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Sita, a Girl from Jambu
Feature Documentary

w/ English language voice-over narration, 2006 (48min.)
w/ Nepalese language voice-over narration, 2007 (47min.)

Producer: Kathleen Man
Director: Kathleen Man
Director of Photography: Kathleen Man
Screenplay by: Kathleen Man

Starring: Sunita Pakhrin, Sushil Pokharel

Festivals | Synopsis | Trailer | Press | Cast and Crew | Photos | The Music | Free a Child

The Cast
    `  
  Sita | Sunita Pakhrin
  Sushil | Sushil Pokharel  
End Credits

Produced, Directed, Photographed and Narrated by
Kathleen Man

Written by
The young women of the Putali Project
&
Kathleen man

Assistant Director
Jason Goode

Line Producer
Sushil Pokharel

Production Manager
Dev Raj Acharya

Interpreters
Saraswati Bartaula
Rebecca Callahan
Chandani Rana
Asakaji Shrestha

CAST

Sita...........................................Sunita Pakhrin
Sushil....................................Sushil Pokharel
Sita’s Mother .........................Sanu Ghishing
Rickshaw Driver ................Dev Raj Acharya
Rickshaw Boss................ Bikram Shrestha
Trafficker.................................. Ishwor Pandit
Sita’s Father........................Manbir Ghishing
Sumitra..............................Sumitra Ghishing
Little Brother........................ Dipak Ghishing
Middle Sister .....................Prabha Ghishing
Youngest Sister ...............Sarmila Ghishing
Trafficker...................................Ishwor Pandit

STREET DRAMA CAST

Sita.............................................Sunita Pakhrin
Narrator..................................Chameli Moktan
Trafficker...................................... Heera Lama
Brothel Madam.........................Pramila Lama
Sita’s Mother ...........................Pumpha Lama
Sita’s Father ..................................Sunita Blon
Sita’s friend ..........................Laxmi Pudasaini
Extras: ......................................Kopila Adhikari
Sanumaya Gole
Sita Lama
Sani Rana
Bandhana Thapa

…and the residents of the Village of Jambu

 

PUTALI SINGERS
Sharmila Aale
Ranjana Acharya
Buddha Laxmi Buniya
Nisha Lama
Sayapatri Thapu Magar
Riche Pradhan
Pratima Sakya
Shanti Subedi

Edited by
Daniel Brothers & Kathleen Man

Sound Editor
Josh Jones

Original Score
Patrick Dumont

“Mero Sapana”
Sung by Sunita Parker
Written by Sunita Parker, Patrick Dumont and Shankar Gurung

“Jala-Tarang”
Performed by Master Vyas

Sound Engineer
Aaron Lasko, Coupe Studios

Colorist
Rick Gougler, 42 Productions

Online Editor
Paul Lee, 42 Productions

Translation
Shankar Gurung

FUNDED IN PART BY

Boulder Arts Commission
Boulder County Arts Alliance

The University of Colorado at Boulder:
Implementation of Multicultural Perspectives
And Approaches in Research and Teaching
The Graduate Council on the Arts & Humanities
The Dean’s Fund for Excellence
The Council on Research and Creative Work

Shot on-location in Hetauda, Nepal and Jambu, Nepal

 

SPECIAL THANKS

Free A Child

Mahesh Bhattarai
General Welfare Pratisthan

Shankar Gurung

 

…and the young women of the Putali Project

 

©2005 Kathleen Man

 

For more information, go to:

www.freeachild.org

 

©2007