While visiting Ypres, Sachin learns that 1.4 million Indians were conscripted by the British to fight on the Flanders Fields during the First World War. Using audio recordings, letters, songs and archives, he brings his anonymous ancestors back to life, like ghosts inlaid in an immovable winter landscape.
Sachin
Sachin is a Rajasthan-based filmmaker who expresses his ideas with an experimental approach. Coming from an agrarian family, Sachin is deeply invested in the visual exploration of agricultural practices and their interconnectedness with socio-ecological factors. His films often explore the changes in rural landscapes, beliefs, and knowledge systems.
More than 130,000 Indians were conscripted to fight in Flanders during the First World War when they were under the ruling of the British raj—promising to them that after the war, they would attain their independence. However, the British lied and the promise was broken. This fact, like most colonial sins, of course weren’t taught…
