My Daughter the Terrorist (US Premiere)

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11th Annual MadCat Womens International Film Festival

Friday, September 21, 2007, 7:30 pm, $7-

MyDaughtertheTerrorist

What makes anyone want to blow themselves up for a cause? Dharsika and Puhalchudar belong to the suicide brigade of the LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam), fighting for recognition by the Sri Lankan government. The girls are close friends. They have been eating, sleeping, training and fighting side by side for seven years. They can survive for weeks in the jungle without supplies and they dont know exactly how many enemies theyve killed in ordinary battle. They now strap themselves to an American-made Claymore mine. My Daughter the Terrorist looks at what life is like inside a guerrilla organization, and the way the world appears in the eyes of the alleged terrorist. Its about unthinkable terrorist acts, and about beginning to understand people who are firmly committed to doing the unthinkable. Beate Arnestad, 2006 52 min Color Mini DV Norway and India

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