The QM South Asia Forum is pleased to announce a new collaboration with Deptford Cinema, London.

From today, 14 December, until Monday, 4 January, Deptford Cinema will be screening Sanjay Kak’s 2013 film on the life of revolutionary possibility in India, Red Ant Dream. Documenting contemporary struggles against the state, from Bastar to the Niyamgiri Hills to Punjab, the film is a gripping portrait of India’s twenty-first century. It resonates powerfully with the current political moment, when mass protests by farmers have surrounded the capital in New Delhi, opposing government attempts to increase the power of private corporations in the agricultural industry, amongst other demands. Click here to watch.

Alongside the film, Sanjay Kak joined Pragya Dhital (School of English and Drama, QMUL) and Chris Moffat (School of History, QMUL) for an episode of the Deptford Cinema podcast, which you can listen to by clicking here.

On the Deptford Cinema Journal, a short essay by the artist and writer Shuddhabrata Sengupta, ‘Footage for a Film Without End’, reflects on the film and Sanjay Kak’s approach to the documentary form.

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