About the event:

This event includes a screening of the documentary-fiction film Down the Drain, followed by a conversation between the filmmaker Nitya Misra and Dr. Nidhi Paliwal.

About Down the Drain:

This is a documentary-fiction film about Bangalore’s sewage, told from the perspective of a woman who accidentally flushes a watch down the toilet. In tracing the journey that the watch takes from the toilet, the woman gets glimpses into the pipes and people that make up the sewage system in the city, and observes the system as well as its parts through conversations with different people.

About Nitya Misra:

Nitya Misra is an independent filmmaker based in Bangalore. Her films explore the drama of everyday life. Using different narrative techniques, she weaves video, writing, music, and digital media together to appreciate the extraordinary aspects of the seemingly mundane and inconsequential moments of the world around her.

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