THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
and
JOURNALISM AND MEDIA STUDIES CENTRE
jointly present a film seminar
Documenting India - The Documentary Cinema of Anand Patwardhan
Indian documentary filmmaker Anand Patwardhan is known for his activism through social action
documentaries on topics ranging from corruption, slum dwellers, the nuclear arms race, religious
fundamentalism, citizen activism, and communalism. He has won innumerous national and International
awards for his remarkable films. The film director will present some of his works and ideas at this seminar.
by
Mr. Anand Patwardhan
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
P4, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building
The University of Hong Kong
Seminar Moderator: Nancy M. Tong, a New York based documentary filmmaker, has been making films for
more than 30 years. Her award-winning documentary films cover various subject matters - history, medicine,
arts and culture, and have been screened in film festivals and broadcasted on HBO, PBS, and other TV
stations in Europe. Her current projects include one on the art of classical Chinese Kunqu opera and one on
the Maryknoll Sisters contribution in education, medicine and social work. She also teaches documentary
film history and production at the University of Hong Kong.
ALL ARE WELCOME
Filmography:
1971: 'Waves of Revolution' (Kraanti Ki Tarangein) on government repression in Bihar Movement
1978: 'Prisoners of Conscience' (Zameer ke Bandi), on political prisoners in The Emergency (India)
1981: 'A Time to Rise' (Uthan da Vela): Indian immigrant farm workers’ efforts to unionize in Canada
1985: 'Bombay Our City' (Hamara Shahar): Everyday survival issues of slum dwellers in Bombay.
1990: 'In Memory of Friends' (Una Mitran Di Yaad Pyaari): On rebuilding communal harmony in Punjab.
1993: We are not your Monkeys: An Islamist critic to epic Ramayana through a music video.
1995: Pitr, Putr aur Dharmayuddha ('Father, Son and Holy War')
1996: 'A Narmada Diary': Introduces the Narmada Bachao Andolan of Gujarat.
1996: 'Occupation: Mill Worker': Chronicles the actions of mill workers who, after a four-year lockout,
forcibly occupied The New Great Eastern Mill in India.
1998: 'Fishing: In the Sea of Greed': Response of fishing communities in India and Bangladesh, to
industrial-scale fishing.
1998: Ribbons for Peace: An anti-nuke music video.
2002: 'War and Peace', Jang Aur Aman. Traces the development of nuclear weapons by India and
Pakistan.