During our Zoom Webinar, we welcomed our fantastic panel:
Ellie Walton, Co-Director, Brave Girls. Ms. Walton is an award-winning documentary filmmaker committed to sharing stories of everyday revolutionaries and misfits. The recipient of the DC Mayor’s Arts Award and a Fulbright Scholar, her work has been recognized by the Humanities Council of Washington, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Yashaswi Desai, Co-Director, Brave Girls. Born and raised in Gujarat, India, Ms. Desai is a multimedia artist, facilitator and holistic healer. She worked on the film festival, YES I AM THE CHANGE, which encouraged communities across India to document their own motivational stories. BRAVE GIRLS is her first feature length film project.
Rosa Freedman, Professor of Law, Conflict & Global Development. Rosa has published extensively on UN peacekeeping and accountability for human rights abuses committed during such operations. She is a member of the UN's Civil Society Advisory Board on prevention of sexual exploitation and sits on the FCO Women, Peace and Security Steering Group.
Apsana Belim, One of the ‘Brave Girls’ from the film joined us from India to give her unique perspective on the film, and how her life has changed because of it
BRAVE GIRLS : Online
An International Day of the Girl panel discussion
Online, 29th October 2020
In October 2020, we hosted a panel discussion of BRAVE GIRLS to mark and celebrate INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL. This beautiful film and inspirational panel really managed to do just that.
You can watch the recording of the panel discussion here.
We would like to thank Ellie Walton, Yashaswi Desai, Apsana Belim and Rosa Freedman for imparting their wisdom and taking part in the discussion. The questions and answers certainly helped to shine a light on the conflicts felt between tradition and ambition, culture and women’s rights, gender roles and education. It was great to get behind the scenes and hear more about the filming process as well as the update on where life has led these young women and their hopes for the future.
‘Brave Girls’ is a beautifully shot and deeply moving documentary that captures three young women in India attempting to find balance between their own drive for education and society’s wider gender roles.
The combination of film, panel discussion and passionate Q&A with the audience provided a unique and motivating evening. The range of experiences in the webinar allowed us to explore and discuss the intersectionality of both the feminist young women and of those of us working ‘outside the region’.
We debated the role of external NGOs and campaigners, and established appropriate ways for those of us in the room to support the Brave Girls in India.
We believe this AnotherWay Now event has provided a much-needed space for these discussions to happen, and helped in exploring the discussions around aid, intervention and women’s rights. ANOTHERWAY NOW look forward to hosting the Brave Girls team and film again in the near future. We believe this film generates conversation and debate desperately needed in the not-for-profit sector and in public discourse regarding women’s rights.
You can watch the trailer of Brave Girls here.