The Silent Revolution - Documentary  This is the story of people held in slavery in the stone quarries of northern India, who risk everything to take back their lives.
They live in desperate conditions–but they are extraordinarily happy because they are free after generations of slavery. The Silent Revolution follows a group of stone-breakers as they challenge the slaveholders, are burned out of their homes by the slaveholder’s thugs, are imprisoned and finally win the right to run their own quarry and start a new village. Now, as they struggle to survive in freedom, they are sending their children to school, replanting the forests, and beginning to hope for a life beyond stone-breaking. In this Free the Slaves film, Peggy Callahan explores how people in slavery can create their own path of freedom, with support from grassroots organizations like Sankalp of northern India. After purchasing The Silent Revolution, be sure to download the free accompanying study guide. Run-Time: 18:00 Buy It!>>
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