30 March 2011, 05:30 am
Aapa Akka (India/82 min; 2009; dvd; English subtitles

Director: Mandakini Mathur who will introduce the screening

 

Screening will be followed by a discussion

 

The story of a girl and her search for a God who is beyond a particular religion. Reshma who lives with her brother Noor in a temple town on the banks of the river Krishna is fascinated by the true story of Akka Mahadevi. Akka Mahadevi, a poetess of the 12th century, who intoxicated with her love for God, roamed naked in total disregard to social norms