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.…