PREMIERE DESIGNATION
NEW ENGLAND PREMIERE
SYNOPSIS
Mitilesh, a young woman from Central India, is recruited by local health workers to get sterilized in a mass surgical ‘camp’. As she decides to undergo the surgery, her narrative is situated in the larger context of population control in India – one that has for decades sacrificed women’s health and reproductive rights in the name of economic progress.
SCREENING INFORMATION
Sunday, August 25, 2019
1:00 pm
Marquis Screening Room
CREDITS
Directors: Anne Munger (will attend the festival), Zoe Hamilton
Producer: Jana Edelbaum
FILM INFORMATION
Genre: Documentary Short
Length: 37 min
Location: India
Languages: English, Hindi