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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'.[
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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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