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1 online resource (streaming video file) : sound, color |
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A film by Kim Longinotto. "A girl's life is cruel...A woman's life is very cruel," notes Sampat Pal, the complex protagonist at the center of PINK SARIS, internationally acclaimed director Kim Longinotto's latest foray into the lives of extraordinary women (SISTERS IN LAW, DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE, ROUGH AUNTIES). Sampat should know - like many others she was married as a young girl into a family which made her work hard and beat her often. But unusually, she fought back, leaving her in-laws and eventually becoming famous as a champion for beleaguered women throughout Uttar Pradesh, many of whom find their way to her doorstep. Like Rekha, a fourteen year old Untouchable, who is three months pregnant and homeless - unable to marry her unborn child's father because of her low caste. Fifteen year old Renu's husband from an arranged marriage has abandoned her, her father-in-law has been raping her and she's threatening to throw herself under a train. Both young women, frightened and desperate, reach out for their only hope: Sampat Pal and her Gulabi Gang, Northern India's women vigilantes in pink. PINK SARIS is an unflinching and often amusing look at these unlikely political activists and their charismatic leader; in extraordinary scenes, we watch Sampat launch herself into the centre of family dramas, witnessed by scores of spectators, convinced her mediation is the best path for these vulnerable girls. Her partner Babuji, who has watched Sampat change over the years, is less certain.. |
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Asian and Middle Eastern Studies |
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Gender Studies |
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Race and Class Studies |
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Duration: 96 minutes |
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In Process Record |
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Originally produced by Women Make Movies in 2010 |
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In Hindi with English subtitles and optional closed captioning |
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Pal, Sampat, 1961?-
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Pal, Sampat, 1961?- fast |
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Women -- India -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India
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Women -- Crimes against -- India
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Women -- Violence against -- India -- Prevention
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Abused women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- India
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Victims of family violence -- Protection -- India
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Women's rights -- India
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Human rights -- India
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Civil rights workers -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- Biography
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Feminists -- India -- Uttar Pradesh -- Biography
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Family violence -- India
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Sex crimes -- India
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Dalits -- India.
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Streaming video.
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Internet videos.
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streaming video.
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Women's rights
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Women -- Violence against -- Prevention
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Women -- Social conditions
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Women -- Crimes against
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Victims of family violence -- Protection
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Sex crimes
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Manners and customs
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Human rights
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Feminists
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Family violence
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Dalits
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Civil rights workers
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Abused women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Internet videos
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Streaming video
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India -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
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India -- Uttar Pradesh
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India
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Biographies
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Internet videos
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Internet videos.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Streaming video
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Longinotto, Kim, director.
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Women Make Movies (Firm), production company.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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