"The Name of the Disease": Documentary
Abhijit Banerjee and Arundhati Tuli Banerjee
Tue Jan 16, 01-02:30pm, E52-175
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A documentary on health care in rural India by Abhijit Banerjee and Arundhati Tuli Banerjee. The documentary "The Name of the Disease" explores the voices of patients, shamans, doctors, and varied health officials in some of the poorest parts of rural Rajasthan, India, to attempt an understanding of the complex and multi-layered narratives of the poor and the sick. The film looks at some of the often conflicting perspectives, and it addresses the questions of daily tragedy and fatalism, tradition and modernity and complacency and rage, as it traces stories that people tell about their lives.
Contact: Denise MacDougall, dmac@mit.edu
Sponsor: Economics
Latest update: 10-Jan-2007
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