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'Narmada: A Valley Rises' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Ali Kazimi and released in 1994.Paula Citron, "Film explores dam drama". 'Toronto Star', September 18, 1994. The film documents the activist campaign of Narmada Bachao Andolan against the then-proposed Narmada Dam project in Gujarat, India, including a 200-kilometre protest march by over 6,000 people that followed Gandhi's principles of non-violent resistance.Mike Boone, "Narmada: a story of India that should resonate in Quebec". 'Montreal Gazette', April 30, 1995.

The film premiered in the Perspectives Canada program at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival. It was subsequently screened at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 1995, where it won the award for Best Political Documentary and Kazimi won the award for Best Direction.Pamela Cuthbert, [https://playbackonline.ca/1995/02/27/4157-19950227/ "Hot Docs gets impressive turnout"]. 'Playback', February 27, 1995. It received television broadcasts in 1995, both on Vision TV and as an episode of the CBC Television documentary series 'The Passionate Eye'.

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 16th Genie Awards in 1996.Rob Salem, "Lepage movie tops Genie list Le Confessionnal nabs a dozen nominations as first-time directors dominate". 'Toronto Star', November 8, 1995.

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