The Film
The Forgotten Woman
The Story
Inspired by the 2006 Academy Award® nominee for Best Foreign Language film, "Water," this documentary tells the story of some of the 20 million Indian widows who are abandoned by their families and literally turned out into the streets when their husbands died. "Water" was a fictional recounting of this terrible tradition, set in 1938. "The Forgotten Woman" is true, and happening today.
Runtime
88 min
Released Jan 2008

Directed by
Dilip Mehta
Written byDeepa Mehta




