SERUPPU (Footwear)

This is a socio-cultural documentary on the lives of catholic Arundhatiyars (Dalits / harijans/ untouchables) of Dharmanathapuram, an old slum located at the heart of Tiruchirapalli in Tamil Nadu a southern state of India.

The people of Dharmanathapuram are involved in making footwear, one of the traditional occupations of a dalit with in Indian caste based society.

According to the presidential order 1950: para3, by the Union Government of India, dalits or the people from the lower caste in Indian caste system who do not follow Hindu religion (or those converted to Christianism or Islam) are not considered Schedule Caste (as any other Hindu dalits); and they do not have access to the reservations for jobs or in educational institutions or other support mechanism that otherwise are available to the Schedule Caste according to the Indian constitution.
Besides the upper caste Hindus who have converted to Christianity also follow their caste based practices such as discrimination, exclusiveness, unsociability and at times violence against their fellow Christians who happens to be dalits.
This film brings upon the discrimination and struggle faced by the catholic Arundhatiyars of Dharmanathapuramwho also face stiff competition in the economic grounds as mechanization in the footwear manufacturing continues to grow in the era of globalization.

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Film & Animation

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• documentary

[adevairmarques]

@noremote GOD didn't create us to be wild. GOD put each person in this world with a goal.

Let's be human and build a better world!!!

Never discriminate anyone! Never call a poor brother as untouchable or as piece of shit. We are humans like a muslim or a dalit. Open the doors of your home and extend your hand to help those who need your help. Use the intelligence that God gave to you to distribuite equality.

[adevairmarques]

@noremote The minority in our country is killed and nobody do anything. Muslims, Dalits and Christians are killed every moment and the government pretend itself as a blind!!!

Rich people live in a paradise and they don't care with poors. The most of people pretend that everything is like heaven.

Our country will become better only when each person to take an initiative to help others, I mean, the poors. While there is a sense of greatness within each one our country never will reach equalily.

[adevairmarques]

OMG

[noremote]

What the Dalits really need to do is take up arms. I'm not saying they should go out committing wanton acts of violence, but it's ridiculous for 100s of millions of people to be pushed around.