SALMA by Kim Longinotto | A Women Make Movies New Release

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Hi All,

I am writing from Women Make Movies, the leading nonprofit distributor of films by and about women. I thought this listerv’s members would be particularly interested in our new release SALMA, a documentary by acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto. This compelling film explores critical issues surrounding Education, International Politics, India, Tamil Culture, Literature, Women’s Voices, Anthropology and Global Feminism. 

SALMA <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c845.shtml>

Women Make Movies is thrilled to announce the educational release of Kim Longinotto's newest feature, SALMA. SALMA continues an amazing festival run, first premiering at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and then going on to successful screenings at Berlin International Film Festival and Hot Docs. SALMA makes its New York premiere this month at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, with screenings at The IFC Center and The Film Society of Lincoln Center. For tickets and more information, visit the Human Rights Watch Film Festival website <http://ff.hrw.org/film/salma?city=5>.
 
As with her previous work (PINK SARIS, ROUGH AUNTIES, SISTERS IN LAW), master documentarian Kim Longinotto trains her camera on another iconoclastic woman. When Salma, a young Muslim girl in a south Indian village, was 13 years old, her family began holding her captive, forbidding her to study and forcing her into marriage. For the following 25 years, words were Salma's only salvation. She began covertly composing poems on scraps of paper and, through an intricate system, was able to sneak them out of the house and into the hands of a publisher. Against all odds, Salma became the most famous Tamil poet, inciting her own freedom and challenging the traditional code of conduct in her village. Read more.

A film by Kim Longinotto
UK/India, 2013, 89 minutes, Color, DVD, Tamil, Subtitled

Institutional Price: $395.00
K-12, Public Libraries, Community Groups: $89

View the trailer here <http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=9FSll2mVppk>
Purchase the film here <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c845.shtml>

Special Offer - SOUTH ASIA: Women of South Asia Speak Out Collection! Receive 50% off any title from this collection when you purchase SALMA at list price.

Order any title from the collection at 50% off list price. This offer applies to institutions only; public libraries, K-12 and community groups may purchase any title for only $89.
 
SOUTH ASIA: Women of South Asia Speak Out <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/collect34.shtml>

This collection includes:

PINK SARIS <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c789.shtml>
As the outspoken leader of India's Gulabi Gang, Sampat Pal has made it her life's mission to protect abused young women. 
 
SAVING FACE <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c838.shtml>
Academy Award® Winner 
In Pakistan, many women are known victims of violent acid attacks. Plastic surgeon Dr. Jawad has returned home to help these women get life-changing surgery as they attempt to bring their assailants to justice. 
 
AFTER THE RAPE: THE MUKHTAR MAI STORY <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c775.shtml>
Brave Pakistani woman Mukhtar Mai refused to be silent after being punitively gang-raped by order of a brutally archaic tribal council. 
 
INVOKING JUSTICE <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c834.shtml>
In Southern India, domestic Muslim disputes are settled by all-male ruling bodies known as Jamaats. Recognizing this system's prejudice against women, a group of activists banded together to form the first female Jamaats. 

FOR A PLACE UNDER THE HEAVENS <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c624.shtml>
Pakistani filmmaker Sabiha Sumar traces the relationship between Islam and the formation of her home country in an effort to understand how women are coping with increasing religiosity within civil and political life. 
 
HIGHWAY COURTESANS <http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c654.shtml>
Mystelle Brabbee's film follows Guddi, a girl born into central India's Bachara community, followers of an ancient tradition mandating that first-born daughters must prostitute to support their families.
 
You can place your order directly through WMM's Online Shopping Cart. During checkout, enter promo code SALMALS13 and your 50% off discount will be applied.* For questions, email orders at wmm.com or call 212.925.0606 x360. Offer ends July 31, 2013.
 
*Cannot be used with 2013 films in collection. Other exceptions may apply. Cannot be combined with any other offer.

Please let me know if you have any questions and thank you so much for your support!

Sincerely,

Meredith Heil
Marketing Coordinator
Women Make Movies
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