7 Apr : CHENNAI SCREENINGS-OLD MAN AND THE SEA-RR SRINIVASAN

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VOICES OF WATER FESTIVAL IN CHENNAI

April-7-2008

Alliance francaise of madras.
24,college road, Chennai-06

AFM Auditorium
time-6-30 pm

all are welcome


Old sea and the man

Documentary film on Tsunami and other Coastal issues.
Duration -70 mts Format-DV Cam

The tsunami that occurred on 26 December 2004 was clearly one of the
deadliest natural disasters the world has seen in recent times. Resulting in
8081 deaths in Tamilnadu, hundreds of thousands more displaced, and massive
infrastructure destruction, there is no doubt that concerted and long-term
attention needs to be paid to the rebuilding of the affected communities.
This documentary made in post-Tsunami situation of Tamil Nadu (south
India)clearly brings out the range of human rights violations of the coastal
communities in the name of “development”. The obvious human rights
violations of these communities that result from the so called relief and
rehabilitation efforts are many. Through the views of the coastal
communities across the coast line of Tamil Nadu, this documentary exposes
the design of the State to forcibly relocate the fishing community from
their pre-tsunami settlements that amounts to completely uprooting them from
their livelihood resources.

This documentary also clearly brings out the man-made silent Tsunami’s that
has been eroding the lives of coastal communities and coastal resources for
decades now.
The resistance of the coastal communities to the so called development based
on market oriented models generated by globalisation continues.

Crew:

commentary Script : R. Vidyasagar,
Ajai Jacob
Research& Co-ordinator : Ajai Jacob
Editor :
Thangaraj
Co-director&
Still Photographer: : Kutti Revathi
Music : S.L.
Vaidyanathan
Produced by : Action Aid
International India
Script, Videography
& Direction : R.R.
Srinivasan

Producer
Action Aid International-India
www.actionaidindia.org


R.R. Srinivasan

R.R. Srinivasan film maker, photographer, writer involved in the promotion
of film appreciation movement in South India through the film society
movement and alternative film journals . He emerged from Kanchanai film
society in Thirunelveli, which took serious cinema to a non-metropolitan
audience. He guest lecturers on film ,literature and photography in
universities and colleges. He has been exploring the possibilities of visual
anthropology.


Filmography :

Documentaries
Close your eyes (1997),
Death of a River (1999)a
Getting Lost (2000),
The Untouchable Country (2001)
Silk Route (2001) ,
Invisible Children(2003),
The Old Sea and The Man(2005)
The Mask Is the Face(2005),

Short Films
The Ruins (1998),
Labyrinthe (2000),
Song of the Road(2006)

For Television
Chithiramum Kaippazhakkam
Interview with Artist Chandru


RR Srinivasan
Mail : 43 / 8,Ganga Nagar, II nd street, Kodambakkam,
Chennai - 600 024. India.
PH-94440-65336 , 044-43578159
Mail: rrsrin...@gmail.com


R.R.SRINIVASAN,
43/8,SECOND STREET,GANGA NAGAR
CHENNAI-600024
TAMILNADU.INDIA
MAIL-see...@yahoo.com
MAIL-rrs...@gmail.com
MOBILE-(0)94440-65336
044-43578159

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