The Charles Correa Foundation announces the screening of:
'Kakkoos'
A 2017 DOCUMENTARY (109 MIN) BY ACTIVIST DIVYA BHARATHI
The film screening will be followed by a discussion about manual scavenging by lawyer and human rights activist Albertina Almeida and architect Tallulah D'Silva.
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on
Tuesday, 7th May, 2019
5.00 PM
at the Charles Correa Foundation Studio, Panaji
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About the film:
Kakkoos is a 2017 Tamil documentary directed by activist Divya Bharathi. The film follows the daily lives of people engaged in manual scavenging, a practice officially abolished in India since 1993 but remains a common practice in most of the country.
The film was embroiled in controversy from the start. It was denied certification by CBFC, India and denied screening, leading to its release in YouTube instead of traditional theaters. The director Divya has received death threats since the film was released online.
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About Albertina Almeida:
Albertina Almeida is a Goa-based lawyer. She is also a legal advisor to several rights and social justice-seeking groups in Goa.
She holds a doctorate in law and has spoken or presented papers on rights issues at various national and international fora and also in academic journals. She is a contributory teacher, teaching a course on Gender Human Rights and Law for students of MA (Women’s Studies), Goa University. She has also participated in the UN Commission on the Status of Women. She is also a Feminist Legal Theory and Practice programme trainer of Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development.
Apart from being a lawyer, teacher and trainer, she is a human rights activist and has been a founder member of several citizens’ initiatives including Bailancho Saad, Citizens’ Initiatives for Communal Harmony, SEZ Watch and Saad Aangan. She is also a member of Social Justice Action Committee, Goa.
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About Tallulah D'Silva:
That Tallulah D’Silva has won several awards for her work and even been a speaker for a TEDx event fades in comparison to her other achievements as a passionate environmentalist and architect — and a catalyst for change. From working on initiatives such as the ‘Kids for Tigers’ project, Global Shapers; powering urban interventions such as NoMoZo, Black Spot Fixes and, now, the Travelling Dome; to even developing ecological projects such as the EcoLoo and bio-remediation systems, D’Silva’s life as an architect is as unique as it gets.
“A better building could be made by simpler design, where the natural surroundings could be integrated with the new indoor spaces,” says the architect who sees her work as sensitive, warm, natural, and celebrating the outdoors.
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