THURSDAY | 7pm

Tathagata Ghosh

Sponsored by Network for Social Justice

26 min | 2021 | India | New England Premiere 

Director’s Statement: “In 2019 the Indian Parliament passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill, shocking many Indians. Though on paper it might look otherwise, the bill is basically India’s new ‘anti-Muslim’ law. Even the United Nations Human Rights Office has condemned the act and has referred to it as ‘fundamentally discriminatory in nature’. With the rise of extremist Hindu nationalists in my country, the minorities are facing increasing threats with every passing day. I believe that the wrong doings in my society need to be called out immediately and only then can we rise above the ashes as one single community. Making this film is my way of saying that the world deserves only one religion-Humanity!”

THE SCAPEGOAT is about a young firebrand woman who decides to stand up against the patriarchy and hate politics that have begun to infiltrate her rural Bengali village and threaten to destroy her way of life.

Awards: Best International Short Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival, Canada; Mia Eh’Desh Courage Award for Best Narrative Short, North Dakota Human Rights Film Festival, ND, USA and numerous international screenings as an Official Selection.