fb7ada6bdd5fc5b5f26ecf8e5bcb38948bae5e5b28f1cf16c664eb7ba/venezuela.png" data-mid="166497507" border="0" data-scale="34" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e61dde8fb7ada6bdd5fc5b5f26ecf8e5bcb38948bae5e5b28f1cf16c664eb7ba/venezuela.png" /> AIRC SESSION 9: VENEZUELA August 13th, 2022, Whammy LA Presented by: Richard Nieto Fernández Artists:&nbsp;Diego Andrés Murillo, Edgar Jorge Baralt, Elena Duque, Humberto González Bustillo &amp; Valentina Alvarado Matos This session featured films by five Venezuelan filmmakers, centred around the themes of distances, reencounters, states and memories. <img width="1480" height="1484" width_o="1480" height_o="1484" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3245676c7c68f0b98e2416e5b816e70c85fe98493ae1cffd1e60f1e24aee09c1/desire-as-resistance1.png" data-mid="166497085" border="0" data-scale="50" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3245676c7c68f0b98e2416e5b816e70c85fe98493ae1cffd1e60f1e24aee09c1/desire-as-resistance1.png" /> <img width="1482" height="1486" width_o="1482" height_o="1486" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9be65f20b147be3d0ee8fce69fbc1cca82ca7a6ef63e902a4b17f3cfd3eb9c3f/desire-as-resistance2.png" data-mid="166497087" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9be65f20b147be3d0ee8fce69fbc1cca82ca7a6ef63e902a4b17f3cfd3eb9c3f/desire-as-resistance2.png" /> <img width="1486" height="1488" width_o="1486" height_o="1488" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a31a2957abf56fa828945e85c3701dc0ee356c7ed500c185befc85c0050f298/desire-as-resistance3.png" data-mid="166497088" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a31a2957abf56fa828945e85c3701dc0ee356c7ed500c185befc85c0050f298/desire-as-resistance3.png" /> <img width="1484" height="1484" width_o="1484" height_o="1484" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5174450bcda7e85a6da5f1eb2cfb25ad63c38fa219622baed5006f9f7c9c461d/desire-as-resistance4.png" data-mid="166497089" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5174450bcda7e85a6da5f1eb2cfb25ad63c38fa219622baed5006f9f7c9c461d/desire-as-resistance4.png" /> AIRC: DESIRE AS RESISTANCE April 24th, 2022, REDCAT LA Program Note: At a time when love is frequently summoned to the courtroom in India, the films in this program present unsanctioned desires as a form of active resistance. By reclaiming control over the narrative of their own lives, the different subjects onscreen express their refusal to accept the illusion of a singular identity, be that national, religious or personal.Priya Sen’s Yeh Freedom Life (2019) pictures an intimate portrait of love and struggle as queer couples navigate their vulnerability and precariousness of love outside of societal constraints. Sarah Naqvi’s How Does One Say Queen in Islam (2020) invokes ghosts of heroic women from traditional storytelling to conjure a new and personalized version of Islamic history. In Letter from Your Far-Off Country (2020) Suneil Sanzgiri follows the entangled traces of self and community in the history of a distant homeland. <img width="1488" height="1484" width_o="1488" height_o="1484" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eafe24aefc615572534d296e7724754e3a0e8a237bbce301c56100a242dafb67/from-cinema---for-covid-relief-in-india.png" data-mid="166496795" border="0" data-scale="50" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eafe24aefc615572534d296e7724754e3a0e8a237bbce301c56100a242dafb67/from-cinema---for-covid-relief-in-india.png" /> FROM CINEMA curation for COVID relief in India In an effort to raise funds for the Migrant Solidarity Workers Network in 2021, a curation featuring the works of ten filmmakers was made available to donors for a period of three weeks. All the proceeds were donated to MSWN. Films: From Family Moakshaa Vohra The Tour Amshu Chukki The Last Mango Before the Monsoon Payal Kapadia How Does One Say Queen in Islam Sarah Naqvi Mohammed Rafi Fan Blog Nihaal Faizal City Untitled Amarnath Praful Pati Sohrab Hura Isosceles Forest Sukanya Ghosh Aswara Siddharth Govindan Phukkega Kya? Aliasger Dhariwala <img width="1807" height="1807" width_o="1807" height_o="1807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e50ff332071b583da51e87d6432b7220d241851d95414ac6885db430434bd29a/peru.png" data-mid="166494298" border="0" data-scale="35" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e50ff332071b583da51e87d6432b7220d241851d95414ac6885db430434bd29a/peru.png" /> AIRC