A BBC documentary on Tibet is among a host of other docu-films to be screened at the “Conflicts” film festival at Kalamessary in Kerala (South India). The 30-minute Tibet documentary by Oliver Clark traces the Tibet-China issue from both the Tibetan and Chinese perspectives. Personal stories from Tibetans in exile tell of the Chinese policy of patriotic re-education under which monks have been persecuted and have had to renounce the Dalai Lama.
Organised by the Nature Club of Rajagiri College of Social Sciences in association with Design & People, Friends of Tibet and Greenpeace (India), the film festival will feature documentaries dealing with various social, political and environmental conflicts and in the process it raises issues and concerns of human rights, nationalism, peace, gender equity and non-violence.
Basque Ball: The Skin Against the Stone is a fascinating and thought-provoking documentary from internationally acclaimed filmmaker Julio Medem who explores the unique language and long-held traditions of the mythical land of the Basques, and details the region’s intricate and painful political reality.
Miles to Go: A bus journey across India is the story of India’s forgotten backyards, of people brushed under the carpet of indifference and apathy; a story of individuals fighting all odds for their basic rights – a story of a thousand revolutions in a thousand Bhopals.
Naata, The Bond and She Write are other interesting interesting works that will be screened at the festival from July 25-27
at the Golden Aureole Auditorium, Rajagiri College, Kalamassery.
