Summary
When Salma, a young Muslim girl in a south Indian village, was 13 years old, her family locked her up for 25 years, forbidding her to study and forcing her into marriage. During that time, words were Salma’s salvation.
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Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+33)
Critics 100Audiences 67GoodWatch 79
Tomatometer100%
IMDb6.7
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for documentaries, −6 min on the typical 96
typical 9690Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 77 countries, rent or buy in 13 more
+67Released
2013
January 20, 2013
13 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
TamilMade in
- United Kingdom
India
Directing · 1
- Kim Longinotto Director
Writing · 1
- Ollie Huddleston Writer
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