Following the Block's online presentation of BADNAM BASTI (1971), curator of media arts Michael Metzger welcomes Simran Bhalla (PhD candidate in Screen Cultures at Northwestern, 2019-2020 Block Museum Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow) and Sudhir Mahadevan (Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Washington) for a conversation. The discussion touches on the film's production and reception, its unique style, its queer and feminist themes, and its place in the history of Indian cinema.
NOTE: The discussion begins roughly 1:30 into the video.
