New film ‘Because We Are Girls’ tells story of three Punjabi Canadian sisters and their sexual abuse

Credit to Author: Canadian Immigrant| Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2019 06:17:30 +0000

The National Film Board of Canada has released a new documentary film about three Punjabi-Canadian sisters from B.C.

Because We Are Girls, by Baljit Sangra, is a feature-length, intimate documentary about these sisters who have a devastating secret: they were sexually abused by an older relative beginning in their childhood years. After remaining silent for nearly two and a half decades, the sisters finally decide to come forward — not only to protect other young relatives, but to set an example for their own daughters as well.

Produced by Selwyn Jacob (a Top 75 finalist this year), the film is an empowering, feminist, cinematic and hopeful story that shows the impact of sexual violence on an entire family, including the sisters’ parents, partners and children.

The film will have its world premiere during the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto (May 1-3) and will open the DOXA Documentary Film Festival in Vancouver in the same week (May 3-7).

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