Connecting Voices: Films from the Commonwealth

plus directors Q&A

ICA Cinema 1 Tue 10 Mar 6pm

A special programme presenting the best of Commonwealth talent with Indian documentary, Kenyan drama and animation Trinidad and Tobago. Leena Manimekalai and Camille Selvon Abrahams join us for discussion after the screening.

In partnership with the Commonwealth Foundation .

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  • Goddesses

    Dir. Leena Manimekalai, India, 2007, 42 min, subtitles

    Mumbai International Film Festival 08 (MIFF), Golden Conch Winner, Best Indian Documentary Film

    A mesmerising and award-winning portrait of three women - a funeral singer, a gravedigger and a fisherwoman – and their lone struggle to carve out a place in a ruthless world.

    Read our BEV blog review:
    Goddesses Hits Where Slumdog Misses

  • Ras Star

    Dir. Wunuri Kahiu, Kenya/South Africa, 2006, 25min

    From Kenya’s brightest young film talent comes this short feature about a girl whose dream of becoming Nairobi’s best rapper is at odds with the wishes of her traditional Muslim family.

  • The Vegetarian Super Machine

    Dir. Camille Selvon Abrahams, Trinidad and Tobago, 2007, 5min

    A mysterious Caribbean treasure hunt.