This article attempts to place feminist documentary filmmaking in the context of the women’s movement in India. More specifically, it seeks to examine some of the widely debated concerns and strategies that have animated feminist documentary filmmaking in India through an analysis of two important films: Deepa Dhanraj’s Something Like a War and Reena Mohan’s Skin Deep.
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Kamalabai. 1992. English film (sub-titled).
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Molkarin. 1981. Marathi film (B&W).
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On An Express Highway. 2003. English film (sub-titled).
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Skin Deep. 1998. Dir. Reena Mohan . ( New Delhi) Majlis Production .
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Something Like a War. 1991. Dir. Deepa Dhanraj . ( New Delhi) D & N Productions .
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Tambakoo Chaakila Oob Ali. 1982. Marathi film (B&W) (English translation-The Tobacco Embers).
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