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Highway Courtesans follows Guddi from the ages of 16 through 23 as she turns her world upside down, incurring the wrath of her fathers and brother as she struggles with tradition, family and love in hopes of realizing her dreams. In probing beyond the surface of a world of paradoxes, Highway Courtesans resists easy moralizing and reveals the very real costs – financial, social and personal – for breaking with tradition. As a community hangs in the balance between traditional and contemporary values, this gripping documentary raises universal questions about sex, the roles of women, and the right of one culture to judge another. IDFA, Int'l Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, World Premiere South by Southwest Film Festival, US Premiere Chicago Int'l Documentary Film Festival, President's Grand Jury Winner IFP Market, Best of Fest, Berlinale Market Women's Film Festival, Seoul, Korea Jerusalem International Film Festival Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival Singapore International Film Festival Adelaide International Film Festival Zagrebdox, Croatia Belgrade Film Festival Tekfestival, Rome, 2005 Jackson Hole Film Festival, 2005 Galway Film Fleadh, 2005 Nashville Film Festival Nashville Film Festival ABOUT WMM Website: http://www.wmm.com © Copyright 2003 by www.filmmakers.com |