Film Screening: Voices of the Sidis, Indians of African Descent (2004 - 2012) by Beheroze Shroff on Friday, March 19th, 2021, 7pm – 8:30pm EST
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Beheroze Shroff and Jazmin Graves, Moderated by Hiba Ali.
The inaugural event of The Black Indian Ocean series features a screening of Beheroze Shroff’s compilation documentary, Voices of the Sidis, Indians of African Descent (2004- 2012), which features the Sidi community of Gujarat and examines the intangible cultural heritage of African descent communities.
Register for the screening here.
Pedagogical readings assigned (download here):
* Highly recommended: Shroff, Beheroze, Indians of African Descent, History and Contemporary Experience, 2009
* Recommended: Alpers, Edward A., Africa and Africans in the Making of Early Modern India, 2016
The Black Indian Ocean Series is funded by SAVAC and the Oregon Humanities Center’s Endowment for Public Outreach in the Arts, Sciences and Humanities.
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Good evening. Will this event be recorded? I live in India, and in India time it ill be at 4:30 am. But I would like very much to watch the documentary and the discussion afterwards.
regards, Pedro Pombo