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250 Songs of a Sorrowful Man
Songs of a Sorrowful Man (250)
19:00, Friday 03rd July, Theatre B
- Director: Lina Fruzzetti, Akos Ostor, Aditinath Sakar (USA)
- Year: 2009
- Run time: 35'
- Format: DVCAM, NTSC
Life and work of an extraordinary old man, Dukkushyam Chitrakar, painter, composer, singer, well loved in rural West Bengal as a poet and mystic of legendary proportions.
Dukkushyam is a charismatic figure, one who departs from convention, most importantly in encouraging women to take up the traditional craft of scroll painting and musical composition, pursued exclusively by men before.
The film bears witness to Dukkushyam's life, his vision for the rebirth of his art, his tolerant Sufi spirituality, his knowledge of changing artistic techniques, his religion as a way of life, his legacy for future generations.
About this Festival
Sponsored by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain & Ireland (RAI) since 1985, it is an itinerant festival that moves biennially from one university host to another, in association with local community and cultural organisations.
The festival was held from Wednesday July 1st to Saturday July 4th 2009, and included over 50 hours of screenings of new films, a major international conference, and a targeted selection of events focusing on anthropological ethics in filmmaking, youth participatory film, and archiving ethnographic film.
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