Canada 2022, 125 min, Hindi and Nugpuri, Hebrew & English subtitles

Ranjit was not born a hero. He had to become one when three young men raped his 13 year-old daughter, and the people of his village demanded that he marry her off to one of her rapists to remove the stain of shame from the community. But Ranjit refused to abandon his daughter, and instead decided to demand justice. In India, where a rape is reported every 20 minutes and rapists are hardly ever punished, a poor, simple rice farmer choosing to fight back is virtually unheard of. Director Nisha Pahuja followed father and daughter for over a year through the emotional rollercoaster of court appearances and meetings with the rapists’ families. The result is the inspiring, intimate portrait of a man who fought for change against all odds—and won.

Previous Festivals: TIFF (Amplify Voices Award for Best Canadian Feature Film), Palm Springs International Film Festival (Best Documentary Award), Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival (Inspiring Voices and Perspectives Feature Film Award), Victoria Film Festival

Nisha Pahuja is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker based in Toronto and Bombay. Her credits include Diamond Road (2007 Gemini Award for Best Documentary Series), Bollywood Bound (2001 Gemini nominee) and the award-winning The World Before Her (2012; Best Documentary, Tribeca Film Festival; Best Canadian Documentary, Hot Docs Film Festival; TIFF’s Canada’s Top Ten; Sundance Film Forward Program; Best Documentary nominee, CSAs). Pahuja’s short film for Global’s 16/9 about the Delhi Gang rape was the recipient of an Amnesty International media award for Canadian journalism in 2015. In 2014, she was invited to be a Resident Fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, and from 2016 to 2020 she was part of their arts selection panel.

Production: Cornelia Principe, David Oppenheim, Anita Lee, Andy Cohen, Atul Gawande, Andrew Dragoumis
Production Company: NOTICE PICTURES, NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA
Script: NISHA PAHUJA
Editing: MIKE MUNN, DAVE KAZALA
Cinematography: MRINAL DESAI
Research: NISHA PAHUJA, ERIN CHISHOLM
Sound Design: GRANT EDMONDS, DANIEL PELLERIN
Music: JONATHAN GOLDSMITH

Supporters & Broadcasters: Embassy of Canada