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Through this panel discussion and interactive session with the audience, we try to take a peek into the current political context which leads to production of shows like "Satyameva Jayate", and the reactions to it. Thus we use this show as a lens to zoom into the contemporary socio-cultural and political economic paradigms we are living in. Our 3 panelists will open up various points of discussion about the show and its context, and we hope that the discussion will be taken forward through interaction with the audience.

Siyaah Haashiye are vignettes of the partition of India; black borders written with the same dark blood that oozed from both sides on a land that was ripped to pieces and has never quite managed to pull itself together yet. More than 60 years have passed; 55 since Manto himself was laid to rest but the bloodstains of that massacre still haunt the generations on both sides of the divide: dates have changed; places have changed and so have names but the nature of man remains the same; the struggle against our own self continues

GOETHEZENTRUM,HYDERABAD Documentary Circle of Hyderabad
LAMAKAAN
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE of HYDERABAD
Great Hyderabad Adventure Club
cordially invite you to a screening of
GRIZZLY MAN
103 min, 2005
Director: Werner Herzog

A devastating and heartrending take on grizzly bear activists Timothy Treadwell and Amie Huguenard, who were killed in October of 2003 while living among grizzlies in Alaska.
For thirteen consecutive summers, the American Timothy Treadwell moved to Katmai in the Alaskan Peninsula to live among the grizzly bears, with the pretext of studying and protecting them. In 2003, his girlfriend Amie Huguenard and he were surprisingly attacked and eaten by a bear.

Werner Herzog somehow accessed more than one hundred hours of footages filmed by Timothy and released this documentary, showing the life and death of Timothy Treadwell



Werner Herzog is undeniably one of the most influential filmmakers of all time, and one of the great figures of German Cinema. Many people find Herzog’s documentaries even more fascinating than his feature films.

No one has done more than Herzog to promulgate the deeper truth that every fiction film has an element of documentary, and that all documentaries are constructed fictions. Herzog’s docs show an appreciation for imagination, poetry, adventure, and most of all -- how documentaries at their best can be an expression of one artist’s vision of the world.

As a part of Lamakaan's Night school series, We present A workshop on "Caste and Indian Political Economy" by Dr. Anand Teltumbde.

Dr. Teltumbde is a Mumbai-based Dalit intellectual, writer, thinker and human rights activist with the Committee for the Protection of Democratic Rights, who authoredKhairlanji: A Strange And Bitter Crop.

As a part of Lamakaan's Night school series, We present A workshop on "Caste and Indian Political Economy" by Dr. Anand Teltumbde.

Dr. Teltumbde is a Mumbai-based Dalit intellectual, writer, thinker and human rights activist with the Committee for the Protection of Democratic Rights, who authoredKhairlanji: A Strange And Bitter Crop.

Radiation Stories: Koodankulam
80 min; Tamil with English subtitles; 2012; Documentary
Produced and directed by Amudhan R.P.

The people's movement against the Koodankulam nuclear plant is an over 20-year-old story. When the mainstream media muffles the voices from the ongoing people's struggle in Koodankulam, Amudhan R P breaks the silence and takes us to the villages at the centre of the resistance. Completed just before Section 144 was enforced in the area, the film presents rare footage from the protests.

The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Amudhan, the director and producer of the film.

A bit about Amudhan:

Born in 1971, Amudhan completed MA in Development Communication from Madurai Kamaraj University. He has been involved in various documentary-related activities such as making films, writing about documentary films and filmmakers in Tamil, and organising film screenings, video workshops and film festivals in Tamil Nadu.

Amudhan founded Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival in 1998 and has been co-ordinating the festival since then every year.

'Radiation Stories' is a series of films that Amudhan has been making since 2007 on nuclear issues. The first part is about monazite mining by Department of Atomic Energy in Manavalakurichi, Tamil Nadu and the second part is about various case studies of health hazards in and around Kalpakkam due to the nuclear power complex.

Open Show is a free monthly event that provides photographers, filmmakers and multimedia producers the chance to present their work in an interactive space.

