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PAKISTAN - AFTER THE RAPE: THE
MUKHTAR MAI STORY - MOVIE
A
film by Catherine
Ulmer
Netherlands/Pakistan,
2008, 58 minutes, Color, DVD
Order No. W10990
In
2002, Mukhtar Mai, a rural Pakistani woman from a remote part of the Punjab,
was gang-raped by order of her tribal council as punishment for her younger
brother’s alleged relationship with a woman from another clan. Instead of
committing suicide or living in shame, Mukhtar spoke out, fighting for justice
in the Pakistani courts—making world headlines. Further defying custom, she started
two schools for girls in her village and a crisis center for abused women.
Mukhtar, who had never learned to read but knew the Koran by heart, realized
that only a change in mentality could break brutal, archaic traditions and
social codes. Her story, included in the bestseller “Half the Sky” by Nicholas
D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, and the subject of Mukhtar’s own memoir, “In the
Name of Honor”, has inspired women across the globe.
Revealing the progress and fruits of Mukhtar’s labor, this powerful documentary
tracks the school’s profound impact on the girls and families of Meerwala and
shows how the crisis center empowers women seeking its help. An important look
inside Pakistan, where the impact of Islamic fundamentalism is revealed and how
women are fighting its oppressive and violent impact.
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