... And the unclaimed.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Majumder, Debalina, director.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesbian couples--India--Nandīgrām--Social conditions.

Lesbian couples.

Homophobia--India--Nandīgrām.

Homophobia.

Discrimination--India--Psychological aspects.

Discrimination.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (01:04:16)) : sound, color

Other Title:

And the unclaimed

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Good Docs, 2013.

Language Note:

Closed-captions in English.

Summary:

In a remote village in India, two girls, Swapna and Sucheta, loved each other so much that they had to kill themselves. The village hated them so much that they had to be burnt as unclaimed bodies. As the story unfolded, we came to know of their love affair and non-acceptance of the village community as well as their families. One of them had left a five page note behind, telling their story of love and loathing and asking their parents to cremate them together. ... And the unclaimed talks about these two unclaimed dead bodies and many more dead and living ones. The central question being non-acceptance of non-normative persons, the film brings out pain and desolation of such persons who are "unclaimed" by their loved ones and by the society at large. This documentary, while centering on the suicide of Swapna and Sucheta, also tells the stories of four different individuals who, because of their otherness, their gender or sexual preferences, have to go through their unique struggles, yet similar to that of Swapna's and Sucheta's lives. This film talks about the tragedy as well as hope; of lives lost, lives unclaimed, and also of lives lived and the horizons yet unclaimed.

Participant:

Director, Debalina Majumder.

Notes:

Description based on XML content.

ISBN:

1-03-624743-0

9781036247430

OCLC:

1584443087

Publisher Number:

301667