Film Screening + Panel Discussion: Lynch NationFriday 30th October, 2020
6:00 pm, Online
Please join us for this South Asia Forum public event in collaboration with the UK Asian Film Festival. The screening and panel discussion are free but be sure to register to attend via Zoom.
Lynch Nation: A relentless journey across India, listening to heart-wrenching stories of mob lynching that have torn apart families and shaken the entire nation. The film documents seven incidents of mob lynching by traveling through the personal spaces of the victims and recording the testimonies of their families and survivors.
India, 2018 | 43 mins, Hindi with English subtitles. Directed by Ashfaque EJ, Shaheen Ahmed, Furqan Faridi, Vishu Sejwal.
The film will be available to watch for 36 hours starting from 13:00 on 29 October 2020.
At 18:00 on Friday, 30 October, there will be an online Panel Discussion hosted by Ashvin Devasundaram (QMUL) and Akshi Singh (QMUL). Panel Participants include: Furqan Faridi (Director); Amrit Wilson (Author and Activist); Rohit Dasgupta (University of Loughborough and Labour Councillor, Newham); and Annapurna Waughray (Manchester Metropolitan University, Co-Investigator, Equality and Human Rights Commission ‘Caste in Britain’ Project).
Poster image: Kurshidin in Ghatmika Village, Rajasthan, from Lynch Nation.