Vagabond Truths:
The Films of Priya Sen
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Vagabond Truths:
The Films of Priya Sen
New Delhi-based filmmaker and artist Priya Sen works with different forms of nonfiction to consider the social, political, and personal spaces within which contemporary experience is so often tenuously grounded. In her films, acts of witnessing, framing, and documenting are conscious and performative—with words, sounds, and glances heightening the existing tension, ambiguity, and dissonance in urban life. This programme presents two of her widely acclaimed films, Noon Day Dispensary (2014) and Yeh Freedom Life (2019), both which deftly explore marginality, subjectivity, and identity politics in their intimate observations of people dealing with states of flux.
Priya Sen. Noon Day Dispensary, 2014. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Priya Sen. Yeh Freedom Life, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Priya Sen. Yeh Freedom Life, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Priya Sen. Noon Day Dispensary, 2014. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Priya Sen. Yeh Freedom Life, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Priya Sen. Yeh Freedom Life, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Priya Sen. Noon Day Dispensary, 2014. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Priya Sen. Yeh Freedom Life, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Priya Sen. Yeh Freedom Life, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Priya Sen. Noon Day Dispensary, 2014. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Priya Sen. Yeh Freedom Life, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
Priya Sen. Yeh Freedom Life, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of the artist
About the Director
Priya Sen (b. 1973, India) is a filmmaker and artist based in New Delhi, and most recently a 2023-2024 Fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. Her eclectic practice observes non-fiction subject matter through film, video, sound, and installation. With an MA from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, and an MFA from Temple University, Philadelphia, Sen has taught nonfiction and experimental film practice and has facilitated labs and workshops around film and video practice. Her films have screened at festivals and venues around the world, including at the 73rd Berlinale 2023, BFI London Film Festival, Outfest LA, Seoul International Women’s Film Festival, The Kitchen in New York City, and the 65th Flaherty Seminar. Notable works include About Elsewhere (2008), Noon Day Dispensary (2014), Yeh Freedom Life (2019), Faasla (2021), and No Stranger at All (2022).
Image at top: Priya Sen. Yeh Freedom Life, 2019. Photo: Courtesy of the artist