Schedule
5th March
SOLD: An MTV EXIT Special
Directed by: Sonia Chowdhry and Siddharth Bahuguna
Running Time: 24 Min
Languages: Hindi, Nepali, Bengali and English with English Subtitles
Synopsis: An MTV EXIT Special – a new documentary presented by actress Lara Dutta. This half hour documentary explores the world of Human Trafficking in South Asia. It is a gripping introduction to the tragedy of trafficking of young girls and boys into modern day slavery. Sold provides a compelling look into this seedy, inhuman and exploitative world and shows how each one of us can help to prevent and break the chain of human trafficking.
Grass root realities
Directed by: Parvez Imam
Running Time: 23 Min
Languages: Mix of Chhattisgarhi, Tamil & Marathi
Synopsis: At a when highly specialized, hi-tech hospitals are selling health to those who can afford; there are people who survive on a monthly income of around Rs. 800/- per family, in the rural India. In such times, a handful of semi & ill-literate women living in remote corners of India, are taking the health of their communities back into their own hands, defying all odds.
Pedaling to Freedom
Directed by: Vijay S. Jodha
Running Time: 28 Min
Languages: English
Synopsis: An unusual story, which shows how a humble object like bicycle can also change lives dramatically. The film revisits a unique initiative 15 years later in Pudukkottai, one of India’s poorest districts where mobility of women was seen as an important tool for empowerment and promoting literacy.
6th March
Body and Soul: Diana and Kathy
Directed by: Allice Elliott
Running Time: 40 Min
Languages: English
Synopsis: In Alice Elliott’s Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy (USA 40 mins), a 61-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy and a woman with Down Syndrome have been together for 38 years. Their remarkable example of independent living is outdone only by their unrelenting activism—they jeopardize their Medicare benefits in order to travel the country and lobby for disabled rights.
Bewaqt Baarish
Directed by: Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar
Running Time: 45 Min
Languages: Hindi
Synopsis: The film addresses the milieu of young people in rural India. It explores the norms regarding sex, romance and relationship that these norms create. Whenever these ideas/norms hinder the natural expression of sexual urge or passionate communication between two individuals, the result is oppression and exploitation of varying degrees in different structures of society.
7th March
Two Lives
Directed by: Samina Mishra
Running Time: 29 Min
Languages: English
Synopsis: 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, Two Lives looks at how women enact motherhood in our times.
Lakshmi and Me
Directed by: Nishtha Jain
Running Time: 59 Min
Languages: Hindi with English subtitles
Synopsis: Even in a metropolis like Bombay, old feudal attitudes still govern relationships between employers and their ‘servants'. Against this backdrop, Nishtha begins making a film with Lakshmi, her part-time maid. 20-year-old Lakshmi's is a precarious existence to begin with; illness and romance compound her problems in unexpected ways. As the filmmaker is drawn deeper into Lakshmi's life, she is forced to look at aspects of her own self as well, and to question many of the things she takes for granted. During a year and a half of dramatic changes, the process of filming has its own impact on unfolding events and on the relationship between the two women.
8th March
She Write
Directed by: Anjali Monteiro and K.P. Jayasankar
Running Time: 55 min
Languages: English
Synopsis: SheWrite weaves together the narratives and work of four Tamil women poets. Salma negotiates subversive expression within the tightly circumscribed space allotted to a woman in a small town. For Kuttirevathi, solitude is a crucial creative space from where her work resonates. Her anthology entitled Breasts (2003) elicited hate mail, obscene calls and threats. The fact that women poets are exploring themes such as desire and sexuality been opposed by some Tamil film lyricists, who have gone on record with threats of death and violence. This has been resisted by a collective of poets and artists called Anangu (Woman). Malathy Maitri is a founder member of Anangu. Her poems explore feminine power and spaces. Sukirtharani writes of desire and longing, celebrating the body and feminine empowerment. The film traverses these diverse modes of resistance, through images and sounds that evoke the universal experiences of pain, anger, desire and transcendence.
