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LAKSHMI AND ME
Nishtha Jain, US-India; 59 min. NY Premiere
In English and Hindi, with English subtitles. |
Synopsis:
"What sin did I commit to be born a woman?" Lakshmi wonders out loud. A 21-year-old housemaid in Mumbai, she works ten hours a day, seven days a week. One of her employers is the filmmaker who makes over a year and a half, a documentary that explores their relationship, Lakshmi’s life at home, and at work in various houses, illness and romance. The filming begins to have its own impact on unfolding events, their relationship, forcing the filmmaker to question many of the things she has taken for granted. |
Director: Nishtha Jain
Nishtha Jain is a graduate of Delhi University, and has an MA in Mass Communication. She worked as an editor and director at TV Today and Hindustan Times Television. In 1995 she joined the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, specializing in film direction. She worked briefly as commissioning editor for a non-fiction channel, and since 2002 has lived and worked in Mumbai as an independent filmmaker. |
Screening Venue:
The Allen Room, Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Thursday, November 6 at 6 PM.
Tickets for Jazz at Lincoln Center
Tribeca Cinemas 1. Saturday, November 8 at 12 PM.
Tickets for Tribeca Cinemas |
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