This month, we’re screening two Sino-Indian stories by Rafeeq Ellias – The Legend of Fat Mama (2005) and Beyond Barbed Wires (2015).
Synopses: Rafeeq Ellias’ documentary The Legend of Fat Mama focuses on the Chinese community in India and its exodus to Canada. His decade-later follow-up, Beyond Barbed Wires, explores the parallels between the Japanese-American experience after Pearl Harbour and the arbitrary incarceration, without trial, of Chinese-Indians in a POW camp in Rajasthan in the aftermath of the 1962 India-China war.
These documentaries are available to stream from 1 June (Monday) to 8 June (Monday).
Process:
- Once you sign-up and your request is accepted, you will receive an email from our team on Monday, 1 June 2026 with the screening link and password. We request that you keep the link and password to yourself to safeguard the film against piracy. The link will be active for 7 days.
For queries, write to us at raisaw@himalmag.com
At Screen Southasia, we host monthly online screenings of compelling documentaries from the region, including Nepal, India, Kashmir, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Tibet, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Maldives and Sri Lanka. We present a diverse range of films, both classic and new, that showcase the unique cultures, histories and perspectives of Southasia.
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