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The Backward Class
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'The Backward Class' is a 2014 Canadian documentary film directed by Madeleine Grant. The film follows the success of a group of ethnically disadvantaged students near Bangalore, India, in taking high-school graduation exams.[http://www.chinokino.com/2014/05/2014-hot-docs-audience-awards-winners.html "2014 Hot Docs Audience Awards winners"]. 'CHINO KINO:'. The film, created by a group of graduates of the University of British Columbia,[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/the-backward-class-follows-first-ever-untouchable-grade-12-students-in-india-1.3024159 "The Backward Class follows first ever 'untouchable' Grade 12 students in India"]. 'CBC News', Sharon Lindores, 'CBC News' Apr 10, 2015 premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in May 2014Hot Docs International Documentary Festival in May, 2014 and won the Audience Favourite award.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2014/05/05/canadas_the_backward_class_is_hot_docs_audience_favourite.html "Canadas The Backward Class is Hot Docs audience favourite".]| 'Toronto Star', 2014-05-05
The 91-minute documentary[http://www.cinemablographer.com/2014/03/hot-docs-announces-festival-line-up.html "Cinemablographer: Hot Docs Announces Festival Line-up"], Cinemablographer, 2014-03 was shot inside the Shanti Bhavan school,[http://dorkshelf.com/tag/the-backward-class/ The Backward Class | Dork Shelf] by Affinity Films.[http://schemamag.ca/2014/04/30/hot-docs-2014-the-backward-class/#.U2lCZ1flNco Hot Docs 2014 | "The Backward Class "]. 'Schema Magazine', 2014-04-30. Grant lived and worked at the school while making the film.[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2015/02/05/director-lived-like-student-to-make-the-backward-class.html "Director lived like student to make The Backward Class"]. 'Toronto Star', Linda Barnard Feb. 5, 2015 The dialogue is partly in English and partly in Tamil with English subtitles.[http://canadianfilmreview.com/hot-docs-2014-the-backward-class/ "Hot Docs 2014: The Backward Class"]. 'Canadian Film Review'.
The film was later screened in Toronto, received positive reviews from 'Now Magazine'[https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/the-backward-class/ "Review: The Backward Class: Class gets an A"]. 'Now Toronto Magazine', by Susan G. Cole. February 4, 2015 and 'The Globe and Mail'.[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/school-not-for-65-million-girls/article18458930/ "School? Not for 65 million girls"]. Elizabeth Renzetti, 'The Globe and Mail', May 05, 2014
One of the stars of the film, Mala Muniswamy, travelled from India to attend the film's premiere.[https://theprovince.com/entertainment/vancouver-filmmaker-reminds-us-education-is-the-key-to-everything "Vancouver Filmmaker Reminds Us Education is the Key to Everything"]. 'The Province', Dana Gee, December 7, 2014
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