The Civility of Indifference, SOAS University of London
Channel: SOAS University of London
Date: 2015-10-19

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This film is based on an original work by F.G. Bailey. 

In this film, a voice narrative explains how and why rural Orissa may have grown more violent since the 1950s.

The voice is based on F.G. Bailey's text, The Civility of indifference. This was written in the 1990s to memorialise the underlying mentality and values prevalent in Bisipada in the 1950s, as Bailey saw them.

The accompanying images explore the power of agrarian and sacrificial metaphors in rural life, and what it means to witness something.

The viewer is encouraged to follow the voice.

This film was shown as part of the exhibition "The future of the rural world? Indian villages, 1950-2015" which was held at the Brunei Gallery from 15 October 2015 to 12 December 2015.
Find out more about this exhibition at http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/the-future-of-the-rural-world/

Copyright permission kindly granted by Cornell University Press.
Camera and sound: Tina Otten and Sunny Suna
Narrator: Indira Varma
Editing: William Elliott-Mills
Assistant Producer: Tina Otten
Producer: Edward Simpson