Wednesday November 10, 2004
7:00pm-9:30pm: Religion, Community, and Politics


NAATA (THE BOND) (45 min)
Bombay/India, 2003.
Directors: K. P. Jayasankar and A. Monteiro
Naata is about two friends who work on conflict resolution and communal amity initiatives between the different communities in Dharavi, reputedly the largest “slum” in Asia. The second in a series of films on the people and city of Mumbai, after Saacha (2001).


GODHRA TAK: THE TERROR TRAIL (60 min)
Gujarat/India, 2003.
Director: Shubradeep Chakravorty
The film investigates the burning of a train in Godhra, Gujarat, that unleashed rioting that killed 3,500 Muslims in February, 2002.




SHEI RATER KOTHA BOLTE ESHECHI
(TALE OF THE DARKEST NIGHT) (43 min)
Bangladesh, 2001.
Director: Kawsar Chowdhury
Winner of the Second Best Film Award at FSA '03
The film tells the story of the killings by the Pakistani army in Dhaka University. Surviving members and witnesses speak, and bring alive the havoc of that night.

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