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SEWA: Self-employed Women's Association [videorecording] : Made in India / [presented by] Light Night ; a film by Patricia Plattner

Additional Titles
Self-employed Women's Association and Title on container: Made in India
Published
New York, N.Y. : Women Make Movies, [1999]
Copyright Date
©1999
Physical Description
1 videocassette (55 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Additional Creators
Plattner, Patricia, Light Night (Firm), and Women Make Movies (Firm)

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Language Note
In Gujarati with English subtitles.
Summary
A portrait of the women's organization in India, called SEWA, that holds to the simple yet radical belief that poor women need organizing, not welfare. Inspired by the political, economic and moral model advocated by Gandhi, SEWA has grown since it founding to a membership of 217,000 and its bank now has assets of over $4 million. SEWA is at its core a trade union for the self-employed that offers union membership to the illiterate women who sell vegetables, pick up scraps for recycling from the streets and engage in small cottage industries.
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Creation/Production Credits Note
Producer/director, Patricia Plattner ; camera, Severine Barde.
Technical Details
VHS.
View MARC record | catkey: 2925383