Film Review
Dispatches from TIFF 2018 43rd Edition
This was my third time at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).
Cinema - Beyond the Pale
Editorial
Beyond the Pale
This issue of Serai, “Beyond the Pale” (Vol.31, Issue 3), is one that resonates with me deeply.
Essay
Cinema, Identity and Openings Rather than Fences
Commentary on La Negrada, Sueño en Otro Idioma and El Violín [Note: References to film portrayals of Indigenous dramas […]
Interview
Screening Truth to Power – Cinema Politica: Audio Interview with Svetla Turnin and Ezra Winton
As Cinema Politica turns 15 in Montréal, Dipti Gupta and Raphael Cohen-Demers interview co-founders Svetla Turnin and Ezra Winton to walk us through […]
Commentary
The Evocation of a Sea Island Heritage
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Interview
Rumble: the Indians who Rocked the World
Interview with Catherine Bainbridge and Ernest Webb Introduction: The evening of the interview, I showed up at Catherine […]
Essay
Women Who Say ‘I’: Courtesans, Actresses, and a #metoo Movement That Spans Millennia
In 1991, Indian feminist filmmaker Reena Mohan produced a little-known documentary called Kamlabai.
Film Review
What should have been a Spike Lee spliff…Review of BlacKkKlansman
In response to a three-page critique[1] of the film by Boots Riley, the first point I want to […]
Essay
From Hum Aapke Hain Kaun to Padmaavat – India’s cultural identity
Padmaavat (2018), Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s latest magnum opus, became mostly notorious for what was claimed as its attack […]
Film Review
Escaping Agra – A short film by Pallavi Somusetty
[Note: The film was featured in the diaspora panel at the South Asian Film Festival of Montreal (October […]
Meditation
Minnie and Moskowitz and Jesse and Durga
Magnificent.
Art
Mon environnement urbain
Démarche artistique Ma pratique photographique est inspirée de l’environnement qui m’entoure.