{"id":3098,"date":"2022-08-12T22:19:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-12T22:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/?p=3098"},"modified":"2025-06-02T23:19:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T23:19:18","slug":"film-lauche-by-sasi-rails-jails-trolleys-on-the-historic-farmers-movement-in-india-august-24th-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/2022\/08\/12\/film-lauche-by-sasi-rails-jails-trolleys-on-the-historic-farmers-movement-in-india-august-24th-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Launch: “Rails, Jails & Trolleys” A Documentary on the Indian Farmers’ Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We are proud and excited to launch a new documentary on the historic Farmers\u2019 Movement in India from 2021-2022. We cordially invite you to join us at the premier launch of the film.<\/p>\n

Rails, Jails and Trolleys documents history\u2019s largest farmers\u2019 protest and the Canadian diaspora\u2019s response to it. This ground-breaking documentary captures the electric ethos of a protest that received international attention and the resounding response by Canadians to the movement. A full year in the making the film tells the story of why and how the farmers\u2019 movement ignited a nation, and youth, women, and men from all over the world.<\/p>\n

Directed by young filmmaker Ms. Henna Mann and produced by the South Asian Studies Institute at the University of the Fraser Valley, this film is a \u201cmust see\u201d event in BC for the summer of 2022.<\/p>\n

Date: August 24
\nTime: 4-6 pm
\nB 101 \u2013 UFV Theater (Abbotsford)<\/p>\n

AGENDA 4-6 pm
\nWelcome, acknowledgement, and introduction by SASI
\nDirector Henna Mann introduces the film
\nFilm viewing
\nPanel Discussion with discussants and activists<\/p>\n

For any questions, please contact us at sasi@ufv.ca<\/a> or call at 604-854-4547<\/p>\n

Link to the documentary Rails, Jails and Trolleys<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are proud and excited to launch a new documentary on the historic Farmers\u2019 Movement in India from 2021-2022. We cordially invite you to join us at the premier launch of the film. Rails, Jails and Trolleys documents history\u2019s largest farmers\u2019 protest and the Canadian diaspora\u2019s response to it. This ground-breaking documentary captures the electric … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":3095,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/121"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4169,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions\/4169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/sasi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}