SOLD: An MTV EXIT Special
Directed by: Sonia Chowdhry and Siddharth Bahuguna
Running Time: 24 Min
Languages: Hindi, Nepali, Bengali and English with English Subtitles
Synopsis: An MTV EXIT Special – a new documentary presented by actress Lara Dutta. This half hour documentary explores the world of Human Trafficking in South Asia. It is a gripping introduction to the tragedy of trafficking of young girls and boys into modern day slavery. Sold provides a compelling look into this seedy, inhuman and exploitative world and shows how each one of us can help to prevent and break the chain of human trafficking.
Grass root realities
Directed by: Parvez Imam
Running Time: 23 Min
Languages: Mix of Chhattisgarhi, Tamil & Marathi
Synopsis: At a when highly specialized, hi-tech hospitals are selling health to those who can afford; there are people who survive on a monthly income of around Rs. 800/- per family, in the rural India. In such times, a handful of semi & ill-literate women living in remote corners of India, are taking the health of their communities back into their own hands, defying all odds.
Pedaling to Freedom
Directed by: Vijay S. Jodha
Running Time: 28 Min
Languages: English
Synopsis: An unusual story, which shows how a humble object like bicycle can also change lives dramatically. The film revisits a unique initiative 15 years later in Pudukkottai, one of India’s poorest districts where mobility of women was seen as an important tool for empowerment and promoting literacy.
6th March
Body and Soul: Diana and Kathy
Directed by: Allice Elliott
Running Time: 40 Min
Languages: English
Synopsis: In Alice Elliott’s Body & Soul: Diana & Kathy (USA 40 mins), a 61-year-old woman with severe cerebral palsy and a woman with Down Syndrome have been together for 38 years. Their remarkable example of independent living is outdone only by their unrelenting activism—they jeopardize their Medicare benefits in order to travel the country and lobby for disabled rights.
Bewaqt Baarish
Directed by: Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar
Running Time: 45 Min
Languages: Hindi
Synopsis: The film addresses the milieu of young people in rural India. It explores the norms regarding sex, romance and relationship that these norms create. Whenever these ideas/norms hinder the natural expression of sexual urge or passionate communication between two individuals, the result is oppression and exploitation of varying degrees in different structures of society.
7th March
Two Lives
Directed by: Samina Mishra
Running Time: 29 Min
Languages: English
Synopsis: 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, Two Lives looks at how women enact motherhood in our times.
Lakshmi and Me
Directed by: Nishtha Jain
Running Time: 59 Min
Languages: Hindi with English subtitles
Synopsis: Even in a metropolis like Bombay, old feudal attitudes still govern relationships between employers and their ‘servants'. Against this backdrop, Nishtha begins making a film with Lakshmi, her part-time maid. 20-year-old Lakshmi's is a precarious existence to begin with; illness and romance compound her problems in unexpected ways. As the filmmaker is drawn deeper into Lakshmi's life, she is forced to look at aspects of her own self as well, and to question many of the things she takes for granted. During a year and a half of dramatic changes, the process of filming has its own impact on unfolding events and on the relationship between the two women.
8th March
She Write
Directed by: Anjali Monteiro and K.P. Jayasankar
Running Time: 55 min
Languages: English
Synopsis: SheWrite weaves together the narratives and work of four Tamil women poets. Salma negotiates subversive expression within the tightly circumscribed space allotted to a woman in a small town. For Kuttirevathi, solitude is a crucial creative space from where her work resonates. Her anthology entitled Breasts (2003) elicited hate mail, obscene calls and threats. The fact that women poets are exploring themes such as desire and sexuality been opposed by some Tamil film lyricists, who have gone on record with threats of death and violence. This has been resisted by a collective of poets and artists called Anangu (Woman). Malathy Maitri is a founder member of Anangu. Her poems explore feminine power and spaces. Sukirtharani writes of desire and longing, celebrating the body and feminine empowerment. The film traverses these diverse modes of resistance, through images and sounds that evoke the universal experiences of pain, anger, desire and transcendence.
About Me
- Nazariya
- Nazariya is an initiative of Drishti - Media, Arts & Human Rights to introduce alternative perceptions by screening films that reflect a broader reality of our society. Nazariya organizes arts & cultural acitivites and discussions amongst the youth on issues of peace and conflict transformation.