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THE 125th EDITION OF "THE fd ZONE" (Part III)

'THE fd ZONE' and Solaris Pictures presents
Artist Talk with filmmaker Harjant Gill

For me, making films is about casting a spotlight on urgent and often overlooked social issues, and making marginalized members of society feel less isolated and more understood. My research and films explore the intersections of gender, sexuality, religion, citizenship, transnationality, and notions of belonging with a particular focus on Indian and South Asian diasporic masculinities .... Harjant Gill

Discussion and Screening of three of his films – ‘Milind Soman Made Me Gay’, ‘Roots of Love’ and ‘Mardistaan’, all the three documentary films dealing with masculinities.

MILIND SOMAN MADE ME GAY
27 mins / 2007

ROOTS OF LOVE
26 mins / 2011

MARDISTAAN
28 mins / 2014

Harjant Gill is an assistant professor of anthropology and cultural studies at Towson University, Maryland. He received his PhD from American University in Washington DC.

His academic research examines the intersections of masculinity, modernity and migration in India. Dr. Gill is also a documentary filmmaker and has made several films that have screened at film festivals worldwide and won numerous awards. His documentary, Roots of Love explored the changing significance of hair and turban among Sikhs has being screened on BBC World News, BBC America, and Doordarshan (Indian National TV).

He is currently also the co-director of Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival.
www.TilotamaProductions.com

Date & time
3rd January 2015, Saturday, 4 pm