Tuesday 21 October 6pm - Gail and Bharat (2025) (film)

Directed by Somnath Waghmare   An American Fulbright scholar from Minneapolis – Gail Omvedt – arrived in India in the 1970s. Shocked by its caste system, she dedicated her life to the struggles of Dalits. Alongside her partner, the brilliant anti-caste activist Bharat Patankar, she forged a lifelong fight for justice in Kasegav, Maharashtra.    This intimate new film explores their shared journey and Gail’s impactful final years in rural India.    Join us for a special screening followed by an in-person discussion with the director, Somnath Waghmare,  who was born to a rural Dalit-Buddhist family in Malewadi, Western Maharashtra, India. His mother worked as an agricultural labourer and his father was an ex-mill worker in Bombay, though both have retired because of old age. With limited resources and social capital he has produced the films  ‘I am Not a Witch’ (2015)   ‘The Battle of Bhima Koregaon: An Unending Journey’ (2017) Memories of Mangaon (2022)  There is no caste discrimination in ITTs?.