[Reader-list] Film screening: The City Beautiful

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You are cordially invited to the screening of 

‘The City Beautiful’, 

a documentary by Rahul Roy

 Venue: Main Auditorium, India International Centre, New Delhi

Date: 18 Dec 2003

Time: 6:30 PM

Synopsis:

The City Beautiful, 2003, 78 minutes: Sunder Nagri (Beautiful City) is a small working class colony on the margins of India’s capital city, Delhi. Most families residing here come from a community of weavers. The last ten years have seen a gradual disintegration of the handloom tradition of this community under the globalisation regime. The families have to cope with change as well as reinvent themselves to eke out a living.

The City Beautiful is the story of two families struggling to make sense of a world, which keeps pushing them to the margins. 

Radha and Bal Krishan are at a critical point in their relationship. Bal Krishan is underemployed and constantly cheated. They are in disagreement about Radha going out to work. However, through all their ups and downs they retain the ability to laugh.

Shakuntla and Hira Lal hardly communicate. They live under one roof with their children but are locked in their own sense of personal tragedies.

The film has been supported by UNIFEM.

Festivals:

 The Leipzig International Documentary Festival, 2003, Germany

 Original Title: Sunder Nagri
English Title: The City Beautiful
Duration: 78 Minutes

Format: Betacam SP/DVCAM

Director/Camera: Rahul Roy

Editor: Reena Mohan

Script: Rahul Roy/Saba Dewan/Reena Mohan

Sound: Asheesh Pandya

Contact: Rahul Roy, 

            A-19, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 110049. India

            Tel: 91-11-26515161. Fax: 91-11-26960947. Email: khel at vsnl.com

 

 



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