Decolonial Documentation: Homeland, Survival and Belonging in Kazakh and Uyghur Filmmaking
When and Where
Description
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) is perhaps best known today as western China’s site of the largest mass internment of an ethno-religious group since WWII. Since 2018, the Chinese government has largely restricted access to international media, critical scholars, and diaspora communities; nonetheless, some of these individuals have developed creative and remote methods to reveal a grim colonial reality in a transnational and digital space through archiving and artistic solutions. Documentation itself has become a space for seeking truth and justice.
Please join us for the events, spanning three days, to learn from and discuss the situation in Xinjiang, and engage with the works and experiences of the filmmakers. The events include a film festival at Innis Town Hall (Feb 5, 6:30-10:30pm), a day-long symposium (Feb 6, 9:30-5:30pm, UTSG, Sid Smith, SS2098), and a second, student-centred film event (Feb 7, 12:30-3pm, UTSC KW130). See the eventbrite pages for more information and registration.