Copyright notice on disc: Children's Film Society, India. Ranjita Jadhav, Geeta Pavan, Hanchinaal, Sharat Anchatgiri, Gurudutta Joshi, Deepak Joshi, Bhavani Prakash Babu, Jayalaxmi Patil, C. S. Patil, Mukund Maigur. "Golden Jubilee Year CFSI 1955-2005." Summary taken from http://cfsindia.org.
Summary:
A Gram Panchayat (village governing body) in rural India facilitates the functioning of the Makkala Samiti (Children's Committee) - a children's body elected by the children themselves. The committee acts as a pressure group in trying to get the local governance react to various social issues that it raises. Guided by a sympathetic school teacher, the children's honesty and persistency ruffles many feathers among the adults, some of whom have been using the 'Makkala Samiti' for their own needs. What follows is a subtle cat and mouse game, by the end of which the children hope to get their voice heard. The film subtly speaks about the Children's rights to self governance and the pathetic attitude we adults have towards this issue.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)921127647
LCCN:
2014362971
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
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