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041			_aMarathi
245		0	_aSaacha (The Loom)
260			_c2001
300			_a49 mins
306			_a49 mins
520			_aThe fabric of the city emerged from the warp and weft of diverse threads, from the labour of migrant communities that made Bombay/Mumbai their own. The cotton mills and the proletariat that worked in them were central to the creation of the city. Through the poetry of Narayan Surve, the paintings of Sudhir Patwardhan, the music of the Shahir Amar Shaikh Cultural Troupe and the filmmakers’ images of a precarious yet resilient space, Saacha chronicles the changing life and times of a city that was once the hub of the working class movement in India. Weaving together poetry and paintings with memories of the city, the film explores the politics of representation, the relevance of art in the contemporary social milieu, the dilemmas of the left and the trade union movement and the changing face of a huge metropolis. Saacha, filmed in 2000, when the cotton textile industry was in the final stages of its decline, brings to bear an intimate and perceptive gaze on the lifeword of the mills and their workers, which has since been totally erased from the history and geography of the city.
650			_aCotton textile industry
650			_aMIgrant workers
650			_aMill workers
700			_aJayasankar, K P _eDirector
700			_aMonterio, Anjali _eDirector
856			_uhttps://vimeo.com/652776121
942			_cFL
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