[Reader-list] film on sonagachi wins oscar

[Aarti]

Dear All,

Some question on ensuing discussion..
Are you uncomfortable, sudesh, with this specific filmmaker making a 
film about these specefic children, where the issue devolves on the 
particular subject positions they both inhabit? .i.e is your discomfort 
to do with the filmamkers being 'first world' or 'white' or whatever, 
making a film about these children because you feels this is inherently 
a process of 'othering'?

Or, does it lie instead in the fact that the claim of protecting their 
identity seems hollow given the availability of the film in other easily 
accesible forms, such as the web, and that you suspect there is some 
other reason why she does not wish to release the film.

best,
Aarti




sudhesh wrote:

>i have never commented on the quality of the film
>
>all i am saying is that how has it helped the subjects ?
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>and why don't they want to release the film in India?
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>what makes us different?
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>in any case the DVDs are available on the net
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>also the filmmaker being an iraqi is of no consequense
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>you can have first world ideologies sitting in delhi
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