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DESCRIPTION:FilmWorks United International Working Class Film & Video Festival\nJai 
 Bhim Comrade: Blast From The Caste\nDirector - Anand Patwardhan (180 min) 
 2012\nThe recent election in India of a rightwing reactionary government 
 and the collapse of the Congress Party again exposes the basic 
 contradictions within India. The lowest caste, the Dalit or 
 “untouchables,” for thousands of years, was denied education and 
 treated as bonded labour. By 1923 Bhimrao Ambedkar broke the taboo, won 
 doctorates abroad and fought for the emancipation of his people. He helped 
 draft India’s Constitution and led his followers to discard Hinduism for 
 Buddhism. His legend still spreads through poetry and song.\n\n In 1997, a 
 Dalit protest erupted in a Mumbai slum after a statue of B.R. Ambedkar was 
 desecrated. Ambedkar (1891-1956) was a reformist who agitated to end the 
 caste system, helped Gandhi write the Indian constitution and amassed a 
 large following among the Dalit. At the protest, 10 unarmed people were 
 killed when police opened fire. Singer, poet and activist Vilas Ghogre 
 later committed suicide to protest the killings. \n\n Shot over 14 years, 
 this three hour film is jam-packed with information. The film covers the 
 biographies of both Ghogre and Ambedkar as well as Indian politics and the 
 day-to-day lives of the Dalit who are still struggling for freedom and 
 justice in India.\n\nAwards for this film:\nRam Bahadur Grand Prize, Film 
 South Asia, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2011 \n\nBest Film/Video, Mumbai 
 International Film Festival, India, 2012\n\nFirebird Award for Best 
 documentary, Hong Kong Film Festival, 2012 \n\nSpecial Jury Prize, National 
 Film Awards, India, 2012 \n\nBartok Prize, Jean Rouch Film International 
 Film Festival, 2012 ]\n\nSee 
 also:\nhttp://www.tehelka.com/a-song-that-will-be-sung/ 
 \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anand_Patwardhan\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2014/2014Films.htm#f25\nhttp://www.laborfest.net/2014/2014schedule.htm\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/06/22/18757735.php
SUMMARY:Laborfest: Blast From The Caste: Jai Bhim Comrade
LOCATION: 518 Valencia - near 16th St., San Francisco.  16th St BART station.
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2014/06/22/18757735.php
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