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A rape documentary banned by the Indian government has received its U.S. premiere at a star-studded New York event including Meryl Streep and Indian actress Freida Pinto. Monday’s screening of “India’s Daughter” at Baruch College started with a candlelight vigil honoring the medical student who died after being gang-raped on a bus in 2012. [caption id=“attachment_2138357” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Courtesy: Youtube[/caption] Streep told a packed auditorium that victim Jyoti Singh was not only India’s daughter but “she’s our daughter, too.” The documentary was directed by British filmmaker Leslee Udwin, herself a rape victim. Its U.S. premiere follows a week of controversy in India. The uproar focuses on comments by one of the six rapists interviewed for the film. He blamed the victim for taking a bus late in the evening. “India’s Daughter” was first shown on a BBC channel last week. AP
Streep told a packed auditorium that victim Jyoti Singh was not only India’s daughter but “she’s our daughter, too.”
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