THE SARI SOLDIERS (15)*

THURSDAY 27 OCT

Filmed over three years during the most historic and pivotal time in Nepal’s modern history, ‘The Sari Soldiers’ is an extraordinary story of six women’s courageous efforts to shape Nepal’s future in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the King’s crackdown on civil liberties. When Devi, mother of a 15-year-old girl, witnesses her niece being tortured and murdered by the Royal Nepal Army, she speaks publicly about the atrocity. The army abducts her daughter in retaliation, and Devi embarks on a three-year struggle to uncover her daughter’s fate and see justice done.

+ Followed by post screening discussion

Human Rights Watch International Film Festival 2008: Winner
Prague One World Film Festival 2009: Special Jury Award
Tri-Continental Film Festival: Winner Grand Jury Prize

SCREENING at Amnesty International Action Centre. Click here for map. 

Tickets available at the door.
7:00pm
Nepal 2008 / English
Director: Julie Bridgman
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 90mins