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To mark International Women’s Day, award-winning Canadian director to open special screenings of ‘Anatomy of Violence,’ ‘Water’
Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta, director of the Oscar-nominated film Water, will bring to Manila her most recent work ‘Anatomy of Violence’ for a one-day special screening coinciding with International Women’s Day.
Mehta will open ‘Anatomy of Violence’ on Wednesday, March 8, 6:00pm, at the Cine Adarna of the University of the Philippines’ Film Institute, Magsaysay Avenue, UP Diliman, Quezon City. Admission is free and on a first come first served basis at the Film Institute’s ticket office.
‘Anatomy of Violence’ is a film that mixes fiction and fact in an improvised exploration of the events leading up to, and following, the notorious gang rape of a young woman by six men in a moving bus in New Delhi, India in 2012.
“So brutal was the rape that it shocked the whole nation and jolted many to protest against the general apathy of authorities and the rising crime rate against girls and women,” says Mehta. “The life of the young girl, her dreams, her family, her ambitions, were covered in great detail by both Indian and the international press, but what is known about the six rapists was, in comparison, perfunctory”.
The film asks questions and tries to answer them as it probes and explores what might have driven the rapists to do such a savage assault.
“What if I made a film from the point of view of the rapists I thought? The idea intrigued me enough to get extensive research done on the lives of the six perpetrators,” Mehta has cited as her motivation for the film.
Mehta will also participate in an invitation-only roundtable discussion with representatives from government, academe, international organizations, and NGOs on violence against women in the Philippines on March 8th at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City following a masterclass for film majors.
Mehta will also open a public screening of her Oscar-nominated film ‘Water,’ on Tuesday, March 7th , 7pm at the Shang Cineplex, Shangri-la Plaza mall in Mandaluyong City. Tickets to this screening are also available for free on a first come first served basis at the Shangri-La Cineplex box office.
The Embassy of Canada in the Philippines is pleased to bring Ms. Mehta to Manila as part of its year-long line-up of activities to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Canada’s Confederation.
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