01 July 2014, 05:30 am
Gulabi Gang (96 min; 2012; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Directed by Nishtha Jain who will introduce the film
 
 Multiple award winner including awards for Best Film (Social Issue) and Best Editing,  National Film Awards, India 2014; Best Director, International Feature Documentary, MIFF, Mumbai 2014; Best Film, Muhr Asia/Africa Documentary, Dubai International Film Festival 2012; and Best Documentary, Kortfilm  Festivalen, Norway 2012 among others
 
Enter the badlands of Bundelkhand in central India and you have entered a place of desolation, dust and despair. And yet it is hope that this film discovers, as it follows the Gulabi Gang, an unusual group of rural women led by the energetic and charismatic Sampat Pal. Travelling long distances to fight for the rights of women and Dalits, they encounter resistance, apathy and corruption, even ridicule. The film pulls us into the centre of these blazing conflicts and uncovers a complex story, disturbing yet heartening
 
Screening will be followed by a discussion