| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
005228 |
| Description |
digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Collective Eye Films in 2016. |
| Summary |
Selvi, like so many girls living within India's patriarchal culture, is forced to marry at a young age, only to find herself in a violent and abusive marriage. One day in deep despair, she chooses to escape, going to a highway with the intention of throwing herself under the wheels of a bus. Instead she gets on the bus, choosing to live... and goes on to become South India's first female taxi driver. We first meet 18-year-old Selvi at a girls' shelter in 2004 - timid, soft-spoken, a fresh runaway from a difficult life. Over a ten-year journey, we see a remarkable transformation as Selvi finds her voice and defies all expectations - learning to drive, starting her own taxi company, leading seminars to educate other women, and much more. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Women taxicab drivers -- India, South -- Biography.
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Young women -- India, South -- Biography.
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Marital violence -- India, South.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Paloschi, Elisa, film director.
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Collective Eye Films (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
6293728 Kanopy |
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