Manjira Datta

Filmography

Rishte
(1995, )
Following the story of Lali Devi, a mother of five daughters who poisoned herself and two of her daughters, Rishte explores the practice of male sex preference in India and how this led to her suicide. This moving and informative film also follows the efforts of Shyamkali, an activist who has established a community organization dedicated to raising Indian women's awareness about the impact of sex preference on their lives and their legal rights in this issue. Available from Women Make Movies.
Democracy in Crisis
(, )
Surveys the Babri-Masjid/Ayodhya events religious strife in India. More about the film