Join us for the first screening of the Film in South Asia series, hosted jointly by the Global South Humanities Initiative and the Department of Anthropology. Professor Naveeda Khan will be introducing Titas Ekti Nadir Naam (A River Called Titas), a 1973 epic by Ritwik Ghatak about a kidnapping in a small fishing village. The […]
Join us for the second screening of the Film in South Asia series, hosted jointly by the Global South Humanities Initiative and the Department of Anthropology. Professor Mohsin Rao will be introducing Jodhaa Akbar, a 2008 musical historical romantic drama by Ashutosh Gowariker about the fraught romance between a sixteenth-century Mughal emperor and a Hindu […]
Join us for the third screening of the Film in South Asia series, hosted jointly by the Global South Humanities Initiative and the Department of Anthropology. Professor Veena Das will be introducing Devi (Goddess), a 1960 drama by Satyajit Ray about a zamindar who believes his daughter-in-law to be a goddess incarnate. The Film in […]
Join us for the fourth screening of the Film in South Asia series, hosted jointly by the Global South Humanities Initiative and the Department of Anthropology. Professor Christopher Minkowski will be introducing Umrao Jaan, a 1981 period musical drama by Muzaffar Ali about the rise to fame of a nineteenth-century tawaif in British-occupied Lucknow. The Film in […]
Join us for the fifth screening of the Film in South Asia series, hosted jointly by the Global South Humanities Initiative and the Department of Anthropology. Professor Michael Levien will be introducing Do Bigha Zamin, a 1953 film by Bimal Roy about a poor farmer who is forced to seek work in the city in order to […]
Join us for the sixth screening of the Film in South Asia series, hosted jointly by the Global South Humanities Initiative and the Department of Anthropology. Professor Aamir Mufti will be introducing Shree 420, a 1955 comedy-drama by Raj Kapoor about a poor country boy who moves to Bombay and pursues his dreams of success while navigating […]
Join us for the final screening of the Film in South Asia series, hosted jointly by the Global South Humanities Initiative and the Department of Anthropology. Professor Rebecca Brown will be introducing The Great Indian Kitchen, a 2021 drama by Jeo Baby about a newlywed woman struggling with traditional gender roles in contemporary India. The Film […]
