Documentary Name: A Pestering Journey
Director: K.R. Manoj
Date: 26 August 2023, Saturday Time: 2:00-5:00 p.m.
Venue: VMFT HALL
Join us for an engaging documentary film screening and discussion
Discover the untold stories behind India’s pesticide tragedies. Join us for a documentary film screening and an enriching discussion with the acclaimed director, K.R. Manoj. The discussion will be moderated by researcher and film maker, Dr. Fathima Nizaruddin. Gain insights into the cultural and agricultural dynamics that shaped the narrative of this thought-provoking documentary. Share your thoughts, exchange ideas, and be a part of this collective exploration of the pestering questions raised by the film.
For more information Contact- vmft.syjc@gmail.com, 04712304051
Program Highlights
2.00 pm-Introduction to the Movie and Director – Anu Anthony, Program Coordinator, SMSC
2.10- Screening of “A Pestering Journey”
Discussion session moderated by Dr. Fathima Ni9zaruddin
3.20 – Remarks by Director KR Manoj
3.40- Open discussion and questions
About the Film
A Pestering Journey Documentary/India/66 minutes/Malayalam, English, Hindi, Punjabi
A voyage through two pesticide tragedies in post Independent India, A Pestering Journey is an attempt to interrogate the legitimate forms and technologies of killing available in a culture. Taking a pestering turn, the journey blurs the boundaries of nature and culture, of self and other, of life and death and many other comfortable binaries we inhabit. It tries to ask how much regard for life a culture should have to ponder over the question, what a pest is.
Pestering Journey unravels the many interwoven layers of culture and agriculture and foregrounds the logic of green revolution. In an atypical move, it challenges and changes the idioms of pesticide and genocide and reveals the claims over knowledge and expertise which pushes a pesticide like Endosulfan to a dubious position between poison and medicine.
About the Director
K.R. Manoj is an Indian Director, Writer and Producer.
K.R. Manoj is known for Kanyaka Talkies (2013), A Pestering Journey (2011) and Work of Fire (2017).
16mm: Memories, Movement and a Machine (2008), Embrace 2016, Kesari (2016) and again 2004.
Awards and Nominations for the film “A Pestering Journey”.
1. Leipzig DOK Festival
2011 Nominee Healthy Worplaces Award EU OSHA
Best Film About Topic of Work
2. International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India
2011 Winner Navroze Contractor Award
1. Best Cinematography
Shehnad Jalal
2. 2011 Winner Jury Prize
Best Long Documentary
K.R. Manoj (director)
3. International Film Festival of India
2011 Winner Vasudha Award
Best Environmental Film
K.R. Manoj (director)
4. National Film Awards, India
2010 Winner Silver Lotus Award
Best Investigative Film
About the Moderator
Dr. Fathima Nizaruddin is a academic and documentary film maker, former assistant professor, AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi