Department of English

• Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 7:30pm to 8:30pm

Claudia Cohen Hall G17  

Tuesday, April 15
Film Screening: 6:00-7:30pm 
Discussion: 7:30-8:30pm 
Claudia Cohen Hall G17  

At a time where the controversial Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, is running to be Indiaʼs next Prime Minister, “Even the Crows” explores the way in which his politics and Hindu nationalist ideology have polarized Gujarat along religious lines. Since the anti-Muslim riots that exploded in 2002, the Muslim minority population have been denied justice and marginalized to the ghettos. Meanwhile, Narendra Modi, who has been accused of complicity in the riots, has ridden a wave of popularity. Through the intimate stories of American-Gujarati Nishrin, whose father, a prominent Muslim MP, was butchered during the 2002 Gujarat riots, and British-Gujarati Imran, who was the sole survivor when he was attacked along with his two uncles a friend while on holiday in the state, the film explores Modiʼs link to the violence and the minority communityʼs ongoing struggle for justice.  

Info on screenings: http://www.eventhecrows.com/screenings/
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/87302175
Facebook page: facebook.com/eventhecrows

This event is sponsored by the English and South Asia Studies Departments. For more information please email mbkenne@sas.upenn.edu.