Chennai event - Documentary Screening on Gudiyam Caves (21 Aug)
Posted on: 16/Aug/2016 10:27:07 AM
Screened as part of Madras Day celebrations.
http://themadrasday.in/category/events-2016/film-screening-events-2016/
http://www.rootwalk.com/events/documentary-screening-on-gudiyam-caves/
1st screening - around 4 PM
2nd screening - around 5 PM
3rd screening - around 6 PM
Robert Bruce Foote, father of Indian prehistory, found a stone axe accidentally in Pallavaram (Chennai) in 1863. That was the beginning of Indian prehistory search journey.
The Gudiyam rock shelters located in Thiruvallur district where Stone Age people and their culture thrived many thousands of years ago. This documentary reveal some surprising facts about the archaeological findings and geological formation of this rock shelters.Attention is drawn through this documentary on Gudiyam Rock Shelters starting from 19th century to the recent developments.
Ramesh Yanthra created a documentary on Gudiyam Rock shelter (http://gudiyamcaves.in/) in 2015 and screened it in CANNES FLIM Festival in 2015 (http://sub.festival-cannes.fr/SfcCatalogue/MovieDetail/f192747e-92ea-497f-bfd9-99e4b01813eb).
RootWalk (www.rootwalk.com), involved in heritage awareness creation, is proudly facilitating the screening of Ramesh Yanthra’s documentary on Gudiyam Caves first time for public in Chennai.General agenda for 1st session is given below as reference.
• Welcome speech
• Guest speech by Dr. Jinu Koshy, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Madras.
• Presentation about Rock Shelter by Documentary Director Ramesh Yanthra
• Screening Gudiyam documentary
• Questions and Answers with Panel, Feedback, Thanking note
ADMISSION FREE
Date & time:
21 August at 16:00 in UTC+05:30
Venue:
Tamil Virtual Academy, Auditorium, Next to Anna Centenary Library, Gandhi Mandapam Salai, Kottur, Chennai 600025
