Discovering the Cinema of Another Burkina Faso

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The cinema of the Indian Northeast has been said to be a cinema of underdevelopment. Since the economy of this region is not going anywhere, it is natural to expect that cinema, which is basically an industrial-scientific activity, would be in a similar state of atrophy. It comes as a surprise, therefore, that this region produces some of the best documentaries and feature films in the country.

The record proves it. Only 10 feature films were produced in the Northeast in 1995 and 1996, yet seven of them were selected for the prestigious Indian Panorama Section of the International Film Festival of India of those two years. The range and depth of Northeastern cinema was proved once again at "Unveiling the Northeast", a festival held at New Delhi's India International Centre (IIC) from 15 to 22 April.

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