‘Bishkanta’ invited to yet another int’l film festival

After the recent screening at Baghdad International Film Festival in Iraq, Bangladeshi documentary film, ‘Bishkanta’ (The Poison Thorn) on 1971 rape survivors, has been invited to participate in yet another international film festival titled ‘Equality Film Festival’. The festival is taking place from December 8 to 11 in Kiev, Ukraine. Directed by Farzana Boby and produced by Rubaiyat Hossain, the film ‘Bishkanta’ revolves around the narratives of three rape survivors of Liberation War on 1971 of Bangladesh. Their voices have been resurrected from the agony of silence. This film as the pain and ‘stigma’ of rape kept haunting them long after liberation, they felt that even though the war had ended, another one had begun in their personal lives. Women who fought and survived rape are still struggling to gain a respectable existence in society. They are Birangonas--War heroines-- yet they have to fight every day for social approval. Ranjita Mandal blames patriarchy; Halima Khatun accuses the state, Rama Choudhury negates the idea of violence. They speak to break a silence after long forty three years and through their voices a new part of our history and identity comes into light.
‘Bishkanta’ is a production of Khona Talkies. l

Bishkanta invited to yet another intl film festival

After the recent screening at Baghdad International Film Festival in Iraq, Bangladeshi documentary film, Bishkanta (The Poison Thorn) on 1971 rape survivors, has been invited to participate in yet another international film festival titled Equality Film Festival. The festival is taking place from December 8 to 11 in Kiev, Ukraine. Directed by Farzana Boby and produced by Rubaiyat Hossain, the film Bishkanta revolves around the narratives of three rape survivors of Liberation War on 1971 of Bangladesh. Their voices have been resurrected from the agony of silence. This film as the pain and stigma of rape kept haunting them long after liberation, they felt that even though the war had ended, another one had begun in their personal lives. Women who fought and survived rape are still struggling to gain a respectable existence in society. They are Birangonas--War heroines-- yet they have to fight every day for social approval. Ranjita Mandal blames patriarchy; Halima Khatun accuses the state, Rama Choudhury negates the idea of violence. They speak to break a silence after long forty three years and through their voices a new part of our history and identity comes into light. Bishkanta is a production of Khona Talkies. l