Testimony of Ana
Asia/South Asia
•
24m
Anaben Pawar is an elderly tribal woman accused of witchcraft in rural India. Through Ana's story, we delve into a deep-rooted culture of patriarchy and examine one of the most monstrous attacks on women's bodies in modern India: the witch-hunt.
Director: Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda
Producers: Janani Vijayanathan & Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda
2021 | 24 min
India | USA
Languages: Dangi
Subtitles: English
Filmmaker Q&A:
https://simaacademy.com/filmmaker-qa/testimony-of-ana/
Up Next in Asia/South Asia
-
We Are Rohingya (VR/360)
Mohammed and his family awoke one morning to the sound of gunfire in their village in Myanmar. The father of three describes how his son Ismail went from having a relatively normal life playing soccer with his friends, to trekking through rain-drenched forests to escape Myanmar, and falling sick ...
-
Vital Voices: Tep Vanny
Anyone who has worked in a developing country in the last decade will have heard a similar story. Developers seize a valuable piece of land, throw the existing community out, and after protests ebb away, a new development arises: apartments, a mall, restaurants and stores for the newly wealthy. T...
-
Threads
Torn from her family, her paintings, and her beloved Calcutta after the partition of India, artist Surayia Rahman finds a new life in Bangladesh teaching marginalized mothers to embroider her story-telling designs. An inspirational example of the power of art and the impact of empowering women a...
