Child Marriage (film)
Encyclopedia
Child Marriage is an award-winning 2005 American film documentary about the Indian practice of engaging children before they are born (see Child Marriage in India).
traveled from Denver, Colorado
(USA) to India, including stops in New Delhi
, Rajasthan
, and Haryana
Making
Film maker Neeraj KumarNeeraj Kumar
-Career:Neeraj Kumar's debut film, a critically acclaimed children's human rights feature length documentary film, Child Marriage won the . He is dedicated to making socially conscious documentaries and fiction films. He is also an actor...
traveled from Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...
(USA) to India, including stops in New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
, Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...
, and Haryana
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
Awards and recognition
- New York International Independent Film & Video Festival - Best Documentary
- South Asian International Film Festival - Best Documentary