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Overview

0:00-0:07	30.03. – 06.04.01	Int. Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK'01) at Trivandrum, cinema theatres from outside
0:07-0:21	01.04.01	Interview with Sudha and Sulochana about T.V. Chandran’s film susanna: a new type of woman’s representation, is Susanna an emancipated woman?
0:21-0:25	05.04.01	Street scene, film posters, inside: mankolangal-posters
0:25-0:50	05.05.01	Inter-View Reshma B. and B. Schulze about P.E. Usha’s hungerstrike which she had just ended
0:50-2:36	11.09.01	School of Social Sciences, Discussion with M.-women on Onam Films, especially ravanaprabhu: Mohanlal- father-son-figure, role of lady-doctor ...
2:36-3:05	12.09.01	Inter-View between D.(a poor educated Christian woman) and Schulze on Onam-film NMJV
3:05-3:08	Sept. 01	On the backwaters between Kottayam and Allapuzha
3:08-3:20	Sept. 01	Street scene and film posters (Kottayam?*)
3:20-3:26	Jan. 02	Auto riksha (travellogue) from Kanjikuzhy to Manganam
3:27-4:00	March 03	Film of D.-women kudiyirakkappedunavar/ displaced people
4:00-4:29	17.03.03	Wayanad convention, speeches in Malayalam by Sara Joseph, adivasi girls etc. to protest against the police atrocities at Muthanga

Time	Content	Inter-Facing
	IFFK film festival, Trivandrum 30.03. – 06.04.01	IFFK 2001
0:00-0:02:56	pictures of one cinema theatre's entry, Outside: in front of cinema „Sreeviskh“, men outside the cinema (sound: traffic), wall and film posters	Malayalam cinema, cinema theatres, film posters
0:03	Street scenes: banner „6th Film Festival of Kerala“, man putting up the poster
0:04:1	close-up of posters (burned woman)
0:05:47	Cinema „New Theatres“, views of front architecture of different cinemas
0:06:40	film posters entrance hall "New Theatres"
	At Sudha's house, Trivandrum
0:07:25-0:21:40	01.04.2001, Inter-View in English with 2 cinephil women, Sudha and Sulochana, about T.V. Chandran’s film susanna and B. Schulze	Women’s reactions to susanna
0:10	Schulze: is protagonist Susanna a typical Malayali woman?	‘typical Malayali woman’
0:11:30	Women: “one main compromise of Susanna ...
0:12:4	but the film …tried to bring out a different concept of man-woman relationship which is not based on sex … -> Susanna is new kind of woman	Man-woman “Susanna, a new kind of woman”
0:13:3	Schulze: isn't it that a different concept on women’s life would imply a different concept of men's life, too? and different relationships with men?
0:15	Women: „the men in the film ... you can´t say that they see her as a prostitute ...	one woman-five men
0:15:56	… the men are also prepared to share her life …
0:16:45	…she´s doing all this for her own comfort and pleasure…	“a woman’s pleasure”
0:17:49	….satire of Kerala family relationship as it is now ..”	“satire on family”
0:18:2	arguments against the film from a feminist and social point of view „...she serves 5 men instead of one“	woman serving the man
0:19:4-0:21:4	- ..feminist argument: not Susanna´s choice, the men have forced her into this	a woman's choice?
	Change of location
0:21-0:23	Street scene, in front of ”Sreeviskh” theatre, close-up: film posters in front of cinema front with sign: „house full“	Cinema theatre
	Change of location
0:23:15	mankolangal- manually painted film posters by film maker, artist and friend Padmakumar being blow-dryed	mankolangal
0:24:49-0:25:3	close-up film posters, Padmakumar and director of mankolangal, Subrahmanian S. talk in Malayalam	C. Padmakumar Subrahmanian S.
	Change of location
0:25:3-0:50:20	05.05.01: Inter-View Reshma B., a phd-student at School of Social Sciences, Kottayam, a feminist activist and friend, and B. Schulze about P.E. Usha’s hungerstrike	P.E. Usha’s hungerstrike
0:26:1	Reshma:“…blasphemous comments by Prakashan… … sexual exploitation of women on the bus…	Sexual harassment on bus
0:28	... case of harassment of women on the work-place… …when I came to university and worked …	harassment of women at work
0:29	…animosity at the university against Usha, her child also suffered, …Usha was living with her daughter ….
