Film Screening: Love Sonia

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Columbia University's Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Human Rights Program at Barnard College, Columbia's SIPA Human Rights and Humanitarian Policy Program, and NYU's Program in International Relations present

A Film Screening of "LOVE SONIA" & Discussion with

TABREZ NOORANI
Director

TATIANA KOTLYARENKO
Adviser on Anti-Human Trafficking Issues, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

RUCHIRA GUPTA
Founder, Apne App & Adjunct Associate Professor, NYU Center for Global Affairs

SHANDRA WOWORUNTU
Survivor Leader & Executive Director, Mentari

with an introduction by

MICHAEL JOHN WILLIAMS
Program Director, NYU Program in International Relations

ABOUT THE FILM

Love Sonia is a 2018 Indian drama film directed by Tabrez Noorani and produced by David Womark. The film is the harrowing account of two sisters robbed of their innocence when one is sold by her debt-ridden father, and the other follows after her in the hope of rescuing her but becomes trapped in the sex trade herself. While on the troublesome and challenging journey that takes us through the red light areas of Mumbai, the latent innocence in the younger sister and the grit to rescue her sister and eventually herself stays intact.

For more information visit: http://as.nyu.edu/ir/events/lovesonia20190924.html