Film screening: Broken Gods

Abstract

The documentary:

Set among the Rathava and Bhil adivasi communities of western India, Broken Gods documents the social impact of Hindu religious evangelism among India’s adivasi groups. As adivasi communities join Hindu religious sects, their old gods are literally becoming broken – devotional mural paintings are being whitewashed from homes, and the earthen figurines in honour of village gods and ancestors are being left to fall apart. While for those who convert joining a Hindu sect offers the allure of a better life, those who continue to follow their old ways have become ostracized by their communities. Their broken gods have lost the power to protect them from illness and scarcity.

Alice Tilche and Dakxinkumar Bajrange: Broken Gods. 2019 | 42min | India & UK

In Gujarati, Hindi & Rathavi with English subtitles
Directed by Dakxin Bajranje Chhara and Alice Tilche
Produced by Alice Tilche & Nomad Movies
Funded by: The Leverhulme Trust & The London School of Economics

 

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