0:31	Schulze: private life of Usha topic of public debate?	women’s privacy made public
0:31	Reshma: “ .. incident on the bus “ was discussed in connection with Usha’s private life
0:34	...stories about Rameshan on the bus ...two contradictory versions…
0:35:3	…"somehow it was very frightening" -> idea of not being safe in the public	women feel frightened in public
0:36	Reshma’s conclusion for her own sexual and moral behaviour
0:37	.... at the end I could feel a change of public opinion .. all the women started to talk…	public opinion
0:38	…. At the end of the strike more people were supporting it …”
0:39	Schulze sums up: opinion of anti-Usha-bloc was changed during the strike	solidarity with Usha
0:41	Reshma: „ ... any of Usha’s actions and behaviour ...	A woman’s revenge??
0:42	... was held against her
0:43	Usha’s and aggressor’s characters were 'listed'	public morality
0:44	accusations against Usha during her strike ... one said: 'she should have known'	how useful is a strike to a woman?
0:47	“strike should take place … other women employees”	her struggle is one for other women
0:48	“women workers in our unit would never dare to ... women’s position in union ... -> Usha's case had emancipating effect	“women do not dare to expose themselves”
0:50	„the right of the worker is always the right of the male worker”	“women workers suffer double exploitation”
0:50	Change of location
	11.09.01 School of Social Sciences at Kottayam’s outskirts. Inside: Binu and Jalaja G. translate the M.- women's discussion on Onam films	M.-women on Onam films 2001
0:52	First woman went with husband to see Ravana-prabhu because husband wanted to see it; Schulze: what did she like about the film? She: Love and compassion of husband (old Mohanlal) when his wife died, difference between old and young Mohanlal: old one is for „morality“, young one?	Ravanaprabhu M.-woman likes: compassion and care, ethics of a man
0:57	Second M.-woman was to a theatre in Kottayam with husband and two children
0:58	Lots of preparations to be able to go to cinema	a woman cannot afford to go to cinema
	Schulze: which films did they see before?
1:00	Second woman: Mohanlal film devasuram, she liked love relationship between Mohanlal-father and his wife	devasuram
1:03	Schulze sums up: women liked old Mohanlal more, how did they feel about lady-doctor, Mohanlal-son's later wife?
1:06	2. woman answers ... Schulze: what about the violence in the film?	Violence in films?
1:07	3. woman liked the fighting scenes	woman likes stunts
1:08	women talking vividly at the same time
1:09	1. woman „Girigiri“-dialogue, good scene between father and son Mohanlal Schulze: why do you like it so much?	women like action, self-confidence and jokes of hero
1:11	1. and 2. woman: part of Tamil-song „and they used it as a special language ... 1. woman liked the manner of Mohanlal's talking and fighting	“hero talk, hero fight, hero cool”
1:12	Schulze sums up: women like him because Mohanlal is cool. What do they like about Mohanlal, what about lady-doctor (the scene in village)? 1. woman: prefers Mohanlal's mother [devasuram], they like Mohanlal taking initiative with lady-doctor	woman likes woman hero devasuram
1:19	4. woman went with husband to see one or two films without children who wanted to watch TV	Children like TV
1:21	They saw ravanaprabhu but she wanted to see rakshasarajavu. She liked Mohanlal father sacrificing himself for his son	ravanaprabhu: women like the sacrificing father
1:24	5. woman: whole family went to see film („brothers, wives“)„the whole joined family”, she talks about the death of Mohanlal-father’s wife, or about lady-doctor, who was not allowed to treat her	family goes to movies, woman was moved by death
1:27	Schulze: regarding the role of the lady-doctor: what would you have done in her place? 5. woman: „ one has to obey the father” Schulze sums up: “father is more important than her profession, than being a doctor and rescue a person”?!	woman feels she has to obey father, he is the supreme authority
