Saturday Film Night

A feminist film every Saturday at 5 PM IST, played right here for every verified member at the same time, with a live chat. Each film comes with extra reading: books from our shelf and free papers that take its questions further.

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1. Sat, 10 Oct5:00 PM IST

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   Arth (1982)

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   • BookA Room of One's Own Virginia Woolf
   • BookThe Second Sex Simone de Beauvoir
   • Paper'Til Dowry Do Us Part: Bargaining and Violence in Indian Families Rossella Calvi, Ajinkya Keskar

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2. Sat, 17 Oct5:00 PM IST

   Divorce Iranian Style (1998)

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   • PaperThe Making of Divorce Iranian Style Ziba Mir-Hosseini
   • BookIslam and Gender: The Religious Debate in Contemporary Iran Ziba Mir-Hosseini
   • BookWomen and Gender in Islam: Historical Roots of a Modern Debate Leila Ahmed

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3. Sat, 24 Oct5:00 PM IST

   Unlimited Girls (2002)

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   • BookSeeing Like a Feminist Nivedita Menon · 1 read
   • BookThe History of Doing Radha Kumar
   • BookWhy Loiter? Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade
   • PaperGender, Caste and Subjectivity: Revisiting the #MeToo Movement in India Anandita Pan

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4. Sat, 31 Oct5:00 PM IST

   Salt of the Earth (1954)

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   • PaperSalt of the Earth and Free Expression: The Mine-Mill Union and the Movies in the Rocky Mountain West James J. Lorence
   • BookWomen, Race and Class Angela Davis
   • BookCaliban and the Witch Silvia Federici

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5. Sat, 7 Nov5:00 PM IST

   Bhumika (1977)

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   • BookMy Story Kamala Das
   • BookWomen Writing in India ed. Susie Tharu and K. Lalita
   • PaperFilm Dance, Female Stardom, and the Production of Gender in Popular Hindi Cinema Usha Iyer

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6. Sat, 14 Nov5:00 PM IST

   Love Crimes of Kabul (2011)

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   • BookThe Pitfalls of Protection: Gender, Violence, and Power in Afghanistan Torunn Wimpelmann
   • BookDo Muslim Women Need Saving? Lila Abu-Lughod
   • Paper#MeToo: Global Progress in Tackling Continued Custodial Violence Against Women: The 10-Year Anniversary of the Bangkok Rules Marie Claire Van Hout, Simon Fleißner, Heino Stöver

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7. Sat, 21 Nov5:00 PM IST

   Astitva (2000)

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   • BookDown Girl Kate Manne
   • BookLiving a Feminist Life Sara Ahmed
   • BookWhat Is Patriarchy? Kamla Bhasin

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8. Sat, 28 Nov5:00 PM IST

   The Female Voice of Iran (2020)

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   • PaperWomen Reclaiming Their Voices for Life and Freedom: Music and the 2022 Uprising in Iran Nahid Siamdoust
   • BookSin: Selected Poems of Forugh Farrokhzad Forugh Farrokhzad, trans. Sholeh Wolpé
   • BookWomen with Mustaches and Men without Beards: Gender and Sexual Anxieties of Iranian Modernity Afsaneh Najmabadi

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9. Sat, 5 Dec5:00 PM IST

   Bawandar (2000)

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   • BookPublic Secrets of Law: Rape Trials in India Pratiksha Baxi
   • BookLaw and Gender Inequality: The Politics of Women's Rights in India Flavia Agnes
   • PaperSpotted Goddesses: Dalit Women's Agency-narratives on Caste and Gender Violence Balmurli Natrajan

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10. Sat, 12 Dec5:00 PM IST

    Iron Ladies of Liberia (2007)

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    • PaperEnding Civil War through Nonviolent Resistance: The Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace Movement Maxwell Adjei
    • BookBananas, Beaches and Bases: Making Feminist Sense of International Politics Cynthia Enloe
    • BookThe Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí

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11. Sat, 19 Dec5:00 PM IST

    Dor (2006)

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    • BookRewriting History: The Life and Times of Pandita Ramabai Uma Chakravarti
    • PaperWidows of Vrindavan: Feminisation of Old Age in India Rekha Pande
    • BookContentious Traditions: The Debate on Sati in Colonial India Lata Mani

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12. Sat, 26 Dec5:00 PM IST

    Ankur (1974)

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    • BookGendering Caste: Through a Feminist Lens Uma Chakravarti
    • BookThe Prisons We Broke Baby Kamble
    • PaperDalit Women in India: At the Crossroads of Gender, Class, and Caste Nidhi Sadana Sabharwal, Wandana Sonalkar

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