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简介:OneofthegreatdocumentariesfromindependentIndia,thefilmisastunninglyphotographedsagaofanancientandnowpoliticallywar-tornland:Kashmir.ThecelebrationofIndianindependenceinKashmirbeginswiththeburialofbodieswhosedeathstookplaceforunknownreasons.TheflagrituallygoesupintheheartofSrinagar,Kashmir.ButtheemptystreetsandthesullensilencethatgreetIndia’sclaimonKashmirsparkoffoldquestionsaboutfreedomanditsdenial.After18yearsofanarmedstruggle,with60,000deadandnearly7,000missing,Kashmir’speoplebegintolookwithintheirledgerofloss.Usingamixofveritéfootage,rarearchivalmaterial,poetryandtext,thisisaprovocativelookatIndiandemocracy,andareflectiononpower,resistanceandfreedom’sterriblethirst. ThisisthefirstofthreefilmsonKashmir,allofwhichsignaltherevivalofadocumentaryofrights.IthasbeenfilmedbyoneofIndia’sleadingcinematographers,RanjanPalit.…