Married to an older man whom she barely knows and with whom she never lives,
Chuyia is widowed before she reaches her teens. She is immediately taken to
a "widow's home", shunned by the rest of the community.
Join us as we watch Deepa Mehta's "Water", a controversial film that
considers the treatment of widows in India and examines the societal
expectations for Indian women in general. The screening will be followed
by a faciliated conversation with Huma Dar, a Ph.D. candidate from the
University of California, Berkeley.
For more information about "Water", please visit: http://water.mahiram.com/
or http://imdb.com/title/tt0240200/.