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UNTOUCHABLE
LAUGHING OUT CASTE
A FILM BY MANJEET SARKAR
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Watching Untouchable – Laughing Out Caste, you will not guess it is a debutant’s work. It is full of heart, warm, funny, powerful – everything it wants to be! Manjeet has many talents, and his humour shines through in how the movie is made and cut as well. More power to him for taking control of his narrative. Huge shoutout to the team, particularly the cinematography and animation, both so memorable.
Priti Narayan
Director of the Centre for India and South Asian Research (CISAR)
The system is not only challenged, it is rocked and left swaying in the wind by a round of quick fire, deeply penetrating jokes that make most of the audience guffaw with laughter, but I also hope that some were left deeply uncomfortable and questioning every casteist belief that we know too many still hold – and some maybe even forced to rethink that old way of how things were.
Meena Varma
Executive Director of IDSN
With his wry humor, Manjeet Sarkar shows us that laughter can be used as a weapon of resistance against social prejudice.
Ari Gautier
French Author & Poet
The documentary is extraordinary for many reasons. It traverses many spaces, many cultural domains. We hear conversations from very diverse people coming from various social locations. It is immensely moving and sharp. Manjeet’s laughter - his laughter at himself will itself shake you.
T M Krishna
Indian Musician, Writer, & Ramon Magsaysay Award winner
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MANJEET SARKAR
Creator & Co-Director
Manjeet Sarkar is an internationally acclaimed stand-up comedian who has been featured by The Guardian, Christian Science Monitor, The Print, Brut and more. He is the first comedian from the Dalit community and rural India to tour nationally and globally, with his show Untouchable unveiling the unspoken experiences of India’s silenced majority, turning sad or taboo situations into revelation through laughter. He was also the first comedian to represent India at the United Nations. “Untouchable: Laughing Out Caste” is his debut film as a director, writer and producer.
MIKE NOONE
Co-Director & Video Editor
Mike Noone is an international photographer and video producer travelling the world with his camera. Growing up in Massachusetts, he’s been training his eye for photos and videos since the early 2000s, having travelled and worked in 20 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America. Mike is the codirector and video editor of ‘Untouchable: Laughing Out Caste’, a film that has brought together his love for visual storytelling, hip hop, art and culture.
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