SESSION 8: PERU December 5th, 2020, Zoom Presented by: Nicolás Carrasco Tierra sin patrones: Peruvian cinema in the age of revolutionDuring the 60s and 70s, filmmakers of the so-called "Third World" recognized film as a means for decolonization and as a language to be decolonized. In Peruvian cinema, this was no exception: filmmakers such as Nora de Izcue and Ernesto Leistenschneider made called to arms against imperialism and excavated stories of resistance, creating a new revolutionary cinema that was tremendously inventive and politically explosive. In 1973, the year both of these films were released, Peru was under Juan Velasco’s Revolutionary Government, which issued an agrarian reform four years prior.Runan Caycu shows the testimony of campesino leader Saturnino Huillca, who tells the challenges faced by the Cuzco campesino movement with the gamonales and hacendados, the land owners, before the agrarian reform.Tierra sin patrones also highlights the difference between social classes before 1968, before Velasco’s military coup, justifying the Revolutionary Government’s slogan: "Tierra sin patrones", a land without landlords. <img width="1807" height="1807" width_o="1807" height_o="1807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99a498a5cfd46e3a515dcc7c94d7b36e81e13bd147daf0af587f5ab772096e57/palestine.png" data-mid="166494297" border="0" data-scale="34" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99a498a5cfd46e3a515dcc7c94d7b36e81e13bd147daf0af587f5ab772096e57/palestine.png" /> AIRC SESSION 7: PALESTINE October 3rd, 2020, Zoom Presented by: Zaina Bseiso Artists: Azza El Hassan &amp; Kamal Al Jafari After the Palestinian Film Institute in Beirut was raided by Israeli forces in 1982, the destiny of many films remains unknown until today. In 2003, Azza El Hassan made a film about her search for this lost archive. Despite her attempts yielding no results at the time, her work posed a critical question. What is the effect of this void in visual material on the Palestinian narrative? This program followed the trajectory of lost, re-imagined and re-collected archives, exploring their potential as forms of healing and resistance. It also delved into alternate approaches to the archiving of the present in the midst of a rapidly disappearing Palestinian landscape. <img width="1807" height="1807" width_o="1807" height_o="1807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fb0d0d1b5aae81aa07b8b931b6a68b1827d4ee7a3ef15e9650a1c98a7417489d/rooted-in-bam.png" data-mid="166494299" border="0" data-scale="34" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fb0d0d1b5aae81aa07b8b931b6a68b1827d4ee7a3ef15e9650a1c98a7417489d/rooted-in-bam.png" /> AIRC SESSION 6: ROOTED IN BAM August 29, 2020, Zoom Presented by: Joey Archie Rooted In BAM took us on a journey through the history of Black American Music (BAM), its influences on various other genres and how it tackled various political and social issues throughout American history. <img width="1807" height="1807" width_o="1807" height_o="1807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/29b10aac099f5ba6f3b0a3ff6f8a1e1e3d82eec2c492134b3d61248a112735ba/native-america.png" data-mid="166494296" border="0" data-scale="34" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/29b10aac099f5ba6f3b0a3ff6f8a1e1e3d82eec2c492134b3d61248a112735ba/native-america.png" /> AIRC SESSION 5: NATIVE AMERICA August 8th, 2020, Zoom Presented by: Eve LaFountain Artists: Raven Chacon, Doane Tulugaq Avery, Amelia Winger-Bearskin &amp; Vibration Group Manifesting our destiny. Manifestations of destinations. Defying the lies of erasure. Defining our lines into the future. The people, the Indigenous peoples of these lands, continue to survive in the post apocalyptic world we’ve traversed for 528 years and counting. At the helms of our ships we sail through the stories of our ancestors and continue to build our futures. <img width="1807" height="1807" width_o="1807" height_o="1807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/95df0d358bc11990b1880f0d9cc412eb72f76d4fbfe4f5bd6ae3a7b157713e63/mexico.png" data-mid="166494295" border="0" data-scale="34" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/95df0d358bc11990b1880f0d9cc412eb72f76d4fbfe4f5bd6ae3a7b157713e63/mexico.png" /> AIRC