अकाद-MIC

In this episode, Lawrence Liang and Vebhuti Duggal discuss two digital film platforms, pad.ma and indiancine.ma, within the larger context of thinking about archives in the digital era. Moving between traditional notions of state-run archives and the proliferation of non-state archives, the discussion examines issues ranging from cultural infrastructure to the specific affordances of the digital s...

In this maiden episode of अकाद-mic, Dharitri Narzary shares with Yogesh Snehi her experiences in the making of the documentary film ‘Future at a Stake’ for Doordarshan in 1998. Shot during the period of militancy, the film looks at the breakdown of the educational system in Northeast India and documents the anxieties and aspirations of students, parents and teachers; Dharitri was the film’s produc...