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Panchayat
2017 · 2 hrs 18 mins
A film that revolves around a girl who confronts social taboos of the Chhaupadi tradition, which prohibits Hindu women and girls from participating in normal family activities while menstruating as they are considered “impure”. Set in the seventies, the film’s title refers to Nepal’s Panchayat system of self-rule, which was abolished in 1990.
Director: Shivam Adhikari
Cast: Neeta Dhungana, Saroj Khanal, Rupa Rana