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Girl Stars and Enemies of Happiness
4PM, March 29th, Saturday • $5 suggested donation
Central Cinema
1411 21st Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122, (206) 686-6684
Girl Stars – a collection of shorts
India, 35 minutes, English/Hindi, DVD
Girl Stars are extraordinary tales of ordinary girls who have changed their lives by going to school. It is a multi-media project that creates ‘icons’ out of everyday women and girls who have changed their lives through education.  Girl Stars was created by ‘Going to School: India’ and was supported by UNICEF India. The NGO ‘Going to School’ creates media for children with the view to making learning and education relevant to their lives and at the same time fun.
Anita the Beekeeper, Director: Vikash Nowlakha
Kiran the Junkyard Dealer, Director: Vikash Nowlakha
Suryamani the Environment Activist, Director: Umang Bhattacharya
Anuradha the Medical Student, Director: Pallavi Arora
Madhuri the Village Leader, Director: Ayesha Sood
www.goingtoschool.com
Enemies of Happiness
Afghanistan/Denmark, 2006, 59 minutes, Farsi/Pashtu (subtitled), DVD
‘Enemies of Happiness’, is about personal courage – courage to change the world and the courage to stand in the forefront of this battle. The winner of the international premiere award it is a powerful, remarkable and inspiring film. From its stunning opening, emerges a gripping story of opposition and women's rights in today's Afghanistan as the country tries to reconstruct life after the Taliban. At its heart, it's a portrait of Malalai Joya on the campaign trail in the first democratic elections in Afghanistan in 30 years. The film-makers follow this brave, fearless and committet female politician who, despite repeated assassination attempts, is prepared to take on and front-up to formere warlords in the Loya Jirga about the way they have been tearing her country apart. more...
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