The film: ‘Harvest of Grief‘ directed by Anwar Jamal was screened for the first time in Chandigarh on the 8th of March, 2010.
Harvest of Grief is a 60 minute documentary of farmers’s suicides in the dry district of Sangrur. Suicides are due to indebtedness arising out of high costs of water, mechanized farming, chemical pesticides and fertilizers and low economic returns. The film also takes a comprehensive view of gender, health and environmental destruction which are the consequences of the Green Revolution and globalization.
Provided below are some press clippings about the film, after it was screened.
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/in-sangrur-wives-and-daughters-get-left-behind/588542/0
http://www.punjabnewsline.com/content/view/23985/38/
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2010/20100309/punjab.htm#8
http://www.india-forums.com/news/article.asp?id=233866
http://www.ndtv.com/news/cities/film-on-farmers-suicides-released-in-punjab-17395.php
http://www.newkerala.com/news/fullnews-66490.html
http://newshopper.sulekha.com/film-on-farmer-suicides-released-in-punjab_news_1154934.htm