Vikalp @ Alliance: The Ghetto Girl & The Boxing Ladies, April 16th, 7 PM
Karishma Pais
VIKALP@ALLIANCE screening
*THE GHETTO GIRL by AMBARIEN ALQADAR*
*&*
*THE BOXING LADIES by ANUSHA **NANDAKUMAR*
PLEASE COME AND CIRCULATE WIDELY!
WHEN: THURSDAY, APRIL 16th, 7 PM
WHERE: ALLIANCE FRANCAISE, Theosophy Hall, 40, New Marine Lines, Next to
Nirmala Niketan,
TEL: 022. 2203 6187
*ABOUT THE FILMS*
THE GHETTO GIRL
*35min/ English Subtitle*
Trailer: http://www.imdb.com/video/wab/vi3356269593/
In a Muslim ghetto neighborhood; a girl searches for a lost home movie.
‘The Ghetto Girl’ was a name used for me as I went to school in New Delhi,
India during the 1990s. My home was in one of India's largest Muslim
ghettos and the place was known as *The Little Pakistan*. The school was in
a part of the city that saw a massive post-liberalization transformation; a
city of malls, apartments, blocks and buildings. But the lives of people
who lived in this neighborhood saw no progress, no change. In an armed
operation in 2008, the Indian State killed three Muslim boys whom they
claimed were terrorists. The operation was in violation of the National
Human Rights' Commission for armed operations. Following this, the
neighborhood was black listed as a Production House of Terrorists.
I revoke that process of naming in an autobiographical documentary that
unfolds as a fictional third person narrative about a girl who walks the
streets and searches for a lost home movie. Streets are full of stories
about disenfranchisement and radicalization that have come to constitute
the experience of being middle class Muslims in India today. This sense of
disillusionment finds a way home in the transformation of a mother who
refuses to be photographed due to her changing beliefs. But the girl
discovers an abandoned family album. This brings her memories of a time
when there was a camera and when it was possible to photograph.
The girl begins to walk obsessively- re-visiting spaces within her home and
the neighbourhood. There are certain spaces she is to observe from the
periphery.
THE BOXING LADIES
*26 minutes/ English Subtitles*
The film is a story of three teenage muslim sisters who are national level
boxers and their struggle to make a mark in the society.
Zainab, the eldest of the three is like the mother hen. She cooks, takes
care of the house and also contributes to the family expenditure sewing and
making mobile covers every day. Bushra, the middle sister dropped out of
school due to financial pressure. She works part time in an STD booth and
with the money that she earns, buys sporting equipment for herself and her
sisters. Sughra, the youngest and also the rebel of the family is the most
determined about her boxing career. Dropping out of school, she re-joined
four years later paying her fees with her own hard earned money.
This is a story of these three incredible sisters and their determination
to represent the country in the field of boxing. It is the celebration of
women and the sports and their journey and their struggles.
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