wocomoCULTURE | Protesting caste and gender inequalities in India: “BREAKING BARRIERS - The Casteless Collective” @wocomoCULTURE | Uploaded December 2021 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
‘Breaking Barriers’ is a documentary that follows the young band’s journey towards an Indian future of casteless mentality. ‘The Casteless Collective’ is a young protest band from Chennai, South India. Founded at the end of 2017, the 15-piece band plays an eclectic mix of folk and `Gaana´ from North Chennai‘s slums mixed with rap and rock music. With their lyrics, the band raises problems suppressed in Indian society, such as discrimination against Indians of lower castes, the situation of women, the disadvantaged position of LGBTQI+ people and other marginalised groups in India.

This documentary shows the band's powerful attempts to break cultural stigmas and its fight through music towards the establishment of a casteless society in India.

Band members:
Tenma - bandleader, music producer
Muthu - singer
Bala Chandar - singer
Isaivani - singer
Arivu - lyricist, rapper
Chellamuthu - singer
Dharani - singer, percussion
Sarath - Satti percussion
Goutham - Katta percussion
Nandhan Kalaivanan - percussion
Manu Krishnan - drums
Sahib Singh - guitar
Abishek - beatboxer
Tony Sebastian aka stony Psyko - rapper


Directed by Maja Meiners, 2020

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