The UofR Film and Media Studies group will screen Driving With Selvi (Elisa Paloschi, Canada 2015, 74 min.) in Dewey 1-101 on the UofR Campus.

Selvi, like so many girls living within India's patriarchal culture, is forced to marry at a young age, only to find herself in a violent and abusive marriage. One day in deep despair, she chooses to escape, going to a highway with the intention of throwing herself under the wheels of a bus. Instead she gets on the bus, choosing to live… and goes on to become South India's first female taxi driver. Over a ten-year journey, we see a remarkable transformation as Selvi finds her voice and defies all expectations — learning to drive, starting her own taxi company, leading seminars to educate other women, and much more.

[source: Facebook, 2016-Jan-25]