SGS Summer Film Festival: Jahaji Music - Q&A with Director Surabhi Sharma

As part of the Stanford Global Studies Summer Film Festival, the Center for South Asia will hold a virtual Q&A discussion around the 2007 film, Jahaji Music: India in the Caribbean, with director Surabhi Sharma, moderated by Usha Iyer, Assistant Professor of Art and Art History. Register for the virtual Q&A event here.

Please watch the movie, available for free here on Vimeo, before attending the virtual discussion. You may email questions ahead of the Q&A discussion to southasiainfo [at] stanford.edu (southasiainfo[at]stanford[dot]edu).

View a trailer of the film here.

Film Description: From the mid-nineteenth century Indian labourers arrived in the Caribbean on boats, bringing a few belongings and their music – the beginnings of a remarkable cultural practice. More than 150 years later musician Remo Fernandes travels to the Islands to explore potential collaborations and create new work. Jahaji Music: India in the Caribbean is a record of a difficult, if unusual and complex, musical journey. Learn more about the movie here.

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