New Writings from the UK Asian Film Festival

Two library talks looking at new writings about South Asian cinema culture.

  • Total running time 90min

Dr. J. Daniel Luther, Associate Programme Director at The Rhodes Trust, University of Oxford, and Sunny Singh, Professor of Creative Writing and Inclusion in the Arts at the London Metropolitan University, will discuss their newly published work. In Queering Normativity and South Asian Public Culture – Wrong Readings Only, J. Daniel Luther explores a wide range of issues, from the construct of canon and notions of nation, marriage and home, to woman as a post-colonial subject, same-sex sexuality and identity. Sunny Singh’s A Bollywood State of Mind is a personal, intellectual and emotional journey that crosses five continents and 50 years of modern Indian history and cinema to explore why Bollywood means so much to so many across the globe.

Tickets are free but must be booked in advance.

For further details of wider films and events in the UKAFF and an Industry Workshop and Networking Programme on 4 May in the Blue Room go to tonguesonfire.com.

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