OPEN SHOW FORMAT
Four curated presenters have 15 minutes each to introduce one project. Both ongoing and completed work is accepted. We welcome diverse topics ranging from documentary to fine art.

The book launch of 'Valiyachalai Times' by Author Deepa Balasubramanian. Book Signing and Book Reading to follow.
Guests of Honor
Chandana Chakrabarty - Actor, Writer and Critic Mahesh Kathi - Director
Arvind Krishna - Actor

Introduction to travel writing is a free seminar for those interested in travel writing.

New service for music lovers of Hyderabad

The Listening Post
. Exposure to the beauty of Jazz and Western Classical music
. Pure listening - Classical and Jazz music recordings
. Heighten and enhance our musical sensibilities and ability
to listen and hear music without any visual aids

"Those who threaten our traditional code" , says Jai Singh Ahlawat, the Head of the Ahlawat Khap. "... are the educated youngsters, the Dalit officers, who want everything to be equal... And, of course, our "asabhya betiyan", (immoral daughters) who imagine equality like animals and want our age-old customs to die out..."

Voices like Jai Singh Ahlwats's belong to the patriarchal and casteist pillars of a feudal society -- the Khaps; those who oppose "self-choice" marriages and deny young people the right to love.

In Izzatnagari ki Asabhya Betiyaan, we have the stories of five young Jat women who dared to resist. These women take on take on the powerful Khaps and in the process confront "honour" crimes, injustice and social boycotts.

These multi-narratives of women are intercut with that of the Khaps. Through these stories, Asabhaya Betiyaan exposes the fissures, hypocrisy and violence in a supposedly modern and
democratic India.

Crew-
Director- Nakul Singh Sawhney
Camera- Deval Samanta
Sound- Vinit D'Souza
Editor- Neetu Singh

Grim Pumpkin Theatre presents 'A Night of the Absurd', a staging of four plays by Alex Broun, an American playwright.
Synopsis:

Alex Broun is one well known name in the circuit of ten minute plays. He has written over seventy ten minute plays till date and aims at completing a hundred. He has his own website at http://www.alexbroun.com.au/. All his scripts are available on this website and are available for performance and screening purposes.
We have picked up four of those ten minute plays, namely, “George Clooney and Brad Pitt get laid”, “Five Houses for Harriette”, “10,000 Cigarettes”, and “50 Guns” and will be performing in that order. There is nothing that connects these four plays, except for the fact that these are all stories of people and their lives. Rather people and their short lives. Short not in duration, but perhaps in their meaning, in validity, in their being. The first play is a hilarious conversation between the two hollywood actors, George Clooney and Brad Pitt. The second play is about a woman’s search for her perfect house. The third play, is about four voices in the head, in a conversation with each other about the fantasies related to cigarettes and what can be the final destination of such a fantastic tour. The fourth play is about a woman who suffers from the guilt of killing her sibling.
The four plays develop one after the other, but also simultaneously. Each play is enhanced by the next play. Characters from each of these plays can easily interchange between themselves. Each play hence can be the story of all the characters in all the plays. Each play can be the story of any one of us.

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PechaKucha Nights are informal and fun gatherings where creative people get together and share their ideas, works, thoughts, holiday snaps - just about anything really, in the PechaKucha 20x20 format.

The workshop is for photography entrepreneurs and professionals. With aims to help you to engage with your customers and grow your photography gig using social media in an efficient and profitable way.

It's not about handouts, it's about a hand up. Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is doing exactly that. He fought poverty by micro-lending $27 to 42 women, an effort which has now grown to 8 million women and 8 billion dollars.
The aim of Rang De Hyderabad Chapter, that presents this screening, deals with social issues that India faces today and discuss about the topic of the documentary amongst the Indian context.

Indian Classical Music Therapy

Musical notes are substantially therapeutic.
Appropriate scale, note, pitch and beat form the component ingredients of Music like Carnatic, Hindustani, Tribal Indigenous, Folk, Western Classical or non Classical as a
therapeutic tools.

