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The Widow Colony In
Fremont on Feb 3
 Award
winning movie The Widow Colony in being shown in Fremont on Feb 3rd
2007 Saturday. There will be two shows 3pm - 5pm and 5pm - 7pm.
This movie will be shown in local NAZ8 theatre in Fremont, located
at 39160 PASEO PADRE PARKWAY, Phone: (510)797-2000
The tickets will be sold every Sundays in all four Gurdwaras for $9
each. The production team of the movie will be here and will have a
QA session after each shows, This is a great movie. Most of the
movie is in Punjabi and with English subtitles. For tickets sale
contacts can be made at Fremont 510-299-7982, Hayward,Kulmit Kaur
Judge 510-589-8430, San Jose Gurmukh Singh Tiwana 408-391-3507 and
from El sobrante JP Singh 510543-7543 Here is some of the
information regarding movie.
www.thewidowcolony.com
The
Widow Colony, an award winning documentary that takes an in-depth
look into the lives of the widows whose husbands were killed in the
anti-Sikh massacre of November, 1984. This will be the first Sikh
issue based feature film to be screened at the Smithsonian Museum’s
Freer Gallery as a part of the DC Asia Pacific American Film
Festival. The film, is the closing night film at the 4th Annual
Spinning Wheel Festival and then Premiere in New York city at the
South Asian Independent Film Festival.
“The Widow Colony – India’s Unsettled Settlement”, borrows its name
from a settlement in Tilak Vihar on the west-side of New Delhi that
is commonly known as the Widow Colony or Vidhva Colony. Along with
testimonies of the widows and images of the death and destruction
that followed the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the
film conveys the intensity of the tragedy that occurred 21 years
ago.
The
film is provocative and scintillating in its effect but, its real
genius lies in Harpreet’s ability to effectively convey the trauma
that still haunts innumerable widows. Undeniably, in years of
analysis and discussion that has surrounded this issue; the need for
rehabilitation of the survivors has been forgotten. For the past 21
years, these women have been trapped in mourning and will only be
able to move forward when the perpetrators are punished. Although
over 4,000 Sikhs were killed in the capital city alone, the
Government has yet to deliver any justice.
The
film concludes that “pogroms will recur in India unless the State
acknowledges and records these violations in a transparent and
honest manner, towards cleansing itself of the people and
institutions that perpetrate these crimes and addressing the
survivors’ right to knowledge, justice, and reparation.” India has
an opportunity to exit the rhetoric of democracy and become an
advocate for Human Rights by delivering justice and this documentary
will hopefully become a catalyst for this much needed progress.
Directed by Harpreet Kaur who started off her career working as a
News Reporter for a News Channel in the Metro Washington DC area and
went on to produce her own show. In 2003, she started off working
fulltime, in Sach Productions, to produce films focusing on pressing
South Asian Issues.
Described by critics as the “most affecting” documentary to come out
of India since Born into Brothels, The Widow Colony is Harpreet most
poignant work that has been recognized and endorsed by prominent
personalities like Patwant Singh, Soli Sorabjee, Kuldeep Nayar, H.S.
Phoolka, Justice Sachar, Madhu Keshwar and various Human Rights,
Civil rights and social welfare organization all over the world.
Harpreet shared the silver screen along with Deepa Mehta’s Water and
Naseeruddin Shah’s Parzania at the Indian Film Festival of LA.
The
documentary won the Best Documentary Award at the prestigious Female
Eye Film
www.thewidowcolony.com
For
more info Contact : Kashmir Shahi Cell:510-299-7982 Fax:510-441-1115Email:Kashmir@insightvaluation.com
Web:
www.insightvaluation.com
10 January, 2007
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