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Nisha Pahuja

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Nisha Pahuja

Born June 3, 1967 · New Delhi, India (age 59)

Nisha Pahuja (born 3 June 1967; New Delhi) is a Canadian Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker, based in Toronto, Ontario. Her credits include To Kill a Tiger, winner of 19 awards from festivals including TIFF, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Doc Aviv and the Canadian Screen awards. The film will be released theatrically in the US in the Fall of 2023. The New York Times included it in th…

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To Kill a TigerTo Kill a Tiger · 2023
To Kill a Tiger
★ 7.62023
MovieDocumentary
Ranjit, a farmer in India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the victim of a brutal gang rape. His decision to support his daughter is virtually unheard of, and his journey unprecedented.
#BLESSED#BLESSED · 2020
#BLESSED
★ 3.02020
MovieDocumentary
C3 is an Evangelical church that opened in Toronto in 2013, quickly amassing a large following amongst the city’s young, hip and tattooed. #BLESSED offers an intimate look inside this fast-growing millennial church and follows the process of selling salvation in the 21st century as Pastor Sam and his team grow the church from two locations to three, living out their mission to save as many Torontonian souls as possible.
Bollywood BoundBollywood Bound · 2002
Bollywood Bound
★ 10.02002
MovieDocumentary
Young Canadians of Indian descent try to break into the Bollywood film industry.
Diamond RoadDiamond Road · 2007
Diamond Road
2007
MovieDocumentary
Diamond Road is a three-part series and 96 minute feature documentary exploring the historical, cultural and socio-political facets of the world's most intriguing gem. Boring deep into the diamond world, the series seeks to understand the multiple meanings of an object that is as old as the earth itself.
The World Before HerThe World Before Her · 2012
The World Before Her
★ 6.52012
MovieDocumentary
Moving between two extremes - the intimate verite drama of the Miss India pageant's rigorous beauty "bootcamp" and the intense regime of a militant Hindu fundamentalist camp for young girls. The World Before Her delivers a provocative portrait of India and its current cultural conflicts during a key transitional era in the country's modern history.
The Fairy FaithThe Fairy Faith · 2000
The Fairy Faith
★ 7.32000
MovieDocumentary
Walker takes us on a personal journey into a world of myth and imagination that he learned from his grandmother. He travels from the Moors of Devon and the Highlands of Scotland to the brooding Celtic landscapes of Ireland and the intimate hills of Cape Breton, in his search of this potent “otherworld” of the imagination.

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