Breaking Boundaries

The Goethe Zentrum is conducting a series of workshops all this week in schools, on the general theme of Breaking Boundaries. In the evenings, however, there will be films that are open to all (and free as well).

For four evenings, from Tuesday to Friday, I will be screening films at the Goethe Zentrum. The films will - broadly speaking - be about music, culture, identity and crossings.

- August 18^th: Buena Vista Social Club (105 min, 1999); Dir. Wim Wenders.

- August 19^th: Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (90 min, 2005); Dir. Fatih Akin.

- August 20^th: Jahaji Music (112min, 2007); Dir. Surabhi Sharma.

- August 21^st: Had Anhad (Bound and Unbound) (100min, 2008) Dir. Shabnam Virmani.

Time: 5.30 pm

Place: Goethe Zentrum, 1st floor, Heritage Complex, Hill Fort Road, Hyderabad.

If you're in Hyderabad, do come.

(Much drama has happened in the acquiring of these films but that is another story and shall be told another time.)

Jahaji Music and These Errors Are Correct

Surabhi Sharma's Jahaji Music in Hyderabad, on Friday, 14th at EFLU, 6pm and Saturday, 15th at HCU, 10 am.

Surabhi Sharma's feature length documentary film Jahaji Music is a record of the evolution of chutney music in the Caribbean.

From the mid-nineteenth century Indian labourers arrived in the Caribbean on boats, bringing a few belongings and their music, the beginnings of a remarkable cultural practice. More than 150 years later musician Remo Fernandes travels to the Islands to explore collaborations and create new work.

Jahaji Music is a record of a difficult, if unusual and complex, musical journey. It is an attempt to make meaning of aspects of contemporary culture in Trinidad and Jamaica, even as we witness the nature and possibilities of artistic collaboration. The film endeavours, through it all, to weave a story of memory, identity and creativity.

Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes

Jeet Thayil's new book of poetry, These Errors Are Correct, on Saturday, 15th at Lodhi - The Garden Restaurant, 7pm.

Tranquebar Press
invites you to celebrate the launch
of These Errors are Correct,
a new collection of poetry by

Jeet Thayil

With a performance by Sridhar/Thayil
Lyrical jazz

Jeet Thayil: Vocals/Arrangement/Guitar
Suman Sridhar: Vocals/Arrangement/Production

Date: 15th March 2008
Time: 7 p.m.
Lodi – The Garden Restaurant
Lodi Road
New Delhi 110 003