Name of the film UNTIL THE DARKNESS LASTS (JAB TAK RAAT BAAKI HAI)
Directed by Rajkumari Gurdayal Asthana
Duration 50 minutes 45 seconds
Year 2021
CountryIndia
Language Punjabi, English (English subtitles)
CinematographyRajkumari Gurdayal Asthana
EditingRajkumari Gurdayal Asthana
Sound Rajkumari Gurdayal Asthana
MusicRajkumari Gurdayal Asthana
WritingRajkumari Gurdayal Asthana
About the film
This film, a personal essay, is an attempt to capture a slice of a people's history of the historic farmer's movement that laid siege to New Delhi in 2020-2021. Apart from showing the farmers' resilience, courage, and political consciousness, the film also raises questions about the inherent contradictions of a consciousness that is not holistic, that does not encompass compassion for all oppressed sections of society.
About the director
Rajkumari Asthana studied filmmaking in Boston and Cuba at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV. Asthana's other films include 'Jal, Jangal, Zameen', a documentary on the people’s struggle against the Koel Karo project in Jharkhand, and 'Whilst I Slept, Palestine', made as a part of the Global March to Jerusalem.
