Taking us into the heady world of insurgent sleeper communities in India\u2019s capital, Cities of Sleep trails the lives of two individuals. Shakeel, a young man who has spent seven years sleeping rough, is now having to deal with the \u201csleep mafia\u201d\u2014goons who capitalise on the scarcity of safe sleeping spaces in the absence of government safety nets. The film follows his attempts to secure a safe\u00a0sleeping space as the infamous winter rains of Delhi are due. We also meet Ranjeet, who runs a \u2018sleep-cinema\u2019 community under a huge double-storey iron bridge that straddles the banks of the Yamuna River. The thin strip of land houses shanty cinemas where over 400 homeless come and sleep through the day for a nominal price. The flooding of the river poses a threat to the people sleeping there every monsoon.<\/p>\n
The film is open to all, and\u00a0will be followed by a 30-min discussion.<\/p>\n