[Peace] Fwd: FW: [Announcing] Film Screening of "Wings of Evolution" by Kousalya Jenganathan

[Rachel Storm via Peace]

*Please forward widely. Free and open to the public! *

*Sponsored by the Women's Resources Center + She's the First at UIUC*



*Film Screening: Wings of Evolution*

*Wednesday, Dec. 10th at 7pm @ the Women's Resources Center*

*703 S. Wright St. 2nd Floor, Champaign*



*About the Film:*

The film revolves around the revolutionary educational system of Siragu, a
school for homeless and underprivileged children, located in the remote
outskirts of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India. For a long time, the focus of
education in India has been one of compulsive learning procedures, rote
learning and examination-based evaluation with no emphasis on children's
understanding of concepts, critical thinking and implications in real life.
Siragu school, in spite of limited resources and unimaginable obstacles has
maintained a quality of education that we rarely see in current systems all
around the world.



*About the Filmmaker:*

Kousalya Jenganathan, also known by her artist's name earthling, is a
filmmaker, visual artist, and poet hailing from Pondicherry, India. As a
visiting scholar with the School for Designing a Society in Urbana, she is
presenting her work on campus. As part of Accessible Horizon Films, she
writes, edits, and directs short films and documentaries. Most recently,
she completed a Tamil feature length film called 500&5 or Ayynoorum
Aynnthum, which examines the whereabouts and value placed on a 500 rupee
note that changes hands 5 times. She is the author of Reckless Perceptions,
a collection of poetry and recently has been exploring acrylic painting.
Her exhibit "The Non-Resilient Molecule" is on display at the Women's
Resources Center on campus through the end of December.
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