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šŸŽ„ 26th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2024 – Film screening of ā€œOne Side of the Roadā€

One Side of the RoadĀ has been screened at Madurai, in the framework of the 26th Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 2024. It took place from the 6th to the 10th of December 2024.

SynopsisA road runs through a village in Tamil Nadu in southern India. This road is a frontier that divides habitats, and it is a gateway to a wider world, the nearby industrial city, a means of possible empowerment for some, but the enslavement of others by the spatial segregation of castes in these rural areas of southern India. Between 2019 and 2022, four Dalits (former ā€œuntouchablesā€) reveal their ongoing struggle to survive: over-indebtedness, poor working conditions in the sugar cane fields and brick factories, domestic and social violence, discrimination and political unrest. These four characters from the same village, with their intertwined destinies, describe their daily lives through intimate and rare testimonies, which form a life journey around three extraordinary years marked by an international pandemic and its harsh economic and social consequences in rural India. Fragile lives on one side, the road appears as a partition of territory that empowers, separates and brings together all at once.

The film has recently received the Best Documentary Award at the India International Film Festival of Boston (13-15 September 2024).

Credit: Jalil Nordman
Credit: Jalil Nordman


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