Pins n Needles | Short Film Nominee

Short Film Nominee September 14, 2020

Pins n Needles

By Chaitanya Thard with 6.7

documentary · Short Films · hindi

The film carries a very important message, one about the empowerment of women, with its primary focus on the lives of Indian housewives. The story locates itself in Guwahati, Assam, where a non-profit runs a sewing school for young women and girls, thereby allowing them the agency to step out of their house, and potentially acquire a skill as well as financial independence. It is a powerful narrative, carrying forth its message in no equivocal terms. The same is achieved by presenting the experiences of its interviewees, and the manner in which they overcame familial and societal obstacles, among others, to the viewer.

Along with its subject matter, the film is marked by skilled and expert editing. It serves the crucial purpose of making it much more than what it already is. The two elements together, story and technical skill of editing, ensures the success of the narrative, encouraging the desire and conviction in women to step out of their confinements, put in place by others more often than nought, in pursuit of their dreams.
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