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NEPAL - THE SARI SOLDIERS - FILM -
NEPAL WOMEN FOR JUSTICE, DEMOCRACY
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THE
SARI SOLDIERS
A
film by Julie
Bridgham
US/Nepal,
2008, 90 minutes, Color, DVD, Nepali/English, Subtitled
Order No. W09950
Filmed
over three years during the most historic and pivotal time in Nepal’s modern
history, The Sari Soldiers is an extraordinary story of six women’s
courageous efforts to shape Nepal’s future in the midst of an escalating civil
war against Maoist insurgents, and the King’s crackdown on civil liberties.
When Devi, mother of a 15-year-old girl, witnesses her niece being tortured and
murdered by the Royal Nepal Army, she speaks publicly about the atrocity. The
army abducts her daughter in retaliation, and Devi embarks on a three-year
struggle to uncover her daughter’s fate and see justice done. The Sari
Soldiers follows her and five other brave women: Maoist Commander Kranti;
Royal Nepal Army Officer Rajani; Krishna, a monarchist from a rural community
who leads a rebellion against the Maoists; Mandira, a human rights lawyer; and
Ram Kumari, a young student activist shaping the protests to reclaim democracy.
The Sari Soldiers delves into the extraordinary journey of these women
on opposing sides of the conflict and the democratic revolution reshaping their
country’s future.
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