Faceless People: The documentary asking why Sri Lankan Tamil refugees still are not Indian citizens
Journalist RK Radhakrishnan’s debut documentary, 'Faceless People,' explores the lives of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India who remain stateless after decades. The film aims to give a voice to the community by focusing on their personal stories and their struggle for Indian citizenship.
Why it matters
Draws attention to the humanitarian and legal challenges faced by long-term refugees and the importance of representation in social justice advocacy.
In the two decades of reporting on Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in India, senior journalist RK Radhakrishnan has come to a pivotal realisation. “They do not want sympathy, they want to be seen,” he writes in his director’s statement for Faceless People , his debut documentary on an oppressed community that he tracked long before picking up the camera to call ‘action’ and ‘cut’.
This documentary which has been selected as a finalist in the SHORTS! European Short Film Festival in Oslo (December 14) follows the lives of six refugees. Among them is a school boy, a housewife, a young woman with academic dreams, and the community’s first PhD scholar.
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