...AND THE UNCLAIMED - BITCHITRA COLLECTIVE

JURY SPECIAL MENTION AWARD - SiGNS Film Festival | Screened at 23+ Film Festivals Indian LGBTQ+ Lives • Swapna-Sucheta • Sappho for Equality • Non-Normative Lives • Indian Activists Date of Completion: 2013 | Run Time: 62 minutes | Language: Bengali with English subtitles | Captions: Open Captions | Director, Location Sound & Camera: Debalina Majumder | Sound Design & Editing: Abhro Banerjee | Music Director: Mainak Singha | Sound Re-Recording & Mixing: Abhijit Sarkar | Chief Assistant Director: Susmita Sinha | Producer: Sappho for Equality In a remote village in India, two girls Swapna and Sucheta loved each other so much that they had to kill themselves, the village hated them so much that they had to be burnt as unclaimed bodies. As the story unfolded we came to know of their love affair, and non-acceptance of the village community as well as their families. One of them had left a five page note behind, telling their story of love and loathing and asking their parents