Pamela, I would like u to see this: Combat Drone Can Indian govt. [with the technology available] make use of this???? It will save $ millions ??? I also want some help re:Goa history Pls respond
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 11:55 AM Pamela D'Mello <dmello.pam...@gmail.com> wrote: > ONCE UPON A TIME IN GOA: IDENTITY AND MEMORIES > > FILM PROGRAMME CURATED BY MARIA DO CARMO PIÇARRA > > 18.02~03.03.2020 | FUNDAÇÃO ORIENTE, PANJIM | 6PM > > > Between the 18th February and 3rd of March 2020, Fundação Oriente in Goa > will present a film programme titled ONCE UPON A TIME IN GOA: IDENTITY AND > MEMORIES curated by the Portuguese researcher Maria do Carmo Piçarra. > > Divided in five sessions, the films and documentaries present the different > perspectives of Goan and Portuguese directors regarding the complexity of > Goan identity and culture. > > The programme will start with silent films from the Portuguese public > archives (RTP – Portuguese Public Broadcast, CAVE – Portuguese Army > Audio-visual Centre, MNHNCP – Natural History and Science Museum, Portugal > /University of Lisbon). These films will be presented with comments from Dr > Maria do Carmo Piçarra (Lisbon University) and Dr Pedro Sobral Pombo (Goa > University). > > In contrast with the political and scientific propaganda films produced > during Estado Novo (1932-68), we will exhibit recent films by Portuguese > directors dealing with Goa. > > Under the umbrella of ONCE UPON A TIME IN GOA: IDENTITY AND MEMORIES we > will also present contemporary Goan films that express personal perceptions > and at the same time attest the singularity of Goan Identity and the > extreme care to document recent cultural and ecological changes in the > territory. > > All films will be commented or subtitled in English. > > > FILM PROGRAMME > > 18TH FEBRUARY > > Goa in the Portuguese Archives > > In collaboration with the project Photo Impulse/ICNOVA-FCSH and MNHNCP > > SECURITY OPERATION IN ESTADO DA ÍNDIA [OPERAÇÃO DE SEGURANÇA NO ESTADO DA > INDIA] (1955, 11’, silent), CAVE - Portuguese Army Audio-visual Centre > > From the Archives of the Portuguese National Broadcast (RTP) > > MONSOON RAINS IN GOA [CHUVAS DE MONÇÃO EM GOA] (9’, silent) > > PORTUGUESE TROOPS CHRISTMAS IN PANJIM [NATAL DOS SOLDADOS PORTUGUESES EM > PANGIM] (3’, silent) > > MANUEL VASSALO E SILVA HONOURED IN INDIA [MANUEL VASSALO E SILVA É > DISTINGUIDO NA ÍNDIA ](1’, silent) > > REFUGEES ARRIVING IN LISBON [CHEGADA DE REFUGIADOS A LISBOA] (3’, silent) > > HONOUR TO PORTUGUESE INDIA [HONRA Á ÍNDIA PORTUGUESA] (1961, 19’, silent), > by Perdigão Queiroga > > ÍNDIA (1959, 13’ silent), by Vasco Nunes Pereira Fortuna > > *commented by Maria do Carmo Piçarra and Pedro Sobral Pombo > > The cinematographic programme about Goa starts with the exhibition of short > films from the Portuguese public archives. “Operação de segurança no Estado > da Índia” [Security Operation no Estado da Índia] (1952), shows the Estado > Novo version of the events that took place at the Goan border and gave way > to a tension rise between the Portuguese Regime and the Indian Government. > During the same session, a series of short films from the RTP - Portuguese > Public Broadcaster archives will also be screened. > > “Honra à Índia Portuguesa” [Honour to Portuguese India] (1961), by Perdigão > Queiroga, is part of Images from Portugal, a special edition sponsored by > the former National Department of Information to invoke the history behind > the friction with Questão de Goa. To conclude this session, we will be > screening “Índia” (1959) a scientific film by Vasco Nunes Pereira Fortuna, > with interesting anthropologic details regarding Goa’s culture and > landscape. > > > 20TH FEBRUARY > > THE LADY OF CHANDOR [A DAMA DE CHANDOR] (1998, 93’, Portuguese and Konkani, > subtitled in English) by Catarina Mourão > > Newly restored copy supported by Fundação Oriente. > > “Aida, the Lady of Chandor, lives alone in Goa. At 82 years of age she > devotes each day to caring for her beautiful old house, a house which has > survived three centuries of Portuguese colonial rule. Without the Lady of > Chandor the house will die. Without the house Aida would loose her reason > for living. But inside this house time moves in a magical way and both the > house and the Lady of Chandor seem immortal”. > > > 25TH FEBRUARY > > SCARS (2017, 17’’, English), de Ronak Kamat > > UNCERTAIN HOMELAND [PÁTRIA INCERTA] (2005, 52’, Portuguese and Konkani, > subtitled in English), by Inês Gonçalves and Vasco Pimentel > > On the 25th of February, the session will begging with fiction short film > by Ronak Kamat “Scars”, about a boy that, after being released from > Juvenile Detention Centre, has to spend the night at his elder brother's > house. After which “Pátria Incerta” [Uncertain Homeland] (2005), by Inês > Gonçalves and Vasco Pimentel will be exhibit. This documentary focus > reflects on the scars left by conversion to Catholicism based on local > testimonies. > > > 27TH FEBRUARY > > INFINITE [DIGANT] (2012, 96’, Konkani, subtitled in English), by Dnyanesh > Moghe > > *In the presence of the director. > > “Digant” [Infinite] is a 2012 Konkani feature film by documentary > filmmaker, Dnyanesh Moghe. It takes us on the journey of a homeless boy > from Dhangar tribe, a neglected and backward shepherd community of Goa, who > defying all odds, grows up to become an architect in the big city. ‘This > community believes in nature. They are always a tuned to nature. They > wander around in the woods with the sheep flock. This community is just a > backdrop. The film attempts to challenge the much believed notion of > stability and freedom in life’ says Dnyanesh Moghe”. > > > 3RD MARCH > > BREAD AND BELONGING (2019, 50’, English and Konkani, subtitled in English), > by Sonia Filinto > > *in the presence of the director and the producer Nalini Elvino de Sousa. > > This programme concludes on the 3rd of March, with the presentation of the > new film by Sonia Filinto “Bread and belonging” (2019). > > “In India’s smallest state, Goa, are two bakeries. They are as similar as > they are different. Alzira’s family has been baking bread for generations. > They might be ‘insiders’ but are challenged to find local Goan workers in > this labour intensive trade. The survival of the bakery thus depends on the > daily toil of family members. > > Not far away is another bakery run entirely by ‘outsiders’. Kiran and his > co-workers set out daily at the crack of dawn, cycling for miles to deliver > bread. Displaying the tenacity of migrants, they adapt to a new trade, new > language and even new diet. > > While the two bakeries labour on, a returning migrant, Marius, is on a > mission. Marius’ family is originally from Goa and he has set himself the > task of reclaiming bread of the past. He hits the streets determined to > achieve his goal. > > Goa’s bread, pão, successfully made the journey from ‘outsider' > to ‘insider'. Pão was first introduced in Goa when it was under Portuguese > rule for over half a millennium. Now traditional bakers are leaving the > trade even as nostalgia for this unique bread grows and a new set of bakers > from across the state border fill in. In Bread and Belonging unfold stories > of people dealing with migration, changing culture and the ever present > need to earn a living.” > > > - >