[Reader-list] Screening of The Other Song by Saba Dewan

[rohitrellan at aol.in]

JAMES BEVERIDGE MEDIA RESOURCE CENTRE


Presents


"The Other Song”
 by
SABA DEWAN
 
On November 20, 2009 at 3:00 p.m
 
 at the JB MRC ROOM, New Building  Second Floor (New Building)  AJK 
MCRC
Jamia Millia Islamia
 
 
The Other Song (2009) is a journey in search of a forgotten song by the 
famous Rasoolan Bai that leads to the uncovering of histories, memories 
and fragments of songs that had long been banished into oblivion. The 
film concludes Saba Dewan’s trilogy of films on stigmatized women and 
deals with the art and lives of tawaifs (courtesans). 
 

Awarded Mecenat prize for best documentary at the Pusan International 
Film Festival, 2009



Saba Dewan is an independent filmmaker whose work has focused on 
communalism, gender, sexuality and culture. Her notable films include 
Dharmayuddha (Holy War, 1989), Nasoor (Festering Wound, 1990), Barf 
(Snow, 1994), Khel (The Play, 1996) and Sita’s Family (2001).  The two 
earlier films in the trilogy are Delhi –Mumbai – Delhi (2006) on the 
lives of bar dancers and Naach (The Dance, 2008) on the lives of women 
who dance in rural fairs. Saba Dewan is also a Graduate of the AJK 
MCRC.