{"id":7544,"date":"2011-02-08T03:02:32","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T03:02:32","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-02-08T03:02:55","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T03:02:55","slug":"India-Through-the-Lens-of-Documentary-Filmmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=7544","title":{"rendered":"India, Through the Lens of Documentary Filmmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over 80 documentaries will be screened at the fourth edition of the Persistence Resistance festival which starts in Delhi Tuesday. The festival, known for engaging with social and political themes, will include premieres, retrospectives and a series of film packages brought to Delhi by other documentary film festivals.<\/p>\n

The films, many of which are shot in India, will look at topics ranging from life in working-class Delhi (Rahul Roy\u2019s \u201cThe City is Beautiful,\u201d 2003), to a search for truth behind mining giant Vedanta\u2019s development plans in Orissa (Simon Chamber\u2019s \u201cCowboys in India,\u201d 2009), and how a band, \u201cIndian Ocean,\u201d goes about creating a new song (Spandan Banerjee\u2019s \u201cBeware Dogs,\u201d 2004).<\/p>\n

Organized at Delhi\u2019s India International Center by Magic Lantern Foundation, a nonprofit that works with culture and human rights, this year\u2019s three-day festival will focus on the \u201cEdge of Visual Narrative.\u201d<\/p>\n