I Am Belmaya
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.
http://www.belmaya.com
Details
- Year
- 2020
- Type of film
- 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
- Music
- Marie-Anne Fischer
- Co-director
- Belmaya Nepali
- Film Images
- ©Sue Carpenter
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 2nd September 2020
