Amar Kanwar

Amar Kanwar

Amar KANWAR (1964, India) studied History at Ramjas College, Delhi University and Communication at Jamia millia Islamia. After making several short films he joined People’s Science Institute in 1988 as a researcher on health and safety in the coal-mining belt of Madhya Pradesh. In 1990, he returned to the film world, focused on subjects such as labour, indigenous rights, gender, religious fundamentalism and ecology. Kanwar has received many awards for his work as a filmmaker and artist, and he has exhibited his work all around the world. 

Filmography

The Leather Trilogy (1992), Lal Hara Lehrake (1992, short), Talash (1993, short), Earth as Witness (1994, short), Marubhumi (1996, short), A Season Outside (1997, short), The Many Faces of Madness (2000, short), Baphlimali 173 (2001, short), King of Dreams (2001, short), Freedom (2001, short), A Night of Prophecy (2002), To Remember (2003, short), The Bodhi Tree (2005, short), Thet Win Aung (2005, short), Ma Win Maw Oo (2005, short), The Face (2005, short), Somewhere in May (2005, short), Henningsvaer (2006, short), The Lightning Testimonies (2007), A Love Story (2010), The Scene of Crime (2011), Such A Morning (2017)

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