Indian documentary films are shown regularly on DD News every Saturday at 10.30 pm
The schedule for November is given below: 8th November, 2008 TWO LIVES (30 min) Directed by Samina Mishra 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, the film looks at how women enact motherhood in our
times.
15th November, 2008 SHAKTI (30 mins) Directed by Sanjoy Roy and Praveen Choudhary
Synopsis Through the story of Kamala, the film delves into the multiple layers
of ignorance and desperation of a multitude of defenceless children
from across the country who are thrown into the macabre world of
prostitution and eventually grow into being its doyens, thus continuing
the vicious cycle.
22d November, 2008 ITS A BOY (it's going to be a boy) 30 min
Directed by Vani Subramanian Synopsis The film travels to Bombay, Delhi, Benares and Shillong, going back in
time to reveal how the current crisis of sex ratios had been foretold
by those on the forefront of the campaigns against sex determination
and pre-selection. It assesses government initiatives, looks beyond the
rhetoric, and uses the lens of culture to explore common beliefs about
daughters and sons within the family, men and women in society.
29th November, 2008 AUTUMN IN THE HIMALAYAS (60 min) Directed by Malgorzata Skiba The film brings to light the story of a group of elderly Buddhist nuns
from Ladakh, who represent the last generation of un-ordained and
uneducated women in robes. They have led quiet lives in isolated high
mountains working as domestic helps and road construction labourers.
Neglected by religious and social systems for centuries, the new Nyerma
nunnery is their last call for dignity, enhancement and purification of heir religious status.
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