TY  - ADVS
AU  - Jain,Nishtha
ED  - Steps India.
ED  - Independent Television Service.
ED  - Tju-Bang Film (Firm)
ED  - Millennium Film (Firm)
ED  - Raintree Films (India)
ED  - Rosengarten Family Fund.
TI  - Lakshmí and me
AV  - HN690.Z9 S615 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - India
PB  - Raintree Films
KW  - Social classes
KW  - India
KW  - Working class
KW  - Women household employees
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Female friendship
KW  - Bombay (India)
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Documentary films
N1  - Narrator, Nishtha Jain; Cinematography, Deepti Gupta, Rakesh Haridas, Nishtha Jain ; editing, Rikke Selin Lorentzen ; sound, Subhashis Roy, Indrajit Neogi ; music, Mads Nordheim, Mangesh Dhakde ; producer, Smriti Nevatia ; co-producers, Sally Jo Fifer, Karoline Leth, Kristina Pervila ; executive producer, Likka Vehkalahti
N2  - ""What sin did I commit to be born a woman?" Lakshmi wonders aloud. A 21-year-old housemaid in Mumbai, she works ten hours a day, seven days a week. One of her employers is Nishtha Jain, who begins to make a documentary that explores their relationship. Nishtha films Lakshmi at home, and at work in various houses. Lakshmi's is a precarious existence to begin with; illness and romance compound her problems in unexpected ways. As the filmmaker is drawn deeper into Lakshmi's life, she is forced to question many of the things she takes for granted. During a year and a half of dramatic changes, the process of filming has its own impact on unfolding events and on the relationship between the two women." -- Container
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