Please Don't Beat Me, Sir!

Please Don't Beat Me, Sir! 2011 Released

Directed by Shashwati Talukdar, P. Kerim Friedman

Documentary · 75 min

 

Please Don't Beat Me, Sir! 2011 Released

Directed by Shashwati Talukdar, P. Kerim Friedman

Documentary · 75 min

 

Over sixty million Indians belong to communities imprisoned by the British as "criminals by birth." The Chhara of Ahmedabad, in Western India, are one of 198 such "Criminal Tribes." Declaring that they are "born actors," not "born criminals," a group of Chhara youth have turned to street theater in their fight against police brutality, corruption, and the stigma of criminality — a stigma internalized by their own grandparents. "Please Don't... see more

Over sixty million Indians belong to communities imprisoned by the British as "criminals by birth." The Chhara of Ahmedabad, in Western India, are one of 198 such "Criminal Tribes." Declaring that they are "born actors," not "born criminals," a group of Chhara youth have turned to street theater in their fight against police brutality, corruption, and the stigma of criminality — a stigma internalized by their own grandparents. "Please Don't... see more
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Oct 7, 2011
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LANGUAGE
HI
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Gujarati, Hindi
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