80 mins |
Rated
M (Mature themes)
Directed by Emma Macey-Storch
Starring Geeta Mahor, Atul Kumar Singh, Inderjeet Mahor, Neetu Mahor, SHEROES Hangout
*NT PREMIERE*
SUNDOWN SCREEN, Darwin Waterfront
6.40pm - Special Guest Q&A featuring Emma Macey-Storch, Dipanjali Rao and representatives from Amnesty International, hoster by local filmmaker Naina Sen
7.00pm - Screening
Geeta Mahor was asleep with her three young daughters when her husband, Inderjeet, crept into their room and maliciously threw acid on them. Geeta was badly injured, three-year-old Neetu ended up severely scarred and almost completely blind, and baby Krishna tragically passed away. And the reason Inderjeet gave for the attack was because he was only getting girls, girls, girls.
Fast-forward 28 years and Geeta and her daughter Neetu live their lives in the urban slums of Agra with gusto, hope and an uncompromising determination to create lasting societal change.
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*NT PREMIERE*
SUNDOWN SCREEN, Darwin Waterfront
6.40pm - Special Guest Q&A featuring Emma Macey-Storch, Dipanjali Rao and representatives from Amnesty International, hoster by local filmmaker Naina Sen
7.00pm - Screening
Geeta Mahor was asleep with her three young daughters when her husband, Inderjeet, crept into their room and maliciously threw acid on them. Geeta was badly injured, three-year-old Neetu ended up severely scarred and almost completely blind, and baby Krishna tragically passed away. And the reason Inderjeet gave for the attack was because he was only getting girls, girls, girls.
Fast-forward 28 years and Geeta and her daughter Neetu live their lives in the urban slums of Agra with gusto, hope and an uncompromising determination to create lasting societal change.