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Original Name: Pink Saris
English Name: Pink Saris
Year: 2012
Run Time: 96 mins
Language: Hindi, English
Type (Colour/ Black & White): Colour
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Kim Longinotto
Producer: Amber Latif, Girjashankar Vohra
Cast: Sampat Pal Devi, Renu Devi, Rekha Paswan, Shiv Devi Patel, Rampataree Yadav, Niranjan Pal
DOP: Kim Longinotto
Editor: Ollie Huddleston
Sound Designer: Girjashankar Vohra
Music: Midival Punditz
Kim Longinotto is a British documentary filmmaker, well known for making films that highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination. Longinotto has made more than 20 films, usually featuring inspiring women and girls at their core. Her style is discreet and direct, with minimal crew and no commentary – no interviews, no voice-over. Her documentary of female genital mutiliation in Kenya,The Day I Will Never Forget, won the Amnesty International DOEN Award at IDFAmsterdam. Her documentaries have created an impact on audience, society, and international communities.
SampatPal, an illiterate, low- cast women, was married off at the age of 12 and was constantly bullied by her in-law. She rebelled against the stringent village rules and ended up on the streets with five young children. She then set up Gulabi Gang, where hundreds of women, all dressed in bright fuchsia saris, would gather to make a corrupt policeman enforce the law or to challenge a violent husband. At the heart of ‘ Pink Saris’ are the four young women who come to the Gulabi Gangleader as their last hope.
