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ONE IN A MILLION (30
min) The 73rd amendment to the Constitution of India has ensured that 33% of the seats in all local governing bodies are to be reserved for women. In last 13 years, over 1 million women have been elected to their 'gram panchayats'. This is the story of one such woman, Maya Sorte, a 37-year-old Dalit from Vadwal, Maharashtra. Maya's empathy for people and commitment to her work has ensured that she has been elected for a second term in her village 'gram panchayat'. |
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THE FIGHT TO DANCE (30
min) [ Filmmaker/s : ANISH PATEL ] [ Theme : Women Leaders ] An observational documentary following the struggle of Mumbai’s dance bar community to overturn the Maharashtra state government’s ban on dance bars in 2005. The film is a positive tale of female empowerment and 'informal' leadership. |
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SHANKAR (30
min) [ Filmmaker/s : SUMIT OSMAND SHAW ] [ Theme : HIV/ AIDS , Biography ] A glimpse into the life of Shankar who is HIV positive – an ordinary man in the bustling humanity of a big city, armed only with the humble motives of eking out an existence for him & his adolescent son, Pavan. |
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TWO LIVES (30
min) [ Filmmaker/s : SAMINA MISHRA ] [ Theme : Reproductive Rights & Health , Gender & Sexuality ] Smriti and Rupa live an hour away from each other but the only thing their worlds seem to have in common is that they are both mothers. Smriti is a stay at home mom, living in a posh South Delhi colony and Rupa is a domestic worker living in a basti in Gurgaon. Both are pregnant and as they wait for their babies to be born, they reflect on what it means to be a mother. As new worlds open up for women and old roles persist, the film looks at how women enact motherhood in our times. |
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IS GOD DEAF?
(30
min) [ Filmmaker/s : SANJIVAN LAL ] [ Theme : Contemporary Politics , Conflict ] The story of how a senior citizen moves the titanic system to enforce laws that exist in books single-handedly, facing death threats, police inertia and a messily lynched civic process and even battling the accusation of being communal. |
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KANYASHALA
(30
min) [ Filmmaker/s : GANGA MUKHI ] [ Theme : Gender & Sexuality , Education ] Students from Kanya Vidyalaya, an all girls’ school at Vajreshwari, share poignant stories of how they joined the school and their dreams for the future. Along the way, the film looks at how a segregated all-girls’ space is an extension of existing social norms, enabling certain modes of becoming while seeking to restrict others. |
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GIRLS CAN'T WAIT (30
min) [ Filmmaker/s : USHA ALBUQUERQUE ] [ Theme : Development ] A thought provoking documentary that looks at the status of girls' education in India. It explores some of the unique education initiatives currently on, in India in the context of educating the girl child for instance Mahila Samakhya project in Uttar Pradesh. |
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