mullaitivu saga

a documentary film on Sri Lankan last war

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Posted by சோமி at 12:48 AM

சோமி: S. Someetharan is an audio visual journalist; working on different issues for the past 8 years. He started his career as a radio anchor in Colombo. In 2002 he moved to Tamil daily newspaper "Thinakural", Jaffna edition, reporting from Jaffna. He later joined to the English weekly ‘North-Eastern Herald’ in 2003 and served in its editorial board, working on social, cultural, political, and environmental issues across the island nation Later on as a freelance journalist he has penned several significant articles in the same areas for various publications. He has contributed his expertise in producing documentaries for the British Broadcasting Corporation in Sri Lanka. In 2004 he moved to Chennai, India and joined the Loyola College to further his studies in visual media. 'Burning Memories', his earlier film on the burning of Jaffna Library, set off waves among historical documentary films in South Asia, which documented the war scarred life of the library and the socio-political violence connected with it.

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