07 August 2015, 05:30 am
Dammed (60 min; 2014; HD; English & with subtitles)
Directors: Kavita Bahl and Nandan Saxena who will introduce the film
Recipient of the Best Film Award in the ‘Water for All’ category, Vatavaran Environment & Wildlife Film Festival, New Delhi 2014; Gold for Best Script, Silver for Cinematography, Silver for Editing and Silver for Direction, and Certificate of Merit for Creative Excellence, Indian Documentary Producers Association Awards, Mumbai 2015
Screening will be followed by a discussion with Chittaroopa Palit, Narmada Bachao Andolan and Anupam Mishra and the two filmmakers
 
The film documents the resilient, non-violent Gandhian struggle of the mega-dam affected citizens of the Narmada valley. It questions the paradigm of development which assumes that mega dams are critical to progress. The film follows the drama inherent in the unfolding saga of the Narmada struggle