The Death of Us
A reflective contemplation on crime, punishment, justice and the death penalty. Screened at festivals at Chennai, Delhi, Kathmandu, Kolkata, Madrid, Madurai, New York, Thrissur and Trivandrum.
Directed by Vani Subramanian | 2018
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra
One-time advertising writer, Vani Subramanian has been a women's rights activist and documentary filmmaker since the nineties. Her work as a filmmaker explores the connections between everyday practices and larger political questions, be they in the areas of culture, food production, primary education, urban development, communalism, sex selective abortions or matters of identity embedded in our food practices. Her films have been screened, and received awards, both nationally and internationally. More recently, Vani has extended her practice to mixed media work.
Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_M....
PSBT is a not-for-profit that has nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it has produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, https://www.civilsocietyonline.com/ci..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2..., https://www.thehindu.com/features/cin..., https://psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2...)
PSBT is led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra.
Credits
Researchers: Vani Subramanian, Nidhi Kol
Script Writer, Narrator: Vani Subramanian
Cinematographer: Desmond Roberts
Additional Cinematographers: Vani Subramanian, Rusha Bose
Sound Designers: Pratik Biswas, Gangotri Mishra
Editors: Kuldeep Gaur,Vani Subramanian
Music Score: David Hewson
Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with Doordarshan India.
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Last updated: June 2020