1:30	Schulze: but if a baby would have to be treated and saved? Women: to obey the father, not to treat is more important - laughing a little confused -> a dilemma, but it is solved by obeying the father	father most important - in case of death there is a dilemma
1:33	Schulze sums up: „as a daughter one should never disobey the father!?“ 6. woman: would treat the child, translator: other women would obey father, 6. woman: ..a human being is more important than to obey father. God would not forgive her. What else did she like about film? Schulze: question about music cassette ...	out of 12 women only one woman would act following her conscience against her father, and to her God is supreme authority
1:37	6. woman: saw ravanaprabhu, neighbour advised her to see it, children liked Mohanlal	RPR - Mohanlal liked by children
1:39	7. woman, Lucy: saw ravanaprabhu	RPR
1:41	“moral society”-> new perspective on Hindu-Muslim relation	women like if a character acts "good"
1:43	Mohanlal (Hindu) gives money for the education of the Muslim girl: film gives good example of charity	in-between Hindu and Muslim
1:45	7. woman: ... Schulze : did she see devasuram? -> No ... Schulze: Why was she so moved by Hindu-Muslim topic?	women like charity women are deeply moved
1:47	7. woman: because film father of Muslim girl Suhara had died in an accident, it is a change in Hindu-Muslim relations in Kerala towards positive,	Hindu-Muslim relations in Kerala
1:48	she likes Mohanlal-son because his talk and acts, Schulze: contrasting his father, no social „dedication“, Schulze sums up: all women liked Mohanlal-father because of his social engagement and love for his wife - o.k. for children to see violent scenes?	woman likes son, his speech and action, but for his 'morality' and love they like father, violence and kids
1:50	women: children are used to this from TV and cinema	woman thinks kids are used to it, know it
	Second part, same day
1:51	Schulze: how are local Hindu-Muslim relations?	Hindu-Muslim relations in M.?
	Women: only few Muslim families lived in their village, mostly Christians, few Hindus, ...
1:55	6. woman: disliked fighting scenes of Mohanlal-son, but her children and husband liked it,	one woman does not like fights
1:57	she liked the love of Mohanlal-father for wife and son, did not like Mohanlal-son at all	woman likes love and care of husband to wife, father to son
1:59	Schulze: opinion about lady-doctor? 6. woman: liked that lady-doctor treated poor people (adivasi) Schulze: does lady-doctor match Mohanlal-son? she was socially committed, but he not.	woman likes the lady doctor's care for poor, woman thinks a dedicated woman and a man fighting for truth match
2:01	6. woman: they are a good match because he fights for truth and she can transform him, after wedding they will solve their problems	a woman can make the man a 'better man'
2:03	Schulze: Is it in real life too: only women are commit-ted and young men are not? [problems with answer]
2:07	6. woman: in real life too, men can show commitment, e.g. her husband ... Schulze: politicians, too?	woman opines that in real life also men have social dedication RPR
2:08	6. woman: „Politicians won´t care for family matters”	"politicians won't care"
2:09 (sound not good)	8. woman: went with husband, his mother and children to see the film. She chose RPR because of Mohanlal-father, liked „mainly“ fighting scenes, eg „?*strikes hospital“, she also likes - fighting scenes without blood, but only in cinema -> liked the film, - mother-in-law did not like the fighting scenes, but the story and the film	woman likes Mohanlal father, fight scenes without blood her mother-in-law doesn't like fights but story
2:16	9. woman (older): saw RPR and went with her daughter and a friend who liked film	RPR with daughter and woman friend - liked it
2:18	Schulze: attitude about cinema?
