Screening of documentary "B.R. Ambedkar Now and Then" (2023)
Markim Hall, Macalester College campus
Dr. B. R Ambedkar: Now & Then (2023) is a feature length documentary film that explores deep questions of human condition. Questions of liberty, equality, fraternity, social justice, exclusion and marginalized representation through, Jyoti Nisha, a Bahujan feminist filmmaker's gaze in an upper caste Indian film industry. The film aspires to translate the praxis of Ambedkarite politics to image making and representation of marginalized subjects' culture, history, politics in popular cinema and media. Driven by Dr. Ambedkar's philosophy epistemologically, the film symbolically and politically documents the representation and assertion of Bahujan people in the contemporary era. Questioning the institution of caste in India, this film is a commentary on religion, revolution, politics, and the freedom of speech.
About the Speaker
Jyoti Nisha is a Mumbai-based academician, writer, screenwriter and filmmaker with a focus on cinema, gaze, caste, gender and media, and has over ten years of experience in print, radio and T.V. She has directed, produced and crowdfunded her documentary film, B. R. Ambedkar: Now and Then in collaboration with Pa Ranjith’s Neelam Productions.