Shadow Kill Wretched Lives

Shadow Kill, from India, tells the story of a state-appointed executioner a few years before independence. Wretched Lives, from the Philippines, focuses on a young woman in Manila forced to care for her troubled sister after their mother's death. Set in 1941 before India's independence from Britain, Shadow Kill follows the story of a state-appointed executioner no longer able to bear carrying out politically motivated death sentences. (Adoor Gopalakrishnan; India; 2002, 91 mins.)

Wretched Lives is a colorful, provocative film that captures turbulent times in the Philippines during the early 1990s. (Joel Lamangan; Philippines; 2001, 102 mins.)

The Global Lens series was organized by the New York-based Global Film Initiative, which promotes cross-cultural dialogue through cinema.