MRIGENDRAH

2005
(Part Five: 13 minutes)

directed by
Zane J.S. Johnson

"This film began as an attempt to create a documentary on the culture of Kathakali, a form of traditional dance-drama native to the southwestern state of Kerala. However, due to political and financial obstacles, I was unable to shoot the footage necessary to make the film I had envisioned. Instead, I began pointing my camera at the everyday world around me, attempting to bridge the gap between the elitist and otherworldly nature of Indian classical arts and the common surface elements of modern India." MORE...