This event is in the past.It took place on April 9, 2026 at Encina Commons.
Literature Talk
Literature TalkWhen Look becomes Touch: Intermediality and Aesthetics in Anti-caste Films
April 9 at 5:30pm
At Encina Commons
Stanford
🎬Watch the film beforehand on YouTube
📚Brandeis scholar, Stanford co-sponsored
🎟️RSVP required (link in source)
Film scholar Manju Edachira unpacks how anti-caste cinema reaches beyond the screen to touch viewers literally and figuratively. Her talk on A.S. Ajith Kumar's documentary probes how marginalized communities use film as emancipatory archive: not just images to watch, but experiences that demand response.
Academic lecture
Documentary cinema
South Asian studies
Social justice
Literature TalkLiterature TalkWhen Look becomes Touch: Intermediality and Aesthetics in Anti-caste Films
April 9 at 5:30pm
At Encina Commons
Stanford
🎬Watch the film beforehand on YouTube
📚Brandeis scholar, Stanford co-sponsored
🎟️RSVP required (link in source)
Film scholar Manju Edachira unpacks how anti-caste cinema reaches beyond the screen to touch viewers literally and figuratively. Her talk on A.S. Ajith Kumar's documentary probes how marginalized communities use film as emancipatory archive: not just images to watch, but experiences that demand response.
Academic lecture
Documentary cinema
South Asian studies
Social justice