A night of knowing nothing / Petit Chaos presents in co-production with Another Birth a film by Payal Kapadia.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Kapadia, Payal, film director, screenwriter.

Petit Chaos, production company.

Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund.

Another Birth, production company.

Cinema Guild, film distributor.

Language:

English

Hindi

Subjects (All):

Film and Television Institute of India.

Student strikes--India.

Student strikes.

India--Social conditions--21st century.

India.

Social conditions.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (97 minutes)) : sound, color with black & white sequences.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Cinema Guild, [2021]

Language Note:

In Hindi, with English subtitles.

System Details:

digital

video file

Summary:

Through fictional love letters found in a cupboard at the Film and Television Institute of India, we meet L, a film student writing to her estranged lover while he is away. Gradually we're immersed in the drastic changes taking place at the school and in the lives of young people across the country as they take to the streets to protest widespread discrimination. In her debut film, Payal Kapadia deftly merges reality with fiction, weaving together archival footage with student protest videos to create a vital tapestry of the personal and the political. With its dreamlike editing rhythms and a revelatory use of sound, A Night of Knowing Nothing is both an essential document of contemporary India and a nostalgic look at youth fighting the injustice of their time.

Participant:

Letters read by Bhumisuta Das.

Credits:

Written by Payal Kapadia & Himanshu Prajapati ; photography and editing, Ranabir Das.

Notes:

Title from title frame before end credits.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. Craig Baxter Memorial Fund.

OCLC:

1309003729

Publisher Number:

2639 Cinema Guild

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.