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In Nepal, enslavement for debt starts in a complex caste system which categorizes people according to their degree of "untouchability". The problem extends across the country, from the fertile plains to the Himalayas. This film takes us into the Tharu community, one of the victims of this system. It also describes the work of the NGO, "BASE" (Backward Society Educational Organization) whose main work concerns the slave debts of farm workers or "Kamaiyas", the elimination of illiteracy among the adult women and health programs. This work is exemplified in the double portrait of a Danish woman, Inge Sagild, and a Tharu woman, Dilli Chaudhary.

Denmark - 1999 - 40 mn - 16 mm - Colour

Réalisation Ulla Boje Rasmussen Scénario Ulla Boje Rasmussen Image Andreas Fischer-Hansen Son Sigurdur Sigurdsson Montage Edda Urup Musique Hilmar Ørn Hilmarsson

Production Nordfilm Documentary Aps, Edithsvej 8, 2920 Charlottenlund, Danemark Tél : +45 3961 1040 Co-Production Danish Broadcasting Corporation

Contact et Ventes Danish Broadcasting Corporation, TV - International Programme Sal, DR Byen, Emil Holms Kanal 20, 0999 Copenhagen, Danemark Tél : +45 3520 3957 Fax : +45 3520 2644 E-mail : heau@dr.dk