LAKESIDE DOC FESTIVAL
LDF 2017
Festival of International Documentaries

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Cecilia

Pankaj Johar - India – 2016 – 80 mts

Pankaj Johar

The film is the story of struggle for justice of Cecilia Hasda, a tribal woman from

West Bengal-India, whose daughter is trafficked and found dead in New Delhi. In a

country where thousands of tribal children get trafficked every year to cities and

many never found, Cecilia decides to fight for justice for her daughter with the help of

her employers Pankaj and Sunaina. As the trio battle corruption at all levels, they

find themselves navigating a complex network of cops, traffickers, judges, lawyers,

villagers and family members. When Cecilia’s husband is kidnapped and her two

sons are forced to leave the village, Cecilia begins to lose all hope

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