Slumdog Millionaire swept the Oscar’s with 8 awards! What a moment for the people of Mumbai. To be seen. To have their conditions witnessed. This fictionalized account of life in Mumbai was filled with reality and truth. The locations are real: masses of people forced to live without dignity, devoid of basic human rights, stripped of their humanity. The conditions are real: high-density dilapidated housing with open sewers; scarcity of water; horrific pollution; destitution and poverty; corruption; maiming; sweatshops. (more…)

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