About the Event
Nocturnes
Directed by Anirban Dutta and Anupama Srinivasan
(India/US, 2024, 83 min.)
Saturday, October 19, 7:00 p.m.
In the dense forests of the Eastern Himalayas, moths are whispering something to us. In the dark of the night, two curious observers shine a light on this secret universe. Together, they are on an expedition to decode the nocturnal creatures in a remote ecological “hot spot” on the border of India and Bhutan. The result is a deeply immersive film that transports audiences to a rarely-seen place and urges us all to look more closely at the hidden interconnections of the natural world. “Dutta and Srinivasan’s feature follows Mansi and Bicki (a member of the local indigenous Bugun community, temporarily employed to help Mansi with her research) as they attempt to track and measure the size of hawk moths at various spots in an Eastern Himalayan forest. Mansi is curious about how the moths’ size changes at different elevations; and, as global temperatures rise, she worries that the moths will venture to higher spaces to live, which will inevitably push out other kinds of moths, all struggling to journey to the last cool spots on a rapidly heating planet.” – Kate Erbland, IndieWire
Discounted parking available in Founder’s Court lot, $6 flat fee, credit card required.
Free and open to the public.
