[Reader-list] The Bell Bajao! Video contest/ Screening of 'Bhopali', the film, Pune / Film on Clinical ethics' : Call for proposals

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In the new year Breakthrough is happy to present our latest contest. What do you have to do? Interpret the The Bell Bajao video contest concept through a 5 sec video and send us your masterpiece!
Our team will piece it together and release the final video at the end of the month. The best entries get Breakthrough goodies! So, why are you still waiting? Ring the Bell!
Show us how you “Bell Bajao!” and send in your videos to bell_bajao at breakthrough.tv
You can download the poster at http://www.bellbajao.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/The-Bell-Bajao-video-contest.pdf
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Event: Screening of 'Bhopali' the film.
Date: Saturday January 21 2012
Time: 5.30-7pm
Venue: Open Space, B 301, Kanchanjunga building, Kanchan Lane, Off Law College Road.


Open Space/CCDS presents the premier of the film 'Bhopali' , a feature documentary about the survivors of the world's worst industrial disaster, the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak in Bhopal, India. Today the suffering continues, prompting victims to fight for justice against Union Carbide, the American corporation responsible for the disaster. 


BHOPALI (84 mins, Van Maxmilian Carson, 2011)  documents the experience of second generation children affected by the Union Carbide gas disaster of 1984, the worst industrial disaster in history, and subsequent contamination of groundwater by Union Carbide Corporation (an American company now owned by Dow Chemical, the second largest chemical company in the world). It follows several children as they and their families cope with the ongoing medical and social disaster, as well as their memories of that traumatizing night that shocked the world and changed Bhopal forever. Set against the backdrop of vehement protests for the 25th anniversary of the disaster, the Bhopalis continue to fight for justice, proving to be anything but victims.

The film focuses on survivors of the disaster and their families as they continue life amongst the indelible remainders of contamination and death. Set against a backdrop of high stakes activism, global politics, and human rights advocacy, this film explores the ongoing struggle for justice against Union Carbide, the American corporation responsible for the disaster. Featuring Noam Chomsky, Satinath Sarangi,survivor/activist Sanjay Verma and attorney Rajan Sharma.


http://www.bhopalithemovie.com/trailer/


This screening is free. Limited seats so come on time!
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Film on Clinical ethics' : Call for proposals



A FILM ON CLINICAL ETHICS

_CALL FOR IDEAS …_

 

Clinical ethics remains at the core of the bioethics movement. It is 
the
ethics practiced by clinicians and those in the medical profession at
large. However, ethics is not a set of written-down rules and
practitioners often have to use their own judgments and discretions, 
and
take critical decisions for the patient. Clinical ethics concerns run
the range between questions of decision-making, ensuring privacy and
confidentiality, taking consent, and negotiating between doing what is
in the best interest of the patient, respecting patient’s judgment and
autonomy, considering end-of-life issues and more. Yet, the path to
making a decision is not always smooth and often remains marked by
dilemmas, anxieties, hesitations and also certainties and triumphs.

The _CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN ETHICS AND RIGHTS_ (www.cser.in [1]), a
premier bioethics research organization in India that has been
researching on the various aspects of clinical ethics, is inviting
creative minds to make a film on any aspect of clinical ethics in an
Indian context – a documentary, a montage or a creative mix from
footage archives!

_Purpose of the film:_ The film would form part of the syllabus for
doctors for their medical humanities course.

The tentative budget for the film will be 2.5 lacs (inclusive of all
expenses borne by the director), provided in three installments. We
would want the finished film in 90 days from the date of the first
installment.

 

To apply, send the following:

-- A concept note (maximum 500 words) mentioning the duration of your
film,

-- A break-up of the budget

-- Your CV (and the CVs of other personnel who might work with you).

 

to clinicalethics.cser at gmail.com [2] BEFORE JANUARY 31, 2012.

For any queries that you might have, mail Deapica at
clinicalethics.cser at gmail.com [3]