Release Date: 2012
DVD Release Date: August 6th, 2013
Not Yet Rated|1 hr 30 min
Plot Summary
Filmmaker Nisha Pahuja shows the tension between traditional and modern values in India through the Miss India Pageant.
Director: Nisha Pahuja
Genres: Documentary
With extraordinary access, Pahuja illuminates extraordinary conflicts and contradictions facing modern girls in a country even less ready for them than ours. show more
A thought-provoking film that examines women’s limited choices in a patriarchal country reeling from the contradictions of rapid modernization. show more
As a conversation starter, The World Before Her gets the job done. By virtue of the topic and interviews, Pahuja showcases plenty of tensions between old world values and idealistic goals. That's hardly enough to make its narrative persistently alluring or emotionally sound. show more
