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Fearless: Breaking the Caste
 
Breaking the Caste
 
Length: 26 min
Released: 2003
Ages: College
Adult
 
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Fathima Burnad is fighting to change a social structure that has existed for 3,000 years. The caste system in India has created apartheid-like discrimination. Although child labor is common and women have few rights, worst off are the 160 million people in the landless, lowest caste -- the Dalits or "untouchables. They live without access to basic necessities and are often targets of violence. Fathima's aim is to empower these people -- her people -- by encouraging them to take action through grass-roots organizations and rallying the support of international communities behind her cause.
 
Member of a series:
 
• Fearless Series: Stories from Asian Women
 
 
 
"The film illustrates the core issues of caste and gender discrimination and the significance and desperate need for grassroots type social work against deep-rooted social problems. Recommended."
Triveni Kuch, Rutgers University Libraries for Educational Media Reviews Online
 
 
National Women's Studies Association, 2004
Hollywood Film Festival, 2003
Global Visions Film Festival, 2003
 
 
 
• Asia
 
• South Asia
 
• Women's Studies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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