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Traveling Film South Asia Festival - Six Yards to Democracy

Colorado College

November 1, 2008

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At a political event promising free saris in Lucknow (the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, India), a gruesome stampede kills 22 women and injures many others. This seemingly stray incident hints at the sordid side of Indian democracy, but also goes deeper, to explore the daily humiliations forced upon these women and their families. As Lucknow's boomtown dynamics pushes them further to the margins, the women struggle to keep their homes, hopes and dignity intact, all the while petitioning an apathetic state to pay heed to their needs.
India, 2006, directed by Nishtha Jain and Smriti Nevatia; 55 minutes.

The Traveling Film South Asia Festival, a three-day film festival, is composed of 13 documentaries covering such diverse topics as politics, art, culture, globalization, natural disasters, environment, gender, urbanization, labor relations, the Partition, entertainment and history and features films from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Sponsored by International Programs, Asian Studies and the I.D.E.A. Space.

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  Tickets: Free

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  Dates:
  November 1, 2008

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  1 p.m.

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  Colorado College - Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center

  825 N. Cascade Ave. Colorado Springs, CO 80903

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