Oscar Special - Women Rebels
Tonight is the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, The good people at DocMovies preapered an interview with director Kiran Deol. Her first documentary “Women Rebel” was one of eight documentaries on the shortlist for this year Oscar nomination. After learning that 40 percent of Nepal’s guerrilla fighters were women, Deol—then an English concentrator in Mather House—decided to write a novella about a young girl fighting in the civil war for her thesis requirement.
DM -What made you interested in the subject of women rebels in Nepal?
KD- When I was in college I heard the statistic that 40% of the rebel army fighting in Nepal were women in a guerilla revolution. My jaw was on the floor. It was the statistic that got me. I made the decision right then and there that it would be the topic for my senior thesis, which later lead to the documentary.
"For me, to tell a story that focused on women as agents of change, as opposed to victims was incredibly important."
DM - In your opinion why the world media doesn't cover this tragedy? And what are your hopes form the film, do you feel it can make a difference and get public attention?
