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Dry Days In Dobbagunta
In a village in southern India, rural women enrolled in a national literacy program began to discuss domestic problems, the root of which was their husbands' addition to 'arak', the local alcohol. This was the beginning of an anti-liquor campaign that has spread across the entire state of Andhra Pradesh, empowering women.
'Express(es)...women's desire for independence, self-sufficiency and the important role of having a voice in the process of decision-making...Fast paced, yet informative... Geared toward the advanced high school student and above...Has a place in all video collections in the areas of Women's Studies, History, Sociology and Anthropology. Highly Recommended.' Belinda L. Robinson-Jones, MC Journal
Citation
Main credits
Basu, Nupur (film director)
Basu, Nupur (film producer)
Basu, Nupur (narrator)
Other credits
Camera, Navroze Contractor; editing, Reena Mohan.
Distributor subjects
Anthropology
Asian Studies
Developing World
Humanities
India
International Studies
Substance Abuse
Women's Studies
Asian Studies
Developing World
Humanities
India
International Studies
Substance Abuse
Women's Studies
Keywords
literacy campaign, India, empowering women, ; rural women,; alcohol abuse,; literacy, Andhra Pradesh,"Dry Days In Dobbagunta",Bullfrog Films
Distributor: Bullfrog Films
Length: 11 minutes
Date: 1996
Genre: Expository
Language: English
Grade: 7-12, College, Adult
Color/BW:
Closed Captioning: Available
Included in Collections: Women's History Month Sampler, The Women's Studies Collection, A Woman's Place, The Asian Studies Collection, The Health and Health Care Collection, The Bullfrog Films Collection, The Docuseek2 Complete Collection 2nd Edition, The Anthropology Collection
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