Cover image for The Sari Soldiers [digital video].
Title:
The Sari Soldiers [digital video].
Publication Date:
2008

2024
Publication Information:
Women Make Movies, 2008.

[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (92 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Title from title frames.

Film
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
Electronic Access:
A Kanopy streaming video Access immediately on Kanopy
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