Indian Classical Music, its infinite application variables and importantly, its spiritual connect
are used by the Music Therapist as a means of establishing communication with the human body’s
main and subsidiary energy centers; it’s extremely precise and elaborate structure of ragas, swaras ,
srutis and talas largely facilitates the requirement of specific design and calibrated delivery of music as
therapeutic intervention.
You deal with the root causes, not the symptoms. For individuals however, like Yoga, the use of music to heal, improve and
maintain wellness can be a lifelong practice.

Title: "I Woke Up One Morning And Found Myself Famous"

On July 3, 2003, Deepanker Gohain, the 23-year old student of the College of Visual Arts, Baroda (India), committed suicide, which shocked the campus.

What saddened the students was the way the college authorities handled the matter, shielding the facts from the media.

Deepanker’s batch-mate Amitabh Pandey witnessed the suicide, capturing all of it on his Handycam. Pandey came from a well-connected political family. When college sided with him on this incident, the other half of the story got buried in police records.

We have made this short film with extremely low resources over the weekends which was liked by many film critics and independent film makers. We would like to showcase it for other film enthusiasts and our team in Hyderabad. It is based in Hyderabad also.

Unemployed.

Of course, angst-ridden.

But, sarcastic. And gay!

Just imagine he gets locked up inside the luxurious bathroom of his lover. And then flushes down a humorous tale from him in his confinement in the loo. But, what has he got to share with us?

Dear Friend,

Sifar invites you to a monologue

The wisest fool on earth
Written by R Raj Rao | Enacted by Feroze


At LAMAKAAN
Opp GVK One, Road No.1 Banjara Hills, Hyderabad.


So, be there, sharp at 11 AM on the 9th of September to catch "The Wisest fool on earth" locked inside the bathroom and he still has some scrap of the feeling of being wanted. Whether his belief stays or withers away to repeat history is the twist that's kept for the last.

But who put him in the loo and what hopes does he have in store (of getting out)?

Come witness a tale of failure, frustration, freedom and fulfillment with humor all through.


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Why me is the question which arises in everyone's life in some or the other point of time.This play is about a middle aged man about his experiences over the time.Its how he has to put up with his Flashy and Ultra Fashionable ever young wife.Its a hilarious act with a pinch of satire showcasing a few incidents in his life till date where this question arises in his mind but is solved with a lovable reasoning...

DOC.SPLASH, 11 SEPTEMBER 2012
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ALLIANCE FRANCAISE OF HYDERABAD
GOETHE- ZENTRUM, HYDERABAD
DOCUMENTARY CIRCLE of HYDERABAD
LAMAKAAN
&
GREAT HYDERABAD ADVENTURE CLUB

cordially invite you to

DOC.SPLASH! SEPTEMBER 2012
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Directed by Sébastien Jousse, Luc Joulé
80min, France,2010

7.00 pm, Tuesday, 11 September
at LAMAKAAN
( inside lane by the side of C-Bay, Road No. 1, Opp. GVK Mall, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad )

A train enters Le Ciotat station. The Lumière brothers' historic images reveal a fact: the train puts society on the move. These images open this journey into the world of railroaders today.

Through various encounters and by discovering railroaders' daily work, the functioning of this public service enterprise is revealed. Since its beginnings, the railroad has associated different jobs and skills. A community has grown round work culture and solidarity. Today, opening up to competition is at hand. The network and services are separated, jobs compartmentalized. Railroaders feel increasingly isolated. The upheavals have been profound. The very meaning of work and its efficiency are under review. Beyond the railroaders, the whole of society is affected.

Throughout the voyage, cinema and memory cast a light on current times: Ken Loach, director of The Navigators, notes that this same movement was behind the privatization of the British railroads and led to their social and financial collapse.

The Great Resistant, Raymond Aubrac, calls out to public opinion. This liberalization movement undermines the very foundations of our republican model.

And warnings and lessons to others.

The screening will be followed by discussion on the film.