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| name = The Backward Class<br />
| director = Madeleine Grant<br />
| starring = Mala Muniswamy<br />
| studio = Affinity Films<br />
| released = {{Film date|2014|05||[[Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival|Hot Docs]]}}<br />
| runtime = 91 minutes<br />
| country = Canada<br />
| language = [[English language|English]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] (with English subtitles)<br />
}}<br />
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'''''The Backward Class''''' is a 2014 Canadian [[documentary|documentary film]] directed by Madeleine Grant. The film follows the success of a group of ethnically disadvantaged students near [[Bangalore]], India, in taking high-school graduation exams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eng |first=David |title=2014 Hot Docs Audience Awards – winners |url=http://www.chinokino.com/2014/05/2014-hot-docs-audience-awards-winners.html |access-date=2024-04-28}}</ref> The film, created by a group of graduates of the [[University of British Columbia]],<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/the-backward-class-follows-first-ever-untouchable-grade-12-students-in-india-1.3024159 "The Backward Class follows first ever 'untouchable' Grade 12 students in India"]. ''CBC News'', Sharon Lindores, ''CBC News'' Apr 10, 2015</ref> premiered at the [[Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival]] in May 2014 and won the Audience Favourite award.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnard |first=Linda |date=2014-05-05 |title=Canada's The Backward Class is Hot Docs audience favourite |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/canada-s-the-backward-class-is-hot-docs-audience-favourite/article_db61a153-e8d3-5e9c-b48d-f0b2d583bdd9.html |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref><br />
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The 91-minute documentary was shot inside the [[Shanti Bhavan]] school,<ref>[http://dorkshelf.com/tag/the-backward-class/ The Backward Class | Dork Shelf<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> by Affinity Films.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-03-07 |title=Hot Docs 2014 {{!}} The Backward Class – Schema Magazine |url=http://schemamag.ca/2014/04/30/hot-docs-2014-the-backward-class/#.U2lCZ1flNco |access-date=2024-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307041017/http://schemamag.ca/2014/04/30/hot-docs-2014-the-backward-class/#.U2lCZ1flNco |archive-date=2016-03-07 }}</ref> Grant lived and worked at the school while making the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnard |first=Linda |date=2015-02-05 |title=Director lived like student to make The Backward Class |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/director-lived-like-student-to-make-the-backward-class/article_4239c959-0b37-5780-b2c1-5ba0f24c2da3.html |access-date=2024-04-28 |website=Toronto Star |language=en}}</ref> The dialogue is partly in [[English language|English]] and partly in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] with English subtitles.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2014-05-09 |title=Hot Docs 2014: The Backward Class |url=https://www.canadianfilmreview.com/hot-docs-2014-the-backward-class/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509055140/https://www.canadianfilmreview.com/hot-docs-2014-the-backward-class/ |archive-date=2014-05-09 }}</ref><br />
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The film was later screened in Toronto, received positive reviews from ''[[Now (newspaper)|Now Magazine]]''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-03-12 |title=Review: The Backward Class - NOW Magazine |work=NOW Magazine |url=https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/the-backward-class/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312074416/https://nowtoronto.com/movies/reviews/the-backward-class/ |archive-date=2017-03-12 }}</ref> and ''[[The Globe and Mail]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-05-05 |title=School? Not for 65 million girls |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/school-not-for-65-million-girls/article18458930/ |access-date=2024-04-28 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}</ref><br />
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One of the stars of the film, Mala Muniswamy, travelled from [[India]] to attend the film's premiere.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gee |first=Dana |date=7 December 2014 |title=Vancouver Filmmaker Reminds Us Education is the Key to Everything |url=https://theprovince.com/entertainment/vancouver-filmmaker-reminds-us-education-is-the-key-to-everything |website=The Province}}</ref><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Alex Hutt of ''Canadian Film Review'' mentioned that "The Backward Class is definitely a film to put down on your Hot Docs sched."<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{official website|http://www.thebackwardclass.com/}}<br />
*{{IMDb title|2187105}}<br />
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