PROGRAMME

EXPLORATIONS: What is Documentary An Interactive Session with Ruchika

Documentary Appreciation Workshop

THE PROGRAMME

10 - 11.30 am

What is documentary? Examining the construction of the ‘Document’ in documentary practice,

in an interactive way with the participants. Trace the emergence of documentary practice in early 20th century

through examples of American “ethnographies” on indigenous people.

Contiguously, trace the emergence of documentary in Indian cinema practice,

starting from early 20th century Raj; establishment of the Films Division of India;

use of documentary in Nation building discourse post 1947.

Through discussions with the participants, arrive at certain key elements of

storytelling in non-fiction / fiction cinema like Image, Sound, Time and Representation

and the relationship of narrative to historical and subjective time.

11:30 - 11:45 am

Short Break

11.45 am- 1.30 pm

Creative interpretations of the Document

Excerpts from Lumiere’s “Workers’ Leaving the Factory” (1895) to Harun Farocki’s

“Workers’ Leaving the Factory” (2006)

Creative Documentary Course (CDC) film screening to foreground different ways of

looking at the Real

1.30- 2.30 pm

Lunch break

2.30- 3.30 pm

Explorations of the India Documentary, through the idea of the City/ Urban, with excerpts.

Through this section, foreground the personal and political in cinema practice;

Funding and Independent practice and its influence on image and cinema making;

Creative interpretations and subversions in storytelling.

3.30- 4.00 pm

The City, in CDC films: screening/s

4.00-4.15 pm

Coffee Break

4.30- 6.15 pm

Screening of “Gleaners & I” by Agnes Varda, followed by audience discussion.