Reason

Reason

安南.帕渥丹Anand PATWARDHAN
2018
  • India
160min
B&W, Colour
  • DCP

Reason

Synopsis

From 2013 to 2017, gunmen on motorcycles has shot dead four prominent Indian rationalists, all non-violent opponents of right-wing, upper-caste Hindutva supremacists. Reason examines the rise of a myopic authoritarianism that is threatening India, the world's largest democracy. Its eight chapters also bear witness to heroic acts of resistance in an epic battle that the world cannot afford to look away from.

Festivals & Awards
2018 Best Feature Documentary IDFA
2018 Toronto IFF
Director's Profile
Anand PATWARDHAN