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Golden Jubilee from Suneil Sanzgiri

What is liberation when so much has already been taken? Who has come for more? "Golden Jubilee", the third film in a series of works about memory, diaspora and decoloniality, takes as its starting point scenes of the filmmaker’s father navigating a virtual rendering of their ancestral home in Goa, India, created using the same technologies of surveillance that mining companies use to map locations for iron ore in the region. A tool for extraction and exploitation becomes a method for preservation.

The father, sparked by a memory of an encounter as a child, inhabits the voice of a spirit known locally as Devchar, whose task is to protect the workers, farmers, and the once communal lands of Goa. Protection from what the filmmaker asks? Sanzgiri’s signature blend of 16mm sequences, 3D renders, direct animation, and desktop aesthetics are vividly employed in this lush, and ghostly look at questions of heritage, culture, and the remnants of history.

Director, Producer, Editor, 16mm film & Additional Animation: Suneil Sanzgiri
Director of Photography & Photogrametry: Sumedh Sawant
Assistant Cameraman: Rushikesh Hande
Drone Videography: Chirag Sadhnani
Visual Effects Supervisior: Karan Taley

Original soundtrack composed by Amirtha Kidambi & Booker Stardrum

Performed by Amirtha Kidambi, Booker Stardrum, Angela Morris, and Nathaniel Morgan

Devchar Narration & Interviews: Shashi Sanzgiri
Additional Interviews: Shaliu Sanzgiri

Translation: Tanvi Sanzgiri


        
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