Slideshow
TO KILL A TIGER
Opens Friday, October 20
WRITTEN, DIRECTED, PRODUCED & EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY NISHA PAJUHA
In a small village in Jharkhand, India, 2017, a farmer becomes embroiled in conflict when he and his wife report to the police a horrific crime — after a family wedding, three village men dragged their 13-year-old daughter into the woods and raped her. Village leaders launch a campaign not for justice but for the father to drop charges and marry his daughter off to one of her arrested rapists — an “honorable” solution to preserve the community’s dignity. With intimate access to both father and daughter through the ordeal (emotional, legal, financial), along with candid interviews with neighbors, the village ward, and NGO activists, Nisha Pahuja reveals a riveting story of one family’s inspiring, courageous battle, and the survival instincts of a society entrenched in toxic patriarchy.
Presented with support from the Richard Brick, Geri Ashur, and Sara Bershtel Fund for Social Justice Documentaries
2022 125 MIN. CANADA / INDIA IN HINDI WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES
NOTICE PICTURES / NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA
Reviews
“A powerful portrait of a family’s strength. A masterfully observant film, in which one family’s fight for justice becomes a larger parable about a pressing human rights issue.”
– Pat Mullen, POV Magazine
“Empowering… daringly interrogates age-old customs in favor of human rights, questioning the very basis of fairness in a modernizing country.”
– Grace Han, Asian Movie Pulse
“Wrenching, powerful, timely, and insightful… one of the best investigations into the nature of toxic masculinity and rape culture in modern Indian society. Sharp editing and highly intuitive and detailed cinematography help to make TO KILL A TIGER into one of those documentaries that approaches the emotional heights of grand, unforced human drama.”
– Andrew Parker, The Gate