INSIDE BURN

Sometimes a small fire can burn down the forest ...At an intersection in a city somewhere in northern India it is an ordinary morning. A young boy peddles pirated books; his sister two infants by her side offers wilted flowers to unwilling customers; an old ice-cream vendor looks forward to some extra earnings under the hot sun; at a cafe nearby a bunch of students celebrates a graduation; a group of mechanics prepares for afternoon prayers on the pavement; local shopkeepers play loud bhajans to announce a feast for the needy; a police van idles by the roadside; a young woman in a luxury car grows impatient with her clients and their demands; and traffic that has come to a standstill slowly begins to start up ... Then in the blink of an eye everything changes.As the street descends into a vortex of vengeance and retribution the unfolding events make victims and perpetrators observers and participants of them all.Searing intense and superbly crafted Inside Burn explores the anatomy of a spontaneous riot exposing the absurdity of intolerance and celebrating in the end the core of the human spirit.