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This screening is part of Filmfest Aachen 2025
A Night of Knowing Nothing
2021, India, 99 min, d. Payal Kapadia, Bangla/Hindi
Original version with english subtitles
A Night of Knowing Nothing is Payal Kapadia's bold debut, told through letters from a film student to her lover, separated by caste. Set against rising Hindu nationalism, the film documents the killing of journalists like Gauri Lankesh and the arrest of activists under Modi's regime. Dalit and Muslim communities face violence and exclusion. Yet resistance persists - in protests, in dreams, in love. Kapadia blends the personal and political, showing how memory and desire can become acts of defiance.
A Night of Knowing Nothing is Payal Kapadia's courageous debut, told in letters from a film student to her lover, from whom she is separated by the caste system. Against the backdrop of rising Hindu nationalism, the film documents the murder of journalists like Gauri Lankesh and the arrest of activists under Modi's government. Dalit and Muslim communities experience violence and marginalization. But the resistance remains - in protests, in dreams, in love. Kapadia combines the personal and the political: memory and desire become acts of resistance.
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