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Showing 1 - 10 of 98 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is South Asia
Above and Below
Artist Tsherin Sherpa's remarkable 19-year journey from Tibetan Buddhist Thangka painter to global art superstar
GOOD DOCS | 2022 | 35 minutes
After the Rape
After Mukhtar Mai, a rural Pakistani woman, was gang-raped by order of her tribal council as punishment for her younger brother’s alleged relationship with a woman from another clan, she speaks out, fights for justice in the Pakistani courts, starts two schools for girls in her village and a crisis center for abused women.
Women Make Movies | 2008 | 58 minutes
Angry Monk
Gendun Choephel, a legendary figure in Tibet, turned from the monastic life he was born to (as the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama), to become a fierce critic of his country's religious conservatism and isolationism.
Icarus Films | 2005 | 97 minutes
Ask the Sexpert
A longtime sex advice columnist gains popularity against the backdrop of a ban on comprehensive sex education in schools in India.
GOOD DOCS | 2017 | 83 minutes
At the End of a Gun
The devastating effect that the civil war in Sri Lanka is having on women.
Bullfrog Films | 2000 | 25 minutes
Azmaish
Pakistani filmmaker Sabiha Sumar’s inspiring and probing documentary explores the complex relationship between India and her native country.
Women Make Movies | 2017 | 85 minutes
The Backward Class
Filmmaker Madeleine Grant documents the first dalit caste students as they attempt to take the Indian School Certificate exams to enter university.
Collective Eye Films | 2014 | 91 minutes
Barber Shop - Ep 2: India
Soniya has a beauty parlour and barber shop in New Delhi. She survived an acid attack several years earlier. She makes it her mission to give beauty and self-respect to the women around her.
First Hand Films | 2017 | 26 minutes
Bombay Our City
Tells the story of the daily battle for survival of the 4 million slum dwellers of Bombay who make up half the city’s population.
Anand Patwardhan | 1985 | 75 minutes
