Oscar documentary branch voters can’t be accused of parochialism. They ventured far and wide to select their shortlist of feature documentaries for 2023, tapping films from countries as varied as a U.N.
roll call: Ukraine, Uganda, Poland, Denmark, Tunisia, Canada and the United States. To Kill a Tiger, one of the 15 finalists, unfolds in a village in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Nisha Pahuja, who was born in India and raised in Canada, directed the film about a humble couple who fight for justice after their 13-year-old daughter is sexually assaulted by three men.
Before the shortlist was announced, Pahuja wondered whether doc branch members would embrace her documentary. “It’s a Canadian film, but it’s an Indian story,” she said, “and it’s subtitled.” Pahuja needn’t have worried.
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