Screening of the documentary film ” Because We Did Not Choose” by Wanphrang Diengdoh
Join us for the screening of the acclaimed documentary film “Because We Did Not Choose” by Wanphrang Diengdoh, honoring the Garo Labour Corps.
Time:
- 24th May 2025
- 05:00 PM onwards
Venue:
District Auditorium, Tura West Garo Hills
More than 100 years have passed since the First World War began- the war that was the beginning of all wars. Nations and communities all over the world have directly or indirectly been affected by it. ‘Because we did not choose’ looks at the First World War and the involvement of communities at a time when spaces inhabited by them were transitioning or struggling to accommodate modernity and the rest of its implications. Shot and researched over a period of 4 years, this is the only film from India that examines the participation of indigenous labour in the theatres of the First World War.
The film was also shot in France, England, Wales and India with the help and support of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, the Govt. of Meghalaya, India and The Goethe Institute.
Premiered at the Indian High Commission, Mayfair, London 2017.