Online screening of the movie “Sati” by Aparna Sen.

Educational Cinema

The Athens Center for Indian and Indo-Hellenic Studies is organizing an online screening of Aparna Sen’s film “Sati” on February 13, 2021 at 15:00. A free discussion will follow. Language Bengali with English subtitles,

Free participation for students and members of the Center for Indian and Indo-Hellenic Studies by registering at the link below.

https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwqcuqspjoqG9xnBKPLHme4oHOGVYXu2oYD


The film “Sati” was released in 1989 and is based on a story by Kamal Kumar Majumdar. Its main theme is the effects of religious dogmatism on a dumb orphan girl who is married to a sacred tree so that she does not become a widow.