NUCLEAR HALLUCINATIONS
Nuclear Hallucinations is a film, which claims to be a documentary, and it is centered around the anti-nuclear struggle against the Kudankulam Atomic Power Project in South India. In a context where cases of sedition and waging of war against the state are filed against anti-nuclear protesters, the film attempts to question the totalitarian nature of pro-nuclear assertions through comic modes. Satirical impersonations, performance and ironic renderings of jingoistic rhetoric work together to form a narrative that explores the tragic absurdity of constructing nuclear power plants on a tsunami affected coast. This narrative tries to ascertain the relation between the production of “scientific facts” about the “safe” nature of the nuclear project and violence against anti-nuclear protesters including police firing. Anti-nuclear activists, villagers and performers who appear in the film engage with the farcical dimension of these “facts” and this raises larger questions about how authoritarian knowledge claims are asserted through the documentary form.
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FATHIMA NIZARUDDINDirector
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FATHIMA NIZARUDDINWriter
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Project Type:Documentary, Experimental
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Genres:Environment
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Runtime:54 minutes
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Completion Date:April 15, 2016
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Production Budget:8,615 USD
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:India
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Language:English, Tamil
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Shooting Format:DSLR
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Madurai International Film Festival, India
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Chennai International Documentary and Short Film Festival, India
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Kochi Biennale, India
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Environment Film Festival Albania (EFFA), 2017
Albania
Distribution Information
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FATHIMA NIZARUDDINCountry: India
Fathima is an alumnus of AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, and Goldsmiths, University of London. Her film Talking Heads (Muslim Women) has been screened at various international film festivals including Punto de Vista, Spain, Filmmor Women’s Film Festival, Turkey and Bracelona International Women’s Film Festival. She is a recipient of the National Geographic’s All Roads Seed Grant.