Lakshmi and Me
“What sin did I commit to be born a woman?” These chilling words of 21-year-old housemaid Lakshmi reverberate throughout Mumbai-based filmmaker Nishtha Jain’s extraordinary documentary. Jain turns the camera on her part-time maid, and in the process illuminates the complex relationship between employer and servant, filmmaker, and subject.
Director Nishtha Jain scheduled to attend both screenings
Sponsor:
Women in Film - Seattle
Cast & Crew
Director: Nishtha Jain
Producer: Smriti Nevatia
Editor: Rikke Selin Lorentzen
Cinematographer: Deepti Gupta, Rakesh Haridas
Music: Mads Nordheim
Filmography: 6 Yards to Democracy (2006); City of Photos (2005)
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