[Reader-list] [Announcements] Bombay: Our City

[Joe Athialy]

Center for Education and Documentation
&
Initiative

Invite you for a film screening and discussion
on February 21 (Monday) 3 pm
At CED, Mumbai

Bombay: Our City
by Anand Patwardhan

The discussion would be led by Shweta Tambe, Committee for Rights to
Housing.

BOMBAY: OUR CITY tells the story of the daily battle for survival of
millions of Bombay slum dwellers who make up half the city's population.
Although they are Bombay's workforce - industrial laborers, construction
workers, domestic servants - they are denied city utilities like
electricity, sanitation, and water. Many slum dwellers must also face the
constant threat of eviction as city authorities carry out campaigns to
"beautify" Bombay.

BOMBAY: OUR CITY is an indictment of injustice and misery, and a call to
action on the side of the slum dwellers.

Awards
Best Non-Fiction National Award, India, 1986 
Special Jury Award, Cinema du Reel, Paris, 1986
Filmfare Award Best Documentary, India, 1986

Reviews
"Simply one of the best documentaries I have ever seen."
Sean Cubitt, City Limits, London, UK

"Quite clearly, BOMBAY: OUR CITY is the best documentary ever made in
India."
Khalid Mohamed - The Times of India

"Patwardhan gives us this story simply and clearly, with restrained passion,
and it becomes, finally, appalling and moving."
Michael Wilmington - The Los Angeles Times

Contacts
Initiative, Tel: 24931241, Email: initiative at riseup.net
Website: http://initiativeindia.tripod.com

Center for Education and Documentation (CED) 3, Suleman Chambers,
4 Battery Street (Behind Regal Cinema) Mumbai - 400001
Tel:22020019

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