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Babulal Bhuiya Ki Qurbani

Manjira Datta
1988 India 63 minutes Oriya

In Bihar, eastern India, poor people sell coal dust they’ve salvaged from the mines in order to survive. The central point of the film is the investigation into the murder of one such person, Babulal Bhuiya, killed by vigilantes and now a symbol of hope and resistance.

Manjira Datta

Née à Calcutta. Etudes à Calcutta, Edimbourg et Londres. Depuis 1981, elle a réalisé une série de films de formation pour les femmes et, entre autres :
– All roads Are Closed, 1987
– The Sacrifice of Babulal Bhuyia, 1988
– Democracy in Crisis, 1991
– Rishte, 1995

Production :
Media Workshop
Distribution :
Under Construction
Editing :
Reena Mohan
Sound :
Omesh Matta; Suresh Rajamani
Photography :
Ranjan Palit

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