Performing Death, 2002

    January 01, 2001 · Short Films

    This is a video about the Park Street cemetery in Calcutta - one of the earliest colonial cemeteries in the world – its degrading conditions and its status as an abandoned legacy of an empire lost and forgotten. 

    Credits

    Directed, produced & written by: Ashish Avikunthak 

    Cinematogrpahy: Ranjan Palit

    Editing: Yaman Kalyan    

    Selected Screening

    2002        European Association of Archaeology, Thessaloniki

    Technical Specifications

    Color: Color

    Format: DV

    Runtime: 15 Minutes

    Year: 2001