Subtitle:
Outsourcing labor, literally. A film about surrogacy in India
Activity Type:
Film
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Presenter:
Directors Vasali Sinha and Rebecca Haimowitz
Date:
Monday, November 19, 2012 - 19:30 to 20:30
Event Status:
As Scheduled
Location:
5200 Posvar Hall
Contact Person:
Marianne Novy
Contact Email:
mnovy@pitt.edu
Directors Vasali Sinha and Rebecca Haimowitz will introduce the film and take questions afterwards.
This documentary shows the journey of an infertile American couple, an Indian surrogate and the reproductive outsourcing business that brings them together. "Made in India" has been shown on four continents and on PBS. It won best documentary award at the Florida, Magnolia, and San Francisco International Asian-American Film Festivals. It is being shown in connection with Frayda Cohen’s Gendered Bodies course (WOMNST 1140) and Marianne Novy’s spring term class, Changing Families in Literature (ENGLIT0617).
UCIS Unit:
Asian Studies Center
Non-University Sponsors:
Department of English
Film Studies Program
Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program
Pittsburgh Consortium for Adoption Studies
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences