THE 102nd EDITION OF THE fd ZONE ! (PART III) PREMIERE OF PRACHI MOKASHI’S WAITING FOR A STORM A young, independent India believed in the panacea of technology to address the crisis that nature often imposed on the nation. The Films Division archives has painstakingly documented that vision by making films on the building of dams, on the production and use of fertilisers and pesticides, on modern farming techniques and use of high yielding seeds. The 1957 film, Defence of Dibrugarh, produced by Films Division, documents the taming of the river Brahmaputra therein lies the solution to the crisis of this tempestuous river. Prachi Mokashi sets out to the document the lives of the people who live and farm on chars, the temporary islands formed by the ever shifting Brahmaputra. The river is not the adversary, not for the filmmaker nor for the subjects of her film. ‘Waiting for a Storm’ tries to inhabit life alongside the river through breathtaking visuals and a rhythm that draws from the ebb and flow of the river. Within this world the filmmaker’s gaze rests on embattled lives of those who live on chars and the issues of citizenship and ownership that marks their existence. This was the premiere of Prachi Mokashi’s first film. FILMS SCREENED DEFENCE OF DIBRUGARH 1957/ B&W/ 14 mins WAITING FOR A STORM 2014/ 46 mins
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