Eyes of Stone – Open City Documentary Festival 2023

Nilita Vachani’s 1990 film Eyes of Stone is screening as part of The Invisible Self, a programme of films curated by Shai Heredia exploring feminist documentary filmmaking in India during the 1980s and 1990s. This programme is taking place as part of Open City Documentary Festival, showcasing the art of non-fiction.

Shot in the interiors of Rajasthan, India, Eyes of Stone is a film about possession and healing as it documents expressions of faith, ritual and rebellion that thrive within the confines of a stringent patriarchal order. A deep and unsettling exploration of one case of possession becomes an eloquent testimony to the strengths and sadness of women’s lives, and the subversions through which they must empower themselves. 

With an introduction by Shai Heredia.