Aug 06 2024 to Aug 06 2024 6:30 p.m.

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Museum of Art & Photography (MAP)

Kasturba Road, Bengaluru 560001

Event Description

Join us for a screening of "Land of My Dreams" by Nausheen Khan. This powerful documentary delves into the stories of protests that rage against the Indian Citizenship Amendment Act. In 2019, the Indian government enacted the Citizenship Amendment Act, which overtly discriminates against Muslims. Viewing this as discriminatory, intergenerational, multi-faith women gathered in Shaheen Bagh, a Muslim neighbourhood in Delhi to form a non-violent sit-in that grew into a nationwide movement. Land of My Dreams follows stories of these women who sustained a peaceful pro-democracy movement for over a hundred days, galvanising resistance across the country. The film recounts how they weathered institutionalised and societal repression to redefine nationalism and provide a precedent for a new form of public dissent in modern India. Drawing on her identity as a Muslim woman, the filmmaker questions contemporary notions of belonging, patriotism, and identity in India by examining shared human responses to exclusion, polarisation, and repression.

Stay for a Q&A with the filmmaker, Nausheen Khan following the screening.