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Next Wednesday & Thursday we are delighted to host the culmination of this year’s CADALFEST (Celebrating Adivasi and Dalit Arts and Literature Festival).

Through screenings, discussions, workshops and masterclasses, this 2 day event will offer audiences a closer and more sustained engagement with contributors than previous instalments of CADALFEST.Practitioners include filmmaker Jayan K. Cherian, writers and poets Gogu Shyamala and Jitendra Vasava, writers and researchers Gopika Jadeja and Priteegandha Naik, as well as the Jangama Collective.

Visit the link in our bio for more information and to book.

Image: Film still from Rhythm of Dammam (2024), directed by Jayan K. Cherian.

#CADALFEST2025 #BoningtonGallery #DalitFuturism #AdivasiVoices #BahujanLiterature

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Next Wednesday & Thursday we are delighted to host the culmination of this year’s CADALFEST (Celebrating Adivasi and Dalit Arts and Literature Festival).

Through screenings, discussions, workshops and masterclasses, this 2 day event will offer audiences a closer and more sustained engagement with contributors than previous instalments of CADALFEST.Practitioners include filmmaker Jayan K. Cherian, writers and poets Gogu Shyamala and Jitendra Vasava, writers and researchers Gopika Jadeja and Priteegandha Naik, as well as the Jangama Collective.

Visit the link in our bio for more information and to book.

Image: Film still from Rhythm of Dammam (2024), directed by Jayan K. Cherian.

#CADALFEST2025 #BoningtonGallery #DalitFuturism #AdivasiVoices #BahujanLiterature

Image description: The 2 tiles are a single image split across both. Joined together, they show what appears to be a woodland burial scene. The image is a still from a film.

Thrilled to bring Rhythm of Dammam (2024) to the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival in Ithaca!
Join us Thursday, April 9 at Cinemapolis for a special screening—beginning with a powerful live performance by Ithaca College’s West African Drumming and Dance Ensemble, directed by Baruch Whitehead.
This film is deeply personal and politically urgent, exploring the Siddi community in India—an African diasporic lineage rarely seen on screen. Through the story of young Jayaram, the film navigates memory, trauma, and healing, carried by the visceral force of Dammam rhythms.
Would love to see friends, colleagues, and the Ithaca community there—come experience this journey with us.
#RhythmOfDammam #FLEFF #Ithaca #DiasporaStories #independentcinema

The Gandhi Ambedkar Study Circle in collaboration with The Cine Club invites you to A Film Screening of Papilio Buddha.

Released in 2013, The film deals with discrimination against landless Dalit community and the politics of suppression of their struggle against the upper castes and other powerful elements locally.

🗓️ Date: 10th February, 2026
🕰️ Time: 3:00 PM
📍 Venue: Room OPLT

Where memory, music, and identity come alive - Rhythm of Dammam🎬🎞️📽️✨

Credit : @jayancherian

Do you know about this movie ?

#RhythmOfDammam
#SiddiStories
#IndianIndieCinema
#FilmFestivalJourney
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Throwback to an unforgettable screening of Rhythm of Dammam. 💛
These audience reactions say it all.
🎬 Stay tuned for our next screening + the Indie Meme Film Festival, April 22–26.

#IndieMeme #RhythmOfDammam #SouthAsianCinema #AustinFilm #FilmCommunity

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From the heartbeat of the Dammam drum to the stories of the Siddi community — this screening was something truly special.
Huge thank you to our audience, community partners, indie meme team, sponsors, donors and director Jayan Cherian @jayancherian for making the Austin premiere unforgettable.
Grateful to bring powerful South Asian stories to Austin. 💛🎬
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#RhythmOfDammam #SouthAsianCinema #IndieMeme #Austinfilm #JayanCherian

Farewell Joshil🥲

🎬 Austin Premiere this Sunday!
Experience Rhythm of Dammam — a visually stunning story of ancestry, spirit, and the powerful Dammam traditions of the Siddi community.
🎤 Live Q&A with director Jayan Cherian
📅 Sun, Dec 7 | 2 PM | AFS Cinema
🎟️ Tickets: link in bio or indiememe.org
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#AustinPremiere #RhythmOfDammam #IndieMeme #AustinFilm #SouthAsianCinema #SiddiCommunity #AFSCinema #AustinEvents #ATXArts #ATXFilm #AustinFilmmakers #WorldCinema #IndependentFilm #IndieFilm #FilmScreening #FilmFestivalLife#SouthAsianStories #GlobalCinema #CinemaLovers#ArtsInAustin #SupportIndieFilm#AustinNonprofit #ThingsToDoInAustin #AustinWeekend #SeeItInAustin #austinheritagetourism #do512 #indiansinaustin #austindesi #austinindians

🎥 Rhythm of Dammam brings the rhythms, rituals, and history of the Siddi community to the screen through the story of a boy slipping between dreams, memory, and spirit after his grandfather’s death.
Experience this powerful, rarely told story this Sunday at 2 PM at AFS Cinema, followed by a live Q&A with director Jayan Cherian @jayancherian
🎟️ Tickets at indiememe.org or link in bio

Thank you to our community partners @baffestival @_ofcoloratx @paffnow @danceafricafestatx @austinleela @austinfilm

#RhythmOfDammam #SiddiCommunity #AFSCinema #AustinFilm #AustinEvents #SouthAsianCinema #IndieFilm #WorldCinema #CulturalHeritage #FilmScreening #AustinTX #SupportIndieFilm #GlobalStories #IndieMeme