Panihari : the Water Women of India
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Originally produced in 2004.
Special features: Lesson plan ; guidebook ; photo gallery ; director's commentary.
Looks at life in the desert communities of Rajasthan in India's Thar Desert. The film centers around the life of Paru, one of the Panihari (women who fetch water) as she struggles against nature and society to attain self-reliance for her family and herself.
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In Hindi with English subtitles and voicovers.
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Choices, Inc., 2006.
Year Published: 2006
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1933724013
9781933724010
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Devan, Abi.
Rajagopal, Sudhi.
Ortiz, Juan Carlos.
Five Families Productions.
Choices, Inc.
SUBJECTS
Rural women -- Rajasthan -- Social conditions.
Water-supply -- Rajasthan.
Drinking water -- Rajasthan.
Thar Desert (India and Pakistan) -- Social conditions.
Rajasthan (India) -- Social conditions.
Documentary videos.