The Guerrilla Fighter: Mrinal Sen and the Legacies of Radical Cinema

On Mrinal Sen’s birth centenary, we celebrate his legacy on radical artistic practice. One of the extraordinary filmmakers of the 1960s and beyond, Sen was a influential figure in the dissemination of ideas and practices of third cinema in India, breaking sharply from the realist art film pioneered by Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak’s melodramas. Over a series of panels and a closing roundtable, the conference will feature a range of international scholars, critics, and filmmakers whose conversation will provide new understandings of this renowned figure.