Kannan Arunasalam

Documentary Filmmaker

Festival screening of ‘Sri Lanka’s Rebel Wife’, Tasveer South Asian Festival, October 1-10, 2021


Pre-broadcast screening of new film, ‘Sri Lanka’s Rebel Wife’. Synopsis: “Ananthy’s husband was a Tamil Tiger who surrendered to government forces at the end of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009. Since then she’s been searching for him. But the man who led the military campaign is now president and he has called an election to shore up power. Ananthy decides to run. She is fearless — but what really drives Ananthy? Is it justice, revenge or guilt?” — Tasveer South Asian Festival, 1 – 10 October 2021