
Slow Film Series: Nainsukh
March 13 All day
Time TBD
Experimental filmmaker Amit Dutta is a singular presence in Indian cinema… This debut feature, shot on 16mm film, is an imagined biopic of Nainsukh, an 18th-century miniature painter from the Himalayan Kangra Valley. Taking inspiration from that age-old visual form, which privileges traditional Indian epistemological perspectives over visual and temporal realism, Dutta creates an unparalleled piece of cinema with a unique approach to image, depth, space, time, and storytelling.
Summary from Museum of Modern Art
The screening includes an introduction by Slow Film Series curator Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece, Associate Professor of English and Film Studies, and Director of UWM’s Film Studies Program.
This screening of Amit Dutta’s Nainsukh is part of C21’s Slow Film Series, featuring movies at Union Cinema throughout the chilly months of the fall and spring academic terms that invite you to chill out, cozy up, and contemplate the cinematic riches of slow-paced films.