The Backward Class
Madeleine Grant
Canada, 2014, 91 min.
In English, Tamil with English subtitles.
This film is family friendly.
A hopeful coming-of-age story - the first class of Dalit ("untouchable") caste students in India's history, undertake the national ISC high school graduation exams as a means to a brighter future for themselves, and an opportunity to break their families out of the destitution they've been entrenched in for generations.
Themes: Education, Community, Culture, Youth, World Cinema.
Saturday, April 25
The Screening Room
2:00pm
