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April 20, 2024

AFS Cinema

May 3rd to May 5th

words enshrined in India's Constitution, became subconsciously internalized. As his parents aged, Anand began to film with whatever equipment was at hand. Soon birthdays and family gatherings gave way to oral history. Revisiting home movie footage a decade after his parents had passed was a revelation. Today as self-confessed Hindu supremacists whose ideology once inspired the murder of Mahatma Gandhi rewrite India's history, memories of the past have become more precious than mere personal nostalgia.

Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam (The World is Family)

India | Documentary

2023 | 96 mins | Marathi,English,Hindi

In-Person Q&A with Director Anand Patwardhan

Best Editing, International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA)

‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’, an ancient Sanskrit phrase meaning "the world is family" is a universalist idea that competes with dominant, exclusivist Hindu notions of caste. Anand grew up in a milieu that questioned the latter. The family's elders had fought for India's Independence but rarely spoke about it. 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity',

About the Artist

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Anand Patwardhan has been making documentary films for over five decades pursuing issues at the crux of social and political life in India. Many of his films were at one time or another banned by state television channels and became the subject of censorship rulings that Anand successfully challenged in court. Active in movements for communal harmony and against unsustainable development, militarism and nuclear nationalism, Anand describes himself as “a non-serious human being forced by circumstances to make serious films”.

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Trailer

Credits

Crew:

Director:   

Anand Patwardhan

Writer:

Producer(s):

Anand Patwardhan

Film Editor:

Anand Patwardhan

Featured Cast:

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