“Gods in Shackles”, to be Screened in Kochi

KOCHI:
“God in Shackles” a multiple award winning and United Nations nominated documentary exposing the hideous torture stories of Kerala’s captive elephants in the backdrops of the glamorous festivals will be screened for public on July 11 Monday in Audi 4, Cinepolis, Centre Square Mall, M G Road Kochi.
This is the fourth public screening in India after the exclusive screening held for Kerala Legislative Assembly members and media at Banquet Hall, Kerala Legislative Assembly in Thiruvananthapuram and the public screenings in Thrissur, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram which received overwhelming response from the public as well as media.
The film was Executive Produced and directed by Kerala’s native Sangita Iyer, an award winning journalist and film maker. This is the first documentary that has ever been produced about the torture of Kerala’s festival elephants.
Gods in Shackles was nominated by the prestigious International Elephant Film Festival at the United Nations General assembly and has won seven international film festival awards, including the Los Angeles Cinefest Award, Hollywood International Independent Documentary Film Festival Award, The Impact Docs – Award of Merit, Golden Award at the World Documentary Awards.