From the Burning Embers

1988 • Directed by

Mediastorm

Made as a collective effort by the women's filmmaking group Mediastorm, a documentary protesting the barbaric--and much publicized--act of sati as inflicted on Roop Kanwar of Deorala, Rajasthan, and other women like her. It highlights the manner in which a ruling government allows atrocities against women to occur.