Darshana Mini (UW-Madison)
‘S’ Certification and Sex-Education Films in India: From Family Planning to Poaching Pleasure
Event Details
Date
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Time
12-1 p.m.
Location
Description
Between the 1960s-1990s, the Films Division of India (FD) produced a slew of family planning films that aligned with India’s national development goals and advocated for the nuclear family. By the 1990s, AIDS-awareness also became a key thematic in FD films. Simultaneously, a parallel set of privately-produced ‘sex-education’ films also began to emerge since the 1970s, functioning quite differently from the FD films by employing an almost voyeuristic medicalized gaze.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-262-4884 or email info@southasia.wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Thursday, February 19, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.