'Mango Girls' documentary to be premiered in US

One of the India's village tradition that is filmed into documentary titled 'Mango Girls', is grabbing attention all throughout the world over the pity issues of gender discrimination and global warming. In September, the film will be having its international premiere in New Hampshire, US.

'Mango Girls' filmed the tradition of planting at least ten fruit trees to celebrate the birth of a girl child, born in Dharhara village of Bihar. Then the film showcases that the purpose behind this, is to invest the money earned from the sales of these fruits in the education and marriage of that girl.

This noble issue documentary is co-produced by an Indian person, Kunal Sharma and American filmmaker, Robert Carr. Kunal Sharma said that 'Mango Girls' is 48 minutes long documentary and it will be premiered in New Hampshire, US. The film focuses on unique initiative taken by the villagers to promote the social cause to fight against the issues of female infanticide, dowry and global warming. Also, the film will be screened at various international film festivals, reportedly. It took three long years to shoot 'Mango Girls' and the film recorded a Dharhara girl's wedding and rituals of first marrying her to a mango tree and then to her husband.

Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar attended the first screening of the documentary held on Saturday and praised the film at bulk for taking a small Bihar's village, Dharhara across the globe through this documentary.

'Mango Girls' serves twin purpose of liberating message of gender equality and environment conservation in an innovative way, showcasing how even a small village is contributing towards the noble cause, thereby setting an example.