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Short youth film deals with a twin that each go their own way. The boy is important, because he is a boy. But what about the girl?
Of Indian twins, the boy Ganshyam is allowed to attend school, because he is a boy. The girl Punki has to help her mother collect and dry manure for the oven, sweep the yard and bake cookies. No matter how badly she wants it, she is not welcome at school. When one day Ganshyam goes to the market with his father to sell his pottery, Punki sees her chance: dressed as a boy, she goes to her brother's school.

Credits

Camera
Set geluid
Production company
Musch & Tinbergen

Title: Punki en Ganshyam, een tweeling in India
Year: 1989
Duration : 26 minutes
Category: Short Documentary
Edition: NFF 2000

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