We are looking for evocative poems/stories based on real people who have been victimised and silenced by genocide around the world. The pieces must be written like diary entries. This book is a tribute to Anne Frank. Read thoroughly and follow the i...
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl
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Two years back, at a coffee shop three women sat over a play written through a stream of consciousness spurt by Kirthi Jayakumar. A tribute to Anne Frank and the victims of genocides across the world. Consisting of eight performance poetry segments, the play Frankly Speaking produced by Crea Shakthi narrates the history of genocide from different places— Mayan Ixils in Guatemala, Rohingyas in Myanmar, Muslims in Bosnia, Darfur in Sudan, Yazidis in Syria, Tamils in Sri Lanka, Arabs in Palestine and Tutsis in Rwanda.
Genocide is one of those narratives that repeats itself because irrespective of who commits genocide over whom, the act is formulaic. Whether it is the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide or even the ongoing Syrian genocide, it begins with 'othering', then spreading of hate and fear, and, finally, the disappearance of the 'other'.
The group chose to premiere this play on June 12 at the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan Chennai German Cultural Centre. Anne Frank's writings are one of the only surviving records of a refugee perspective on genocide and her echoes still run through all the genocides we experience today. The play takes the audience through the experience of refugees from modern genocides intertwined with narratives from her Diary in an immersive theatre experience.
This play was always a blank state beginning on how to catalyse a dialogue. And hence, its efforts continue in throwing open the stage to writers around the world on Wattpad.
