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The film screening of Rails, Jails, & Trolleys<\/em><\/a>\u00a0received an overwhelmingly positive response at a sold-out screening by a diverse audience on a busy Wednesday evening of August 24th<\/sup>. More than 150 people from all walks of life came to the premiere screening from BC, Alberta, and Ontario. The audience included social activists, academics, researchers, students, and community members.<\/p>\n Rails, Jails, & Trolleys<\/em><\/a> is a feature-length documentary, produced by the South Asian Studies Institute (SASI), that highlights the timeline of the historic Farmers\u2019 Movement in India and the Canadian diaspora\u2019s response to it. The film features insights from nineteen activists, journalists and academics who provide their research and knowledge on India\u2019s history of agriculture, the ongoing economic decline in the workforce, human rights violations, and the way in which all of these factors led to the largest farmers\u2019 protest in history in 2020-2021.<\/p>\n Producer of the documentary Dr. Satwinder Bains, Director of SASI said, \u201cthe need to research and document the Canadian response to the movement that gained international attention was critically important for SASI. We were present as history was being made and documenting it for posterity was vitally important for us in the here and now and for future generations\u201d.<\/p>\n The young film director Henna Mann stated that, \u201cDr. Bains and I had a vision to study the perspectives of Canadians across British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario who had been actively engaged in amplifying the voices of farmers in India through their contributions in Canada. Our research and insights from subjects focus on eleven themes of the movement, including India\u2019s agricultural pre-history, daily protests and fundraisers across British Columbia, global demonstrations and more\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is such a moving and powerful documentary showing that the struggle and courage of farmers resulted in a country- and world-wide movement that had the power to make the Indian Government listen. \u00a0But also, an inspiring documentary, giving other organizations and communities hope that it is worth to keep fighting for their rights\u201d – an audience member.<\/p>\n The documentary aims to educate and spread awareness about India\u2019s Farmers\u2019 movement and ongoing issues in the agriculture sector. The film will now go on the road to be screened at multiple locations and in many cities while applying to film festivals and documentary awards.<\/p>\n A special thanks to guests who took out time to attend the film premiere including MP Brad Vis, MLA Pam Alexis, UFV sponsors Dr. Garry Fehr \u2013 Associate Vice-President, Research and Graduate Studies, Rod Hayward, President of the UFV Union and Dr. Sylvie Murray, the Dean of College of Arts.<\/p>\n Social activists who participated in the movement in Canada, Mo Dhaliwal, Raji Aujla and Ravina Toor presented ideas and answered candidly as they fielded questions from the audience.<\/p>\n To view photos of the screening: https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjA4x2x<\/a><\/p>\n To show a screening at your workplace or organization please call us at 604-854-4547 or email at sasi@ufv.ca<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The film screening of Rails, Jails, & Trolleys\u00a0received an overwhelmingly positive response at a sold-out screening by a diverse audience on a busy Wednesday evening of August 24th. 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