How complicated is the process of film archiving—and how many films have we already lost, especially from India’s silent era? In this episode of India Unarchived, YIF students speak with Dr. Monia Acciari, Associate Professor at De Montfort University and Associate Director of the UK Asian Film Festival (Leicester), about the often-overlooked world of film preservation. From fragile reels to digital storytelling, they explore what it truly means to archive a film—not just the visuals, but the...
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How complicated is the process of film archiving—and how many films have we already lost, especially from India’s silent era? In this episode of India Unarchived, YIF students speak with Dr. Monia Acciari, Associate Professor at De Montfort University and Associate Director of the UK Asian Film Festival (Leicester), about the often-overlooked world of film preservation. From fragile reels to digital storytelling, they explore what it truly means to archive a film—not just the visuals, but the...
Ep.2 Archivist Deepa Bhatnagar on Building Archives of Contemporary India | India Unarchived
India Unarchived
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Ep.2 Archivist Deepa Bhatnagar on Building Archives of Contemporary India | India Unarchived
In this episode of India Unarchived, YIF students sit down with Deepa Bhatnagar, Founder-Director of the Archives of Contemporary India at Ashoka University. With over three decades of experience in archival research, she has played a pivotal role in preserving India’s modern history. Before establishing the archives at Ashoka, she was Head of Research & Publications at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (now PMML), where she worked on the Selected Works projects of Motilal Nehru, Jaya...
India Unarchived
How complicated is the process of film archiving—and how many films have we already lost, especially from India’s silent era? In this episode of India Unarchived, YIF students speak with Dr. Monia Acciari, Associate Professor at De Montfort University and Associate Director of the UK Asian Film Festival (Leicester), about the often-overlooked world of film preservation. From fragile reels to digital storytelling, they explore what it truly means to archive a film—not just the visuals, but the...
