[van-announce] documentry film on Fascism in India

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many thnnks, for SANSAD
SANSAD
(South Asian Network for Secularism and Democracy)

proudly presents, in person

acclaimed film maker from India

Ms. Suma Josson

With her most recent documentary

GUJARAT: A LABORATORY OF HINDU RASHTRA, OF FASCISM


Sunday, February 16, 2003
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Lecture Theatre 1614, Douglas College
700 Royal Avenue, New Westminster

Participatory discussion will follow the screening of the film.


-"Shot many months after the genocidal killings and destruction, and
focussing on certain towns and villages in Gujarat, the film explores
the extent to which the fascist ideology has penetrated the
consciousness and behavior of ordinary Gujarati Hindus.
- The film examines the caste and class factors underlying the growth
of fascism in Gujarat.
- Besides interviews with trade unionists, human rights activists and
other specialists, the film also features VHP leaders and explores
their views on democracy, Hindu Rashtra, the Constitution, the
position of women, etc.
- The film argues that if fascist forces are not urgently checked,
future India will look like Gujarat today."
- Suma Josson

Suma Josson:

Born in Kerala, a graduate of College of St. Teresa in Minnesota,
Suma Josson has made two feature films (Janmadinam and Saree) and
several documentary films, including "Bombay, the Blood Yatra", on
the 1993 massacre of Muslims in the city of Bombay. Her feature films
have gone to International Film Festivals in Berlin, Korea, Fort
Lauderdale, Trivandrum, Mumbai, Calicut, and most recently in
Wurzeburg in Germany. Her feature films as well as documentaries have
also been shown at a number of universities in Europe and North
America.
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This SANSAD program is co-sponsored and supported by Simon Fraser
Student Society, Institute for the Humanities (SFU), School for the
Contemporary Arts (SFU), and Department of Women's Studies (UBC).
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For further information phone:
Chin Banerjee (421-6752), Jai Birdi (581-5140), Farouk Jamal
(986-9345), Shanti Nijhowne (985-4318),
  Zahid Makhdoon (517-4430) or Hari sharma (420-2972)