November 30, 2003 at 5.30pm

Prakriti Foundation presented "A Screening of Three Short Films", directed by Anjali Monteiro and K.P.Jayasankar

Venue: Suprageet preview theater, Chennai

NAATA 
The Bond  Naata is about Bhau Korde and Waqar Khan, two activists and friends, who are involved in conflict resolution, working with neighborhood peace committees in Dharavi, Mumbai. 

YCP 1997 
Built between 1865 and 1876, Yerwada Central Prison (YCP), Pune is one of the oldest prisons in India, with over 2500 inmates. In this video, six poets and artistes of the YCP share their work, their lives.  

KAHANKAR: AHANKAR 
This video brings together a selection of the stories and paintings of the Warlis and some of the writings about 'them'. To the Warlis, a community of Adivasis, these stories represent their "history", their world view. The world of the outsiders who write about the "Warli" represents the process of creating new mythologies. By bringing together these disparate discourses, the video aspires to critique these  mythologies. 


About the Directors 

Anjali Monteiro is Professor and Head and K P Jayasankar is Reader (Production), Unit for Media and Communications, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. 

Both of them are involved in media production, teaching and research. Jointly, they have won ten national and international awards for their videos.  They are visiting faculty to a range of media and design institutions across the country, such as National Institute of Design, University of Hyderabad and Asian College of Journalism.