Tomorrow We Disappear
synopsis
At first glance, the Kathputli Colony looks like any other Indian slum. Flies swarm its putrid canals. Children climb on drooping electrical wires. Construction cranes and an ever-expanding Metro line loom on the horizon.
However, in reality, Kathputli is a place of fading traditions. For 50 years more than 2,000 artist families of jugglers, acrobats, puppeteers, painters, folk singers, magicians, and many others have called its narrow alleyways home.
In 2009, the New Delhi government sold Kathputli to developers for a pittanec, and now the neighborhood is set to be bulldozed to make room for the city's first-ever skyscraper, The Raheja Phoenix.
Tomorrow We Disappear follows three of Kathputli's most-talented performers as they wrangle with the reality of their approaching eviction from the neighborhood they call home.
details
Documentary, Drama
1 hr. 20 min.
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synopsis
At first glance, the Kathputli Colony looks like any other Indian slum. Flies swarm its putrid canals. Children climb on drooping electrical wires. Construction cranes and an ever-expanding Metro line loom on the horizon.
However, in reality, Kathputli is a place of fading traditions. For 50 years more than 2,000 artist families of jugglers, acrobats, puppeteers, painters, folk singers, magicians, and many others have called its narrow alleyways home.
In 2009, the New Delhi government sold Kathputli to developers for a pittanec, and now the neighborhood is set to be bulldozed to make room for the city's first-ever skyscraper, The Raheja Phoenix.
Tomorrow We Disappear follows three of Kathputli's most-talented performers as they wrangle with the reality of their approaching eviction from the neighborhood they call home.
details
Documentary, Drama
1 hr. 20 min.