	9. woman: liked love affair between lady-doctor and Mohanlal-son, because it went back to childhood days with respect to Mohanlal-son: „he´s a good person in mind“ -> fights for justice	woman thinks son is essentially good - fighting for justice
2:23	10. woman: to RPR, she went with 2 friends, all because of Mohanlal. She would like a relationship like that in the film. Schulze sums up: liked that the women saw in the film plenty of love, that children (Mohanlal-son and lady-doctor) loved each other though the fathers were enemies.Was the story comprehensible when its first part: devasuram as unknown? 10. woman: [sound bad]	RPR - all women want to see Mohanlal, like man-woman relationship in film "a film full of love" devasuram
2:30	Schulze: are there gender-specific reception patterns? -> men like fighting scenes, women love scenes. Women: yes, they prefer love scenes ...	women like more love scenes, men fights
2:34-2:36	Schulze talks about Ente-Lokam project	EL-preparations
	Change of time and persons
2:36	12.09.2001, Inter-View Onam film > D., her two children, a son and a daughter, also went to see NMJV, inside her home:	D. (poor educated Christian) on NMJV
	Schulze asks about cinema experiences in general. D.: little time, waste of time, prefers reading. With respect to NMJV she liked female character most, the female Panchayat President played by Samjukta Varma -> courageous, for justice, tells husband to pick up book, she is an example to others. Schulze: would she act like that in her place, or not? D.: admires film character but would not dare to act like her. Schulze: other characters or idols? D.: positive: mother and grandmother of Narendran „then I would also be friendly“ and other woman?* Negative: daughter-in-law: Murali’s wife Schulze: exceptional male characters? D.: negative was Murali Positive: Jayakandam „innocent person“, her son likes him though he is shy, Jayakandam’s friend (the Tamil): “He´s having a soft heart“ and he showed almost motherly feelings	woman has no time for cinema and prefers reading books, she likes strong character fighting for justice, female PP is a role model, woman admires fe-male protagonist but would not dare to act like her woman also likes grandmother, dislikes Murali's wife, Murali woman and 10-year old son like "innocence" of hero and his Tamil friend's motherly "soft heart"
2:51	Picture: daughter at her left, son right, camera unsteady Daughter liked Mahoud, son liked other characters. Schulze asked about scene where Jayakandan was beaten, that scene was intercut with a dance scene ...	little girl likes Mahoud
2:54	Children: torture at police station not nice, daughter liked dancing scenes Schulze: who is responsible for the beating? D.: Uncle, he only cared about land and did not want to loose his daughter ... Daughter: she cried ... but found the Mahoud funny	girl likes dance scenes violence because uncle is cunning
3:00	Schulze: political background? connection with reality despite comic-like depiction? D.: „For the sake of power they will do anything.“ -> shows political system	girl cried, but laughed about Mahoud. woman thinks politicians know no limits because they are after "power"
3:02-3:05:45	Schulze: asks about other films, what do neighbours say, or people at school? D.: son's friends had gone to see RR because of „stunts, fighting“, they did not see NMJV	friends like stunt films, not NMJV
	Change of location
3:05	Outside: ferry-boat from Kottayam to Allapuzha, noisy motor, passing the banks, monsoon time,
	Change of location
3:08	Outside: different Malayalam film posters in street Sound: street noise	film posters fixed along town streets
3:16	Sound: Indian music, street noise picture: street scenes with shops near bus station	Kottayam bus stand
3:17	near cinema 'Anand', film posters and at other cinema; cinema front with 1970ies mosaique ...	Anand theatre, posters Kottayam
	Kottayam: Kanjikuzhy to Manganam
3:20:30-3:26:55(End)	filmed from auto riksha (experimental travellogue): ‘the world’ from an autoriksha: walls, trees, the sky...	atmosphere in an auto riksha
3:27-4:00	D-women’ film kudiyirakkappedunavar/ displaced people in Malayalam – 6 episodes	kudiyirakkappedunavar/ displaced people
	A spoken prologue by a D.-woman, no picture	How poor people are affected by ‘globalisa-tion’
	1. episode: morning in a poor D.-house, woman prepares to leave for field work, daughter asks for school fees, but in vain, money for son, buys intoxicants, misses school	Women labouring hard, money for education goes more to boys
3:40	2. episode: two working women meet ... 3. episode: the Kudumbasree (state woman’s program) meeting	Women’s difficulties when they are ‘self-employed’
	4. episode: at least twenty women in a D.-neighbour-hood around a public tap, conflict about scarce water	Politics of public water supply corrupt
3:53	5. episode: wife and her husband talking about the dowry of their daugher, the husband forces his views and opinions upon his wife, she is helpless but has to go and get the credit her husbands wants ...	Husband dictates in all important family and financial matters
	6. episode: a dalit woman suffers from poverty and always from caste discrimination, here it is the prejudices of caste women against the water from dalit women	Double discrimination of dalit women in case of scarce water
3:57	final stills with main women protagonists
3:59	credits, end
4:00	17.03.2003, Wayanad Convention filmed and given to B. Schulze by C.Saratchandran -> Adivasi protesting against Muthanga violence of police; an adivasi woman recounts what happened to her and her family	Wayanad Convention Voices against the police violence at Muthanga
	Different women speakers ...	à> protocol
4:03-4:10	A crying young adivasi woman who was terrorised
4:10	A male speaker (grey hair, moustache), 2. speaker
4:13-4:23	Two adivasi girls singing
4:23-4:29 (End)	speaker Sara Joseph	Sara Joseph