Land Of The Breasted Woman

Project information

Talent	Natasha Mendonca
Role of participant	Director
Director	Natasha Mendonca
Producer	Suman Sridhar, Natasha Mendonca
Screenwriter	Suman Sridhar
Status	in development

Production details

Running time	30 min
Genre	Documentary (Hybrid)
Year of production	2018
Country of Production	India
Production Company	Transient Films
Website	http://www.natashamendonca.com

Logline

Land of the Breasted Woman is a film on caste oppression and gender activism set in South India juxtaposing the lives of two characters across time and space.

Synopsis

Mulachiparambu // Land of the Breasted Woman is a film on caste oppression, the state and gender activism. Set in South India, it juxtaposes the lives of two characters. The first is the historical tale of Nangeli, a lower caste woman who chopped off her breasts in rebellion against the breast tax law that enforced lower caste women to pay a tax in order to cover their breasts in public.
The second character, Som is a working class transgender activist. The film documents Som’s journey negotiating identities of caste, sexuality, class and gender. The film is a deliberate experiment in anachronism – a tracing across time of the politics of caste and the body, the embodiment of gender, and the risks and legacy of dissent against the hetero-patriarchal state.