<p>Longinotto shared the prize money of ($100,000) with director Patricio Guzmán whose film “Nostalgia For The Light” was also declared the best documentary.<br /><br />"Pink Saris" depicts the evils of child marriage and the caste conflict in the interiors of northern India - and a woman's fight to bring about change.<br /><br />In her docu-drama shot in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Longinotto shows how families often marry off girls at a young age, how they are mistreated by their in-laws - physically abused by the husband and sometimes raped by the father-in-law - and how often caste conflict plays a villain for lovers. <br /><br />The film revolves around 50-year-old Sampat Pal, founder leader of a women vigilante group called 'Gulabi Gang' in Banda district, and the four victims Rekha, Renu, Niranjan and Rampyari.<br /><br />The director, who was not available to collect the award, sent a message that she will use the prize money in making the future of the girls in the film better.<br /></p>
<p>Longinotto shared the prize money of ($100,000) with director Patricio Guzmán whose film “Nostalgia For The Light” was also declared the best documentary.<br /><br />"Pink Saris" depicts the evils of child marriage and the caste conflict in the interiors of northern India - and a woman's fight to bring about change.<br /><br />In her docu-drama shot in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Longinotto shows how families often marry off girls at a young age, how they are mistreated by their in-laws - physically abused by the husband and sometimes raped by the father-in-law - and how often caste conflict plays a villain for lovers. <br /><br />The film revolves around 50-year-old Sampat Pal, founder leader of a women vigilante group called 'Gulabi Gang' in Banda district, and the four victims Rekha, Renu, Niranjan and Rampyari.<br /><br />The director, who was not available to collect the award, sent a message that she will use the prize money in making the future of the girls in the film better.<br /></p>