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I Am Belmaya

Name: I Am Belmaya
Director: Sue Carpenter
Genre: Human Rights, Woman Director, Asian
Released: 2020
Duration: 82 mins

Synopsis

In patriarchal Nepal, Belmaya, at 21, has given up on finding happiness. An uneducated Dalit, with an oppressive husband and baby daughter, she yearns for freedom. Rewind to 2006, when she was a rebellious teenager living in a girls’ home. Grabbing the chance to learn photography, she wanted to change her world. But the home locked away her camera.
I Am Belmaya follows her transformational journey from 2014 as she once again picks up the camera, this time to train as a documentary filmmaker. But are her husband and community ready for this? Struggling against violent opposition, Belmaya makes a personal film, Educate Our Daughters, which wins hearts and awards, taking her to places she never dreamed she would go.

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Year: 2020
Type of project: Features
Running time: 82 mins
Format: HD
Director: Sue Carpenter 1st Feature
Producer: Sue Carpenter, Christopher Hird
Executive Producer: Christopher Hird
Director of Photography: Manas Singh Suwal, Belmaya Nepali, Sue Carpenter, Laxcha Bantawa
Composer: Marie-Anne Fischer
Co-director: Belmaya Nepali
Film Images: ©Sue Carpenter

Genre

Human Rights Woman Director Asian

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Dartmouth Films

Christopher Hird

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