
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Payal Kapadia
Unread love letters tell of a student rebellion against repressive Indian politics – and at the same time of the difficult relationship between memory and the present.
Riots and protests at an Indian film school, told in letters written by student L to her lover K, in which she reflects on what’s happening around her. While government forces gradually push back the rebellion, L realizes that she will never receive an answer because K belongs to a higher caste. The anonymous lines are wistful echoes of a love tragedy in times of the resurgence of a nationalistic class society.
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