Kasheer Film Screening and Post-film Discussion

A film screening followed by a discussion with the filmmaker and Duke Thompson Writing Fellow, anthropologist Saiba Varma. Kasheer explores the complexities of life in a disputed territory from the point of view of three local artists living in the Kashmir Valley ¿ a conflict zone in the Indian Himalayas on the contested border with Pakistan. A young political cartoonist offers biting satiric commentary on regional politics. A middle-aged artist reflects on his childhood and the tragic changes the local insurgency brought to his neighborhood in abstract ink drawings. An elderly artist¿s vibrant spiritual paintings reveal his quest for inner peace in the midst of perpetual social turmoil. Lushly photographed, this observational documentary provides a human perspective, creating space for thoughtful debate amid deeply polarizing politics.