International Women’s Day Edition of WomenInFilmWednesday

Second year running, Sudbury Indie Cinema Co-op salutes Sudbury’s feminists at a special screening of a woman-directed film. THE WORLD BEFORE HER (2012) by NISHA PAHUJA which won numerous festival awards including Best Canadian Feature at HOT DOCS, Best Doc at TRIBECA, also at SAN DIEGO ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL, WARSAW, and in ZURICH.
This moving documentary explores the choices of two young Indian women seeking to broaden the bleak horizons for women- one through beauty contests, the other thru militant Hinduism.
TICKETS are $12 in advance/ or $15 cash at door.

“With unprecedented access, great compassion, and a keen eye for the universal, this year’s winner takes a hard and clear-eyed look at the trials of growing up female in today’s fast-changing world. Following young women who have taken diametrically opposed decisions on how to tackle the influence of global forces in their communities, the filmmaker takes us on a journey to examine how the pressures of faith, fashion, and family are bringing up a generation of women who are desperately searching for meaning amidst a reality of few real choices.”