PINK SARIS
96 min. 2010,
UK (filmed in India)
Directed and photographed by Kim Longinotto
Sound by Girjashanker Vohra
Edited by Ollie Huddleston
Produced by Amber Latif,
Girjashanker Vohra
World sales/contact: Vixen Films,
26 Balfour Road, London N5 2HE, UK
+44 2073597368
kimlonginotto@hotmail.com
Sampat Pal, an illiterate, low-caste woman, set up the Gulabi Gang because of all the feelings of injustice and helplessness she'd experienced in her life. Before she was 12 years old, she was sent to a remote village to marry and was bullied by her in-laws. She rebelled against the stringent village rules and ended up on the streets with five young children. Setting up the Gulabi Gang was her act of inspired desperation. Hundreds of women, all dressed in bright fuchsia saris, would gather to make a corrupt policeman enforce the law or to challenge a violent husband. Sampat, the 'Commander in Chief' of this group, is now famous throughout Uttar Pradesh. She doesn't need to summon the Gulabi Gang anymore, she uses her own fame to get results. But fame is a perilous thing and it means that Sampat is now moving on to another stage in her life. If you haven’t experienced any love in your childhood, if you have been abused, it’s very hard to care truly about other people.
At the heart of Pink Saris are the four young women who come to Sampat for help. They are at a great crisis and see Sampat as their last hope. We watch these stories unfold; we know they are stories which are being played out countless times across all over India.
ROOSAD SARID
Re˛issöör Kim Longinotto (Inglismaa/India)
Sampat Pal on kirjaoskamatu naine, kes kuulub alamasse kasti. Vaevalt 12-aastaseks saanud, saadeti ta kaugesse kolkakülla, kus pandi mehele ning kus lapsnaine pidi taluma orjalikke alandusi. Sampat põgenes, temast sai tänavatüdruk. Läbinud uskumatuid kannatusi edaspidigi, sai Sampatist kirglik võitleja hüljatud naiste õiguste eest. Filmi keskmes on on roosasid sarisid kandvate noorte naiste armulood. Kim Longinotto kaamera jälgib, kui okkaline on lihtsa hindu naise tee oma õnne poole.