Monday, Sept. 20, at 6 p.m.
AUTUMN'S FINAL COUNTRY
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BATTLE FOR BLUE GOLD
 Film: Autumn's Final Country Directed By: Sonia Jabbar Origin: New Delhi, India, 2003 Description: English/Hindi with English subtitles, digital video, 66 minutes Autumn’s Final Country records the stories of Indu, Zarina, Shahnaz, and Anju— four women who have suffered displacement in the conflict-ridden state of Jammu and Kashmir. The film explores the lives of each woman as they tell of the circumstances leading to their rootlessness, and reveals an intimate dimension of the Kashmir conflict, raising questions about patriarchal values and power, communal identities, patriotism, and war. “Its real value lies in its shattering of the myths and nationalistic notions constructed over the years by the respective governments of Pakistan and India and the non-state actors engaged in the conflict in Kashmir.” – Beena Sarwar, www.chowk.com Playing with: Film: BATTLE FOR BLUE GOLD Directed By: Jaya Ramesh --FILMMAKER WILL BE PRESENT! Origin: Plachimada, Kerala, India, 2004 Description: Tamil with English subtitles, digital video, 21 minutes Set in the small village of Plachimada, in the state of Kerala, India, this documentary is about the struggle of an indigenous community against the transnational company Coca-Cola. The film focuses on the voices of the women in the community as they are the ones viscerally connected to the daily retrieval and usage of water, and often do not get the political and media space to speak out within a patriarchal structure. Sponsored by the individuals Kim & David Brotherton, Ephraim Bahr, and Rukshana Edwards |