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Ethnographic Film Series
Screening followed by presentation and Q&A with filmmaker, Dir. Nalini Elvino De Sousa.
Dances of Goa (2018): Travelling through the villages of Goa, India, a team of youngsters unveil the rich culture of Goa through dance. It’s a journey that explores the basic lifestyle, rituals, beliefs, customs, and costumes of the Goan village that should not be forgotten.
The Future Lives Ahead (2023): This documentary explores the performative genre of tiatr (Goan theatre). Through the lens of migration, identity, and conscientization, the film unfolds a compelling narrative that revolves around the steadfast defence of Konkani, the official language of Goa, intricately woven into the fabric of Goans' identity. As the story unfolds, the spotlight turns to the role of music, taking centre stage to enrich the exploration of this culture. This film reveals the profound connections between language, identity, and the enduring spirit of the Goan people.
Nalini Elvino de Sousa was born in Lisbon and moved to Goa in 1998. She opened an NGO by the name of “Communicare Trust” because, if nothing else, she believes in the unifying force of language. As the main driving force in this Trust, she conceptualized several innovative projects, amongst them a television quiz involving different languages, conceptualization and design of theatres in orphanages to popularize languages (other than local Indian languages) and stop motion movies using waste. She teaches Portuguese, publishes books and translates others but, nothing gives her more joy than bringing a new story to the screen. In 2006 she was presented with an opportunity to showcase Goa to a Portuguese speaking audience via the RTPi (Rádio Televisão Portuguesa Internacional). She directed, anchored, and produced 75 documentaries that showcased different aspects of Goan culture, architecture, cuisine and economics, a project that continued up to 2011. She hasn’t stopped since. She continues working for the Portuguese Television as a collaborator, started creating her own documentaries which have been in the film festival circuits and television and this current project will be her first feature documentary.
- Hosted by
- Elphinstone Institute
- Venue
- MacRobert Building, MR051
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Free event, no booking required.