------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | New on Goanet's website's A&E section - http://www.goanet.org | | Book in Review: A Kind of Absence - João da Veiga Coutinho | | POEM: SUSEGAAD - Cynthia Gomes James | | http://www.goanet.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid!6 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Goa features in 13-part serial on Portuguese RTPi
[The first episode will be broadcast on RTP International channel on Sunday, January 29, 2006, 8:15pm IST and again on Monday, January 30, 2006, 10:00am IST.] Announcing the broadcast of "Contacto Goa", a unique thirteen part TV series that follows the fascinating trail of the legacy of Portuguese rule in India, a legacy that continues to survive even today, more than forty years after they left Indian shores. The series, which is in Portuguese, can be watched on the RTP International (RTPi) channel, an international Portuguese language channel available on select Indian cable networks, with an estimated viewership of twenty-four million people across the world . The series will feature intriguing stories of people, institutions and events that continue to sustain the centuries old cultural ties between the two nations. Though the focus of the series would of course be Goa and Goans, it will also travel to other territories which have had a Portuguese presence, such as Daman, Diu, and Kerala. Each episode of Contacto Goa will be of approximately twenty-five minutes duration and will feature three or four individual stories, covering subjects like art, music, food, cultural events etc. The first episode will be broadcast on RTP International channel on Sunday, January 29, 2006, 8:15pm IST and again on Monday, January 30, 2006, 10:00am IST. Further episodes will be broadcast twice a month. The series is produced by Ultra Film and Video (UfaV), represented by a creative team based both in Mumbai and Goa, consisting of Christopher Rego, Desmond Nazareth and Nalini Elvino de Sousa. Much time and effort has gone into the research and shooting of the series, to provide viewers across the globe with a privileged glimpse into a world that still retains memories of a bygone, largely forgotten colonial era in the regions concerned. Contacto Goa TV series: a legacy that continues to survive even today, more than forty years after they left Indian shores. It will also travel to other territories which have had a Portuguese presence, such as Daman, Diu, and Kerala. The TV series will be aired twice a month on RTP International (RTPi) - the international channel of Radio Televisao de Portugal (RTP) which is Portugal's official, as well as biggest and most widely watched TV network. Log on to www.rtp.pt for more details on the channel. The program will be part of the 'Contacto' that has already been running on RTPi for years, and features Portuguese immigrant communities around the world. Unlike the other "Contacto" programs, "Contacto Goa" will mainly feature Goans (Indians) and Portuguese visitors to Goa, rather than Portuguese immigrants to Goa (of whom there are not many anyway). Christopher Rego (09820426048, m) Desmond Nazareth: Has a B. Tech. from IIT, Madras and a Master’s in Film & TV Production/Computer Science from Temple University, Philadelphia, USA. His academic and work background also includes the pure sciences, computer software development and international business. Studied and worked for almost two decades in the USA. Very much interested in cross-cultural exchange, he is co-developing some international multimedia projects, one of which is a 3D computer animated comedy / action / adventure feature, very loosely based on the famous Buddhist folklore epic, "Monkey King". He is also co-developing, along with Christopher Rego a multimedia project that includes an English language video series, "Souls and Spices", that will portray the Portuguese component of the European expansion story as it played out in Asia, Africa and South America, starting in the 15th century A.D. Based in Goa since late 2003. Nalini Elvino de Sousa: Licenciada em Língua e Cultura portuguesas pela Universidade de Goa e a terminar a licenciatura de Línguas e Literaturas Modernas (5º ano) pela Universidade Aberta. Docente do ensino secundário de Português Lingua Estrangeira (PLE) em Goa entre 1999 e 2003. Colaboradora do Instituto Camoes em Goa em 2002 e 2003. Presidente e leitora (PLE) no Centro Cultural Communicare em Goa 2004 e 2005. Proprietária e Gerente do espaço comercial português 'A Nau'. Source: Desmond Nazareth (on behalf of the Contacto Goa team) Desmond Nazareth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Christopher Rego <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nalini De Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>