Perspective Film Series Presents: Gangubai Kathiawadi
Directed By: Sanjay Leela Bhansali
2022 |Hindi (India) | 152 mins
DOORS: 7pm
SCREENING: 7:30pm
FREE with $10 admission to Contemporary Calgary.
FREE for Annual Membership Holders
Our galleries are open 12-7 PM for viewing prior to attending the screening.
ABOUT THE FILM:
To what extent is your body your own? And in what circumstance does it know true liberty? When you imagine your own moments of liberation, what accompanies you? Is it pleasure? Peace? Control? Rights and affordances? As all people around the world are fighting for different rights and liberties, this month’s perspective focused on the stories of sex workers in Mumbai, where daughters, girlfriends, and wives can be sold to brothels. With specific interest in the story of Gangubai Kathiawadi, a 16-year-old woman sold by her husband into a brothel, to eventually become a mafia leader and political figure in women’s rights.