Disability and Cinema festival, being organised by NMML, will spread over a period of about one and a half  month from  3 May to 13 June 2011.

We plan to screen one Hindi and one English movie every week.

As the  focus of the festival is  on   disability , we are screening films exploring some of the concerns and experiences of disabled people . These   screenings will present a context for serious engagement with issues of mercy killing, intimacy and sexuality, friendship,  gender  etc. and explore their many intersections. While engaging with films as a medium of political and creative expression, we hope to raise critical disability  issues. Apart from the fraternity of disability activists, scholars and film enthusiasts, we are also looking forward to the participation of university students, NGO activists and academicians.

 

SCREENING OF MOVIES FROM MAY 3rd TO JUNE 11th

ALL THE MOVIES WILL BE SCREENED IN THE AUDITORIUM

DATE: MAY3rd, 2011

MOVIE: DOSTI

TIMINGS: 10  A.M

DURATION: 163 MINUTES

INTRODUCED BY: Mr. JAGDISH KUMAR

DISCUSSED   BY: VIKAS GUPTA

DATE: May5th ,2011

MOVIE: MONICA AND DAVID

TIMINGS: 5 P.M.

DURATION: 68 INUTESS

INTRODUCED BY: DR ANITA GHAI

DISCUSSED BY: MS RUBINA MOHAN

DATE: MAY10th, 2011

MOVIE: SPARSH

TIMINGS: 10  A.M

DURATION: 134  MINUTES

INTRODUCED BY: MR. NARESH KUMAR

DISCUSSED   BY: DR.UMA CHAKRAVARTI

DATE: MAY14th, 2011

MOVIE: SIXTH HAPPINESS

TIMINGS: 5 P.M

DURATION: 98 MINUTES

INTRODUCED BY: MS DEEPTI SACHDEV

DISCUSSED   BY: DR MEENA GOPAL

DATE: MAY21st, 2011

MOVIE: GUZAARISH

TIMINGS: 5P.M

DURATION: 127 MINUTES

INTRODUCED BY: MR SANJEEV SACHDEV

DISCUSSED   BY: DR RACHANA JOHRI

DATE: MAY24th,2011

MOVIE: MY LEFT FOOT

TIMINGS: 5 P.M

DURATION: 103 MINUTES

INTRODUCED BY: MS PRAMADA MENON

DISCUSSED   BY: MS MANAVI JALAN

DATE: MAY28th, 2011

MOVIE: IQBAL

TIMINGS: 5P.M

DURATION: 136MINUTES

INTRODUCED BY: DR UPALI CHAKRAVARTI

DISCUSSED   BY: MS POOJA BHAKSHI

DATE: MAY31st, 2011

MOVIE: CHILDREN OF A LESSER GOD

TIMINGS: 5P.M

DURATION: 119MINUTES

INTRODUCED BY: MR ARUN RAO

DISCUSSED   BY: DR NILIKA MEHROTRA

DATE: JUNE7th, 2011

MOVIE: 15th PARK AVENUE

TIMINGS: 5P.M

DURATION: 124 MINUTES

INTRODUCED BY: DR ARUN DHAR

DISCUSSED   BY: DR RENU ADDLAKHA

DATE: JUNE 11TH

MOVIE: RAINMAN

TIMINGS: 5P.M

DURATION: 133MINUTES

INTRODUCED BY: DR SHUBHANGI VAIDYA

DISCUSSED   BY: MS JO CHOPRA

Tentative Draft for June 13th, 2001

2:00    Introductory Remarks: ANITA GHAI, Fellow,   NMML

*2:00 TO 3:30*

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Chair:  PROF. MRIDULA MUKHERJEE
Dr Madan Singh,  (Senior Fellow, NMML)   Cinematic Images Of Disability
Dr Mary John, (Director , CWDS)  Mercy Killing:A Feminist Perspective
Tanmoy Bhattacharya ,( Associate Professor and director, EOC) Deaf Education and Identity in the face of prevailing Audism
Ms Shalini Khanna , (Director , NAB)  Sexuality and Disabled Women

3:45 Release of the Braille edition of Jawaharlal Nehru’s Letters from a Father to his Daughter  brought out by the institution last year.

Concluding Remarks –  Dr Vagish K Jha"

4:15     Cultural Program

5:00     High Tea