Mau : the spirit dreams of Cheraw

The spirit dreams of Cheraw, is a performance documentary film through Cheraw(Bamboo dance)and ritual folklore, reveals the forgotten memory of the mother who dies at childbirth. The film shows a re-imagined dance of the mother spirit. Bamboo Dance was performed as a way to pacify the soul of the mother who died in childbirth. Bamboo is part of the geo-political history of Mizoram and the many other states in the North-east. Hence the loss of this intergenerational maternal memory is the crisis of culture, the climate of a place.

  • Shilpika Bordoloi
    Director
  • Company Christoph Winkler
    Producer
    Environmental Dance Project
  • Sumedha Bhattacharyya
    Director of Photography
  • Sagarika Debnath
    Editing and Color grading
  • Padmanabhan J
    Sound Design
  • PC.Lalrindika & Lalramlawmi
    Research support and Dialogue
  • V. Lalsang Zuala (Tetea Vanchhawng)
    Singer
  • Ramtharmawia (Ramtea)
    Location Production Support
  • Cheraw dance by YMA SAITUAL BAZAR BRANCH CULTURAL TROUPE
    Cheraw dance performance
  • K. Laltleipuia
    Drone operator
  • Ananya Maheshwari
    Poster Designer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental
  • Genres:
    Dance film, creative documentary, performance documentary
  • Runtime:
    8 minutes 8 seconds
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Shilpika Bordoloi

Shilpika Bordoloi is a practitioner, choreographer, director, teacher, curator and a performer. She is the founder and works as the Artistic Director of Brahmaputra Cultural Foundation (BCF), a space of—and for—community participation, leadership, artistic journeys/performances, exchanges and education through arts and culture. Currently the various centers of BCF at Jorhat, Golaghat, Majuli and Guwahati works for and with indigenous knowledge systems besides expressing and showcasing the best contemporary practices in the field of performing arts from all over the world.

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