Lamakaan

“Man, Modernity and Mountains includes the screening of two documentary films: “”Sharnarthi: A Generation in Exile”" (48″”, 2009, Nepal, Bhutan & New Zealand, English and Nepali with English subtitles) and “”Mugu: The Conscience of Karnali”" (18″”, 2010, Nepali, various languages with English subtitles).

Sharnarthi, directed by Rituraj Sapkota, traces the story of a generation on Refugees from Bhutan who lived in refugee camps f…or 18 years and who are now being resettled in countries such as the USA, Australia, New Zealand and Denmark. Most of this generation were either too small to remember when their families were ousted from Bhutan or have never seen Bhutan, having spent their entire lives in refugee camps. Born to ethnically Nepalese parents who were once citizens of Bhutan, over 50,000 children and teenagers today are living a life of mixed identities, none concrete. What nationality and what identity do they ascribe themselves?

Mugu: The conscience of Karnali, directed by Rituraj Sapkota and produced by Tourism Development Endeavours, Nepal, is the tale of unbelievable hardship people in a unbelievably scenic place in the forlorn end of Nepal are forced to endure. It documents the struggle for subsistence, the hardships of practicing agriculture in an arid landscape, the mad race for income-generating hunt for aphrodisiacs and herbs and a community’s scope for cultural survival amidst a wave of intervention and globalization.
The event is a part of our attempt to bring stories little heard of to a larger audience and to sensitize people to issues that happen so close to us and yet are so detached from our lives.”

Fl!pmind was established in 2008 with the objective of using video and audio as media for documenting issues of humane significance and facilitating concrete change. While we frequently use video as a medium to build corporate videos and advocacy films for NGOs, our commitment lies in bringing stories from little known places and of little known communities to a wider, sensitized audience.

for more details contact Rommel 8019422427, Arvind 99665 69240
or mail rituraj.sapkota@gmail.com

Rang De presents An Evening with Nagesh Kukunoor at Lamakaan on 10th December at 7 pm

Program Schedule:

Screening of Aashayein.

Followed by an introduuction to Rang De by Nagesh Kukunoor.

The event ends with the Rang De animation film.

The event is free and open for all. Tell your friends about it.

Visit http://rangde.org/ to know more about Rang De

Rang De- Hyderabad
Presents,
It’s a Wonderful Life
At Lamakaan on 9th October 2010 at 7pm
Entry free!

Some movies makes you think.
Some movies help you get a foothold in life when you are slipping.
Some movies reinforce your values through the sublime art of cinema. It’s a Wonderful Life is one such gem.

Frank Capra’s astute direction and James Stewart’s impeccable acting blend to create magic on screen.
George Bailey, the protagonist is a young man with lofty ideals but finds it difficult to control the reins of his own life. He becomes increasingly desperate due to mounting loans and the ensuing fear of arrest. When he becomes suicidal, an angel helps the frustrated young man realize the value of his life to himself and others. Through a series of events the angel shows how one man’s life can have more impact on things around him that anyone might realize. Watch this movie, ponder over it and rest assured, life will be a little different this time.

Come join Rang De – Hyderabad in celebrating life.
It’s a wonderful life indeed!

On Friday 17th September, Lamakaan is playing host to screening of the documentary: Running the Sahara. The show starts at 7pm.

In 2006, an international expedition team of three men – Charlie Engle (USA), Ray Zahab (Canada) and Kevin Lin (Taiwan) undertook a quest that no human being has ever fulfilled. They ran across the Sahara Desert. Each runner brought his own unique story and motivations, but all unite around a love for Africa and a profound desire to prove that the impossible is possible. The film is an up-close, character-driven documentary that delves deep into the culture of the Sahara through the eyes of three individuals undergoing a life-altering experience. Along with the runners, we cross six countries: Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Libya and Egypt.

Through the eyes of our runners, we come to understand the realities of Africa – the beauty and the tragedy inherent in everyday life. This reality is underscored by the recurring theme of water – a daily necessity for our runners and a daily struggle for many of the people they encounter. The cast encountered many locals who spend two and half hours per day, every day, finding and cleaning their water for that day. Sprawling over 3.5 million square miles, the Sahara is a mystical land, enchanting for its extreme beauty and its complex culture. At the same time, it may well be the most unforgiving place on earth — the daytime heat and the freezing temperatures at night can suck the life from a body in an instant. The team accomplished running for 111 days and over 4800 miles.

Duration of movie: 104 minutes

The event is free and open to all.

Anand Patwardhan is probably India’s best known documentary film maker. The winner of several national and international awards. Read more about Anand at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anand_Patwardhan#Films_of_Anand_Patwardhan

On Saturday, 7th August 6:30 pm at Lamakaan we are going to have a screening of

War and Peace (2 Hrs 30 mins)

Filmed over four tumultuous years in India, Pakistan, Japan and the USA following nuclear tests in the Indian sub-continent War and Peace is a documentary journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism and war. It slips seamlessly from a description of home made jingoism to focus on how an aggressive United States has become a role model, its doctrine of “Might is Right” only too well-absorbed by aspiring elites of the developing world. As we enter the 21st century, war has become perennial, enemies are re-invented and economies are inextricably tied to the production and sale of weapons. In the moral wastelands of the world memories of Gandhi seem like a mirage that never was, created by our thirst for peace and our very distance from it.

On Sunday, 8th August at 7 PM in Lamakaan we are going to have a screening of

Bombay, Hamara Shahr (Bombay, Our City, 75 Mins)
and
Mitron De Yaad Mein (In Memory of Friends,60 min)

Screening Times to be announced

BOMBAY: OUR CITY tells the story of the daily battle for survival of the 4 million slum dwellers of Bombay who make up half the city’s population. Although they are Bombay’s workforce – industrial laborers, construction workers, domestic servants – they are denied city utilities like electricity, sanitation, and water. Many slumdwellers must also face the constant threat of eviction as city authorities carry out campaigns to “beautify” Bombay.

IN MEMORY OF FRIENDS documents the violence and terror in Punjab, India – a land torn apart by religious fundamentalists and a repressive government.After examining the political turmoil of the late1970s and rise of Sikh fundamentalism the film concentrates on the legacy of Bhagat Singh who has now become a legendary figure. Today the State eulogizes him as a nationalis while Sikh separatists portray him as a Sikh militant. In fact, Singh was neither. Just prior to his death he wrote a book which he entitled Why I Am An Atheist.

A band of brave Sikhs and Hindus carry Bhagat Singh’s secular legacy from village to village. In the religiously charged countryside ideas of internationalism now carry a price. IN MEMORY OF FRIENDS is an incisive look at identity politics in India today

The event is open to all and entry is free.

On Saturday, the 17th of July at 7:30 pm there shall be a screening of the documentary Notes on Man Capture and interaction with its director Nandini Bedi.

Nandini Bedi (a once-upon-a-time Hyderabadi) is a documentary film maker and has been working, along with her anthropologist husband, for many years with the Garo Hill tribes of the North East. Her film, Notes on Man Capture, is an entertaining and deeply serious film about a very small social set-up, and its effects on marriage