The Shape of Water

Wednesday, April 11th, 5:30-8:00
North Hall 1006

THE SHAPE OF
WATER (narrator: Susan Sarandon; narration co-written by Edwidge Danticat) interweaves intimate stories and compelling footage of Khady, Oraiza,
Bilkusben, Dona Antonia, Gila - living in Senegal, Brazil, India, and
Jerusalem. The women:
spearhead rainforest preservation (rubber-tappers in Brazilian rainforest);
sustain a co-operative of 700,000 rural women (world's largest trades union, India);
promote an end to female genital cutting (women abandoning this practice, Senegal);
oppose war and the occupation of Palestine (Women In Black, Jerusalem);
maintain Navdanya farm (Himalayan foothills) to further biodiversity and women's role as seed keepers

THE SHAPE OF
WATER offers fresh insights into the complex realities and passions of these
unsung visionaries creating a more just world.                                                                                                                                                                           Kum-Kum
Bhavnani is Professor of Sociology. Her research interest lie within
development, feminist and cultural studies. She has published a number of books
and articules including Taling Politics
(1991, Cambridge University Press), Shifting
Identities Shifting Racisms (Sage 1994: co-edited with An Phoenix), Feminism and 'Race' (2001, Osford
Univesity Press) and Feminist Futures
(Zed 2003: co-edited with Johan Foran and Priya Kurian). In 2006 she completed
a feature documentary film, THE SHAPE OF
WATER (narrated by Susan Sarandon) which took four years to complete and
spans three continents. Her newest film NOTHING
LIKE CHOCOLATE premiered in 2012 at the Santa Barbara International Film
Festival.