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The Indian Institute for Human Settlements invites you to a public film screening of ‘Prison Diaries’ by Uma Chakravarti. The event will be held at the IIHS Bengaluru City Campus on 20 December 2019 from 6:30 pm onwards. The filmmaker will be present for a post screening discussion.
Synopsis
Prison Diaries tells the story of the unexpected imprisonment of a number of women during the Emergency, through the life of the Socialist Snehalata Reddy, a famous actress, who lived in Bangalore and went to jail on account of her resistance to the Emergency. She spent 8 months in jail, virtually in solitary confinement as she was the only woman political prisoner in the jail. Released for a few weeks on parole, she died of a heart attack just before she was to return to jail in January 1977. While she was in jail, she kept a diary in which she recorded her terrible ordeal as a prisoner with no recourse to legal remedies or medical remedy as she was asthmatic and did not have recourse to proper treatment.
Snehalata's story is told in this film through her children and close friends who recall her traumatic days in prison, her spirit of resistance and her concern for other women prisoners whose conditions she tried to improve. The film has been shot on location in Bangalore, including the old premises of the jail where Snehalata was incarcerated, which has now been renamed ‘Freedom Park’ erasing the dark history of the jailing of large numbers of political prisoners between 1975 and 1977.
After she died, extracts from her diary were published under the title "A Prison Diary", which has been used extensively in the making of this film.
It has also used the family archive of photographs and extracts from Snehalata's earlier films. Compositions of Snehalata's son Konarak Reddy, who is now a well-known musician, provide the background music in the film.
Director's profile
Uma Chakravarti taught history to many generations of women students at Miranda House, University of Delhi. During those years, she was involved in film appreciation sessions and she also curated a festival of films made by students from Miranda House.
She has published books on Buddhism, Caste and Gender and on contemporary feminist issues. She has also been associated with the women's movement and the movement for democratic rights and has co-authored Delhi Riots: Three days in the Life of a Nation.
This event is open to all and entry is free. To register for the film screening, please click here. Details are also available on Facebook. Please spread the word.
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- Rohit
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Rohit Rellan
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