The Girl of Destiny

This film (drama)Also known asDaughters Of Destiny，is aUnited StatesProducerbeauty live，At2017Released in year 。The dialogue language isEnglish，Current Douban rating9.3(For reference only)。

A four-part Netflix documentary that follows the journey of five girls from the lowest caste in India as they grow up in a residential school that provides them with 14 years of free education (2 years preschool and 12 years of schooling). After considering it, the filming has spanned eight to nine years; some girls were followed from preschool through middle school, while others from middle school into the workforce. The school, named Shanti Bhavan, was founded by a U.S.-born Indian businessman who, at the age of 49 in 1997, decided to return to India and open a school for the poorest families in the area. These children, who have the opportunity for free education, carry a responsibility to help their families and communities after they find work, rather than simply moving away. The growth of these children is filled with contradictions as they constantly shift between the safe and stable environment of school and the impoverished conditions of their families, struggling between modern values and traditional Indian values to shape an independent self. Although it's free education, for these families, believing that their children can help improve their homes after 14, or even 17 years (including 3 years of college, also funded by the school), represents a long-term investment. Despite India's poverty, inequality, and various customs that seem unfathomable (for instance, one girl’s grandmother had been waiting for her to grow up and marry her uncle, the girl's father. However, with the opportunity for education, the girl rejected her grandmother's wish and has now become a journalist and published a book), what sets India apart is that civil society can focus on running a school like this without worrying about anything other than funding, ensuring that the education process for these children is uninterrupted. This school practices co-education, and the documentary focuses on the girls because, in addition to caste, they also face injustices stemming from gender.