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Co-Husband
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Secondary Title:
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(Sahayek Shreeman)
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Filmmaker Name:
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Ganesh Panday
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Film Length:
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35 min
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Film Year:
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2020
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Duration:
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21-45 min
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Decade:
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2020s
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Language:
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in Nepali and Humlo
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Subtitle Language:
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with English subtitles
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Region:
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Asia
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Co-husband is a portrait of the practice of fraternal polyandry in the communities of the indigenous Humlo people in the Humla district of Nepal. Told from the perspective of the wives and husbands as well as the members of the community who reject this model, the film explores the economic, cultural and emotional dimensions of this custom and the social consequences for those who don’t practice it.
This family structure is closely related to the caravan trade, when men were absent for long periods of time– traveling for up to eight months at a time to transport salt from Tibet and rice from the Achham region. On the one hand, this limited their time together at home, and on the other, from an economic perspective, it allowed them to share resources, reduce land division and have a larger support system, which enabled them to prosper economically. However, with the continuing decline in this form of work and the rise in unemployment, everyday life has changed and individual needs have shifted, which raises the question of whether polyandry will continue to be practiced.
Nepalese filmmaker Ganesh Panday’s documentary invites a dialogue about how different a household and a family can look, what economic considerations go into such a structure, how to define a ‘successful’ household and what role love plays in marriage. SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDSBest Short Film, Society of Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival, USA, 2023
Bronze Award, Meihodo Int'l Youth Visual Media Festival, Japan, 2023
Best Documentary Film, Gateway Int'l Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Best Int'l Documentary Film, Cobb Inte'l Film Festival, USA, 2022
London Mountain Film Festival, UK, 2023
Best Documentary Film, Shimla Int'l Film Festival, India, 2021
Best Documentary Film, Nepal-Africa Film Festival, Nepal, 2021
29th Int'l Festival of Mountain Films Poprad, Slovakia, 2021
Best Documentary Film, Nepal Int'l Film Festival (NIFF), Nepal, 2020
Grand Prix Award, Kansk Int'l Video Festival, Russia, 2020
Co-Husband (Sahayek Shreeman)
Director & Script Writer
Ganesh Panday
Producer
Chief Assistant Director & Visual Editor
Ishwar Koirala
Assistant Director
Nirpa Raj Hamal
Cinematographer
Ishwar Koirala
Chandra Man Dangol
Abinash Lama
Radheshyam Timalsina "Pukar"
Music Composer
Joogal Dongal
Researcher
Yogesh Pokharel
Translator
Ulasha Chhetri Gurung
Birat Gautam "Anupam"
Creative Director
Chiranjibi Naubage
Bhim Subba Tamang
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