In Bela Patel's portrait of 15 year old Sushma Yadav, we see the contradictions facing a schoolgirl who wishes to learn and make her own way in the world. Sushma is interested in continuing her studies and becoming a teacher, but her parents do not value this pursuit and sees marriage and homemaking as her future. As a person who cares about the outcome, the film maker explores her own emotions as she tells Sushma's story.
Vacha is a resource organisation of Mumbai, which runs several centres for girls and women in the bastis (slums) of Santa Cruz and adjacent areas. In their 'Bole Kishori'(Girls speak out) project, they create opportunities for girls to express themselves through writing, drawing, photography, theatre and slideshow presentations, encouraging them to read and discuss issues critically.
This film came out of a training in video-making for the young women who facilitate this activity in local communities. The facilitators will now train the girls to tell their own stories through the medium of video. The training was designed and conducted by Comet Media Foundation .
If the quality of this downloadable copy is not good enough for your purposes, and you are ready to bear the costs of copying and postage, you could write to us at cometmediafdn at gmail.com for a DVD copy.
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