Simranpreet's Story: Documentary Film Screening and Q&A
"Simranpreet's Story" is a short documentary on the experience of pregnancy, maternal depression, and caregiving in rural India.
Date and time
Location
St John's College, Oxford
St Giles' Oxford OX1 3JP United KingdomAbout this event
- Event lasts 1 hour 30 minutes
St. John's College, Oxford — Promotion of the Arts Committee presents
Starving For Love: Decolonizing Maternal Depression in Rural India Through Visual Art
Documentary Film Screening: Simranpreet's Story
Join us at St John's College, Oxford, for a screening of Simranpreet's Story — a short documentary that poignantly captures the experience of pregnancy, maternal depression, and caregiving in rural India. Part of the Pregnancy and Mental Health film series produced by Professor Shahirose Premji (Queen’s University, Canada), this film by award-winning filmmaker Munmun Dhalaria follows the story of one mother as she navigates psychosocial stress and patriarchal norms with the support of a community-based mental health counsellor.
The film is one artistic output of a collaborative effort to understand mental health and intervention from the perspective of women both receiving and delivering care. It highlights a maternal mental health intervention designed and implemented by Aneel Singh Brar (DPhil Student, St. John’s College; Co-Founder of Mata Jai Kaur) and a global team of collaborators.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker and the film’s two protagonists, and a panel discussion featuring the producer, filmmaker, and other members of the collaborative—joining both in person and remotely from India and Canada.
This event will be of interest to those engaged in maternal health, global health, mental health, gender equity, health care delivery, and in ways of knowing that prioritize lived experience.
Refreshments will be served.
This screening is part of a larger event that includes a photo exhibit.
Frequently asked questions
The screening will be in the Bedingham Room at the Study Centre at St. John's College. Please ask the Porter's Lodge (at the main entrance of the College) for directions and follow the signage.
Yes! In addition to the film, we are showing photos taken by women in rural India documenting their lives. The exhibit will be in the Larkin Room at St. John's College. Again, ask the Porter's Lodge (at the main entrance of the College) for directions and follow the signage.