The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs
A feminist fable set in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir (a mountainous region claimed by both India and Pakistan), Pushpendra Singh's new film takes inspiration from a folktale by Rajasthani writer Vidaydan Detha and the life and poetry of the 14th-century Lalleshwari. The story follows a young bride who marries into a tribe of nomadic Bakarwal herders and finds herself the target of police harassment for her minority status.