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Title Small Family, Happy Family
Published Documentary Educational Resources, 2019
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (39 minutes) : .flv file, sound
Summary Marry young, have two children, and get sterilized" is the advice women across India have heard for decades. Families, health workers, the central government all spread the same message. With limited information about other forms of birth control, sterilization is the only option for many. This lack of choice is not an oversight by the government; rather, it's a deliberate policy aimed at controlling India's growing population. Women are corralled into temporary "camps" where hundreds are sterilized at a time. Quality is sacrificed for quantity; individual attention for efficiency. SMALL FAMILY, HAPPY FAMILY follows Mitilesh, a young woman from rural Madhya Pradesh, as she is recruited by health workers in her village to undergo sterilization and decides with her husband to pursue the surgery. Her story is situated in the larger context of population control in India, revealing how these policies affect the lives of women. The film offers a highly personal glimpse into the lives of women positioned at the turbulent nexus of government policy and reproductive rights. In Mitilesh we see so many other women - in India and in our own countries - who also have tenuous control over their bodies and choices
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Event Originally produced by Documentary Educational Resources in 2019
Notes In English,Hindi,Thethi
Subject Health.
Women.
Gender identity.
Medicine.
Documentary films.
Health
Women
Gender Identity
Medicine
health.
sex role.
medicines (material)
Documentary films
Gender identity
Health
Medicine
Women
Genre/Form Documentary films
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Munger, Annie, film director
Hamilton, Zoe, film director
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Kanopy (Firm)