Reception & Film Screening of Anand Patwardhan's "War and Peace / Jang aur Aman"
Thursday, November 22nd, 2012
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday, November 22, 2012 | 6:00PM - 9:00PM | External Event, Signy and Cleophee Eaton Theatre, Level 1B, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen’s Park (enter through the group entrance, located at the south entrance of the museum) |
Description
Reception & Film Screening of War and Peace / Jang aur Aman (2002, 135 minutes)
6:00pm Reception with the Filmmaker
6:30-9:00pm Opening Remarks & Film Screening
War and Peace (Jang Aur Aman)
Filmed over three tumultuous years in India, Pakistan, Japan and the USA following nuclear tests in the Indian sub-continent, War and Peace is an epic documentary journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism and war. It is dramatically framed by the murder of Mahatma Gandhi and shows how fifty years after his death memories of Gandhi seem like a foil for our thirst for peace and our very distance from it. Ten years after it was made, this film is as relevant as ever to our present historical moment. This screening follows on the recent success of Patwardhan’s latest film Jai Bhim Comrade at Toronto’s Hot Docs earlier this year.
Anand Patwardhan is India’s leading documentary film maker. For over four decades his investigative documentaries have charted life in modern India, from the nature of its economic development to the power of nationalism and religious fundamentalism, and the struggles by the poor and the marginalized for justice. It has taken legal action, including a decision by India’s Supreme Court, to prevent successive Indian governments from censoring his films and blocking them from being screened.
Registration Information
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