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This documentary was amazing. To see a father AND MOTHER stand up for their 13 year old daughter after she was gang raped and made to feel as though she and the family had the burden of shame to wear instead of the rapists, by the community around her was absolutely mind blowing and infuriating. I found myself screaming at the tv. The "leaders" of the village the family lives in, should be fired and ran out of town. Along with anyone who thinks a 13 year old girl, asked for it, or anyone who thinks boys only attack/rape a girl bc the girl made him do it. This thinking is disgusting and the fact any of these people can think this is acceptable is truly unbelievable and unacceptable. ESPECIALLY someone who is supposed to look over the village. The two men in charge are every cuss word you can think of. I know I called them every thing I could think of. Back to the storyline, this story was very hard to watch but I'm so glad I did. I have always been so saddened by places who hold females with such little regard. This needs to change. This young lady and her family were so brave to come forward with this and fight against everyone and everything fighting against them. I absolutely recommend everyone watches this and I plan on looking up if there is anyway I can help this family or any other in need. They had to live in this community while being harassed. We need to help these people be relocated and with jobs so they don't have to endure this after they have been through so much already.

A very sensitive Oscar nominated documentary based on sexual gang rape violence on a 13 year old minor girl by a group of 3 grown up men in a village of a Jharkhand. This documentary will leave you shocked how the entire village thinks the girl has to marry one among the rapists and close the entire case without ever going to police. But as an unprecedented stand, the father and family stands as a support to the girl though entire family lives in extreme poverty. But entire village corners the family and mounts pressure to take back the case and when entire family gets into the fear, there comes a rural NGO as a support to the family guiding them. This is truly an eye opener on rural India's perspective on such cases. It's said every 20 minutes one girl gets raped in India and 90% of them don't even get reported. It leaves one contented to see how all 3 victims finally get penalized for 25 years each. Kudos to the entire team for this creation. Available in all languages in Netflix. But this could have been shorter. My ratings 8/10.

This documentary follows the case of a 13 year old girl gang raped in her village. Her parents are in full support of her and want to get justice for their daughter being violated. It's important to note, a father's support in such cases is very far as women are held accountable for their own assaults. Such events bring shame and dishonor in her and her family. This father is rejecting old traditions and is fighting for his baby girl. It's harrowing to see them endure the lack of compassion from some of the people in their village. One particular older woman really is making my blood boil. She's HORRID!!!! I'm writing this review before it has even finished. She made me that mad.

As "To Kill A Tiger" (2022 release from India; 127 min) opens, we are introduced to Ranjit, a father living with his family in remote Jharkhand, India. We learn that his 13 yo daughter was raped by 3 young men, and at his daughter's urging, he decides to file a law suit against the 3 men. This leads to major tensions within the village... At this point we are 10 minutes into the documentary. Couple of comments: the horrible events took place in 2017, and then the film makers team up with the family and with a local women's rights nonprofit. This was filmed over a long, long time as the case worked itself through the Indian legal system. More importantly, we get great insight as to how the remote village where this happened reacts. Let's just say that this does not go well, and I'm being mild. I found myself astonished, if not infuriated, how the villagers act in all this, literally as if it is the 13 yo's fault for being raped. There are no words. Aside from the moral outrage, we get a true picture of what life in rural India is really like on a day-to-day basis. People living on scraps of food, and not knowing how they'll get by a week or a month from now. The MAGA extremists who can't stop whining and complaining on a daily basis how terrible life has become in the US should take a look at this movie, and then drop to their knees and thank their lucky stars they live here and how privileged they are to live here. All that aside, kudos to the 13 yo girl for her (and her parents') bravery to stand up, despite all of the pressures and barriers. "To Kill A Tiger" premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival but it didn't get shown in the US until the summer of 2023, reason why it wasn't eligible for Best Documentary Oscar consideration until this most recently cycle. Indeed it was nominated. It's currently rated 100% Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, and for good reason. "To Kill A Tiger" is now streaming on Netflix, where I caught it last night. If you have any interest what life in rural India is like, I'd readily suggest you check this out, and draw your own conclusion.

According to official estimates, a woman in India is raped every 20 minutes, and roughly 90% of those incidents go unreported, despite strengthened legal protections that have been put into place. Police investigations seldom achieve much, either, especially since residents in many communities (particularly in rural areas) prefer to handle such episodes among themselves without outside official intervention, a means to avoid bringing undue attention to such troubling circumstances and the attendant shame that accompanies them. However, in 2017 in eastern India, a courageous father whose 13-year-old daughter was brutally assaulted and subsequently beaten by three men chose to pursue the matter legally in court, despite opposition from village residents, who proposed that the young girl simply marry one of the rapists to dispense with the incident. Their inspiring journey in fighting back provides the basis for this Oscar-nominated documentary from writer-director Nisha Pahuja. It effectively chronicles their pursuit of justice despite these oppressive odds, including death threats and ongoing intimidation, as well as antagonism against the film crew in documenting this often-inflammatory tale. The film sensitively depicts how this experience personally affected father, daughter and the rest of their family as they held firm in their resolve to see their way through this painful ordeal. It also outlines the many uphill challenges they faced in combatting a convoluted, inept, excessively burdened bureaucracy and a range of archaic, widely sanctioned, misogynistic social conventions. Fortunately, they had ample support from organizations and individuals helping them to make their case, an effort that resulted in a landmark judicial decision with far-reaching implications that sent shockwaves throughout the country. The story is well told, despite a slight tendency to become somewhat redundant at times in the picture's second half. That aside, though, "To Kill a Tiger" is a riveting yet disturbing release that shines an exceedingly bright light on a troubling issue, one that's raised early on in the film in a news report sound bite about this incident in which the narrator rhetorically poses the question, "Is there something innately wrong with this country?" That's a powerful observation about a potently alarming subject, one that's raised to a new level of awareness by this formidable cinematic release, currently available for streaming on Netflix.

This is a very hard documentary to watch; the normalisation of gang rape within certain societies leaves you feeling very upset and frustrated - wanting to cry out and offer help. Following the burden that the family have to endure, and the repercussions they face by pursuing the case through a legal matter leaves you feeling hopeless. For anyone from a developed nation is left is shock that there are endless threats and fears that follow the victim and her family. It is a beautifully filmed and documented case of a truly awful situation. I watched the dubbed version, and the voice overs helped to capture the seriousness of the discussion, when they took place. You're left baffled after hearing certain opinions, and how they downplay what happened, and what the resolution is. Do not shy away from watching it - no matter how difficult it may become to watch. It is incredibly important to realise what happens in other parts of the world. I came out of the film feeling very ashamed of being of Indian descent - of it becoming a running joke amongst my friends of how Indians say hello with rape firstly, then a handshake second.