7/6/2023 0 Comments Define keynote![]() ![]() I raised the money initially from my parents and friends, and I borrowed equipment. And because I was doing that, there was always the possibility, almost a certainty, that if I had taken money from outside sources, say internationally-in India raising money was not easy-then I could be accused of somebody else using me as a medium. So I got into it slowly over time, and then eventually it became the way that I could contribute the best.Īs far as independence is concerned, one motivation was that I was always making films that were critical of the government of the day. I could have written articles, but with low literacy levels and multiple languages an audiovisual medium was more useful. ![]() I became a filmmaker almost by accident because I was participating in justice movements and thought the best way to spread this was to document it on film. How do you define independence in independent filmmaking, and why has that been such an important part of your process in making these films?ĪNAND PATWARDHAN: I never became a filmmaker because this was what I really wanted to do. When we were talking before about this conversation, what came up really early on is that you have been able, for a very long time, to maintain both editorial and financial independence in creating your work. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.īLAIR McCLENDON: So I thought we would start with this question of independence. Rather than a keynote address at Getting Real 2022, the programming team devised a keynote conversation with filmmaker/writer Blair McClendon, who generated a stimulating discourse about independence, ethics and solidarity. Patwardhan is the very model of an independent artist-principled about his funding sources, streamlined in his budgeting, focused on the communities he documents. Editor’s Note: Anand Patwardhan, renowned as one of India’s greatest filmmakers, has amassed a considerable body of work over the course of his 50-year career, interrogating the sociopolitical systems that have convulsed India for decades. ![]()
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