Reclaiming the Narrative: Rise of Marginalised Voices in South Asian Cinema

ConTrust Research seminar „India as Method: Challenges and Perspectives in the Study of Media and Politics in Contemporary South Asia“

With Meenakshi Shedde

Meenakshi Shedde explores how marginalised voices in South Asian Cinema have been reclaiming the narrative. Dalit or low-caste filmmakers are increasingly ‘coming out’ as Dalit and making films and series reflecting lived experience. Likewise, minority voices fighting fierce Islamophobia through cinema, marginalised voices from North East India, and LGBT filmmakers are increasingly and confidently claiming their space centrestage.

Meenakshi Shedde, an independent film curator based in Mumbai, India, works in Indian and South Asian Cinema programming for the Berlin International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and Jio Mami Mumbai Film Festivals. Jury member on 25 film festivals worldwide, including the Cannes, Berlin and Venice Film Festivals, and Golden Globe International Voter, she is also a senior journalist and script mentor, and has written for/edited 21 books, mainly on cinema.

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