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In partnership with Seattle Public Library, Tasveer presents the screening of Kicking Balls and Women Beyond Bollywood with an exclusive in-person Q&A and discussion with filmmakers Vijayeta Kumar and Rahila Bootwaala.
Kicking Balls: Each year, 12 Million girls are married before the age of 18. That is 23 girls every minute. In 3 small villages in Rajasthan, an NGO is trying to change this. Through football. 200 teenage girls playing and training regularly. The film explores their sisterhood and journey. What the future holds for them, nobody knows. But for now, they are in charge, they are confident, and they love kicking balls!
Women Beyond Bollywood: India’s cinema industry is the largest in the world, and Bollywood is its flagship: stars, music, drama, not to mention rampant sexism, are its defining features. Today, a new generation of filmmakers is finally showing women as more than eye candy or appendages to larger than life male heroes. Montreal filmmaker Rahila Bootwala left India as a young woman, wanting to work in film but feeling disconnected from an industry dominated by men and beholden to their fantasies. In this empowering documentary, she goes back to India to meet with the women who are reshaping the industry.
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