The Mountain & The Maiden follows a day in the life of Aspiya, a 10-year-old girl living with her younger brother, older sister, and parents in a one-room-shack in Delhi near Asia’s biggest landfill. Aspiya is the main supporter of her family. Every day, she walks up the landfill to collect trash that then will later be sold to companies that reuse the materials for their products. The subtexts of pollution, child labor, and our modern lifestyle of waste are eclipsed by the enthusiasm for life, a determined positive outlook, and happiness carried by Aspiya, despite her circumstances.
Aspiya’s story is one of hardship and oppression. This hard-hitting and powerful documentary allows us to witness the harsh realities of a cruel and unfair world. It’s brutally honest and provides a sad and truthful account of what it’s like for a child to live near one of Asia’s largest landfills in Delhi.
Filmmakers Shmuel Hoffman and Anton von Heiseler are raising funds to help the family leave the landfill and return to their original home town in Bangalore. For further information please visit the film’s website.
The film will be screened at the FirstGlance Film Festival on Sunday, November 15th at 3:30PM.
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