IC 4 / 5 - 11 DESEMBER 2021, FESTIVAL.ARKIPEL.ORG /
HIGHWAYS OF LIFE
Country of production India Language Manipuri Subtitles English 52 min, stereo, color, 2019 Melalui perjalanan Arunjit, seorang Through Arunjit’s journey, a trucker in sopir truk di Manipur, India, alur Manipur, the flow of problems in a country’s sirkulasi persoalan di zona terluar dari outer zone is exposed. His journey was stalled sebuah negara tersingkap. Perjalanan for months, with dozens of trucks on the Arunjit terhenti selama berbulan-bulan Guwahati-Imphal route, when economic bersama puluhan truk lainnya di jalur blockade and territorial conflicts broke out. By Guwahati-Imphal saat blokade ekonomi using amateur camera, the problems emerge dan konflik teritorial terjadi. Dengan on the screen as they are, instead of affixed kamera yang amatir, persoalan-persoalan with affiliation pretensions. Question of pun mampu hadir sebagaimana adanya, system priority arises along with dynamics of alih-alih diimbuhi pretensi keberpihakan. conflict intensity in the transportation routes Pertanyaan tentang prioritas sistem vital to the region. When dominant system terpantik seiring dengan dinamika cannot reach its farthest nook to maintain intensitas konflik di jalur transportasi yang order, small systems emerge as people’s way vital bagi kawasan. Saat sistem dominan tak to adapt. It grows to become a popular form of mampu menjangkau sudut terjauh untuk culture among people. mempertahankan tatanannya, sistemsistem kecil pun bermunculan sebagai cara warga beradaptasi pada situasi. Ia bertumbuh menjadi sebentuk budaya yang Anggraeni Widhiasih popular di kalangan warga. Amar Maibam (1978, Imphal) adalah sutradara dan sinematografer India dari Manipur. Ia lahir dari keluarga Meitei yang terkenal di bidang seni dan budaya. Ia memulai karirnya sebagai asisten sutradara untuk mendiang ayahnya yang juga adalah pembuat filem.
Amar Maibam (1978, Imphal) is an Indian filmmaker and cinematographer from Manipur. He was born into a Meitei family which was prominent in the field of arts and culture. He starts his career as an assistant to his late filmmaker father.
Maibam Amarjeet Singh (India)
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