Fwd: [Notes] Film Screening of The Rat Race | 25th May | Friday | Alternative Law Forum | 6 pm-7:30 pm
Mayank Rungta
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| Subject: | [Notes] Film Screening of The Rat Race | 25th May | Friday | Alternative Law Forum | 6 pm-7:30 pm |
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| Date: | Wed, 23 May 2012 17:34:36 +0530 |
| From: | ekta <ek...@maraa.in> |
| To: | no...@lists.maraa.in |
maraa invites you to the screening of Rat Race - a film that brings together narratives of the Night Rat Killers of the Mumbai
Municipal Corporation.The film documents a story that unravels every night as the rest of the city sleeps.
Director Miriam Chandy Menacherry will be there for a discussion post screening.Scroll down for details about the film.
entry free, all are welcome. Spread the word.
contact 9880755875 / 8105675350
About the film
Ganesh pays homage to Mooshik the sacred rat before setting out with a torch and stick to kill 30 rodents every night. He reports to his boss, Behram Harda, who once dreamt of setting the silver screen ablaze with his boogying skills, but ended up maintaining records of the 2.8 million rats killed by his department over 35 years. 2000 young men compete in tests of speed, strength and accuracy to land one of the 30 job openings for night rat killers in Indias commercial capital. The Rat Race, winds its way through the grimy underbelly of Mumbai, through dimly lit alleys, crowded markets and overflowing garbage bins, to tell the story of the citys rat killers. Through their tales of love, sacrifice and survival one glimpses the human face of development, amidst the rough and tumble of a rapidly changing metropolis.
About Maraa
Maraa, is a media and arts collective based in Bangalore. Our practice takes place in two main areas of Media, and Spaces for Diverse Publics. While the former focuses on the centrality of media and its potential to shape or mediate time and space in the digital age, the latter focuses on creating the ground for dialogue and interaction with different actors who cross the city bringing to the fore the multiplicity of uses, lived experiences, understandings and perceptions they carry with them.