CHRONICLES OF THE FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE

Ramesh Sharma |
India |
2025 |
100Min |
English
This searing feature documentary by Emmy-nominated, internationally acclaimed filmmaker Ramesh Sharma rips open the veil on one of the most brutal and unacknowledged genocides of the 20th century – the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, where almost 3 million civilians were slaughtered, hundreds of thousands of women were raped, and 10 million refugees were driven into India. Their suffering was buried beneath Cold War geopolitics. Drawing from declassified White House tapes, official documents, and first-hand testimonies of survivors, diplomats, and investigative journalists, the film lays bare the complicity of the Nixon-Kissinger administration. By connecting Bangladesh to Vietnam, Cambodia, Chile, and Gaza, it asks how power justifies extraordinary violence, and what it takes for memory to compel justice.
Ramesh Sharma
Ramesh Sharma, Uma Gajapati, Sanchaita Gajapati
Nithin Upadhye
Ramesh Sharma

Screenings

26 Jul 15:00 Suncoast 6

Ramesh Sharma

Ramesh Sharma, is a well-known award winning Feature film and documentary Producer/Director in India whose films have won numerous awards in the Indian National, as well as International Film Festivals. He is the recipient of 6 National awards in India and numerous International awards and has been nominated for the Emmy award in the USA. Ramesh Sharma’s feature film “NEW DELHI TIMES”, (which he Directed) was critically acclaimed and won 3 awards in the National Film Festival in India, including the Indira Gandhi Award for him.The film also won the AM Brousil “OPERA PRIMA” award in the 25th International Karlovy Vary Film Festival and has been shown all over the world including the London Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, Melbourne Film Festival , Moscow International Film Festival. The film was the opening film for the Festival of Indian Cinema in Tashkent.. It won the Best Film, Best Director award in the Bengal Film Journalist Award Mr.Sharma produced and co-directed the feature documentary The Journalist and The Jihadi- The Murder of Daniel Pearl. This co-production with HBO was nominated for two EMMY awards in the USA in 2007. It won the National Award for Best Investigative Documentary in India. It was screened at the Tribeca International Film Festival in New York York and the Durban International Film Festival in South Africa. Mr Sharma has Written, Produced and Directed the feature documentary Ahimsa- Gandhi: The Power of the Powerless. The film was showcased in the United Nations where it was recognised with the Global International Peace Award. The film also won the Best Feature Documentary Award in the New York Indian Film Festival 2021 and was the Winner of Best Documentary in the BAENF festival in Stockholm in 2021. It was screened at the UK Asian Film Festival in London in September 2022 and the Global Peace Festival in Florida in September 2022. He was the Chairman of the Jury of the National Film Awards for non-feature films in India in 2012. He has also served as Head of the Evaluation Committee by the Ministry of I&B, Govt of India to give reports on the working of NFDC, Films Division, National Film Archives of India and Children’s Film Society of India for the last five years. Ramesh Sharma’s latest film THE CHRONICLES OF THE FORGOTTEN GENOCIDE -The Kissinger Doctrine is in post production and will be ready by mid-May 2026.

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