In the abode of the clouds: The Garos of Meghalaya

A special program by Cecilia Cossio


“I can’t stand to see it dressing a strange language anymore: the A’chik, a language without a written form, which has to “wear” other people’s words. Ianche is a poet of Garo origins who is tormented by this, the protagonist of Rong’Kuchak (Echi), the movie by Dominic Megam Sangma (Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute, Kolkata), who was awarded a prize for his constant contribution to cinema as a form of art at the 2015 edition of the Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival. We propose once again a summary of the film as introductory moment to this special dedicated to the Garos, indigenous people settled in Meghalaya, northeast of India.

WANGALA: A GARO FESTIVAL (1992)
Produzione / Production: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (INCA);
Regia / Director: Bappa Ray
Soggetto / Original Story: Kapila Vatsyayan
Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Late Dr. D.N. Mazumdar, L.R. Marak
Montaggio / Editing: Shantanu Bhowmick
Fotografia / Cinematographer: Vivek Banerjee
Scrittura voce fuori campo / Commentary written by: Anando Dutta, Anusham Ray, Masoodul Huq
Narratori / Narrators: Masoodul Huq, Gopa Ghose
1993 National Award for the best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film

RONG’ KUCHAK (Echoes, 2014)
Produzione / Production: Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute
Soggetto e regia / Story and direction: Dominic Megam Sangma
Montaggio / Editing: Renjit Kuzhur
Fotografia / Cinematographer: Tojo Xavier S
Suoni / Sounds: Imon Chakracorty
Componimento poetico / Poem: Tony Xavier
Cast: Jobyllyne Shira, Lovita J. Morang, Philip Oske DG, Celestine Koksi SG, Jordan Chism
2014 National Students Film Award
Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival Volumina Special Mention 2015

Special thanks to: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)

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