AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND CINEMA
Poetry in Action RACISM AND RESISTANCE IN PARTHO SEN-GUPTA’S SLAM OSTENSIBLY A FILM ABOUT A MISSING FEMALE POET, SLAM UNFOLDS INTO A SAGA ABOUT DUTY, GRIEF AND THE NEED TO STAND UP FOR ONE’S CULTURE, RELIGION AND SENSE OF SELF. WRITER/DIRECTOR PARTHO SEN-GUPTA SPEAKS TO STEPHEN A RUSSELL ABOUT DECONSTRUCTING PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS ABOUT MUSLIM WOMEN AND MASCULINITY, AND DISMANTLING SYSTEMS THAT UPHOLD PREJUDICE AND DISADVANTAGE.