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 growth of five girls from the lowest caste in India at a boarding school that provides them with 14 years of free education (2 years of preschool and 12 years of primary and secondary education). The filming took nearly eight to nine years intermittently, with some girls being followed from preschool to middle school, while others were followed from middle school into the workforce. The school, called Shanti Bhavan, was founded by an American-Indian businessman who, at the age of 49 in 1997, decided to return to India to establish a school for the poorest families in the region. The children who have the opportunity for free education bear a responsibility to help their families and communities once they find work, rather than simply leaving. The growth of these children is filled with contradictions as they continuously navigate between the safe, stable environment of the school and their impoverished family backgrounds, struggling between modern values and traditional Indian values to shape an independent self. Although it is free education, it is still a long-term investment for these families to believe in their children, hoping they can help improve the family's situation after 14, or even 17 years (including 3 years of college, also funded by the school). Despite the poverty, inequality, and various perplexing customs in India (for example, one girl had a grandmother who waited for her to grow up to marry her son, the girl’s uncle. Given the opportunity for education, the girl refused her grandmother's request and has now become a journalist and published a book), in India, it is possible to focus on running such a school. Aside from funding, there are no other worries, allowing the educational process for these children to remain uninterrupted. The school offers a mixed education, and the documentary focuses on the girls because they face not only caste discrimination but also gender inequalities.