RED ANT DREAM (FILM SCREENING)

From the beleaguered Niyamgiri hills of Odisha, adivasis come forth, bearing axes, and songs. In the lanes of rural Punjab, hope revives around the iconic figure of Bhagat Singh. Red Ant Dream (Mati ke Lal) is Sanjay Kak’s documentary encounter with the often invisible world of those who defend another ideal of the world, the third in a cycle of films that interrogate the workings of Indian democracy, following Words on Water, about the struggle against large dams in the Narmada valley, and Jashn-e-Azadi, about the idea of freedom for Kashmir. The screening will be followed by a discussion with the filmmaker.

Red Ant Dream, 7 May, 7 pm, Stein Auditorium, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, Delhi. For more information, visit www.indiahabitat.org.