AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL TO SCREEN INDIAN DOCUMENTARY ON ELEPHANTS

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Docu on plight of the Pachyderms makes to US film Fest

 

Created on : 03/10/2006 6:16:25 PM (NORMAL )

Guwahati, Mar 10 (UNI) A small budget documentary, 'In search of Job'

on the struggle and pain of the unemployed elephants of Asom is all

set to be screened in the prestigious Silver Lake Film Festival, Los

Angeles, starting March 23.

 

The festival's Fusion Asian Cinema Programme Director Erika Kao-Haley

said in a statement today that Filmmaker Mrinal Talukdar has been

invited to attend the festival from March 23 to 30 in the 'Special

Invitation Film' category.

 

Mr Talukdar, a journalist, made the film last year.

 

The film is about 1200 domestic unemployed elephants of Asom, who are

fighting law, bureaucracy and ignorance to survive.

 

The film earned rave reviews in the South Asia documentary film

festival, New Delhi earlier this year. It was was also screened in the

BYFF, Puri.

 

The Centre for Civil Society (CCS), New Delhi, also held a special

screening of the film for the MP's of the North East last week to

build public opinion and apprise the policy makers about the plight of

the pachyderms.

 

The Silver Lake Film Festival is one of the top five festivals of Los

Angeles. This is the only major 'Non-genre' film festival focussed on

presenting the best of independent film in the entertainment capital

of the world.

 

Meanwhile, the Paris based 'Des elephants et des hommes' have also

included the documentary in their hall of fame as one of the important

movies made on elephants.

 

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