| Date | Time | Location |
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| Wednesday, November 10, 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30PM | External Event, External Event |
| Thursday, November 11, 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30PM | External Event, External Event |
| Friday, November 12, 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30PM | External Event, External Event |
| Saturday, November 13, 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30PM | External Event, External Event |
| Sunday, November 14, 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30PM | External Event, External Event |
| Monday, November 15, 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30PM | External Event, External Event |
| Tuesday, November 16, 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30PM | External Event, External Event |
| Wednesday, November 17, 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30PM | External Event, External Event |
| Thursday, November 18, 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30PM | External Event, External Event |
| Friday, November 19, 2021 | 10:00AM - 11:30PM | External Event, External Event |
Asian Institute x Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
‘The Blind Rabbit’ by Pallavi Paul
FREE Screening Dates: November 10-19, 2021
India | 2020 | 43 min | Hindi, English with English subtitles | North American Premiere | Documentary, Experimental, Women Filmmakers
A mysterious tiger walks through the forest, barely revealing itself, save for a few rare and magical glimpses. This allegorical fiction begins Pallavi Paul’s description of systemic police violence in Delhi, India, based on events suppressed from official history. Using scattered but historically significant fragments of documentation, including video and audio eyewitness accounts, Paul explores the intersections of power, gender, and the narrativization of memory. The film moves across moments like the national emergency of 1975–77, and the anti-Sikh pogrom of 1984, all while remaining contemporary by alluding to recent police brutality across university campuses.
Creating a narrative from the memories and stories of collective power, resistance, and violence, Paul arrives at a coherent study of an abuse of power that is situated in Delhi, but that is easily recognizable almost anywhere in the world. – Mariam Zaidi
Recognitions:
OFFICIAL SELECTION
2021 International Film Festival Rotterdam
2021 Sheffield DocFest
Director Bio:
Video artist and film researcher Pallavi Paul works with video, installations, and performance. She started her scientific career with a study of literary science, and has now completed her PhD in film studies in New Delhi. Paul’s work has been shown at, among others, the Tate Modern in London, Contour Biennale in Mechelen, Belgium, and the Mumbai Film Festival.
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