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Title Driving with Selvi.

Publication Info. Collective Eye Films, 2016.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2018.

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Playing Time 005228
Description digital
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Note Title from title frames.
Event Originally produced by Collective Eye Films in 2016.
Summary Selvi, like so many girls living within India's patriarchal culture, is forced to marry at a young age, only to find herself in a violent and abusive marriage. One day in deep despair, she chooses to escape, going to a highway with the intention of throwing herself under the wheels of a bus. Instead she gets on the bus, choosing to live... and goes on to become South India's first female taxi driver. We first meet 18-year-old Selvi at a girls' shelter in 2004 - timid, soft-spoken, a fresh runaway from a difficult life. Over a ten-year journey, we see a remarkable transformation as Selvi finds her voice and defies all expectations - learning to drive, starting her own taxi company, leading seminars to educate other women, and much more.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject Women taxicab drivers -- India, South -- Biography.
Young women -- India, South -- Biography.
Marital violence -- India, South.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Added Author Paloschi, Elisa, film director.
Collective Eye Films (Firm), Distributor.
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
Music No. 6293728 Kanopy