WOMEX 20 | Filmmaker Intro: Breaking Barriers: The Casteless Collective

Stream the film, “Breaking Barriers - The Casteless Collective” today with your #WOMEX20 Digital Registration and meet the disruptive & dynamic protest band from India - The Casteless Collective. Playing an eclectic mix of folk and ‘Gaana’ together with rap and rock, the musicians don’t shy away from discussing caste politics, honour killings & gender inequality, setting the stage for a different sound & society in a country riddled with contradictions.

Hear from Tenma, the music director and force behind the collective in an interview here: https://bit.ly/3od5N5M

Watch the full film here: https://www.womex.com/virtual/piranha_arts_1/event/breaking_barriers

Check out the complete WOMEX 20 Film Programme here: https://www.womex.com/programme/film

Stream all the films from now until the 25 October 2020.
Register today: https://www.womex.com/take_part/register

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WOMEX – Worldwide Music Expo – is the most international music meeting in the world and the biggest conference of the global music scene, featuring a trade fair, talks, films and showcase concerts.

In 2019, over 2,500 professionals (including 260 performing artists) come together every October from 83 countries, making WOMEX not only the number one networking platform for the world music industry, but also the most diverse music meeting worldwide. Its musical spectrum is unparalleled in the international showcase festival scene, ranging from the most traditional to the new global local underground, embracing folk, roots, local and diaspora cultures and urban and electronic sounds from all over the globe as well as all musical juxtapositions of these. Jazz and classical are explicitly welcome!

7 stages, 670+ exhibiting companies, 110 speakers, films, an opening concert and an award ceremony across five packed networking days and rather short nights.