WATCH: Trailer for Netflix's 'Daughters of Destiny: The Journey of Shanti Bhavan'
von Clayton Davis
A new trailer for Netflix's "Daughters of Destiny: The Journey of Shanti Bhavan" has dropped, and it's vibrantly compelling. The trailer is a poem from one of the young students featured in the documentary, and features a stop-motion recreation of the poem's story. "Daughters of Destiny" is a touching documentary about chaste, education, and one doctor's attempt to empower and develop young minds. Directed and written by Vanessa Roth ("American Teacher"), the documentary follows five female students in the Shanti Bhavan Children's Project, which has been running for over 20 years.
Dr. Abraham George is a former army captain from southern India who came to the US for ear surgery in the 1960s and stayed for a lifetime. He earned a doctorate, married and started a family, and even started a software business he sold to a Fortune 500 company, according to Vogue. In the late 1990s, George returned to India and was struck by the high levels of poverty in the country.
So the good doctor opened a school Shanti Bhavan, an "abode of peace," in 1997. Every year, twelve boys and twelve girls whose families make less two dollars a day are picked by Shanti Bhavan, and George pays for their schooling. Many of the students are "untouchables," aka a member of the Dalit chaste in India, the lowest chaste there is. On average, the school spends about $32,000 per child, covering preschool to college costs. The school currently has about 300 students and 108 graduates, with 97% of alumni employed full-time and giving back 20-50% of their salaries to their families of home villages. The school also boards the children for ten months out of the year, seeking to break them out of the cycle of poverty.
Roth, who is a mother of three and a degree in social work, was touched by the students and their families' strength. She said to Vogue:
“I just am so in awe of these moms for being able to say, 'Yes, I think this place is gonna do a good thing for my child,’ and they know they’re sacrificing that relationship. In my own mind, I can’t imagine saying goodbye to my 4-year-old for that stretch of time. But the circumstances of my life are so different from the circumstances of these moms who are working in quarries and making matchboxes.
Roth followed five female students for over seven years during the filming of the documentary. She noted that girls from the "Shanti Bhavan" school usually have a different re-entry experience than fellow male students when they return home. Almost half of all Indian woman are married before their eighteenth birthday, and families' expectations for their daughters war with the path Shanti Bhavan set them on. The documentary is a study of the girls' coming of age and the complexities of privilege and poverty.
"Daughters of Destiny" is available to stream now on Netflix. Watch the trailer for the show below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEjkXB1VEk
Will you be watching "Daughters of Destiny"? Let us know in the comments below!
Dr. Abraham George is a former army captain from southern India who came to the US for ear surgery in the 1960s and stayed for a lifetime. He earned a doctorate, married and started a family, and even started a software business he sold to a Fortune 500 company, according to Vogue. In the late 1990s, George returned to India and was struck by the high levels of poverty in the country.
So the good doctor opened a school Shanti Bhavan, an "abode of peace," in 1997. Every year, twelve boys and twelve girls whose families make less two dollars a day are picked by Shanti Bhavan, and George pays for their schooling. Many of the students are "untouchables," aka a member of the Dalit chaste in India, the lowest chaste there is. On average, the school spends about $32,000 per child, covering preschool to college costs. The school currently has about 300 students and 108 graduates, with 97% of alumni employed full-time and giving back 20-50% of their salaries to their families of home villages. The school also boards the children for ten months out of the year, seeking to break them out of the cycle of poverty.
Roth, who is a mother of three and a degree in social work, was touched by the students and their families' strength. She said to Vogue:
“I just am so in awe of these moms for being able to say, 'Yes, I think this place is gonna do a good thing for my child,’ and they know they’re sacrificing that relationship. In my own mind, I can’t imagine saying goodbye to my 4-year-old for that stretch of time. But the circumstances of my life are so different from the circumstances of these moms who are working in quarries and making matchboxes.
Roth followed five female students for over seven years during the filming of the documentary. She noted that girls from the "Shanti Bhavan" school usually have a different re-entry experience than fellow male students when they return home. Almost half of all Indian woman are married before their eighteenth birthday, and families' expectations for their daughters war with the path Shanti Bhavan set them on. The documentary is a study of the girls' coming of age and the complexities of privilege and poverty.
"Daughters of Destiny" is available to stream now on Netflix. Watch the trailer for the show below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcEjkXB1VEk
Will you be watching "Daughters of Destiny"? Let us know in the comments below!
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