Kim Longinotto, India-UK, 2013, 90’, Color

The extraordinary story of a woman who becomes the legendary activist, politician,
poet, Salma. Beautiful imagery and an evocative score accentuate the unfolding
narrative of Muslim Tamil poet Salma. As a young child, when Salma reached puberty, her parents literally locked her away from the world at large― and men in particularly. All over the globe millions of young girls share the same fate, but Salma refused to let her years of imprisonment quell the voice she secretly nurtured. Twenty-five years later, Salma’s vision of the world beyond her bars is transformed and her voice is loud.