Leslee Udwin’s acclaimed documentary, INDIA’S DAUGHTER, will be released theatrically in the U.S. by Paladin
Leslee Udwin’s acclaimed documentary, INDIA’S DAUGHTER, will be released theatrically in the U.S. by Paladin, with openings in New York and Los Angeles on October 23rd and 30th respectively. INDIA’S DAUGHTER tells the story of the savage rape and eventual death of 23 year-old medical student, Jyoti Singh, in New Delhi in December of 2012, an event that shook the social fabric of the country-- and the world-- to the core. Udwin’s film was catapulted to global attention in March of this year when it was banned in India just two days before its scheduled broadcast. Jyoti Singh was a young physiotherapy student from a poor family in New Delhi, and a symbol of a 21 century India in which economic growth is expanding opportunity for women and men alike. With dreams of a career in medicine, Jyoti asked her parents to use her wedding dowry to pay for her education. Despite protest from the extended family, Jyoti’s parents willingly obliged and sold the family’s ancestral land to put her thro...