India's Daughter (2015)

Directed by

Leslee Udwin

Genre

documentary film, drama film, crime film

Country

India, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 03m

Rating

8.1 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary examines the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder of a young physiotherapy student. It includes interviews with defense lawyers, psychiatrists, and one of the convicted rapists. The film also covers the protests that followed the attack.

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What happens

India's Daughter is a documentary film directed by Leslee Udwin and is part of the BBC's ongoing Storyville series. The film is based on the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder of 23-year-old Jyoti Singh, aliased "Nirbhaya", who was a physiotherapy student. The documentary explores the events of the night of 16 December 2012, the protests which were sparked both nationally and internationally as a result of the assault, and the lives of the men before they committed the attack. The film is told through the use of reconstructed footage and interviews with those involved in the case, including the defence lawyers, psychiatrists, and one of the rapists. The film was scheduled to be aired on TV channels around the world on 8 March 2015, to coincide with International Women's Day. However, when excerpts of the film, which included an interview with Mukesh Singh, one of the four men convicted of the rape and murder, were broadcast, a court stay order prohibiting the telecast was obtained by the Indian police. The BBC complied with the request and did not air the film in India. It aired outside India on 4 March, was uploaded on YouTube, and soon went viral via shares on social media. On 5 March, the Indian government directed YouTube to block the video in India. The film was later removed from YouTube by the BBC, citing copyright violation. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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