SESSION 4: MEXICO July 11th, 2020, Zoom Presented by: Luis Gutiérrez Arias Artists: Hana Coleman, Annalisa D. Quagliata &amp; Luna Marán When the Mexican state declared a war on drugs in 2006, violence in the country not only multiplied in quantity but in form as well. More than 60,000 forced disappearances, alarming numbers of murdered journalists and an unbearably rising amount of femicides all caught in between the reckless crossfire of this war. In the absence of a protective social body, a search for autonomy represents the only hope in the face of state violence. The outcome of which is stronger autonomous communities and the support networks that connect them; community police, femminist self defense groups, and independent media outlets. This session included three short films depicting different manifestations of this violence and a cultural project taking place in the Zapotec town of Guelatao, Oaxaca where a group of indigenous filmmakers founded one of the only community cinemas in Mexico. <img width="1807" height="1807" width_o="1807" height_o="1807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/aada9839aab948adcd0bb67fb5f361e327dda4671bf5695facced03058da40d6/china.png" data-mid="166494293" border="0" data-scale="34" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/aada9839aab948adcd0bb67fb5f361e327dda4671bf5695facced03058da40d6/china.png" /> AIRC SESSION 3: CHINA June 27th, 2020, Zoom Presented by: Yao Chen &amp; Yanbin Zhao Artists: Rong Guangrong &amp; Matthias Delvaux Modern China has formed a development model where economic development takes the lead. Education, culture, and the arts have been the biggest victims of this model. Under strict censorship and controlled speech, some maverick independent auteurs have grown up wildly. This session screened two films by director Rong Guangrong. We were joined by Rong Guangrong and cinematographer Matthias Delvaux. <img width="1807" height="1807" width_o="1807" height_o="1807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fef4b59fc6630609398859aa802106a7d969503b9a7f15febed3c065356f839f/brazil.png" data-mid="166494292" border="0" data-scale="34" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fef4b59fc6630609398859aa802106a7d969503b9a7f15febed3c065356f839f/brazil.png" /> AIRC SESSION 2: BRAZIL June 13th, 2020, Zoom Presented by: Isabela Costa &amp; Ana Doria The Northeast area of Brazil has been historically stigmatized by the Southeast of the country. Places like Pernambuco, Piauí, and Ceará are excluded from the Brazilian map and hidden behind the hygienic postcard images of Rio de Janeiro and the economic hegemony of São Paulo. Kleber Mendonça Filho, a filmmaker from Pernambuco, has been incisive towards the social, racial, and gender disparities of the country. Humor and absurdity are key elements to subvert the hierarchical logic of Brazilian capitalism. This session was a brief investigation of how nonsense can be used as an aesthetic apparatus to explain the subtle aggressions and the peculiarities within the Brazilian culture. It looked at the domestic space as a microcosmic representation of the problematics of a continental, hybrid country that still carries the wounds of its colonial roots. <img width="1807" height="1807" width_o="1807" height_o="1807" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa9273258fbf8679034a3ac32a7e373e7dfe5841dac11a14549206932600ce2e/south-africa.png" data-mid="166494300" border="0" data-scale="34" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa9273258fbf8679034a3ac32a7e373e7dfe5841dac11a14549206932600ce2e/south-africa.png" /> AIRC SESSION 1: SOUTH AFRICA May 30th, 2020, Zoom Presented by: Advik Beni Artists: Tebogo Malebogo, Nala Bhumalo, Mzonke Maloney &amp; Jakinda. This session took an introspective look at creating in a post-apartheid South Africa. How do people of colour find a cinematic and artistic identity - or better yet how do we reinvigorate and recall these identities? By looking at the works by South African youths, the program navigated these politics which aim to pose larger questions of national and international models of creation. https://helloitsnehal.com/top-anchor Fri, 03 Feb 2023 15:47:31 +0000 Nehal Vyas https://helloitsnehal.com/top-anchor ︎