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January 28 | ‘No Easy Walk to Freedom’ – Film and Panel Discussion
Wednesday, January 28, 2015 from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm
- In-person event
- 2017, Dunton Tower, Carleton University
- 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6
Filmed in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Lucknow and rural India, No Easy Walk to Freedom is a 90-minute documentary by Assoc. Prof. Nancy Nicol (York University) that tells the story of the struggle for decriminalization of homosexuality in contemporary India against a backdrop of the growth of queer organizing in India and the historic legal battle to overturn the colonial law.
This film screening is followed by brief responses from speakers Assoc. Prof. Gopika Solanki (Carleton University) and PhD candidate Deborah Nurse (Carleton University), and concludes with comments from the filmmaker, who will be in attendance!
Please RSVP to this complimentary event via http://events.carleton.ca/no-easy-walk-to-freedom-film-and-panel-discussion/
This event is also co-sponsored by the Canada-India Centre for Excellence, the School of Public Policy and Administration, and Sexuality Studies – Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies.