Please Don't Beat Me, Sir! - Special Back-to-School Offer

[Kerim Friedman]

Dear Colleagues,

We want everyone to see for themselves why the University of Colorado, Columbia University, Haverford, and many other leading colleges and universities have ordered our award-winning documentary film, "Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!" for their libraries. To make it easy for professors to preview the film, we are offering a special back-to-school sale: normally $7.99, for a limited time you can watch "Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!" online for just $3.99. That price includes online viewing for one year as well as a copy of the film you can download to your hard drive. 

https://vimeo.com/ondemand/dontbeatmesir

(This offer is for personal viewing, if you want to use the film in your class we ask that you have your university purchase the DVD at the institutional price — that's what makes this deal possible for us.)

For an in-depth review of the film as an educational tool see Christian Hammons' review in General Anthropology [PDF]: http://goo.gl/4qDVEQ 

Also, later this year, Kerim’s article “Collaboration against ethnography: How colonial history shaped the making of an ethnographic film” will be published in Critique of Anthropology. Whether you are teaching ethnographic filmmaking, post-colonialism, social movements, or research ethics, this article makes a perfect companion piece for the film. You can read the abstract here: http://goo.gl/xdXpKG

Read what others have to say about the film:

“A thoughtful, moving and, above all, important exploration of the power of theatre to impact a generation and incite a revolution.”

- Sonia Faleiro (Author, Beautiful Thing)

“I see the parallels of what happened to the Chhara and what has historically happened to the African American and Native American populations in the US…”

- Sharbari Ahmed (The Daily Star)

“a personal and emotional case study of colonialism and its legacies”

- Christian S. Hammons (General Anthropology) 

“…despite the seriousness of the topic, I enjoyed watching this film… it managed to be fun and was very compelling.”

- Lavanya M. Proctor (Anthrocharya)

Over sixty million Indians belong to communities imprisoned by the British as 'criminals by birth.' The Chhara of Ahmedabad, in Western India, are one of 198 such 'Criminal Tribes.' Declaring that they are 'born actors,' not 'born criminals,' a group of Chhara youth have turned to street theater in their fight against police brutality, corruption, and the stigma of criminality — a stigma internalized by their own grandparents. "Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!" follows the lives of these young actors and their families as they take their struggle to the streets, hoping their plays will spark a revolution.

For more information about the film, as well as purchasing options, please visit our website: 

http://dontbeatmesir.com 

If you have any questions, or would like to arrange a screening, please contact us at: 

in...@fournineandahalf.com

(Kerim will be in Chicago mid-November if any schools in the area would like to arrange a screening.)

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Kerim Friedman & Shashwati Talukdar

Four Nine and a Half Pictures, Inc. 

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P. Kerim Friedman 傅可恩

Associate Professor

Department of Indigenous Cultures

College of Indigenous Studies

National DongHwa University, TAIWAN

副教授國立東華大學民族文化學系

[Bindu]

pavement dwelling is terror in itself.  But, to be pushed out of the margins also?  

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-criminal--tag-gone-but-nomads-they-still-are/1163657/

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