Made in India
Switzerland, April 1999
FILM,
Documentary,
91 min.
- directed by
- Patricia Plattner
- Written by
- Patricia Plattner
- Status
- In distribution
The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is a unique sort of trade union, first created in the state of Gujarat. Currently it has 217'000 members throughout the sub-continent. SEWA has set out to organise India’s countless extremely poor women, whether they work at home, in the street or in the fields, doing a variety of jobs but having no permanent employer so that they may be considered self-employed. Issued from many different religious and caste backgrounds, the SEWA women have created their own cooperative bank. SEWA is also concerned about such issues as health and training. Inventive and courageous, these women have stepped out from the shadow. The film tells the story of SEWA with the example of six of its members.
credits
- World Premiere
- April 1999
- Original Version
- Gujarati, English (french subtitles), colour, 35mm, 91 min.
- Production
- Light Night Production SA, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
- Producer
- Patricia Plattner, François-Christophe Marzal
- directed by
- Patricia Plattner
- Written by
- Patricia Plattner
- Cinematography
- Séverine Barde
- Editing
- Maya Schmid
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Films Transit International Inc.
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- Frenetic Films Distribution
Festivals
(a selection)
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Weltfilmtage Thusis
22.11.2000 - 26.11.2000 -
Résistances - Festival international de films
01.07.2000 - 09.07.2000 -
Cape Town, Encounters: South African International Documentary Festival
18.06.2000 - 01.07.2000 -
Gothenburg, Göteborg Film Festival
28.01.2000 - 06.02.2000 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
18.01.2000 - 23.01.2000 -
Filmtage Augsburg
10.11.1999 - 17.11.1999 -
Margaret Mead Film Festival
05.11.1999 - 13.11.1999 -
Rencontres internationales de cinéma à Paris
27.10.1999 - 07.11.1999 -
Locarno, 52. Festival internazionale del film
04.08.1999 - 14.08.1999 -
Munich, 14. Int. Dokumentarfilm Festival
30.04.1999 - 09.05.1999
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Nyon, 30e Festival Int. du Cinéma Documentaire
19.04.1999 - 25.04.1999