( December 22, 2012, London, Sri
Lanka Guardian) Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the
genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that
governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s brains and then as ceremonial
shrouds to bury the dead. When independent- thinking people (and here I do not
include the corporate media) begin to rally under flags, when writers,
painters, musicians, film makers suspend their judgment and blindly yoke their
art to the service of the Nation, it’s time for all of us to sit up and worry.
This is an unusual kind of
underground production. An anonymous sympathizer has edited a video recording
of Roy’s speech over 64 minutes, interspersing an impressive array of archival
footage to illustrate themes and specific historical events. Contemporary music
overlaid throughout the piece shifts the mood and quickens the pace. The result
is a visual essay rather than a traditional documentary, perfectly suited to
its creator’s intentions, which is to spread the anti-imperialist, social
justice politics of Arundhati Roy everywhere.
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