Abstract
Thirty-six million women are missing in India. The economic burden of dowries and the ancestral preference for boys make the birth of a daughter a shameful event. Ultrasound tests and abortions, medical acts which were supposed to represent progress for women, are instead being used against them. DAUGHTERS OF GARDENERS is a deeply moving and profoundly human documentary; an investigation of States where aborting girls has become a very profitable industry. This one-hour film follows the journey of a young Canadian journalist, in her quest to understand and document this demographic crisis, as well as its disastrous consequences on the entire Indian society; the inability of men to find wives; the increase in prostitution; the worsening AIDS pandemic; the kidnapping and trafficking of women and the advent of forced marriages. Unexpectedly poetic images for such a subject succeed in capturing the human element behind a reality that nonetheless appears quite inhumane.
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00:52:15 (HH:MM:SS)
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English
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Intermediate (grades 7-9), High School (grades 10-12), College
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| Name | CinéFête |
| Role | Distributor |
| Telephone | 514-858-0300 |
| Address | 1586 Rue Fleury Est, Bureau 210, Montreal, Quebec (Canada), H2C 156 |
| [email protected] |
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