Jag Mundhra's film (also released as Sandstorm), based on the true story of Bhanwari Devi, a village worker in Rajasthan who was gang-raped for trying to stop a child marriage, and her long fight for justice. Her case led to the Vishaka guidelines against sexual harassment at wor…
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Jag Mundhra's film (also released as Sandstorm), based on the true story of Bhanwari Devi, a village worker in Rajasthan who was gang-raped for trying to stop a child marriage, and her long fight for justice. Her case led to the Vishaka guidelines against sexual harassment at work. With Nandita Das and Raghubir Yadav.
In Hindi, about 2 hours 9 minutes. This copy has no English subtitles. Content note: sexual violence, caste violence. Shared from the YouTube channel of Stream City, which distributes the film.
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