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'Land, Gold and Women' is a documentary about the conditions of typical women in rural Pakistan. It chronicles the traditional use of ritual gang rape as a method of social control. Central to the film are the stories of Mukhtar Mai, and Dr. Shazia Khalid. The documentary was first broadcast on 5 March 2006.

Mai and Khalid



Mukhtar was an illiterate woman from a poor farming family. A more highly placed family perceived a slight by her younger brother, who was believed to have been interested in a daughter of a more high-class family. A tribal council ordered Mukhtar to report to the other family, to apologize for her brother. When she arrived, she was taken captive, and gang-raped for several days.

Shazia Khalid was working as a medical doctor in an isolated region of Pakistan. When she was raped, she found that she could not get officials to initiate an inquiry.

Reception



The documentary was awarded a gold medal at the New York Film Festival in 2007.

References



Category:Canadian documentary television films

Category:Documentary films about violence against women

Category:Gang rape in Pakistan

Category:2006 documentary films

Category:2006 films

Category:British documentary films

Category:Documentary films about Pakistan

Category:Films about rape

Category:Women in Pakistan

Category:2000s Canadian films

Category:2000s British films


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