[Reader-list] [DFA NewsLetter] Fwd: WSP Invites you to a documentary film "Born to Sing"

[Rahul Roy]

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From: shikha jhingan <shikha.jhingan at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Subject: Fwd: WSP Invites you to a documentary film "Born to Sing"
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*Women's Studies Programme, JNU


Invites you to a documentary film

Born to Sing

directed by

Shikha Jhingan
Shikha Jhingan is an independent documentary film-maker based in Delhi. She
is a founder member of Media-storm, an independent women's film making
collective formed in Delhi in 1986. At present Shikha is teaching in the
Department of Journalism at Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi.

on

Date: 26th August 2008
Time: 3.00 p.m.
Venue: Committee Room No.002, SSS-II, JNU.
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**Synopsis:*
*Born to Sing is a musical journey with four Mirasans, who sing life-cycle
songs for their patrons in Punjab. Through an encounter with four Mirasans
and their songs, the film explores a rich musical and oral tradition kept
alive by these women. What is the nature of their relationship with their
land-owning patrons? What happens when Punjabi pop music takes the
entertainment industry by storm? How are the Mirasans dealing with dwindling
patronage and pressures from men of their community? The documentary tries
to grapple with these concerns faced by women who find themselves shunted
out of their expressive traditions. At another level, music becomes a
vehicle to explore the resilience of Malwa's composite culture.

Video/2001/44mins./English with subtitles
Produced by IGNCA. Camera: Sabeena Gadihoke; Sound: Surinder Prasad;
Editing: Shikha Jhingan
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