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The Forgotten Woman (India / Canada)
Please note: A short film, Asha / Hope, will screen before the feature.
THE FORGOTTEN WOMAN - Best Documentary – Hollywood Film Festival. The Forgotten Woman was made in direct response to Deepa Mehta’s Oscar-nominated film Water which has achieved sales of $15 million from more than one million viewers. Water was set in 1938 Colonial India against Mahatma Gandhi’s rise to power and follows eight year old child bride Chuyia. Chuyia is widowed and sent to an ashram where Hindu widows must live out their remaining days in penitence. After viewing the film, many wanted to know more about the state of widows in India today. The Forgotten Woman aims to bring an understanding of the destitution and marginalization of many of the millions of widows in India today. These women are forced by age-old traditions to live out their remaining years isolated from and shunned by society at large. The film focuses on their search for economic independence and basic human dignity.
India, Canada 2008. Australian Premiere
English / Hindi / Bengali. 90 minutes. Festival Rating
Director: Dilip Mehta Producer: Noemi Weis
ASHA / HOPE - “A short film about the crisis my family endured two years ago after my father fell gravely ill and went into a coma. A story about the moral dilemmas and family conflicts that ensued thereafter. Part of my documentary project with Sydney Film School 2010.” – Neilesh Varma
Australia 2010
English. 13 minutes. Festival Rating
Director: Neilesh Verma Producer: Neilesh Varma & Adrian De Larrazabal
Important
Bits
When
3 November 2011
6:30PM - 8:20PM
Venue
Lennox Theatre at Riverside Theatres
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Price
$10
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