Screening and discussion on the "Never Ending Path: Rural Health Care for Women and Girls in South India," by Annette Danto, part of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute's Friday Evening Lecture Series, on February 29, 2008, from 6PM to 8PM, at 25 W. 43rd Street, 19th Floor, between 5th & 6th Avenues, Manhattan.

Produced and directed by Professor Annette Danto of Brooklyn College, THE NEVER ENDING PATH tells the stories of the women living in rural Tamil Nadu. From 5 family units, the women share many of the concerns facing mothers and their daughters throughout rural regions of Southeast Asia. As with women from poor villages in many parts of the world, issues of dowry, their daughters' educational opportunities, and economic hardship are discussed, along with inter-caste and arranged marriages.
Annette Danto is a Professor of Film, Television and Radio at Brooklyn College, CUNY. In addition to teaching courses on film and television production, she is the program director for CUNY's Study Abroad India: Documentary Production course in collaboration with the Prasad Film & Television Academy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.  Danto is the president of Friends of Fulbright to India, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting educational exchange between India and the United States.
Admission to this talk is $3 for non-members; and Free for members and students with valid ID. Light refreshments will be served.