Editorial
Beyond the Pale
This issue of Serai, “Beyond the Pale” (Vol.31, Issue 3), is one that resonates with me deeply.
Cinema - Beyond the Pale
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.