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From the Personal to the Political, Goa Panel Offers Divergent Opinions on Which Stories Can Travel
Lucy Walker, Farrukh Dhondy, Vania Tripathi Tikoo and Bobby Bedi break down story in IFFI panel discussion.
Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker Lucy Walker began a Saturday panel discussion on stories that travel by describing her own wanderlust backstory. After suggesting that most filmmakers in India do not think outside of national borders, Bedi sought to break down the components of frontier-crossing narratives into content and structure. “Some stories will always have an international audience, those of displacement, romance, close family relations – we all understand these, [and which are epitomized by] Mira Nair’s ‘Monsoon Wedding.’ Then there is the form,” Bedi suggested.
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