Kalpavigyan: A Speculative Journey (2021)
• September 9th, 2021 • 1h 20min
Documentary, Science Fiction
Overview
What is Bangla kalpavigyan? Is there such a thing as Bangla Science Fiction? Is there such a thing as Indian SF? This is our journey with the genre, captured and presented like never before in film. Beginning with the early work of writers such as Rokeya Sakhawat Hussain (Begum Rokeya) and the speculative mode in Bengal, and ending with the pioneering webzine Kalpabiswa, the film traces the historical arc of kalpavigyan over a century of the genre. From the genre magazines of the 1960s-80s and the writers and editors who ignited the movement by giving it shape and form, the film presents a series of conversations and critical reflections from researchers and scholars who have worked with the genre both in relation to Bengal and kalpavigyan as well as the wider phenomenon of SF.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Generation Sputnik
Released on: 2016-12-01
Documentary, History, TV Movie
From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when Ameri...
Ava in the End
Released on: 2019-07-01
Science Fiction, Comedy, Drama
A woman's accidental death quickly leads to her waiting for the next life to begin.
Who's With Me?
Released on: 2021-04-16
Science Fiction, Horror, Drama, Mystery
Marcus, an average young man awakens to find his apartment under quarantine and completely isolated ...
Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel
Released on: 2009-04-24
Comedy, Drama, Romance, Science Fiction
Follows three social outcasts -- two geeks and a cynic -- as they attempt to navigate a time-travel ...
Seized
Released on: 2021-04-30
Science Fiction, Thriller
April Douglas is trying to make her way in the world, but it's not proving easy. She struggles to br...
Pushkar Puran
Released on: 2017-10-14
Documentary
An attempt to engage with the historical, mythical and the contemporary worlds of the city of Pushka...
964 Pinocchio
Released on: 1991-09-14
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
A memory-wiped and defective cyborg sex slave is tossed onto the streets and taken in by a homeless ...
Clipping: Splendor & Misery
Released on: 2016-12-13
Science Fiction, Music
A surreal post-apocalyptic drama by Patrick Kennelly inspired by the clipping. album “Splendor & Mis...
Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age
Released on: 2021-05-07
Documentary, TV Movie
Hawaii, May 1977. After the success of Star Wars, George Lucas and Steven Spielberg meet to find a n...
Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
Released on: 1953-02-17
Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
Dangerous climate changes are ravaging Earth and the U.S. government requests an investigation by ma...
Area 51
Released on: 2015-05-15
Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery
Three young conspiracy theorists attempt to uncover the mysteries of Area 51, the government's secre...
The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
Released on: 2001-01-01
Documentary
Writers, publishers, fans, and friends share their perspectives and memories of sci-fi writer Philip...
Battle in Outer Space
Released on: 1959-12-26
Science Fiction, Action
In 1965, the space station JSS-3 is destroyed by a fleet of UFOs, which then begin a global siege on...
The Buried Secret of M. Night Shyamalan
Released on: 2004-06-18
Comedy, Documentary, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Everyone has a skeleton or two in his or her closet, but what about the director behind some of the ...
Lunopolis
Released on: 2010-02-12
Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery
When two documentary filmmakers find evidence of a hidden base on the moon, they quickly become enta...
After We Have Left Our Homes
Released on: 2017-09-10
Science Fiction, Drama
Under a dictatorship that has banned music, a man hides a record until he is caught. Whilst paying f...
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
Released on: 2018-06-11
Documentary, Animation
The extraordinary life story of science fiction and fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) who...
Beyond Utopia
Released on: 2023-10-23
Documentary, History
A courageous pastor uses his underground network to rescue and aid North Korean families as they ris...
Ganga & Me
Released on:
Documentary
'Ganga & Me' is a Docu-Feature Film by the award winning film director Sunil Babbar. The 49 minutes ...
