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‘To Kill A Tiger’ Director Nisha Pahuja On Telling A “David And Goliath” Story – Contenders Film: The Nominees


To Kill a Tiger director Nisha Pahuja says her Oscar-nominated documentary is a David and Goliath story.

Five international-themed films are competing for Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards this year, stories set in Uganda, Chile, Tunisia, Ukraine, and India. To Kill a Tiger, which has brought director Nisha Pahuja the first Oscar nomination of her career, centers on a poor couple in the Indian state Jharkhand who bravely fought for justice after their teenage daughter became the victim of a brutal sexual assault. The film also documents court appearances and pre-trial meetings during which Ranjit, a man from a lower caste, encountered the intimidating intricacies of India’s judicial system.

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