The Rang Collective đ is a TiohtiĂ :ke/ÂMontrĂ©al-based collective for the arts of South Asia, founded in 2021. The Collective aims to promote dialogue around and awareness of social issues affecting marginalised South Asian & South Asian-adjacent communities.
COMING UP đ Dr BR Ambedkar Now and Then
SADAC, cosponsored by SADAN, CERAS, Rang Collective, & QPIRGs Concordia + McGill. Through the discerning lens of a Bahujan feminist filmmaker, this film explores the most pressing questions of the human condition â of liberty, equality, fraternity, social justice, exclusion and marginalized representation. A cinematic embodiment of Dr. Ambedkarâs philosophical legacy and praxis of Ambedkarite politics. With a post-screening Q&A with the director, Jyoti Nisha. Link.
QPIRG Concordia, 2100 Guy Street, Suite 205, Montreal, Québec
2024-04-21 06:30PM
Take a look at some of our recent events below!
We Have Not Come Here to Die
SADAC, cosponsored by SADAN, CERAS, Rang Collective, & QPIRGs Concordia + McGill. On January 17, 2016, Rohith Vemula, a Dalit PhD scholar and activist at University of Hyderabad in India was driven to suicide after years of persecution by the university administration and Hindu supremacists. The event and Rohithâs suicide note galvanized anti-caste student politics and gave rise to massive protests across the country. Dheepa Dhanraj's film documents the historic raging movement that has united numerous marginalized groups, activists, and mothers. With the continuous rise of Hindu nationalists in North America, this film serves as an urgent and poignant reminder of the force of solidarity and student activism in the fight against race and caste.
SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation, Room LB-145, 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd. W. Concordia University, Montreal, Québec
2024-04-26 06:30PM
Dr BR Ambedkar Now and Then
SADAC, cosponsored by SADAN, CERAS, Rang Collective, & QPIRGs Concordia + McGill. Through the discerning lens of a Bahujan feminist filmmaker, this film explores the most pressing questions of the human condition â of liberty, equality, fraternity, social justice, exclusion and marginalized representation. A cinematic embodiment of Dr. Ambedkarâs philosophical legacy and praxis of Ambedkarite politics. With a post-screening Q&A with the director, Jyoti Nisha.
QPIRG Concordia, 2100 Guy Street, Suite 205, Montreal, Québec
2024-04-21 06:30PM
Aurat Raj (Women's Rule)
A screening at Brick by Brick of the madcap 1979 Pakistani film Aurat Raj, in affiliation with Falooda. Women have taken control of the government and hired mad scientists to create a bomb that switches men's and women's voices and clothing. This B film engages with gender, patriarchy, and drag. April 14, 4PM.
Montreal, Québec
2024-04-14 12:00AM
Being South Asian in Québec QAHN Presentation
Rang member Dr. Sunita Nigam spoke with Heather Darch of the Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network about Rang's QAHN-funded Being South Asian in Québec exhibition on the South Asian diaspora in our province. Watch her presentation!
Sherbrooke, Québec
2024-03-28 12:00AM
Zindagi Tamasha
A screening at Brick by Brick of Zindagi Tamasha, Sarmad Khoosat's Pakistani film about a man in Lahore struggling with gender norms and the attitudes of his society.
Montréal, Québec
2024-01-22 12:00AM
Sherbrooke Mini-Festival
Rang debuted its Screening South Asia film series with a short film mini-festival at Restaurant Shalimar, Sherbrooke. Four of our favourite South Asian short films were shown, and the audience participated in an open discussion with written and artistic responses!
Montréal, Québec
2023-03-19 12:00AM
India: The Modi Question
Screening of the acclaimed documentary film by the BBC at the Teesri Duniya Theatre space. In partnership with Teesri, CERAS, and Montreal Serai.
Montréal, Québec
2023-02-19 12:00AM
New Directions in Sikh Art
A panel on the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts' new Kapany Sikh Art Collection, with Rang Collective founding member Prof. Pasha M. Khan, Sajdeep Soomal, Prof. Balbir K. Singh, and Dr. Megha Sehdev.
Montréal, Québec
2022-11-05 12:00AM
Khamosh Pani - Saguenay
Our Saguenay screening of Sabiha Sumar's film about the effects of the Partition of British India upon Punjab. In partnership with Regard sur le monde, and with funding from ELAN.
Saguenay, Québec
2022-11-05 12:00AM
Psycho 6 Talkback
A talkback panel following Teesri Duniya Theatre's production Psycho 6 starring Oliver Koomsatira, with Rang Collective founding members Dipti Gupta and Pasha M. Khan
Montréal, Québec
2022-06-19 12:00AM