Landless

Directed by

Randeep Maddoke

Genre

documentary film

Country

India

Runtime

1h 10m

How it feels

This documentary shows the everyday struggles of Dalit communities in Punjab, India. It focuses on how they face social exclusion and attacks from upper caste groups.

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What happens

Landless is a 2018 Punjabi documentary film by Randeep Maddoke, a photographer and photojournalist from Punjab, India. This documentary film accounts the problems faced by Dalits and caste-based discrimination in their daily life. It recounts the story of the people who have faced abomination like social boycott, communal attacks by Jatts (upper caste) in Punjab. The project records the recent disturbances in the state. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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