Pedestrian pictures now gives you an option to pick up your favourite documentary film and this month will mark the release of two of their most popular features
Pedestrian pictures now gives you an option to pick up your favourite documentary film and this month will mark the release of two of their most popular features
Natives feeling alienated in their own land and young girls sacrificed by their own kin, sounds unfamiliar? Well, these are real situations that several people across this subcontinent deal with on a daily basis.
Pedestrian pictures brought these realities closer to Bangaloreans over the last year and created impressions in everyone's mind through the medium of the motion picture.
Now they hope to get the message across further through DVD distribution and have thus decided to release two features The Conflict: whose loss, whose gains and The Holy Wives on DVD.
"There are no proper distribution channels for documentary films in the country and it is extremely essential for people to be made aware of these issues.
People need to watch these movies and if releasing them on DVD makes the situation any better, we're ready to go all out and do just that," says Deepu, the co-founder of Pedestrian Pictures.
The movies will be available in DVD format in four languages Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam and Oriya. These two films will also be screened in Kerala, New Delhi and Orissa in the forthcoming months.
The Conflict: whose loss, whose gains is based on the conflict and the impact of globalization and communalism on the lives of the Adivasis.
The film focuses on a clan based in Kandha in Southern Orissa. It speaks of the Anti-Christian violence following the murder of Swamy Laxmananda and the effects of mining sectors in areas like Kashipur.
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It raise questions like, Are Adivasis being turned into sacrificial goats by corporate globalization due to lack of 'development'?
Are Adivasis being turned into the same by Hindutva forces because of the 'confusion' created much earlier within themselves, and several such related questions.
"It was essential for this movie to be released at this time as one can see the effects of corporatised globalization far too obviously these days," says Debaranjan Sarangi, the director. "These types of films are difficult to distribute, so it becomes difficult to reach out to more communities."
Ritesh Sharma directed the film The Holy Wives. It deals with the ancient South Indian tradition of young girls being wedded and dedicated to gods prevalent in communities in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
However, the tradition has undergone a number of changes and at present these young girls are forced into sex work in the name of god or caste responsibilities.
The film also reveals that parents and relatives seem to be the biggest threats and causes in these situations; they often impose these circumstances on these girls.
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The film shows the exploitation these girls face in the name of a so-called dignified and divine life.
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Copies of the films are available at:
At: Pedestrian Pictures
Call: 2671 3894, 9448367627, 9448371389
Price: Rs 300/DVD
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