Ethnographic Film Series

Organised by the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Film Committee and SOAS Department of Anthropology and Sociology

20 November Wednesday 1 PM, Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS    

Delhi at Eleven

Ravi Shivhare, Anshu Singh, Aniket Kumar Kashyap, Shikha Kumar Dalsus, David MacDougall,  82 mins, 2013, India/Australia

This film presents the work of four young filmmakers of New Delhi. From March to May 2012 they took part in a video workshop at the CIE Experimental Basic School, a government primary school. Each of the filmmakers was eleven years old. Their films offer a special perspective on Indian family and working life. It includes the following four films:

•    Ravi’s film about a shop in his neighbourhood “ My Lovely General Store’
•    Anush’a film about the live of girls: Why Not a Girl?
•    Aniket’s film about his friends and family: My Funny Film
•    Shika’s film about children in family life: Children at Home

For further information on the film please contact: RAI Film Officer, Susanne Hammacher, film@therai.org.uk, or Kimberly Chong, SOAS Anthropology Department, kc27@soas.ac.uk

These are public events – all are welcome.