Relocation to Dislocation: The Vanishing Indigenous Community of Sri Lanka

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Document Type

Video

Publication Date

12-6-2024

Abstract

These Indigenous people, uprooted from their original ancestral land and displaced in a confluence of cultural systems, have adapted over the course of three generations to face the complexities posed by the new spaces they encounter. All the while they persist in preserving certain essentials of their identity.

Athula Samarakoon is a Sri Lankan filmmaker whose main focus is documentary films. He completed his graduate studies at the University of Pune. His graduate film on Indian Ragamala Paintings was highly admired. Most recently, he has been engaged in Documentary film projects on Marginalized communities in Sri Lanka. Athula has written articles on Sri Lankan Cinema, Lankan TV, Documentary, and trends in World cinema that have appeared in Cinema Journal and publications.

Relational Format

video recording

Comments

SST 638 Advanced Documentary Film (Melanie Ho)

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Athula Samarakoon

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