Catch a rare international showing of Chetna Vora’s OYOYO (1980) in the courtyard of University College. This screening is free and all are welcome. 

OYOYO was the graduating project of the late filmmaker, depicting international university students in their dorms located in the former German Democratic Republic. The documentary traces moments of song and dance, intimate conversations, and personal interviews, and is reflective of how diasporic encounters may foster political solidarity in a transnational community.

This event is part of the exhibition Careful Crossings, curated by Abisola Oni. This exhibition is presented by the Art Museum and is produced as part of the requirements for the MVS degree in Curatorial Studies at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto.

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About the Artist

Chetna Vora studied directing in Potsdam-Babelsberg in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from 1976 to 1982. In 1983, Vora returned to her birthplace in India and lived there with her family until she died in 1987. She is also remembered for her 1981 film Frauen in Berlin, which chronicles women’s lives in the GDR.

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Film Copyright:
OYOYO, Chetna Vora, Film and Television Academy of the GDR 1980
Digitisation and restoration of the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, supported by the Film Heritage Funding Programme, financed by BKM, Länder and FFA.

Image: Chetna Vora, OYOYO, Film and Television Academy of the GDR 1980. Digitisation and restoration of the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, supported by the Film Heritage Funding Programme, financed by BKM, Länder and FFA.