Episode 11

Still from BR Ambedkar: Now and Then, Jyoti Nisha, forthcoming.

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Still from BR Ambedkar: Now and Then, Jyoti Nisha, forthcoming.

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Trailer of BR Ambedkar: Now and Then, Jyoti Nisha, forthcoming.

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Poster ofBR Ambedkar: Now and Then, Jyoti Nisha, forthcoming.

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Still from Geeli Pucchi, Neeraj Ghaywan, part of Ajeeb Daastaans, 2021.

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Trailer of Kaala, Pa Ranjith, 2018.

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Trailer of Sairat, Nagraj Manjule, 2016.

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Battle of Bhima Koregaon: An Unending Journey, Somnath Waghmare, 2017.

Courtesy: Siddhartha Chabukswar YouTube channel

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Project Heartland, Pratik Parmar, 2016.

Courtesy: Ahmedabad Talkies YouTube channel

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Trailer of Court, Chaitanya Tamhane, 2015.

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Three Reasons: Three Colours: Blue, commentary on Trois Couleurs: Bleu, Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1994.

Courtesy: Criterion Collection YouTube channel

Filmmaker Oscar Micheaux.

Courtesy: 'Why Has Hollywood Still Not Given Pioneering Black Filmmaker Oscar Micheaux His Due?', Tambay Obenson, IndieWire, 12 May 2021.

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Filmmaker Dee Rees.

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Filmmaker Spike Lee.

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Filmmaker Ava DuVernay.

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Trailer of Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, Melvin Van Peebles, 1971.

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Trailer of Daughters of the Dust, Julie Dash, 1991.

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Trailer of The Birth of a Nation, Nate Parker, 2016.

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The Birth of a Nation, D.W. Griffith, 1915.

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References:

Jyoti Nisha, 'Indian Cinema and the Bahujan Spectatorship’, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 55, Issue No. 20, 16 May, 2020

bell hooks, 'The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Representation', Black Looks: Race and Representation, Boston: South End Press, 1992.

Trinh T. Minh-ha, 'The Totalizing Quest of Meaning', When The Moon Waxes Red: Representation, Gender and Politics, Routledge: London, New York, 1991.

Yashica Dutt, Coming Out As Dalit, Aleph Book Company, 2019.

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