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"Intimate documentary exposing the gendered fault lines carved by economic collapse in rural India. Sanjivani’s world shatters when her farmer husband falls victim to a failing agricultural system. Widowhood silences her until a secret circle of women expands her world. Marching in the Dark’s a potent reminder of how global economic forces ripple through overlooked lives."
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A event held at The Cube on Thursday 18th September. The event starts at 20:00.
Sanjivani, a young widow in rural India, grapples with devastating loss after her husband, afarmer who succumbed to the pressures of rising costs, unyielding cropfailures, and volatilemarket prices, commits suicide – one of thousands each year in India’s agriculture sectors.
Now absorbed into her brother-in-law’s family, Sanjivani and her two children struggle to beseen and respected. Among her myriad of responsibilities, includinghomemaker, mother andfarm-worker for her brother-in-law, Sanjivani’s efforts to regain self-determination and asemblance of control over her life arecompounded by the traditional social stigmas anddogmas attached to widowhood in her community.
When Sanjivani cautiously joins a local support group for widows-only, despite having tofabricate excuses to her brother-in-law to explain her absence, sheunexpectedly embarks upona transformative journey of discovery with the other women as they share their grief.
Initially cautious and reserved, Sanjivani is slowly drawn in to the healing power of community;her own grief beginning to heal as she focuses on the othersinstead of herself. When shesummons the courage to unveil her own story, Sanjivani finds inspiration in their sharedresilience and empowerment forged from theircommon experiences.
Each day, throughout the region, more farmer-widows are made – the ever-growing protestsand demonstrations doing nothing to stem the political tide at the coreof India’
Entry requirements: 18+
Now absorbed into her brother-in-law’s family, Sanjivani and her two children struggle to beseen and respected. Among her myriad of responsibilities, includinghomemaker, mother andfarm-worker for her brother-in-law, Sanjivani’s efforts to regain self-determination and asemblance of control over her life arecompounded by the traditional social stigmas anddogmas attached to widowhood in her community.
When Sanjivani cautiously joins a local support group for widows-only, despite having tofabricate excuses to her brother-in-law to explain her absence, sheunexpectedly embarks upona transformative journey of discovery with the other women as they share their grief.
Initially cautious and reserved, Sanjivani is slowly drawn in to the healing power of community;her own grief beginning to heal as she focuses on the othersinstead of herself. When shesummons the courage to unveil her own story, Sanjivani finds inspiration in their sharedresilience and empowerment forged from theircommon experiences.
Each day, throughout the region, more farmer-widows are made – the ever-growing protestsand demonstrations doing nothing to stem the political tide at the coreof India’
Entry requirements: 18+
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