Pink Saris (0+)
UK, India, 2010, colour, 96 min.
Director: Kim Longinotto
Director: Kim Longinotto
Meet the Gulabi Gang, a group of women dressed in defiantly pink saris, railing against India's patriarchal caste system. They are led by Sampat Pal, a former child bride who now fights the subjugation and institutionalised beating of women. A divisive figure, she is at once a saviour for the mistreated, as well as a shameless self-promoter acutely aware of her own celebrity.
Kim Longinotto
Kim Longinotto
was born in London, England. She studied camera and directing at England’s National Film School. She has won numerous awards, including the World Cinema Jury Prize in Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival for Rough Aunties (2008), a Peabody Award for Sisters in Law (2005) and the Outstanding Achievement Award for career accomplishment at this year’s Hot Docs film festival
UK, India, 2010, colour, 96 min.
Director: Kim Longinotto
Director: Kim Longinotto
Meet the Gulabi Gang, a group of women dressed in defiantly pink saris, railing against India's patriarchal caste system. They are led by Sampat Pal, a former child bride who now fights the subjugation and institutionalised beating of women. A divisive figure, she is at once a saviour for the mistreated, as well as a shameless self-promoter acutely aware of her own celebrity.