21 July 2014, 05:30 am
Where the Clouds End (52 min; 2013; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Director: Wanphrang K. Deingdoh who will introduce the film
 
Screening will be followed by a discussion
 
A film that examines Khasi identity in the wake of Partition. After the creation of borders between India and her neighbours in 1947, the movement of foreigners into Shillong began to arouse unrest. A people who had previously moved freely in the Khasi Hills began to be seen as an unwelcome influx, threatening the land and purity of the Khasi race. Where the Clouds end examines tribal identity as a fluid concept which defies man-made imaginations, historical ideals, political definitions and geographic boundaries