The Golden Thread
Short-film
September 15 | 11AM
Bangalore International Centre (BIC), Bengaluru
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The Golden Thread
Short-film
September 15 | 11AM
Bangalore International Centre (BIC), Bengaluru
Free
Sorry, this show is already over but head here for other fun events!
Invite your friends
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The Golden Thread
Kolkata’s Timeless Jute Mills in Motion
2022 | 86 min | Hindi and Bengali with English Subtitles | India
At the outskirts of Kolkata, the banks of the river Hooghly are lined with jetties and huge factories in various states of operation and decay. Some industrial chimneys belch smoke while others have trees growing out of them. This is the landscape of West Bengal’s 165-year-old jute industry, which once produced the ubiquitous gunny bags, rope, and jute textiles used by trade and commerce around the world. Almost all of these functions have been largely replaced by plastic, which is perhaps more durable but certainly environmentally disastrous.
Nearly forgotten, the jute industry is attracting renewed interest in the golden fibre due to its eco-friendly qualities. At the same time, the jute industry is in turmoil. A few mills remain in operation, with frequent shutdowns and lockouts to replace workers with precision machines. Can environmental concern recuperate a future for jute and for jute workers while there is still time?
The Golden Thread contemplates itself as a product of an encounter between jute workers, early industrial machines, and jute fibre. What was an unwanted fibre for 50 years is now being hailed as the ‘fibre of the future’. The act of filming is an act of archiving –documenting a past that has continued into the future, fade away.
Filmmaker Nishtha Jain will be in conversation with Gautam Sonti after the screening. A Q&A session with the audience will follow.
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2. Doors will open 15 minutes prior to the programme.
3. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
4. Entry to the hall will be closed once capacity is reached.
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The Golden Thread
Short-film
September 15 | 11AM
Bangalore International Centre (BIC), Bengaluru
Free
Sorry, this show is already over but head here for other fun events!
Invite your friends
and enjoy a shared experience
Free
Sorry, this show is already over but head here for other fun events!