Jointly organised by Gandhi Study Centre & MARUPAKKAM
1-3 October / 6-8 pm
Gandhi Study Centre, Thakkar Bapa Vidyalaya Campus, T Nagar, Chennai
Schedule
1 Oct / 6 pm
A FORCE MORE POWERFUL : A CENTURY OF NONVIOLENT CONFLICT : India (30 min.)
In India in the 1930s, after Gandhi had returned from South Africa, he and his followers adopted a strategy of refusing to cooperate with British rule. Through civil disobedience and boycotts, they successfully loosened their oppressors’ grip on power and set India on the path to freedom.
The Last Man (Dir : Dakxinumar Bajrange; 60 min)
The Making of the Mahatma is M.K. Gandhi's early story of experiments with truth, which gave mankind a new weapon of liberty, the most civilized
civilized and humane. The process of transformation from Gandhi, the man, to Gandhi, the Mahatma is as exciting as it is thought-provoking.
3 Oct / 6 pm
A FORCE MORE POWERFUL : A CENTURY OF NONVIOLENT CONFLICT : South Africa (30 min.)
In 1985, a young South African named Mkhuseli Jack led a movement against the legalized discrimination known as apartheid. Their campaign of nonviolent mass action, and a powerful consumer boycott in the Eastern Cape province, awakened whites to black grievances and fatally weakened business support for apartheid.
Longing (Dir : Bani Singh; 75 min)
Schedule
1 Oct / 6 pm
A FORCE MORE POWERFUL : A CENTURY OF NONVIOLENT CONFLICT : India (30 min.)
In India in the 1930s, after Gandhi had returned from South Africa, he and his followers adopted a strategy of refusing to cooperate with British rule. Through civil disobedience and boycotts, they successfully loosened their oppressors’ grip on power and set India on the path to freedom.
The Last Man (Dir : Dakxinumar Bajrange; 60 min)
There are about 1 million 'Scavengers' in India who are unwillingly engaged into the hell like practice of manually cleaning sewers and manholes just to stay alive.
2 Oct / 6 pm
THE MAKING OF THE MAHATMA - A Shyam Benegal Film
2 Oct / 6 pm
THE MAKING OF THE MAHATMA - A Shyam Benegal Film
The Making of the Mahatma is M.K. Gandhi's early story of experiments with truth, which gave mankind a new weapon of liberty, the most civilized
civilized and humane. The process of transformation from Gandhi, the man, to Gandhi, the Mahatma is as exciting as it is thought-provoking.
3 Oct / 6 pm
A FORCE MORE POWERFUL : A CENTURY OF NONVIOLENT CONFLICT : South Africa (30 min.)
In 1985, a young South African named Mkhuseli Jack led a movement against the legalized discrimination known as apartheid. Their campaign of nonviolent mass action, and a powerful consumer boycott in the Eastern Cape province, awakened whites to black grievances and fatally weakened business support for apartheid.
Longing (Dir : Bani Singh; 75 min)
Against the backdrop of Partition, newly independent India’s first hockey team defeats England, their erstwhile coloniser, to win the Gold at the 1948 London Olympics.
Six decades later, when Nandy Singh, a member of this iconic team suffers a stroke at the age of 84, his tenacious will to recover inspires his daughter to go on a journey to discover the champion he was before she was born.
All are welcome!
Ph : 9952952686
Six decades later, when Nandy Singh, a member of this iconic team suffers a stroke at the age of 84, his tenacious will to recover inspires his daughter to go on a journey to discover the champion he was before she was born.
All are welcome!
Ph : 9952952686
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