Session 5
Avant d’assister à la table ronde du jeudi 3 mars 2022, Before attending the roundtable on Thursday, March 3, 2022,
nous vous suggérons de visionner la brève vidéo d’introduction (en français), suivie du documentaire Womb On Rent, réalisé par Ishani K. Dutta (Carrot Films, 2013), qui est déjà accessible sur le site web de Women’s Voices Now.
we suggest you watch the brief introductory video (in French), followed by the documentary Womb On Rent, directed by Ishani K. Dutta (Carrot Films, 2013), which is already accessible on the Women’s Voices Now website.
À midi, (12h00, heure du Québec = heure de l’est),At noon (12h00, Québec time = eastern time)
nous débuterons la table ronde en virtuel (Zoom) avec :
- Ishani K. Dutta, la réalisatrice;
- Sheela Suryanaranan, Associate Professor at the Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Hyderabad;
- et Sucharita Sarkar, Associate Professor of English, D.T.S.S College of Commerce, Mumbai, and an invited member of the Faculty of Humanities, Dr. Homi Bhabha State University, Mumbai.
we will meet on the virtual room (Zoom) for a roundtable featuring:
- Ishani K. Dutta, the film maker;
- Sheela Suryanaranan, Associate Professor at the Centre for Women’s Studies, University of
Hyderabad; - et Sucharita Sarkar, Associate Professor of English, D.T.S.S College of Commerce, Mumbai, and an invited member of the Faculty of Humanities, Dr. Homi Bhabha State University, Mumbai.
Synopsis du documentaireSynopsis of the documentary
An impoverished but spirited mother of three decides to rent her womb for income, embarking upon a roller coaster of emotions at the heart of an economized medical procedure: surrogacy.
Womb On Rent was an official selection of the 2016 Women’s Voices Now Online Film Festival and was the recipient of the Leslie J. Sacks Grand Prize and Audience Choice award in the Documentary Feature category. You can also watch Ishani K. Dutta’s acceptance speech for the Grand Prize Award (2016).
Women’s Voices Now
Nous remercions Women’s Voices Now pour leur soutien à la réalisation de cette diffusion
et de cette table-ronde.
We thank Women’s Voices Now for their support in making this screening and roundtable
possible.