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URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/because-we-are-girls/
SUMMARY:Because We Are Girls
DESCRIPTION:HOT DOCS 2019 / WORLD PREMIERE\n\nBaljit Sangra\n2019 | 85 min
  \n\nWednesday\, May 1 | 6:15 PM | Scotiabank Theatre\, Cinema 4*\nThursd
 ay\, May 2 | 1:00 PM | Scotiabank Theatre\, Cinema 13*\nFriday\, May 3 | 6
 :00 PM | TIFF Bell Lightbox 2\n\n* Director Baljit Sangra\, Producer Selwy
 n Jacob and the Pooni sisters in attendance.\n\nVENUE LOCATIONS:\nScotiaba
 nk Theatre 259 Richmond St. W\nTIFF Bell Lightbox 350 King St. W\nTo purch
 ase tickets\, click here.\nA conservative Indo-Canadian family in small-t
 own British Columbia must come to terms with a devastating secret: three s
 isters were sexually abused by an older relative beginning in their childh
 ood years. After remaining silent for nearly two and a half decades\, the 
 sisters decide to come forward—not only to protect other young relatives
 \, but to set an example for their daughters as well.\n\nDocumentarian Bal
 jit Sangra sensitively explores the impact of sexual abuse on a family\, t
 urning her empathetic lens on intimate moments in the family’s life. Ful
 l of nuance and layers\, Because We Are Girls weaves poetically between 
 past and present\, darkness and light. We witness the emotional toll that 
 pursuing justice through the courts and confronting their family for not p
 rotecting them as children takes on the sisters. But we also share in thei
 r happiness as they bond with their daughters and dance along to their fav
 ourite Bollywood songs. As the film deftly intertwines touching home foota
 ge of the young\, innocent girls they once were alongside uplifting scenes
  of the strong\, empowered women they have become\, the family’s uncondi
 tional love flows freely through it all.\n\nStraying from typical portrait
 s of the journey to healing\, Because We Are Girls offers a unique and p
 owerful tribute to women’s strength in the face of profound trauma.
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LOCATION:Scotiabank Theatre\, 259 Richmond St. W\, Toronto\, Ontario\, M5V 
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