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In patriarchal societies like that of India, a
girl child is often perceived as a burden by her family because she is not seen
as a financial contributor and that her family has to be pay dowry to get her married.
The cost of dowry can devastate a family financially; so many families do what
they can to avoid paying a large dowry. In many cases, this means marrying a girl
off young, even when she is 12 or 14 years old. By tradition, if a bride is very
young, dowry is sometimes reduced or not required. Once married, girls usually have
to drop out of school. But many are fighting this regressive trend and building
up awareness to create enlightened girl-child friendly societies.
In the last three years, over 40,000 adolescent
girls from West Bengal have bloomed into the latest crop of breadwinners from rural
India. This is the story of After My Garden Grows, a new documentary by Megan Mylan,
the Oscar-winning director of India's ‘Smile Pinki’. In the movie ‘After My Garden
Grows’, Monica shuns the idea of becoming a child bride by growing her own garden,
thereby becoming an asset to her family. Her family had married her older sister
off. However, Monica decided that this was not the path for her. In the documentary,
it is shown how Monica goes to the market and earns 760, starting her journey as
an income generator, and changing her family’s perception on girl child.
The film premiered at the prestigious Sundance
Film Festival this year. It was produced by Principe Productions and supported by
the Sundance Film Institute in partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(BMGF) with additional support from the Kendeda Fund.Talking about the documentary
on the sidelines of the screening of the documentary at the Kolkata international
film festival, Megan says, “Ideas of social change and stories of people evolving
on their own through change are what pull me to make documentaries on their enterprise
and hardship. My films, though they deal with poverty and ignorance, are aimed at
hope because I see hope in the way Monica is trying to change her life along with
the lives of other girls in her village. She is knowledgeable about what she is
doing and talks about this in my film.”
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She signs off, “At a time when we see daily reports of women's rights
in India under attack, it is
a privilege to be able to
share this positive story about young women empowering themselves.”
After My Garden Grows, is a new short documentary by Oscar winning director of Smile Pinki, Megan Mylan. The film tells the story of Monika Barman, a rural Indian teenager growing food to feed her family and the seeds of her own independence in a tiny rooftop garden.
After My Garden Grows, is a new short documentary by Oscar winning director of Smile Pinki, Megan Mylan. The film tells the story of Monika Barman, a rural Indian teenager growing food to feed her family and the seeds of her own independence in a tiny rooftop garden.
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