Red Ant Dream

Red Ant Dream

Red Ant Dream
Hindi: माटी के लाल
Directed by Sanjay Kak
Written by Sanjay Kak
Tarun Bhartiya
Music by Word Sound Power / Delhi Sultanate & Chris McGuiness
Cinematography Sanjay Kak
Ranjan Palit
Setu Pandey
Edited by Tarun Bhartiya
Release dates
  • 8 May 2013 (2013-05-08)
Running time
120 minutes
Country India
Language Gondi, Oriya, Punjabi

Red Ant Dream (Hindi: माटी के लाल) is a 2013 documentary film directed by Sanjay Kak.[1] This documentary is based on the revolutionary Maoist movement in India. The documentary has been screened in various cities in India since 8 May 2013.

Synopsis

This documentary deals with the issue of "Maoist insurgency in India".[2][3] It focuses on the Maoists in Bastar in Chhattisgarh, tribals fighting against industrialists in Niyamgiri in Odisha, and protestors acting in memory of the Leftist revolutionary Bhagat Singh in Punjab.[4] This film shows the people of these regions resisting what they believe to be oppression.[5] [6] [7] Red Ant Dream was financed by funds given by an International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Fund grant and a prize from the Busan International Film Festival.[8]

Reviews

Sheikh Saaliq, editor of The Vox Kashmir, in one of his reviews in The Express Tribune said, "This film is a saga of heroism and sacrifice in the face of a brutal enemy camouflaged as the world’s “largest democracy”. Red Ant dream is a moving meditation." [9]

References

  1. "Red Ant Dream". Films Division. 2013-06-15. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  2. "Bernard D'Mello, "On a Long March: Sanjay Kak's Red Ant Dream"". Mrzine.monthlyreview.org. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  3. "Red Ant Dream: Kak's cinema of Resistance – The Vox Kashmir". Thevoxkashmir.com. 2013-07-06. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  4. "Red Ant Dream – A review at Sanhati". Sanhati.com. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  5. "You Say You Want a Revolution". Tehelka.com. 2013-05-11. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  6. "The revolutionary ideal persists in India: Sanjay Kak". Hindustan Times. 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  7. "A Long March: Sanjay Kak's cinema of rebellion". The Caravan. 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2013-08-01.
  8. "Red Ant Dream | IDFA 2013". Idfa.nl. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
  9. http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/18183/red-ant-dream-a-documentary-about-kashmir-india-and-freedom/
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