Jashn-e-Azadi = How we celebrate freedom

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"It's 15th August, Independence Day, and the Indian flag ritually goes up at Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar. But the empty streets and the sullen silence that greet India's claim on Kashmir spa...

"It's 15th August, Independence Day, and the Indian flag ritually goes up at Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar. But the empty streets and the sullen silence that greet India's claim on Kashmir spark off old questions about freedom -- azadi -- and the denial of freedom. In the aftermath of 18 years of an armed struggle, with 60,000 dead and nearly 7,000 missing, death and loss is everywhere. As the Kashmiri people begin to look within their ledger of loss, the film tries to slowly prise open the meanings of Kashmir's struggle for azadi, freedom. Using a mix of verite footage, rare archival material, poetry and text, this a provocative look at Indian democracy, and a reflection on power, resistance and "freedom's terrible thirst."--Container.

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