Throwback Thursday #3 | Watch 'Pani Pata Poratam / Songs of Our Soil' online | A Discussion with Aditi Maddali

Filmmaker Aditi Maddali discussed her documentary film Pani Pata Poratam / Songs of Our Soil in a session organised by India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) under the series Throwback Thursdays with IFA. She was in conversation with Arundhati Ghosh, Executive Director, IFA.

They spoke about Aditi's research journey leading up to the project, her filmmaking process and much more. Watch the recording of the discussion here.

Through Uyyala songs, an agricultural tradition rooted in the political expression of women in Telangana, the documentary film Pani Pata Poratam / Songs of Our Soil traces the histories of their resistance and memories of disillusionment. By looking at women's participation in major political movements, from the Telangana People's Movement to the demands of justice from the contemporary Mallana Sagar Irrigation project, this film attempts to complicate the relationship between memory, history and cultural production. Click here to watch the film online.

Aditi Maddali received a grant from India Foundation for the Arts, under the Arts Research programme made possible with support from Titan Company Limited.

(All Throwback Thursdays with IFA are available on our Youtube Channel. Click here to watch the first three sessions of the series.)