http://hoochandhamlet.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:59:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Films Now Available For Purchase! DER is now set up to handle online purchases for both films. Here are the links: Acting Like A Thief Mahasweta Devi: Witness, Advocate, Writer Contract! We are happy to announce some very exciting news ... We signed a contract with Documentary Educational Resources (DER) to distribute two of our films: ... http://hoochandhamlet.com/2005/11/16/latest-news/ Thank you everyone for your generous support! We were able to successfully meet our goal of $15,000, which covered our production costs in India. We will now need to raise money for post-production costs, which are considerably greater than those for production. We will seek external sources of funding, but your ... http://hoochandhamlet.com/2005/09/25/fundraising-drive/ On May 11th, 2003 Dakxin Bajrange was arrested for allegedly assaulting Prahlad Chhara. The real reason? Performing plays critical of the police. http://hoochandhamlet.com/2005/09/25/dakxins-arrest/ In 1952, five years after independence, the Criminal Tribes Act of 1911 was finally repealed. Released from the forced labor camp which had been their prison for the past forty years, the Chhara were resettled on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, in Chharanagar. Roughly three square miles, with a population of ... http://hoochandhamlet.com/2005/09/25/chharanagar/ Budhan Theatre was founded on 31st August 1998 in commemoration of the day when India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, lifted the stigma of criminality from the settled tribes in 1952. A population of some 60 million of these “denotified tribes” can be found throughout India today. Since 1998, Budhan ... http://hoochandhamlet.com/2005/09/25/budhan-theatre/