Documentary Films on Kabir this week...
Documentary Film Festival at the Alliance Francaise this week. 1) film festival is open to all. 2) alliance auditorium is on 2nd floor (no lift). 3) abillioneyes.in/schedule08.html is the webpage. 4) a blurb on the films: JOURNEYS WITH KABIR: 4 films by Shabnam Virmani These films journey into contemporary spaces touched by the music and poetry of the 15th century mystic weaver-poet of north India, Kabir. We meet a diverse array of people - an urban folklorist, a street fruit seller, a social activist, a Dalit folk singer, a Zen Buddhist scholar, a neo-fascist cleric of a Kabir sect, a Muslim qawwal - each encounter offering a moment of insight into the poetry and its contemporary meanings. We glimpse not one but many Kabirs. Sometimes he beckons, sometimes he baffles, but always he pushes you to self-interrogate, to question the boundaries of your identity, nation, ideology, caste and religion- making these journeys unrelentingly inward even as they venture outward. The 4 ...