Out of Competition
U.S. Premiere


A CERTAIN LIBERATION
SHADHINOTA



Country of production: Bangladesh
Year: 2003
Language: Bengali, English
Mins: 37

Director: Yasmine Kabir
Cinematography: Yasmine Kabir
Editing: Yasmine Kabir
Sound: Tarum Bhartyia
Producer: Yasmine Kabir
Source: Yasmine Kabir
Dhansiri Apartments #E-602
35 Indira Road
Dhaka 1215
BANGLADESH
Phone: +880 2 9131304
Fax: +880 2 888962
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Gurudasi Mondol gave herself up to madness in 1971, during the Liberation War of Bangladesh, as she watched her entire family killed, then later was imprisoned and raped. Thirty years later, she continues to roam the streets of a small town in Bangladesh - taking at will from strangers and breaking into spaces normally reserved for men. She is unafraid of authority, and scorns it.

Yet in her madness, she has found a strategy for survival. In Kopilmoni, Gutudasi has attained near legendary status as a cherished member of the community. She is like the eccentric old aunt, whom everybody loves.

A CERTAIN LIBERATION is a sensitive portrait of this fascinating woman.

Yasmine Kabir is a Bangladeshi filmmaker, who lived in the United States for thirteen years. Her work has been supported by the Jan Vrijman Fund at the International Documentary Festival-Amsterdam, and has screened around the world. She has also worked as a social activist in defense of battered women.

filmography AS DIRECTOR
A CERTAIN LIBERATION (2003)
DIRECT-DIRECT (2003)
MY MIGRANT SOUL (2000)
A MOTHER'S LAMENT (1999)
FOR SOLAIMAN (1997)
A DAY AT THE EMBASSY (1996)
DEATH CHANT (1992)

Sunday 11-Apr-2004 9:00 PM Gallery Theatre
Screenign with SECRETS FOR SALE