Narmada: A Valley Rises

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Narmada: A Valley Rises
Directed by Ali Kazimi
Written byAli Kazimi
Produced byAli Kazimi
CinematographyAli Kazimi
Edited by Steve Weslak
Music by Mychael Danna
Production
company
Peripheral Visions
Release date
  • September 1994 (1994-09)(TIFF)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Narmada: A Valley Rises is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Ali Kazimi and released in 1994. [1] The film documents the activist campaign of Narmada Bachao Andolan against the then-proposed Narmada Dam project in Gujarat, India, including a 200-kilometre protest march by over 6,000 people that followed Gandhi's principles of non-violent resistance. [2]

The film premiered in the Perspectives Canada program at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival. [1] It was subsequently screened at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 1995, where it won the award for Best Political Documentary and Kazimi won the award for Best Direction. [3] It received television broadcasts in 1995, both on Vision TV and as an episode of the CBC Television documentary series The Passionate Eye . [2]

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 16th Genie Awards in 1996. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Paula Citron, "Film explores dam drama". Toronto Star , September 18, 1994.
  2. 1 2 Mike Boone, "Narmada: a story of India that should resonate in Quebec". Montreal Gazette , April 30, 1995.
  3. ↑ Pamela Cuthbert, "Hot Docs gets impressive turnout". Playback , February 27, 1995.
  4. ↑ Rob Salem, "Lepage movie tops Genie list Le Confessionnal nabs a dozen nominations as first-time directors dominate". Toronto Star , November 8, 1995.


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