Sat, Feb 08
|AFS Cinema
Farming the Revolution
Indian farmers raise an epic protest against newly enacted farm laws, reaping a rare victory over the state.
Time & Location
Feb 08, 2025, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM
AFS Cinema, 6259 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752, USA
About the Event
India | Hindi, Punjabi with English Subtitles | 105 mins | Dir. Nishtha Jain
Farming the Revolution takes us to the heart of the massive year-long protests against the Indian government’s then newly enacted farm laws during the COVID lockdown. Over half a million protesters gathered – men and women from all generations, religions, classes and castes – and reinvented co-existence at massive protest sites that burgeoned on the borders of Delhi. The film invites us to experience the everyday textures and indomitable spirit of this historic farmers’ movement – until, finally, victory!
Director, Nishtha Jain, will be in attendance for a live Q&A following the film.
Awards & Honors
WORLD PREMIERE: Hot Docs 2024
WINNER: Best International Feature Documentary, Hot Docs 2024
WINNER: Special Jury Award, IDSFFK, Kerala 2024
OPENING FILM: DMZ Docs 2024, South Korea
PORTRAIT OF A DIRECTOR: Films from the South Festival, Oslo 2024
SIGNED: IDFA 2024
Thank you to our screening partners! Austin PBS and South Asia Institute at UT
The film will begin promptly at the time listed. Please show up early to ensure that you are in the theater 5 minutes before the film starts - we don't air 15 minutes of commercials.
This project is supported, in part, by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
