Film: Dwitiya Paksha

Network of Women in Media, Bangalore
And
Pedestrian Pictures
invite you to the screening of

Dwitiya Paksha

2003/96 mins/colour/feature
The screening will be followed by an audience with
Ananya Chatterjee Chakraborti.

Date: 14 May 2005, Saturday
Time: 5 pm
Venue: SCM House, Mission Road, Bangalore. See http://www.collectivechaos.org/ for map.
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About the film:
Set in the backdrop of the 73rd Amendment, Dwitiya Paksha is the story of a woman who is elected to the post of a panchayat president from a seat reserved for women under the amendment. Shyama replaces her father-in-law, the man of power and long serving panchayat president now displaced by the reservation. The film is a narration of the process of Shyama’s empowerment – from a consideration of her as an illiterate, innocent safe proxy candidate to one who arrives at decisions independently.
The film lends itself to a critical thinking of the changes, if any, affected by constitutional amendments such as the 73rd Amendment on the social and political fabric of our society.

Screenings: Dhaka International Film Festival (2004),
The Nehru Center (London), Social Communication Cinema
Festival, Kolkata.

About the director:
Ananya Chatterjee Chakraborti is a filmmaker, television journalist, writer and activist based in
Kolkatta who has worked extensively in the area gender and human rights. She is a member of Vikalp (an association of film-makers who are opposed to any form of censorship), IAWRT (International Association for Women in Radio and Television, Norway), NWMI (Network
for Women in Media, India), Bengal Network and PIPFD (Pakistan Indian People's Forum for Peace and Democracy).
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Contributory passes of Rs. 25/- will be available at the venue from 3.30 pm onwards.
For further information contact Pedestrian Pictures 94483 71389 or NWMB (Radhika) – 94483 40817 or email pedepics@yahoo.com