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To Kill A Tiger
''To Kill a Tiger'' is a 2022 Canadian documentary film, directed by Nisha Pahuja. The film centres on a family in Jharkhand, India, who are campaigning for justice after their teenage daughter was brutally raped. The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022. The film had its American premiere at the Lighthouse International Film Festival in June 2023. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature Award at 96th Academy Awards. Release ''To Kill a Tiger'' was originally released in select theaters in the United States without a distributor on October 20, 2023, followed by a re-release on February 9, 2024. Prior to, Dev Patel and Mindy Kaling boarded the film as executive producers. In February 2024, Netflix acquired worldwide distribution rights to the documentary, planning to release the documentary on their platform as soon as possible, with Priyank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nisha Pahuja
Nisha Pahuja (born 1978) is an independent Canadian filmmaker, born in New Delhi and raised in Toronto, Ontario.Indiewire. "Meet the 2012 Tribeca Filmmakers #5: 'The World Before Her' Director Nisha Pahuja. Indiewire, 201/ref> This writer/artist/director was introduced to film through studying English literature, working in social services and through working as a documentary researcher. She is currently a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Fellow. Nisha's first full-length film debut was in 2003 in ''Bollywood Bound'', and more recently she produced a film ''The World Before Her'' (2012) which explored the diverse lifestyles of women competing to become Miss India and juxtaposing it with Hindu Nationalists fighting for their beliefs. Early life Pahuja moved from India to Canada with her family when she was a child. Growing up, Nisha faced adversity as she was bombarded with a new "western lifestyle". She attributes her interest in film largely to her upbringing and she was con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |