1984, When The Sun Didn't Rise
Key information
- Date
- Time
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5:00 pm
- Venue
- SOAS, University of London
- Room
- Khalili Lecture Theatre
- Event type
- Film screening
About this event
The film documents the lives of women and children in a Widows Colony formed after the 1984 Sikh massacre.
The film follows three women who survived the 1984 Delhi massacre and now live together in the Widows Colony with their children. It examines the long-term impact of violence after 33 years, focusing on the lives of the young men and women who grew up in the Colony, and explores their memories and search for closure from the massacre.
About the Speaker
Teenaa Kaur Pasricha is a National filmmaker and Screenwriter fellow from Asia Society NY 2015 and an IVLP fellow on films for Social Change by US Consulate and Sundance. Her feature film “MAUJJ” was selected in NFDC Script Lab 2022.
She won a fellowship in Screenplay writing from Time Warner Foundation, Asia Society, New York for her debut feature film script "The Red Autumn". She is known for her popular film “1984, When the Sun didn’t Rise”, which won the National Film Award in the Best Investigative Film category.
She was selected as an International Leader on films for social change fellowship granted by the US Dept. of Cultural Affairs in Jan. 2020 wherein she networked with the independent film community in the US and Sundance Film festival.
Her films have been broadcast on National Geographic, Fox History, DD and endorsed by Busan International film festival “AND FUND”, DOCWOK by DOC Leipzig Germany, and PSBT India. Her popular work is “1984 When the Sun didn’t Rise” which has been screened in Universities in the UK, Canada, and the US and won the National film award for the Best investigative film in 2018 from the President of India.
Image credit: Teenaa Kaur Pasricha
