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Shame
Seattle Human Rights Film Festival proudly presents:
SHAME
Mohammed Nagvi - Pakistan/USA - 2006 - 110 min
Shame is the story of a poor and illiterate woman, Mukhtaran Mai, who was raised in a remote village in Pakistan. Her tragedy begins in 2002, when the tribal council sanctions a punishment against her for a crime of which her brother was accused: interest in a girl from a higher social class. She is judged guilty only because of her membership in the same family. Mukhtaran is paraded naked in public after she is gang-raped in retribution. Her family and other villagers expect her to commit suicide soon after. Instead of following the tragic path of other women, Mukhtaran decides to seek justice without the help of her family or the villagers.
Shame is a critically important and powerful film that challenges its viewers with the harsh realities that face poor, rural women in Pakistan and other parts of the world.
Assistant producer Sabina Ansari will speak following the screening.
This film is part of Stop Violence Against Women night.
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LocationNorthwest Film Forum
1515 12th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
United States
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