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Banned Nirbhaya documentary premiers in US
Kashmir Times. Dated: 3/11/2015 2:29:27 PM
NEW YORK, Mar 10 (Agencies): The BBC documentary, depicting the aftermath of the brutal gang-rape and murder of Nirbhaya in 2012, has premiered in the US with Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep, Frieda Pinto and actor-director Farhan Akhtar in attendance as a show of support for the film banned in India.
Streep led a solemn opening of the 2012 gang-rape documentary Storyville: India's Daughter here, describing the 23-year old victim as "our daughter" and emphasised that tolerance and acceptance of violence against women is worse than the brutality that dehumanises them.
Streep was joined by a star cast including actress Pinto, Akhtar, talk show host Tina Brown and former UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos among others at the US premier of the documentary produced and directed by Leslee Udwin yesterday.