Documentary film festival spotlights free expression at a time when it is under threat across South Asia.
Film Southasia is held every two years, and in 2019 the theme of the festival of documentary films says it all: ‘Where the Mind Is Free’. Indeed, since the last edition of the festival, the space for free expression is increasingly constricted throughout the region.
From 14-17 November, 64 documentaries from the Subcontinent will be shown at Yalamaya Kendra, Patan – many of them films that would be difficult to have a public screening anywhere else in South Asia.
The focus of the festival this year is Pakistan, and the opening film Indus Blues profiles the country’s disappearing musical instruments and folk art, given the rightward movement of the state.
Published in: Nepali Times
Date Published: November 5, 2019
Article by: Sewa Bhattarai
Article link: https://www.nepalitimes.com/review/film-southasia-2019/
