In this episode, we discuss Payal Kapadia’s A Night of Knowing Nothing, including the film’s unconventional approach to documentary, the value of the film’s fictional elements, and the theme of impossible love.

See where A Night of Knowing Nothing is available to watch.

Supplemental Material:

• A Night of Knowing Nothing (The Criterion Channel Transfer)

• Meet the Filmmakers | Payal Kapadia

• Payal Kapadia on A Night of Knowing Nothing | NYFF59

• A Night of Knowing Nothing Q&A | DocPoint 2022

• Discussing A Night of Knowing Nothing | Payal Kapadia & Ranabir Das

• A Night of Knowing Nothing with Payal Kapadia | ICA

• A Night of Knowing Nothing Q&A | Quinzaine des Cinéastes

• Payal Kapadia on Documentary Trends & Filmmaking Tips | Film Critics Guild

• Watermelon, Fish and Half Ghost (2014) (Dir. Payal Kapadia)

• The Last Mango Before the Monsoon (2015) (Dir. Payal Kapadia)

• Afternoon Clouds (2017) (Dir. Payal Kapadia)

• And What Is the Summer Saying (2018) (Dir. Payal Kapadia)

• Between Day and Night (2021) (Dir. Payal Kapadia)

• What is India's caste system?

• What is India’s caste system? Is it contentious in U.S.?

• Cast System in India Today

Additional Audio Sources:

• A Night of Knowing Nothing (The Criterion Channel Transfer)

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