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India-based documentary 'Pink Saris' wins at Abu Dhabi Film Fest
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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Abu Dhabi:
British director Kim Longinotto's "Pink Saris" bagged the best
documentary Friday at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival and the director
says she will use the prize money to help the girls who featured
in her film.
Longinotto shared the prize money of ($100,000) with director
Patricio Guzmán whose film "Nostalgia For The Light" was also
declared the best documentary.
"Pink Saris" depicts the evils of child marriage and the caste
conflict in the interiors of northern India - and a woman's fight
to bring about change.
In her docu-drama shot in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Longinotto
shows how families often marry off girls at a young age, how they
are mistreated by their in-laws - physically abused by the husband
and sometimes raped by the father-in-law - and how often caste
conflict plays a villain for lovers.
The film revolves around 50-year-old Sampat Pal, founder leader of
a women vigilante group called 'Gulabi Gang' in Banda district,
and the four victims Rekha, Renu, Niranjan and Rampyari.
The director, who was not available to collect the award, sent a
message that she will use the prize money in making the future of
the girls in the film better.
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