
The World Before Her
Program Running Time
91 min.
Films in Program

Directed By: Nisha Pahuja
(Canada, 2012, 91 mins, HDCAM)
This energetic doc follows two young Indian women: a Hindu fundamentalist and a beauty pageant contestant. While each vies for her place in a male-dominated society, both are circumscribed by the very life-paths that claim to liberate them. Director Nisha Pahuja asks: What does the future hold? Winner, Best Documentary Feature, Tribeca; Best Canadian Documentary, Hot Docs.