24.6.10

India's Forgotten Women - screening and DVD release



India's Forgotten Women

A documentary film by Michael Lawson, presented by Anjali Guptara

India's Forgotten Women explores the outrageous plight of millions of women oppressed in India today because of their caste identity ... astonishing, never-seen-before evidence of domestic violence, dowry crime, sex selective abortion, female infanticide, bonded labour, rape, temple prostitution, and human trafficking.

Thursday 1st July 6:30pm - Vue West End, Leicester Square

3 Cranbourn Street, London, WC2H 7AL

Followed by a Q&A Panel Discussion

Chaired by Dharshini David (Sky News) - Panelists include Director Michael Lawson and Lady Kishwar Desai (Chair of "Tongues on Fire", London's Asian film festival, and author of "Witness the Night", a novel that delves into female gendercide in India).

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See you there.