The world before her

The World Before Her Directed by Nisha Pahuja 2012, Canada, 90 minutes   Consider director Nisha Pahuja a master of the loaded title. ‘The World’ is India, a billon strong, chaotically democratic, and torn between modernity and tradition. ‘Before’ is the most ambiguous word of the title—is it that the world exists prior to her, …

This week Tribeca has announced the opening of this year’s World Documentary Competition: The World Before Her directed by Nisha Pahuja. Making it’s world premiere, The World Before Her subjects the “culture clash between beauty pageantry and Hindu religious extremism.” The film earned Toronto’s Storyline Entertainment the distinctive opening spot of the World Documentary Competition …