Established in the year 2000, the Rescue Foundation rescues women from the brothels of Mumbai and cares for them in one of their three homes providing them with health care, counselling, training, confidence building activities, and where appropriate facilitating arranged marriages to provide them with security and a traditional family way of life.
The film was followed by a short presentation and Q&A from Triveni Acharya, the inspiration and founder of the Rescue Foundation. The largest organisation of its kind, the NGO rescues more than 300 girls annually, providing them with an escape from a life of exploitation.
Seeing the film drew interesting parallels to the issues IJP works with across many of our films because, as shocking as it may seem, these sorts of problems also exist in the UK.
Many of our past and previous projects have involved communicating the work of organisations which mirror the achievements of the Rescue Foundation in Mumbai. We’re in the middle of filming an IJP commission for NOMS Women’s Team addressing issues faced by women on the cusp of offending. Over the past few weeks I’ve heard interviewees in Birmingham talking about similar problems where from an early age women are drawn into a life of prostitution, drug addiction and domestic violence.
'From Brothel to Bridehood' clearly communicated the impact of the Rescue Foundation's work to deal with the above issues, from the girls' withdrawn young faces when they were rescued to their playful smiles and laughter when dancing. As a film production company working extensively with social issues, it reinforced the power of film to capture, in a very short space of time, something which couldn't be achieved by words alone.
Ann Summerhayes, Production Co-ordinator, Inside Job Productions
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