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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | Indian film on female foeticide to be screened in New York 22.39 IST 19th Apr 2005 By Agencies A popular Indian film which focusses on saving baby girls would be screened at the forthcoming International Independent Film and Video Festival in New York, later this month. "Atmajaa" (Born from the Soul), a widely acclaimed film produced by an NGO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, deals with the issue of girl child discrimination leading to pre-birth elimination of females. "The film has already been shown in nearly all parts of the country and has now been selected for screening at the International Independent Film and Video Festival in New York, on April 28," says Nilamadhab Panda, the producer of the film. "The nearly half-an-hour movie has been widely acclaimed and its success led to making a serial as a follow-up on the movie. The NGO, Plan, teamed up with the Ministry and with financial assistance from the Edward Greene Charity to produce a soap opera, highlighting the problem and trying to change the opinion," says Panda, also a development filmmaker and cinematographer. "Already 13 episodes have been made which look at the laws surrounding pre-natal diagnostic tests, gender, poverty, anti-dowry laws, violence against women and the problems that can occur if there are very few women," says Panda. |
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