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'OF SUCH TIMES: The Modern Indian Woman - Reflections and Journeys'
Documentary, Video, English, 32 minutes, India
SYNOPSIS:
What and who is the
'Modern Indian Woman'? What has changed over the years?
'Of Such Times'
speaks, breezily, with women who've all graduated from one of
India's leading colleges,
though five
decades, from the 1950s till 2001. They reflect on life, work,
marriage, collective aspirations, fun, and the times they graduated
in.
Voices of these
women form the narrative of the film. Relevant visuals of popular
culture and music trends imbue each story and decade. Interspersed,
also, are significant socio-economic-political events in Indian
history that influenced these women.
EARLIER SCREENINGS:
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Mumbai,
November 2007, at the Bombay Management Association's
Convention, ITC Grand Maratha
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Salzburg,
Austria, November 2007, at Session 447 of the Salzburg Global
Seminar
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Seattle, USA,
March, 2007
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London, UK,
March 2007, At CAPITAL WOMAN
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London , UK, March 2007, At Nehru Center, as part of the events celebrating
International Women's Day
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Florence ,
Italy, October 2006
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New York City,
USA, November 2006 , Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival
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Delhi
University, 5 February 2007 & December 2006, Indraprastha
College
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New Delhi ,
September 2006, At THE OPEN FRAME, India Habitat Center
Auditorium.
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'OF SUCH TIMES:
The Modern Indian Woman –
Reflections and Journeys'
(Documentary, Video, 32 Minutes)
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What and who is
the 'Modern Indian Woman'? What is her quintessence?
Has it changed over the years? What has and what hasn't?
At times there
seems a gap between women even 15 years apart, each
often unsure of the other and her concerns. As styles of
expression and presentation change, one assumes a
corresponding change in the basic fabric of a
generation; in their intent, their motives, in what
drives them to action. Perhaps this assumption has
reason. Yet perhaps its time women know the minds of
other women.
'Of Such Times'
speaks with women who've all graduated from one of
India's foremost colleges for women, though in different
decades, from the 1950s till 2001. They reflect on life,
work, marriage, aspirations, fun, and the times they
graduated in.
Voices of these
women are strung together to form the narrative of the
film. Each story and decade is imbued in texture and
feel with visuals of popular culture and music trends
relevant to the time they're set in. Interspersed, also,
between the narratives are significant
socio-economic-political events in Indian history that
influenced the protagonists. |
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VANDANA KOHLI –
Filmmaker/Editor
Vandana Kohli is a
filmmaker and editor and "she brings to both her passion
for excellence. Indefatigable and creative, Vandana's
craft is a sensitively blended pot pourrie where
imagination is tempered with a keen understanding of the
possibilities of emerging film and editing technologies
that bring sound, visual and feel together as perhaps
never before…to make her among India's most talented
filmmakers.
These skills were
honed at the noted Film & Television Institute of India
in Pune, where she enrolled after graduating from Lady
Shri Ram College in Delhi. (At FTII, Vandana went on to
win two awards: Baburao Patel Prize for Best Student,
FTII, and the Kamlakar V. Karkhanis Prize for Best Film
Editor.)
"But beyond technical
excellence, Vandana's craft is completely humane and
sensitive to human concerns. And it is these values that
have imbued her many projects and have won her accolades
in her field, including the eminent RAPA Award for Best
Director for 'Into The Abyss: A Film on Major
Depression'".
Vandana currently
lives and works in Delhi. She has to her credit several
films and documentaries that she has scripted, directed
and edited.
-Rajiv
Chandran, National Information Officer for the UNITED
NATIONS in India
www.vandanakohli.com
vankol@yahoo.com |
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