FOCUS SHORT DOCUMENTARY
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Directors: Shilpika Bordoloi
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2023
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Mizo
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Mau: The Spirit Dreams of Cheraw / Mau: The Spirit Dreams of Cheraw
Synopsis
A performance documentary film through Cheraw(Bamboo dance)and ritual folklore, revealing the forgotten memory of the story of the mother who dies at childbirth. The film shows a re-imagined dance of the mother spirit. Bamboo Dance was performed as a way to pacify the soul of the mother who died in childbirth. Bamboo is part of the geo-political history of Mizoram and the many other states in the North-east of India.
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