In the Time of the Butterflies
Movies
2.5 hrs
February 07, 2013 7:00 pm Thursday
On February 14, Hyderabad will join the world in One Billion Rising (https://www.facebook.com/events/145959545561799/?ref=22), an international campaign fighting violence against women.
In preparation fot the rally, we will be screening "In the Time of the Butterflies". The story is a fictionalized account of the lives of the Mirabal sisters, Dominican revolutionary activists, who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo and were assassinated on November 25, 1960. They were feminist symbols for their country then, and are feminist symbols for the world now.
Discussion will follow!
Organizer
Asmita Resource Centre for Women
The Asmita Resource Centre for Women is an Indian NGO based in Andhra Pradesh. It works to better the socio-economic status of women and communities in India as it strives to "build a cadre of young women who are capable, efficient and feminist in perspective and who can oppose violence and corruption with visions of an alternative". Through outreach programs, research, publications and media campaigns, the centre creates a safe space in which women, men and youth can engage in critical dialogue on and analysis of feminist issues and other critical issues that the collective identifies.