India’s Daughter (Trailer)

India’s Daughter shines a light on India’s history of gender violence and misogyny through the story of a young medical student, Jyoti Singh, who died in December 2012 after being brutally raped and tortured on a moving bus by a gang of six men. She succumbed to her injuries after doctors were unable to successfully treat the extensive trauma she sustained over the course of two weeks, following both the assault and being thrown from the bus.

This BBC documentary explores the 23-year-old’s life and death through interviews with her family, friends, victims’ rights advocates, and news coverage. The filmmakers also visit the men responsible for the attack, four of whom were later sentenced to death by hanging. Interviews with the perpetrators and their lawyers examine their backgrounds, beliefs, and attitudes toward their crimes.

India’s Daughter also examines the national and international outrage that followed the case, including widespread protests and riots. These reactions exposed a deep-rooted social crisis linked to generational patriarchy, rigid societal expectations, extreme poverty, and systemic inequality. The film was subsequently banned from being broadcast in India.