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I Am Belmaya GFT

Tuesday 26 and Wednesday 27 October, 2021

Born in a poor hill village in Nepal, Belmaya is a Dalit (the lowest, ‘untouchable’ caste), orphaned aged nine, and trapped in an abusive marriage with a baby daughter. Rewind to 2006, when Belmaya, then a feisty teenager living in a girls’ home, participated in a photo project. Impassioned and inspired, she was eager to change her discriminatory world through photography. But that window closed when the home locked away her camera.

Now she gets a second chance, this time to train in documentary filmmaking. Picking up the camera once more, her old spark returns. Determined to create a better life for her young daughter, Belmaya gains the skills and confidence to forge a new path. But are her resentful husband and conservative community ready for this?

Glasgow Film Theatre, 12 Rose Street, G3 6RB

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