[Reader-list] Free Binayak Sen film festival

[TaraPrakash]

The list could have/should have included "Whose land it is anyway" but for 
the convener?
When people are not getting food, CPI(M) feeds them cars.
I wish there were movies depicting tata versus human beings struggle.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "prakash ray" <pkray11 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:54 PM
Subject: [Reader-list] Free Binayak Sen film festival


> Release Dr Sen and Ajai TG
> without any delay
>
> Cinemela Collectives
> presents
> Free Binayak Sen Film Festival
> May 14, 2008/10am onwards
> SAA auditorium, JNU, New Delhi
>
>
> Prof Arun Kumar
> Prof Kamal M Chenoy
> Prof Ajay Patnaik
> Prof Mohan Rao
> Dr Rohan D'Souza
> and many other teachers, activists and friends of Dr Sen will speak on the
> man, his contributions and the situation which led to his arrest.
> SCREENING of 10 films (list given below)
>
>
> 14 May 2008 will mark one year of imprisonment for Dr Binayak Sen, the
> well-known public health and civil rights activist, arrested on false
> charges of 'assisting' the Maoist insurgency in Chattisgarh.
>
> In a nation where increasingly the medical profession is becoming 
> synonymous
> with unbridled commercial greed Dr Sen dedicated his entire professional
> life to the free service of people in the remotest villages.
>
> In a country, which has health indicators worse than that of sub-Saharan
> Africa, Dr Sen passionately worked for setting up low cost models of
> healthcare accessible to the poor.
>
> And in a land where the problems of public health are deeply intertwined
> with the gross violations of the Indian Constitution by state agencies
> themselves Dr Sen fought for ensuring democratic rights of ordinary 
> people.
>
> Dr Sen's detention as a 'threat to national security' stands therefore as 
> a
> challenge to every Indian who aspires for a humane, democratic and 
> civilized
> India.
>
> To mark the first anniversary of the arrest of Dr Sen, on 14 May 2008 and 
> to
> call for his immediate release the Free Binayak Sen Film Festival is being
> organised by concerned citizens and groups around the country. The package
> of 10 documentaries, presented in this Festival, highlight the issues of
> human rights and public health and deal with themes ranging from 
> nutrition,
> greed of drug companies, environmental pollution and state atrocities.
>
> They are meant to make all those who watch them wake up and more 
> importantly
> resist the Silent Emergency that is creeping upon us in front of our very
> eyes.
>
>
> ***************************************
>
> Films
>
> 1. In the Name of Medicine
>
> K.P.Sasi
>
> On the hazardous and banned pharmaceutical drugs in India.
>
> 2. Antibiotic Resistance for Idiots
>
> Satya Sivaraman
>
> A look at antibiotics from the microbe's point of view and calling for an
> ecological approach to medicine.
>
> 3. It's a Boy, its going to be a boy
>
> Vani Subramaniam
>
> On sex determination tests and female foeticide
>
> 4. Sicko
>
> Michael Moore
>
> Investigates the American health care system, focusing on its for-profit
> health insurance and pharmaceutical industry. The film compares the
> private-sector U.S. system with the socialized systems of Canada, the 
> United
> Kingdom, France and Cuba.
>
> 5. Secrets and Lies
>
> Stavros Stagos
>
> This Greek documentary explores how the Bhopal chemical disaster of 1984,
> which claimed as many as 20,000 lives, continues to affect people today.
> Points an accusing finger mostly at Union Carbide, the multinational
> pesticide manufacturer that owned the Bhopal plant. The company is 
> currently
> part of Dow Chemical (makers of Agent Orange) which now denies all legal
> responsibility for the disaster.
>
> 6. The Bitter Drink
>
> P. Baburaj & C. Saratchandran
>
> Chronicles the struggle of the most marginalised section of the Indian
> society, the tribal community, against the mighty global giant Coca Cola. 
> It
> also discusses the issue of the ownership of natural resources, mainly
> water.
>
> 7. Development Flows fromthe Barrel of the Gun
>
> Biju Toppo & Meghnath
>
> Documenting the state violence on people affected by development projects 
> in
> the country, the film explores the relationship between this violence and
> the new economic policy and globalisation. It puts forward the people's
> viewpoint on development, which is diametrically opposed to that of the
> state.
>
> 8. Tales from the Margins
>
> Kavita Joshi
>
> 'Tales from the Margins' travels to this remote, strife-torn corner of 
> India
> to document the extraordinary protests of Manipuri women for justice. And
> through their lives, to focus on a vast human tragedy.
>
> 9. Death of a River
>
> R.R.Srinivasan
>
> A documentary about the Manjolai massacre, which took place when Tamil 
> Nadu
> police attacked a procession of striking tea estate workers, their 
> families
> and supporters on July 23, 1999. Seventeen people, including two women and 
> a
> two-year-old boy, were killed and 500 injured in the police attack.
>
> 10. Resilient Rhythms
>
> Gopal Menon
>
> India's caste system places nearly 160 million people, the dalits, at the
> outskirts of society. It exploits their services, especially to perform
> "polluting" tasks, such as cutting the umbilical cord, disposing of
> night-soil, tending cremation grounds, but at the same time denies them
> acceptance as human beings. Resilient Rhythms deals with a range of dalit
> responses to their marginalization, from armed struggle to electoral
> politics.
>
> *All groups interested in receiving the package of films for organizing 
> the
> Free Binayak Sen Film Festival in their areas of work are requested to 
> send
> the name of their organization, postal address and tentative date of
> screening to - Wilfred D'Souza, INSAF, New Delhi, insaf at vsnl.com, Ph:
> 09825171919. The package is meant to be screened mostly in the month of 
> May,
> particularly around 14 May, the first anniversary of Dr Sen's arrest.*
>
> Prakash K Ray, Convenor, Cinemela Collectives
>
> cinemela.blogspot.com
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