Dear SAWCC Member,<\/p>\n
CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE, REMEMBERING PARTITION<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Screening of Ajay Bhardwaj<\/span><\/strong>\u2019<\/span><\/strong>s<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>PUNJAB<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>TRILOGY (in Punjabi with English sub-titles)<\/p>\n Sunday 23rd August, 12 noon to 6 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n At SAWCC (South Asian Women<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s Community Centre)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 1035 Rachel est 3rd floor (metro Mont Royal)<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/969898539406244\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n There will be short breaks between the screening of each film of the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>trilogy<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for conversation and refreshments and a discussion with the filmmaker at the end.<\/p>\n Program:<\/span><\/p>\n \u2605<\/span><\/strong> 12:30pm – Kitte Mil Ve Mahi (Where the Twain Shall Meet) A film which explores the bond between Dalits and Sufism, which is both healing and emancipatory.<\/p>\n <\/span>\u2605<\/span><\/strong> 2pm – Rabba Hun Kee Kariye (Thus Departed Our Neighbours)<\/span><\/strong> The film engages for the first time with feelings of guilt and remorse about the genocidal violence in<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Punjab’s countryside.<\/p>\n <\/span>\u2605<\/span><\/strong> 3:30pm – Milange Babey Ratan De Mele Te (Let’s Meet at Baba Ratan’s Fair) A film excavating local cultural continuities and a most imaginative transgression of religious identities in post-partition<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Punjab.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2605<\/span><\/strong> 5pm – Q&A with the filmmaker, Ajay Bhardwaj<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Discussant: Prof. Pasha M. Khan<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Organized by CERAS (South Asia Centre, a forum) \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Full image set<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n
\nin the presence of the filmmaker<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
\nWith Food and Snacks!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>\u201c<\/span>Close to a million people lost their lives and several million lost their homelands forever when India and Pakistan were partitioned. In the midst of the horror that Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs inflicted on each other there were also redeeming stories of the love that bound these communities together<\/span>\u2014<\/span>stories we cling to, so we may retain our faith in the human spirit. ‘Milange Babey Ratan De Mele Te’ is one such story. It is the story of how love survived a holocaust.<\/span>\u201d<\/span> \u2014<\/span> Arundhati Roy<\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>70’\/2005<\/span><\/p>\n
\n65’\/2007<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/strong>95’\/2012<\/span><\/p>\n
\nAll are welcome!<\/p>\n
\nSupported by SADAC (South Asia Diaspora Action Collective)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>@sadacmtl & Rang Collective<\/span><\/p>\n