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CCA 4 Friday 17th October
3.00-4.30 pm
One Day From A Hangman's Life
Joshy Joseph
India 2005 / 83 Mins
In 2004 in Kolkata, India, for the first time in many years, an execution took place. The intense media focus round the hangman brought to mind the public-attended executions of medieval Europe. As they had no direct access to the convict at the Alipore Central Jail, the media had to invent stories instead. The hangman, a gifted story-teller himself, came to their rescue. For a couple of months prior to the hanging, newspapers and news channels carried more fiction than the best thrillers, with the debate on capital punishment coming to the fore. In 'ONE DAY FROM A HANGMAN'S LIFE', director Joshy Joseph tries to de-fictionalise the non-fiction by retreating into the dingy cell-like room of the hangman for a whole day before the hanging.
3.00-4.30 pm
One Day From A Hangman's Life
Joshy Joseph
India 2005 / 83 Mins
In 2004 in Kolkata, India, for the first time in many years, an execution took place. The intense media focus round the hangman brought to mind the public-attended executions of medieval Europe. As they had no direct access to the convict at the Alipore Central Jail, the media had to invent stories instead. The hangman, a gifted story-teller himself, came to their rescue. For a couple of months prior to the hanging, newspapers and news channels carried more fiction than the best thrillers, with the debate on capital punishment coming to the fore. In 'ONE DAY FROM A HANGMAN'S LIFE', director Joshy Joseph tries to de-fictionalise the non-fiction by retreating into the dingy cell-like room of the hangman for a whole day before the hanging.
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