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IMFF@Austin : GOONGA PEHELWAN with Filmmaker in Attendance
The Marchesa Hall and Theatre
Austin, TX
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IMFF@Austin : GOONGA PEHELWAN with Filmmaker in Attendance


SYNOPSIS
A documentary that follows India's most successful deaf athlete on his unlikely quest to reach the Rio Olympics 2016 and become only the second deaf wrestler in the history of the Olympics to do so. This is Virender Singh's story, a captivating account of an incredible athlete largely unknown and snubbed by the bureaucracy.Now, as Virender gears up for his third Deaflympics appearance in Bulgaria, this film delves into his life from the bylanes of a small village in Haryana to becoming India's most successful deaf athlete ever and aims at fulfilling the long cherished dream of every athlete that is competing at the Olympics.On the way, it looks at all that he has achieved through a glittering decade and a half long career.

DIRECTORS
This film is directed by three young directors from Ahmedabad, who took up the issue for this feature length documentary film, which subsequently led to almost a dozen national stories and brought Virenders story to a wide audience. Incidentally, there was only  a solitary national news piece on him before they started working on the film. Working on the film for over a period of 13 months, the film makers researched the issue in depth and aim to persist with the issue by trying to bring about a policy change that brings equitable treatment of athletes with disabilities. The three directors are Mit Jani, Prateek Gupta and  Vivek Chaudhary.

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ABOUT INDIE MEME

Indie Meme is a film promotion company for South Asian independent films in the US. We aim to build communities around film by promoting meaningful cinema via theatrical, non-theatrical, educational & event based platforms.

Indie Meme is a fiscally sponsored project of the Austin Creative Alliance.
www.indiememe.com    
www.austincreativealliance.org

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The Marchesa Hall and Theatre (View)
6406 N I H 35 # 3100
Austin, TX 78752
United States

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On BPT Since: Oct 29, 2013
 
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