The women betrayed videorecording Why women in Jharkhand are branded and hunted as withches produced by Anwar Jamwal; direced by Sehjo Singh

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublication details: Bombay Anwar Jamwal c1993Description: 1 videodisc (40 min.) sd., col 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form:
DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 WO
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The Women Betrayed is a story based on the tribal regions of Jharkhand and Bengal. In the tribal regions of Bihar and Bengal, the people pushed to the wall by the development policies of India, take recourse to the all pervasive age old belief, that, all miseries are caused by evil spirits invoked by the witches, and helpless women become easy targets. Land hunger is the most common reason, which turns families against each other. Born in 1963, Sehjo is an independent filmmaker working on issues of socio-political concern since 1987. She won the special jury award in Tokyo national award for best film on social issues.
Production credits:
  • Camera,Jugal Debta ; editing, Renu Saluja ; sound, Neelkanth
Awards:
  • Winner of Special Jury Award in Tokyo; National Award for Best film on Social Issues;
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The Women Betrayed is a story based on the tribal regions of Jharkhand and Bengal. In the tribal regions of Bihar and Bengal, the people pushed to the wall by the development policies of India, take recourse to the all pervasive age old belief, that, all miseries are caused by evil spirits invoked by the witches, and helpless women become easy targets. Land hunger is the most common reason, which turns families against each other. Born in 1963, Sehjo is an independent filmmaker working on issues of socio-political concern since 1987. She won the special jury award in Tokyo national award for best film on social issues.

Camera,Jugal Debta ; editing, Renu Saluja ; sound, Neelkanth

DVD ; PAL.

In English and Hindi with English subtitles.

Winner of Special Jury Award in Tokyo;
National Award for Best film on Social Issues;

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