š„Social World Film Festival and South Asia Short Film Festival: Screening of āOne Side of the Roadā
One Side of the Road was screened at the Social World Film Festival at the end of June and at the South Asia Short Film Festival in early July. .
The film has recently received the Best Documentary Award at theĀ India International Film Festival of BostonĀ (13-15 September 2024) and the Monthly Award in Best Documentary section at the India Independent Film FestivalĀ 2025 (January 2025).
See One Side of the Road page for further details and trailer.
Synopsis: A 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 āuntouchablesā) 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.


Credit: Ā South Asian Short Film Festival 2025: https://sasff.in/
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