In 'To Kill a Tiger,' director Nisha Pahuja follows the case of a girl who is gang-raped in her Indian village. The villagers say she should marry one of the rapists.
In"To Kill a Tiger," director Nisha Pahuja follows the case of a girl who is gang-raped in her Indian village. The villagers say she should marry one of the rapists.about the gang rape of a 13-year-old girl and how she and her father pursued justice even though many of the people in their village did not support their efforts — and even believed she should marry one of the rapists."As her father, I deeply regret that I didn't protect her.
The sexual assault was so violent that it caused considerable internal injury, says Ranjit. His daughter was traumatized, he says. For weeks, his once bright, chatty little girl seldom spoke. Pahuja says she was struck by Ranjit's actions after his daughter's rape. As shown in the movie, many villagers insisted that his daughter should marry one of the rapists to keep the peace in the village. Ranjit refused — and filed a complaint with police., often survivors struggle to have their voices heard."It's very rare for a father to support his daughter this way," says Pahuja.
"I was struck by Kiran's spirit and strength," she says."She refused to back down and allow her parents to drop the case." This especially hit home on the day of her testimony."Before then, I was always anxious for her and the trauma that she'd experienced," says Pahuja. There are many moments in the documentary that show us the daughter's quiet strength and spunky personality. She paints her fingernails bright pink, like 13-year-olds anywhere. Yet her experience has clearly changed her. In one scene she wonders,"I keep thinking whether I will fall in love or not. I think about that a lot. And if I do, how do I tell him what happened to me?"
Perhaps this case would have a ripple effect in courtrooms across the nation, reporters surmise in the documentary. Local activists say the case has helped other women speak up and seek justice too., the global executive director of the human rights organization Equality Now."We are building stronger laws that center a woman's lack of consent as a deciding factor."
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