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Alternative TIFF 2010 Picks: #22. Kim Longinotto’s Pink Saris

If I were to gather a group of top documentary filmmakers in the business and ask them to name who their documentary film heroes are, and I’d be willing to bet the name of Kim Longinotto would make the list. The eye-opening docu just got picked up last week.
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#22. Pink Saris

Director: Kim Longinotto 
Distributor: Women Make Movies

Buzz:If I were to gather a group of top documentary filmmakers in the business and ask them to name who their documentary film heroes are, and I’d be willing to bet the name of Kim Longinotto would make the list. The eye-opening docu just got picked up last week.

The Gist: Acclaimed director Kim Longinotto is often drawn to tough women. Now she follows Sampat Pal Devi, the leader of the “Pink Gang,” who brings her own brand of justice to the streets of Uttar Pradesh, India, combating violence against women.

TIFF Schedule: Tuesday September 14 6:00:00 PM AMC 9
Wednesday September 15 2:15:00 PM AMC 9
Saturday September 18 9:30:00 AM Tiff Bell LightBox 2

 
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).

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