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Greenlit: Driving With Selvi, Pivot
Driving with Selvi (1 x 74′) – Selvi, like so many girls living within India’s patriarchal culture, is forced to marry at a young age, only to find herself in a violent and abusive marriage. One day in deep despair, she chooses to escape by going to a highway with the intention of throwing herself under the wheels of a bus. Instead, she gets on the bus, choosing to live… and goes on to become South India’s first female taxi driver. We first meet 18-year-old Selvi at a girls’ shelter in 2004 as a timid, soft-spoken runaway. Over a ten-year journey, viewers will see a remarkable transformation as Selvi finds her voice and defies all expectations – learning to drive, starting her own taxi company, leading seminars to educate other women, and so much more.
Platform: Pivot
TX: 11th October 2016
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