Genre
Synopsis
Sixty years ago, about 3000 Chinese-Indians were taken to an internment camp in a town called Deoli in Rajasthan, India. While some may have heard about the border war between China and India in 1962 preceding the internment, few know about what happened to civilians of Chinese ancestry who had lived for generations in India. Some of them were incarcerated for under a year, the longest internees were in the camp for up to four and half years.
VOICES OF DEOLI tells the survivors’ stories, their life now in the US and Canada, their journey as immigrants, their haunted memories from the camp and their efforts at receiving justice throughout the years.
Director Identity
Bio
Lulu Men (director/producer/editor) is an artist and filmmaker based in New York City. Originally from China and Singapore, she received her MFA in documentary filmmaking from the School of Visual Arts and MA in Media Management at The New School. She has worked on award winning documentaries as well as narratives, including the 2020 Oscar winning film “American Factory” as the field producer and additional camera. “Voices of Deoli” is Lulu’s debut feature which was included in the Docs for Sale market in IDFA 2024. She’s currently in production of her 2nd feature as well as a few short film projects.
Screening History
Premiere Available
Credits
Cinematographer - Oxana Onipko
Illustration Artist - Masami Kiyono
Assistant Editor - Kim Su
