Salma (2013)
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| German title | Salma |
| Original title | Salma |
| Country of production | India and Great Britain |
| original language | Tamil and English |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 93 minutes |
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| Director | Kim Longinotto |
| script | Kim Longinotto |
| production | Kim Longinotto and Samyuktha PC |
| music | Samuel Sim |
| cut | Ollie Huddleston |
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The documentary Salma was produced in 2013 by British filmmaker Kim Longinotto .
content
In Thuvarankurichi, a small south Indian village inhabited by members of the Muslim minority in Tamil Nadu , Salma is isolated from the outside world by her family from the onset of puberty until her arranged marriage. The thirteen-year-old, hungry for education, has resisted the arranged marriage for nine years - and is therefore locked in her barren room. Now 22 years old, Salma marries a local politician ( Malik ), but remains a prisoner, now in her husband's house. Salma's only reading is the pages of the newspaper in which the vegetables are wrapped. With the support of her mother, she smuggles secretly written poems to a publisher. This publishes Salma's poetry: This changes her life radically, and at the instigation of the publisher she travels to Chennai for the first time in her life . As a now respected poet, she applies for political offices and inspires her sisters and other women with her pursuit of personal independence.
background
Premiered Salma on 20 January 2013 under the Sundance Film Festival , its Germany-premiere of the film on February 8, 2013, the Berlinale . Distributed by Women Make Movies worldwide , Salma was produced by Vixen Films .
Awards
- 2013: Sundance Film Festival , Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary (nomination)
- 2014: Dhaka International Film Festival, Women Film Maker's Section Award for Best Documentary Award (nomination)
Reviews
“Above all, the mutual oppression of women maintains the status quo. In Salma, the life of Muslim women is not exoticized, but told calmly and with great respect. "
Web links
- Salma in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Salma on the website of Women Make Movies (English)