About the Event
A Night of Knowing Nothing
Directed by Payal Kapadia
(India/France, 2021, 97 min.)
Saturday, March 23, 6:00 pm (special time)
Pre-screening reception for registered attendees at Rice Welcome Center.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Vishal Jugdeo, vqueeram, and Lakshmi Padmanabhan, moderated by Sindhu Thirumalaisamy.
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Winner of the Oeil d’Or (Best Documentary) at Cannes Film Festival.
Through fictional love letters found in a cupboard at the Film and Television Institute of India, we meet L, a film student writing to her estranged lover while he is away. Gradually we’re immersed in the drastic changes taking place at the school and in the lives of young people across the country as they take to the streets to protest widespread discrimination. In her multiple award- winning debut film, Payal Kapadia deftly merges reality with fiction, weaving together archival footage with student protest videos to create a vital tapestry of the personal and the political. With its dreamlike editing rhythms and a revelatory use of sound, A Night of Knowing Nothing is both an essential document of contemporary India and a nostalgic look at youth fighting the injustice of their time. “One of the best student films ever made…imbue[d] with a sense of history unfolding in the moment.” —Siddhant Adlakha, Indiewire
See the full program for the Glorious Things films series here.
Discounted parking is available at Founder’s Court, at a flat rate of $6, credit card is required.
Open to the public.
