Dalit History Month: Celebrating the legacies of Dalit movement & anti-caste revolutionaries -part 2
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Concordia University - SHIFT Center for Social Transformation, 1400 Maisonneuve W room LB-145 (métro Guy)
Dalit History Month: Celebrating the legacies of the Dalit movement and anti-caste revolutionaries
Series of films
Series of films
Friday April 26th, 2024
6:30pm
We Have Not Come Here To Die, by Deepa Dhanraj
SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation,
Room LB-145, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Concordia University
6:30pm
We Have Not Come Here To Die, by Deepa Dhanraj
SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation,
Room LB-145, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Concordia University
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We invite you to two film screenings during this Dalit History Month. The month of April marks the celebration of Dalit history, culture, resilience and achievements as well as to raise awareness about ongoing challenges and discrimination faced by Dalits in society, including in North America, because of caste supremacy. We seek to promote social justice and equity for Dalit communities.
Over the last years, widespread advocacy has resulted in caste discrimination being recognized and included as a protected category in cities such as Seattle and at various institutions in Ontario and Vancouver. The extensive anti-caste work brings to fore the discrimination within South Asian society, and exposes the treachery of the Hindutva project that seeks to portray Hindus as a homogenous whole to then divide Hindus and Muslims in India [1]. The ongoing struggle against the discriminations, casteist-lynching, untouchability and humiliations experienced by oppressed caste peoples in India and globally highlight how Hinduism is not a monolithic term and that there’s supremacist oppression faced by Dalits.
Through these two films we seek to celebrate the legacies of the Dalit movement and anti-caste revolutionaries. Below you will find information about the two screenings:
Sunday April 21st, 2024
6:30pm
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Now and Then, by Jyoti Nisha
At QPIRG Concordia, 2100 Guy Street, Suite 205
https://www.facebook.com/events/2069246950118133/
6:30pm
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Now and Then, by Jyoti Nisha
At QPIRG Concordia, 2100 Guy Street, Suite 205
https://www.facebook.com/events/2069246950118133/
Friday April 26th, 2024
6:30pm
We Have Not Come Here To Die, by Deepa Dhanraj
SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation,
Room LB-145, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Concordia University
https://www.facebook.com/events/1466691597550250/
6:30pm
We Have Not Come Here To Die, by Deepa Dhanraj
SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation,
Room LB-145, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Concordia University
https://www.facebook.com/events/1466691597550250/
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*Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Now and Then* (111 minutes) – Jyoti Nisha
Through the discerning lens of a Bahujan feminist filmmaker, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Now and Then explores the most pressing questions of the human condition – of liberty, equality, fraternity, social justice, exclusion and marginalized representation. A cinematic embodiment of Dr. Ambedkar’s philosophical legacy and praxis of Ambedkarite politics, the film challenges the representation of marginalized people in popular upper-caste cinema, and symbolically and politically documents the history, representation, and assertion of Bahujan people in the contemporary era. It offers a powerful commentary on religion, politics, revolution, and the fundamental right to freedom of speech.
Please stick around for a post-screening Q&A with the director, Jyoti Nisha
Through the discerning lens of a Bahujan feminist filmmaker, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Now and Then explores the most pressing questions of the human condition – of liberty, equality, fraternity, social justice, exclusion and marginalized representation. A cinematic embodiment of Dr. Ambedkar’s philosophical legacy and praxis of Ambedkarite politics, the film challenges the representation of marginalized people in popular upper-caste cinema, and symbolically and politically documents the history, representation, and assertion of Bahujan people in the contemporary era. It offers a powerful commentary on religion, politics, revolution, and the fundamental right to freedom of speech.
Please stick around for a post-screening Q&A with the director, Jyoti Nisha
Jyoti Nisha is a filmmaker, academic, screenwriter, and producer. She is renowned for conceptualizing the political theory of ‘Bahujan Spectatorship’ which opposes popular culture’s casteist male gaze and stereotypical representation of the marginalized on the silver screen, and explores the consumption and spectatorship of popular cinema’s representation of caste, gender, and sexuality by the marginalized of India. Jyoti Nisha received her education in journalism from IIMC in Delhi, screenwriting from FTII in Pune, and Media and Cultural Studies from TISS in Mumbai. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar: Now and Then is her debut feature-length documentary which she has directed, crowdfunded, and co-produced with Pa Ranjith’s Neelam Productions.
*We Have Not Come Here To Die* (110 minutes) – Deepa Dhanraj
On January 17, 2016, Rohith Vemula, a Dalit PhD scholar and activist at University of Hyderabad in India was driven to suicide after years of persecution by the university administration and Hindu supremacists. The event and Rohith’s suicide note galvanized anti-caste student politics and gave rise to massive protests across the country challenging the fundamental institutions of universities in India and the systematic oppression faced by Dalit and marginalized students. We Have Not Come Here To Die documents the historic and still raging movement that has united numerous marginalized groups, activists, and mothers. With the continuous rise of Hindu nationalists in North America, this film serves as an urgent and poignant reminder of the force of solidarity and student activism in the fight against race and caste.
On January 17, 2016, Rohith Vemula, a Dalit PhD scholar and activist at University of Hyderabad in India was driven to suicide after years of persecution by the university administration and Hindu supremacists. The event and Rohith’s suicide note galvanized anti-caste student politics and gave rise to massive protests across the country challenging the fundamental institutions of universities in India and the systematic oppression faced by Dalit and marginalized students. We Have Not Come Here To Die documents the historic and still raging movement that has united numerous marginalized groups, activists, and mothers. With the continuous rise of Hindu nationalists in North America, this film serves as an urgent and poignant reminder of the force of solidarity and student activism in the fight against race and caste.
Deepa Dhanraj is an award-winning filmmaker, researcher and teacher actively involved in the women’s movement since 1980, with a focus on political participation, health and education. She has an extensive filmography spanning nearly three decades such as Enough of this Silence, The Advocate, Nari Adalat, The Legacy of Malthus and more that have screened at numerous film festivals worldwide. She regularly lectures on media theory, and has taught video to women activists from South-East Asia. Deepa is also a founder of the Bangalore-based filmmaking collective Yugantar which has produced films on women’s labour and domestic conditions in South India.
Organized by:
SADAC (South Asian Diaspora Action Collective)
Cosponsored by:
SADAN (South Asian Dalit Adivasi Network) - Canada
CERAS (South Asia Forum)
Rang Collective
QPIRG - Concordia (Quebec Public Interest Research Group)
QPIRG - McGill (Quebec Public Interest Research Group)
SADAC (South Asian Diaspora Action Collective)
Cosponsored by:
SADAN (South Asian Dalit Adivasi Network) - Canada
CERAS (South Asia Forum)
Rang Collective
QPIRG - Concordia (Quebec Public Interest Research Group)
QPIRG - McGill (Quebec Public Interest Research Group)
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[1] Badri Raina, “Caste is the Achilles Heel of Hindutva Politics. The Wire, Feb 2023.
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SADAC (South Asian Diaspora Action Collective) is a grassroots group based in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal) who act in solidarity with the struggles of various oppressed groups, activists, movements and peoples in the sub-continent and here in our communities. Our work is rooted in the fight for a secular South Asia, free of poverty, casteism, the suppression of indigenous people’s rights, and other social injustices. We also aim to combat the spread and rise of far-right, fascist ideology in South-Asia and here in Canada, and connect the fight against Hindutva ideology with the fight against fascism in Canada and globally. We are engaged with the South-Asian diasporic community in Montreal on various issues including housing, labour, migrant and other related issues.
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