"My Name is Nakusa: The unwanted" Film Screening

3030 West River Parkway,Minneapolis MN 55406

06 December, 2022

Description

The Zonta Club of Minneapolis and AshaUSA invite you to view the documentary "Nakusa: the unwanted", which has been listed in the top 25 revolutionary documentary films of India. It has been officially selected and screened at various International film festivals. Filmmaker Rima Amarapurkar will join us from Mumbai for a post screening to explore the topic of culture, gender bias, & discrimination experienced by “unwanted” girl child in certain parts of Maharashtra, India. Program 6:00pm to 6.30pm: Social hour and Silent Auction 6.30pm to 7:00pm: Screening of the revolutionary short film “Nakusa - the unwanted” 7:00pm to 8:00pm: Heart to heart chat with the well known filmmaker Rima Amarapurkar. Proceeds will be used to support scholarships for women and girls through the Zonta Club of Minneapolis, and to support the Samvedana Film Foundation. Rima Amarapurkar: The subjects related to women are close to her heart and her short film on female foeticide, titled 'Jananee', is the first short film in Marathi to be screened at the 63rd Festival de Cannes. Her short documentary titled "Nakusa- the unwanted '' has brought to the fore the issue of unwanted daughters. She has worked as a consultant on "Save the girl child" issue, has been faculty on the ' Gender sensitisation workshops for elected representatives' across the Maharashtra State and worked on the National Film Heritage Mission as a consultant film expert. She will join us from Mumbai, India.