Join us afterwards at 8:30 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time)
The film program will be followed by a brief Q&A on Zoom with film scholar Fallen Matthews and the local Mayworks/CLIFF team.
Register by emailing info@mayworkshalifax.ca and a Zoom link will be emailed to you.
In this film, Ms. Rahela Begum, a 22 year old single mother, tells her story of breaking traditional gender roles by becoming a female rickshaw-puller to support herself and her two children. The concept of a woman doing such a job had been unheard of before Rahela hit the road three years ago in the capital city of Dhaka.
Bangladesh’s socio-cultural environment has a long standing history of gender discrimination, as girls are often considered to be financial burdens on their family from the time of birth. Empowering women is still a dream from generation to generation.
- Year2019
- Runtime9 minutes
- LanguageBengali
- CountryBangladesh
- DirectorNovera Hasan Nikkon
- ScreenwriterNovera Hasan Nikkon
- ProducerNovera Hasan Nikkon
- CastMs. Rahela Begum
Join us afterwards at 8:30 p.m. (Atlantic Standard Time)
The film program will be followed by a brief Q&A on Zoom with film scholar Fallen Matthews and the local Mayworks/CLIFF team.
Register by emailing info@mayworkshalifax.ca and a Zoom link will be emailed to you.
In this film, Ms. Rahela Begum, a 22 year old single mother, tells her story of breaking traditional gender roles by becoming a female rickshaw-puller to support herself and her two children. The concept of a woman doing such a job had been unheard of before Rahela hit the road three years ago in the capital city of Dhaka.
Bangladesh’s socio-cultural environment has a long standing history of gender discrimination, as girls are often considered to be financial burdens on their family from the time of birth. Empowering women is still a dream from generation to generation.
- Year2019
- Runtime9 minutes
- LanguageBengali
- CountryBangladesh
- DirectorNovera Hasan Nikkon
- ScreenwriterNovera Hasan Nikkon
- ProducerNovera Hasan Nikkon
- CastMs. Rahela Begum