The Pittsburgh Consortium for Adoption Studies, University of Pittsburgh Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, Women’s Studies Program, Asian Studies Center, Film Studies Program, and Department of English present Made in India.
Monday, October 29 - 7:30 p.m.
5200 W. W. Posvar Hall, 230 S. Bouquet Street
Directors Vaishali Sinha and Rebecca Haimowitz will introduce the film and take questions afterwards.
This documentary shows the journey of an infertile American couple, an Indian surrogate and the reproductive outsourcing business that brings them together. Made in India has been shown on four continents and on PBS. It won best documentary award at the Florida, Magnolia, and San Francisco International Asian-American Film Festivals. It is being shown in connection with Frayda Cohen’s Gendered Bodies course (WOMNST 1140) and Marianne Novy’s spring term class, Changing Families in Literature (ENGLIT0617). For more information contact Marianne Novy, mnovy@pitt.edu.