Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals
Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals
Final-Film Festival-13-11-08.p65 - Directorate of Film Festivals
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DIRECTOR'S STATEMENTI have been inspired by the history <strong>of</strong> the struggle <strong>of</strong> peoplein general from the very youth, thanks to the strong leftistinclination <strong>of</strong> my family. It has been the driving force behind allmy creative efforts. The ahistoric perception and the anti-peoplestand taken by the leftist Government <strong>of</strong> West Bengal have beena cause <strong>of</strong> frustration and have flared up the protest in me.The way in which the Government has engaged itself inforceful eviction <strong>of</strong> farmers in the name <strong>of</strong> development; theway in which the Party (CPIM) and the state machinery havebeen used to throttle the protest <strong>of</strong> the people… made thisdocumentation inevitable… like Kino eye situation.Can really a left-led Government deny people's right toinformation? Can an elected Chief Minister put up such a show<strong>of</strong> megalomania and cheek to thrash all justice, shaming thefascists <strong>of</strong> the last century? To tell you the truth, the only wayto face these questions, the catechism, has been … Roll Camera…I feel that selection <strong>of</strong> this film in the Panorama has beenrecognition <strong>of</strong> the peasant's movement against forceful evictionnot only in the national but also in the international scenario.FILMINSTITUTIONS104