A two-day symposium on Human Rights and the Politics of Film Making is being hosted by the UW Jackson School’s South Asia Center in conjunction with Tasveer’s 2015 Seattle South Asian Film Festival feauturing notable film makers from South Asia.
The symposium will examine issues of human rights and film making in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal. Presenters include Thenmozhi, Bindu Menon, Shoba Rajagopal, Sanjay Kak, Bidisha Biswas, Deepti Misri, Bruce Kochis, Alka Kurian, Ramya Vijaya, Prasanna Withanage, Hemal Trivedi, Sonora Jha, Rakesh Sharma, Sangita Gopal, Meenakshi Rishi, and Shreerekha Subramanian.
The schedule is available here.