An exhibition of political cartoons (digital prints) focusing on Bengal of the 1950s to the 1970s which reflect the socio-political milieu of the times. Cartoonists in Bengal expressed critical visual narratives with a deep sense of social and political awareness. Despite the political turmoil, upheavals and differences of opinions, artists were free to work with cartoons, expressing their opinion through the visual language of drawings. On view are a selection of cartoons by Sailo Narayan Chakraborty, Debiprasad Roy Choudhury, Kutty, Chandi Lahiri, Rebati Bushan and Amal Chakraborty

Research and Concept: Samit Das

Preview on Thursday, 7 July 2022 at 18:30

Curator: Rajiv Mehrotra

Mission: Joy – Finding Happiness in Troubled Times (90 min; 2021)
A film by Louie Psihoyos & Peggy Callahan

The film gives unprecedented access to the unlikely friendship of two international Nobel Peace Prize laureates and global leaders who transcend religion: His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Featuring never-before-seen footage shot over 5 days at the Dalai Lama’s residence in Dharamsala, the film invites viewers to join these luminaries as they share their hard-won wisdom about a wide range of issues from love, karma, guilt, and forgiveness, to joy, faith, meditation, and reincarnation. Offering neuroscience-backed wisdom to help each of us live with more joy under any circumstance, the film is an antidote for our times

(Collaboration: The Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)  

Understanding the Psychology of Health and Well-being

By Meetu Khosla (Sage Publications India, New Delhi: 2022)

Discussants: Prof. Nandita Babu, Professor, Psychology Department, North Campus, University of Delhi; Prof. Sangeeta Bhatia, Professor, Applied Psychology, Gargi College, University of Delhi; and Prof. Meetu Khosla, Professor, Dept. of Psychology, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi, and author of the book

Moderator: Prof. S.P. K. Jena, Professor, Psychology Department, South Campus, University of Delhi
 

Persepolis (France/USA)
(96 min; 2007; English)
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud & Marjane Satrapi 

Multiple award winner including Jury Prize & Palm Dog, Cannes Film Festival 2007; César for Best Adapted Screenplay & Best First Film, César Awards, France 2008; NYFCC Award for Best Animated Film, New York Film Critics Circle Awards 2007; Audience Award for Best Foreign Feature Film, São Paulo International Film Festival 2008; among others

Graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi has lead a fascinating life, which she tells in an original fashion in Persepolis. This animated feature shows the young Marjane growing up in a communist family in Tehran, becoming politicised and rebelling at college in Austria. The predominantly black-and-white animation is used to amusing effect as Satrapi gently pokes fun at her youthful exuberance and innocence, making serious political points easy to swallow. 

https://vimeopro.com/urbanschool/english-1b/video/97764879
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https://archive.org/details/774r318

(86 min; 1996; English)
Director: Susan Warms Dryfoos
Narrated by Meryl Streep

Recipient of the Certificate of Merit for Documentary Short, Chicago International Film Festival 1996

The Line King tells the amazing story of Al Hirschfeld, creator of thousands of famous drawings of stars and celebrities for more than sixty years. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (1996), The Line King celebrates Hirschfeld’s many years of work for The New York Times, where his drawings were a centrepiece of the Sunday Arts section. With appearances by Lauren Bacall, Carol Channing, Joan Collins, Barbara Walters, Robert Goulet, and many others, The Line King is a fascinating portrait of the artist as a cultural icon.

Human Nature (USA) | Click here to watch
(95 min; 2019; English)
Directed & Produced by Adam Bolt

Recipient of the Audience Award, International Documentary Competition, Academia Film Olomouc 2019

The biggest tech revolution of the 21st Century isn't digital, it's biological. A breakthrough called CRISPR has given us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life. It opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children. Human Nature is a provocative exploration of CRISPR's far-reaching implications, through the eyes of the scientists who discovered it, the families it is affecting, and the bio-engineers who are testing its limits. How will this new power change our relationship with nature? What will it mean for human evolution? To begin to answer these questions we must look back billions of years and peer into an uncertain future.

https://watchdocumentaries.com/human-nature/

An eight-part BBC series in which British art historian Dr Gus Casely-Hayford explores the pre-colonial history of some of Africa's most important kingdoms.

Episode 6: The Zulu Kingdom (60 min) | Click here to watch
Director: Mark Bates

In this episode, Dr Casely-Hayford travels to South Africa to explore the history of one of Africa's most famous kingdoms. Visiting some of the most evocative sites in Zulu history, he examines the origins of the Zulu in the 17th century, their expansion under controversial military leader King Shaka and their brutal encounters with the Boers and the British. He also searches for the secrets behind the Zulu's cultural power and legendary military strength, and why Zulu identity continues to endure.

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xqor11

EPISODE- II
(88 min; 2015; English)
Writer: Edward Cotterill

Filmed in Netherlands and London, this two part special made in 2015 commemorates 70 years since Anne Frank’s death. Featuring unique interviews with Anne’s step sister, Eva Schloss and Gillian Walnes, a survivor from Auschwitz who now runs the Anne Frank Trust in the UK; and Ronald Leopold, the Director of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. In 1933, the Nazis rose to power. Five years later, in 1938, Eva Schloss remembers the Nazis marching on Austria and then she and her family fleeing and settling in Amsterdam the same year. They found they were in the same residential square as the Franks with their young daughter, Anne. Anne and Eva found a bond from the shared experience of being displaced by the Nazis

25 June 2022 marks the 75th year of the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl 

EPISODE-I

(88 min; 2015; English)
Writer: Edward Cotterill

Filmed in Netherlands and London, this two part special made in 2015 commemorates 70 years since Anne Frank’s death. Featuring unique interviews with Anne’s step sister, Eva Schloss and Gillian Walnes, a survivor from Auschwitz who now runs the Anne Frank Trust in the UK; and Ronald Leopold, the Director of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. In 1933, the Nazis rose to power. Five years later, in 1938, Eva Schloss remembers the Nazis marching on Austria and then she and her family fleeing and settling in Amsterdam the same year. They found they were in the same residential square as the Franks with their young daughter, Anne. Anne and Eva found a bond from the shared experience of being displaced by the Nazis

25 June 2022 marks the 75th year of the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl