Connecting Lines

Documentary / Color / 16:9 / HD / Tamil - Subtitled in English / Stereo / 30 minutes

Synopsis

Connecting Lines is a cross-cultural documentary film on student politics in Germany and India. The film addresses the conflicts stirred up due to the introduction of student fees and elite studies in Germany in comparison to the already flourishing privatization and brahminism in the Indian Education System. It weaves through the student lives of four protagonists, two each in India and Germany. Their background, indulgences, activism and struggles pragmatically reveal the conflict and indeed the hope for resolution.

Screenings/Grants

Produced under the European Union Fellowship in partnership with Commonwealth Broadcasting Trust, Thomson Media Foundation - Cardiff - UK

University of Tampere - Finland, Indian Institute of Mass communication - New Delhi - India and Media Management Group for Literacy Management - New Delhi - India

University of Tampere, Finland

University of Cardiff, UK

India Habitat Centre, Thomson Media Foundation - India, New Delhi

16th World Conference of Youths and Students, Venezuela, August 2005

European Week, Combined Screening by Max Mueller Bhavan, Alliance Francais, British Council in NewDelhi and Chennai

Broadcast in ARD, Germany