Droughts -- India
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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Talking To The Wind, 2019
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Identifier: vm_2019spring_sawant_akshaya.pdf
Overview
"Talking To The Wind is a feature length documentary about the aftermath of a three year long man-made drought in Maharashtra, India that resulted in mass suicides - numbers reaching 1100 per year. Using a poetic, essayistic and observational approach, the film unfolds the reasons behind these farmer suicides - decades of exploitation of groundwater for short term gains and societal pressures of marrying off their daughters with huge amounts of dowry. Intimate and eyeopening, Talking To The...
Dates:
2019