<p class="title">The two-day Clone Documentary Film Festival on Social Justice brought many unusual films to the city. The films were screened on May 4 and 5 at East Cultural Association in Indiranagar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Curator Amudan R P said, “The festival was designed to encourage a discussion after every film.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">‘Our Gauri’, an English-language documentary based on journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh’s life, was the inaugural film.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Directed by Pradeep K P, it follows her journey, highlighting her causes and her struggle for communal harmony. The documentary left the audience emotional.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pradeep, who had worked with Gauri closely, had collected extensive footage from her life before she was shot dead by two men at her house on September 5, 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kavitha Lankesh, Gauri’s sister, said, “After what happened to her, I realised the world can be a cruel place. She was such a brave and bold woman. Her story should reach everyone, and I hope someday documentaries can be released in public theatres.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">‘Dollar City’, directed by Amudhan R P, provided an insight into the economics of Tirupur, a city known for its hosiery industry, in Tamil Nadu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The film is not about the plight of the people working in these industries but the consensus among them. It’s like a whirlpool into which everybody gets pulled in. It happens in almost any industry you work in,” said Amudan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Director K P Sasi of ‘Voices from the Ruins’, said, “All of us have a voice and we can use it to express ourselves in whatever way we want. I hope we can bring about change to experience what freedom means in this country.”</p>.<p>Films screened at the festival</p>.<p>Up, Down and Sideways directed by Anushka Meenakshi and Iswar Srikumar</p>.<p>Our Gauri directed by Deepu (Pradeep K P)</p>.<p>Survey Number Zero directed by Priya Thuvassery</p>.<p>India’s Forbidden Love directed by Sadhana Subramaniam</p>.<p>Voices from the Ruins directed by K P Sasi</p>.<p>Dollar City directed by R P Amuthan</p>.<p>The Slave Genesis directed by Aneez K Mappila</p>.<p>I am Bonnie directed by Farha Katun, Satarupa Santra and Saurabh Kanti Dutta</p>.<p>MOD directed by Pushpa Rawat</p>
<p class="title">The two-day Clone Documentary Film Festival on Social Justice brought many unusual films to the city. The films were screened on May 4 and 5 at East Cultural Association in Indiranagar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Curator Amudan R P said, “The festival was designed to encourage a discussion after every film.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">‘Our Gauri’, an English-language documentary based on journalist-activist Gauri Lankesh’s life, was the inaugural film.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Directed by Pradeep K P, it follows her journey, highlighting her causes and her struggle for communal harmony. The documentary left the audience emotional.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pradeep, who had worked with Gauri closely, had collected extensive footage from her life before she was shot dead by two men at her house on September 5, 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kavitha Lankesh, Gauri’s sister, said, “After what happened to her, I realised the world can be a cruel place. She was such a brave and bold woman. Her story should reach everyone, and I hope someday documentaries can be released in public theatres.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">‘Dollar City’, directed by Amudhan R P, provided an insight into the economics of Tirupur, a city known for its hosiery industry, in Tamil Nadu.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The film is not about the plight of the people working in these industries but the consensus among them. It’s like a whirlpool into which everybody gets pulled in. It happens in almost any industry you work in,” said Amudan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Director K P Sasi of ‘Voices from the Ruins’, said, “All of us have a voice and we can use it to express ourselves in whatever way we want. I hope we can bring about change to experience what freedom means in this country.”</p>.<p>Films screened at the festival</p>.<p>Up, Down and Sideways directed by Anushka Meenakshi and Iswar Srikumar</p>.<p>Our Gauri directed by Deepu (Pradeep K P)</p>.<p>Survey Number Zero directed by Priya Thuvassery</p>.<p>India’s Forbidden Love directed by Sadhana Subramaniam</p>.<p>Voices from the Ruins directed by K P Sasi</p>.<p>Dollar City directed by R P Amuthan</p>.<p>The Slave Genesis directed by Aneez K Mappila</p>.<p>I am Bonnie directed by Farha Katun, Satarupa Santra and Saurabh Kanti Dutta</p>.<p>MOD directed by Pushpa Rawat</p>