This three-day event will include a retrospective and a series of talks and conversations honoring legendary Indian Filmmaker Mrinal Sen (1923 – 2018). Born in colonial India, Sen emerged as a central figure of Indian independent cinema in the 1960s and pursued a highly productive career in film until the 2000s. He is widely acknowledged as one of the founders of the New Indian Cinema (or Parallel Cinema) movement as well as a participant in the current of global Third Cinema. Sen’s work and life were inextricably entangled in the social and political turbulence and transformations of postcolonial India. His films are a unique experiment in multilayered representations of social difference and political turmoil that move far beyond a simplistic colonizer/colonized divide. For the centenary of his birth, this conference brings scholars together with participants in Sen’s life and work to reflect on his radical remaking of film practice. Speakers and panel participants include Kunal Sen, Mrinal Sen’s son, Indian actress Suhasini Mulay (who worked with Sen), Dr. Sanghita Sen (Northumbria University), and Professor Benjamin Conisbee Baer (Princeton University).
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