The Sari Soldiers
Wednesday August 26, 2009 @ 7:00 PM
Price: $12.00
Member Price: $10.80
When Devi, mother of a 15-year-old girl, witnesses her niece being tortured and murdered by the Royal Nepal Army, she speaks publicly about the atrocity. The army abducts her daughter in retaliation, and Devi embarks on a three-year struggle to uncover her daughter's fate and see justice done. The Sari Soldiers follows her and five other brave women: Maoist Commander Kranti; Royal Nepal Army Officer Rajani; Krishna, a monarchist from a rural community who leads a rebellion against the Maoists; Mandira, a human rights lawyer; and Ram Kumari, a young student activist shaping the protests to reclaim democracy. The Sari Soldiers delves into the extraordinary journey of these women on opposing sides of the conflict and the democratic revolution reshaping their country's future.
Post-screening discussion with filmmaker Julie Bridgham.
Julie Bridgham is a Sundance Institute Documentary Fellow and the director and producer of the award-winning documentary The Sari Soldiers, for which she received the 2008 Nestor Almendros Prize for courage and commitment in human rights filmmaking. Over the past six years she has lived for extended periods in Nepal where she has produced and directed numerous documentaries. She has also worked on a number of films that have taken her around the globe, including Exotic Islands and the series Royal Families of the World, as well as documentaries for the BBC, the Discovery Channel, and TLC.
