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    India’s Daughter: The Banned Rape Documentary

    BY SHEIMA BENEMBAREK On March 4th 2015, the Indian government banned the planned release of India’s Daughter, a documentary by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin, which graphically depicts and discusses the rape epidemic in India through a profile of the gruesome Delhi gang rape of Jyoti Singh. The initial film release in India was scheduled to coincide with International Women’s Day (March 8th), however a court order quickly managed to deter those plans. It would appear that the Indian government believes releasing this documentary would only increase fear, tension and further incidents of violence. On the evening of December 16th 2012, Jyoti Singh, a 23-year-old university medical student joined a male…