Affairs of the Art

Continuing the story of 59-year-old factory worker Beryl, first seen in Quinn’s Girls Night Out (1987), Affairs of the Art is another brilliantly funny story of obsession and drawing. Beryl’s art fixation dominates her entire household - model husband Ifor, technology geek son Colin, and sister Beverly, a fanatically narcissistic taxidermist. Amayi was created at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata, by animator Subarna Das. It tells a powerful story of a mother who’s haunted by her past and realises she cannot conform to the traditions and customs of her community, when she is asked to circumcise her daughter.