Prison Diaries

2019 37 min

Overview

Story of the unexpected imprisonment of a number of women, for their resistance to the Emergency of 1975-77, through the life of Socialist and famous actor Snehalata Reddy. Being the only woman political prisoner in jail, she spent eight months in solitary confinement, recording her concerns and traumatic experiences in her diary, extracts of which were later published. Released for a few weeks on parole, she died of a heart attack just before she was to return to jail. The film recounts her ordeal through the reminiscences of her children and close friends.

Genres

Documentary

Production Countries

India

Spoken Languages

Bengali bn
English en

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Cast

Crew

Rajiv Mehrotra

Producer

Uma Chakravarty

Director

Navroz Conractor

Cinematography

Maheen Mirza

Cinematography

Deepu

Cinematography

Amith Surendran

Cinematography

Uma Tanuku

Cinematography

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