Podcasts TV CAAMFest 2021 - Because We Are Girls with Director Baljit Sangra

CAAMFest 2021 - Because We Are Girls with Director Baljit Sangra

Published: June 3, 2021, 5:05 p.m.

We're wrapping up our coverage of the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Festival with a powerful documentary, Because We Are Girls. Director Baljit Sangra, who also directed a short that preceded the documentary entitled Have You Forgotten Me, explains why it is so important to capture the lives and history of Asian immigrants, and in this case, in the form of a Punjabi family dealing with the aftermath of sexual assault. We get into how she dealt with filming the most intense scene of the film, the question of wether first generation children can ever find common ground with their immigrant parents, and how we are much more than just our trauma. This film shines a light on the unfair loopholes within the criminal justice system, the repercussions of sexual assault, and the unbreakable bond of sisterhood.

You can follow director Baljit Sangra on IG & Twitter

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