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  • Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 5:00pm to 8:30pm

FBH, room 401 (with reception to follow at 7:30 in faculty lounge)


147 workers of India’s largest automobile manufacturing company Maruti Suzuki are on trial for the murder of a senior manager and 2500 workers dismissed. It has been two and a half years and the case drags on. Their bail application has been rejected by the courts. On each hearing they are led to the courtroom by the police while families line up to catch a glimpse. Defense lawyers plan their strategy in the court canteen. Justice seems a dim hope. The film follows the fate of the under trial workers, families and terminated workers to investigate the underbelly of industrial conflict and the elusive nature of justice.

Co-sponsored by Cinema Studies and the South Asia Center.