‘The World Before Her’ Documentary Looks at India’s ‘Beauty Queens and Little Warriors’

“The World Before Her”, a new documentary film playing at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, portrays a stark choice for Indian women, and a stark choice for India itself.

But as The World’s Alex Gallafent reports, it arguably amounts to too simple a portrayal.

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