PINK GANG
Italy, 2010, 75 min
Enrico Bisi
28.01.2011 20:15
In India, Uttar Pradesh, a woman fights against injustice and male's violence. The woman is Sampat Pal, that founded the Pink gang. Thousands of women now fight together. Pink dressed with a pink stick.
Director: Enrico Bisi
Enrico was born in 1975. He graduated at Turin University in Italy of Literatury and Philosophy. He is an editor and freelance director since 2000.
Production: La Sarraz Pictures, Torino, Italy
Camera: Simon Luca Chiotti
Edit: Marco Duretti, Beatrice Babin
Language of dialogues: Hindi
Language of subtitles: Czech,English
World festival premiere!!!
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