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Gift of a Girl

Synopsis
Looks at the movement to stop female infanticide in southern India, focusing on solutions to the many problems surrounding the issue in a region where, for various social and economic reasons, the murder of female children soon after birth is seen by its practitioners as a humane solution.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Medium
Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min.
Year of production
1997
Availability
Hire
Sale; 2000 hire: £10.00 (+VAT +p&p) Concord 2000 sale: £35.00 (+VAT +p&p) Concord
Subjects
Development studies
Keywords
babies; India; infanticide; murder

Credits

Director
Jo Smith; Mayyasa Al-Malazi

Production Company

Name

No Kidding Productions

Distributor

Name

Cinenova

Email
info@cinenova.org
Web
http://www.cinenova.org External site opens in new window
Address
Waterlow Park Centre
Dartmouth Park Hill
London
N19 5JF
Notes
Films made by, and predominantly for, women. The collection is browsable by title or director and includes experimental films, narrative feature films, artists’ film and video, and documentary and educational videos. Hire or sale on film and video.
Name

Concord Media

Email
sales@concordmedia.org.uk
Web
http://www.concordmedia.org.uk/ External site opens in new window
Phone
01473 726 012
Address
Rosehill Centre
22 Hines Road
Ipswich
IP3 9BG
Notes
A long-established, not-for-profit organisation with a large collection DVDs, specialising in the sectors of general and mental health, child care, race relations, war and peace, addictions, the third world, ecology, civil rights, personal relationships, educational issues, and social work training. Concord also handles titles made for the Graves Medical Audio-visual Library. Sale on DVD. Formerly known as Concord Video and Film Council. In 2014 Concord began to offer selected films as Video on Demand, via Vimeo.

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