
India: The Politics of Rape
A wave of violent sexual assaults across India, including gang rapes on buses and in public spaces, draws international attention, and this film looks at what happened after the headlines faded. It examines the response from police, courts, and politicians, from victim-blaming comments made by officials to the slow pace of prosecutions and the protests that erupted in Delhi demanding change. Interviews with activists, journalists, and family members of victims lay out how deeply rooted attitudes toward women intersect with a justice system that many say fails to protect them. The film questions whether new laws passed after the outcry have actually changed anything on the ground, or whether they amount to political theater. It treats the assaults not as isolated crimes but as a symptom of wider social and institutional failure, tracing the gap between public outrage and the authorities' actual willingness to act.