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Epitaph for Sumitra Peries: A Poet of the Sri Lankan Cinema World-by Michael Roberts Uditha Devapriya, in Item on 21 January 2023 entitled “Sumitra Peries Obituary: Poet of Sri Lankan Cinema” Source:Thuppahis Sumitra Epitaph Peries lived a life of travel and adventure before enrolling in film school in Brixton and going on to become one of the major, politically conscious figures in Sri Lankan cinema. One of the defining auteurs of Sri Lankan cinema, Sumitra Peries was also one of few international figures from the island nation. Her films capture, in all their nuances and complexities, the torments of being a woman in Sri Lanka and, by extension, in South Asia. They dwell not merely on the rift between rich and poor, but also on the innocence of childhood and the torments of adolescent love. They centre on the woman’s place in what was, and still largely is, a patriarchal society.   ...