U.K.’s Espresso Media Takes Festival Darling Indian Doc ‘Shut Up Sona’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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Boutique U.K. sales agent Espresso Media International has acquired rights for Deepti Gupta’s feminist documentary “Shut Up Sona,” featuring popular Indian singing star Sona Mohap…

Produced between 2016 and 2019, the documentary chronicles Mohapatra’s life between sold-out concerts as she speaks out against sexual harassment and patriarchy in deeply conservative“Shut Up Sona” debuted at the Mumbai Film Festival in 2019 and has since had a stellar run in 2020 including playdates at Rotterdam, Goteborg, Hot Docs and Sheffield.“As a female artist and performer, I get a lot of love from my young country and yet have a battle on hand everyday,” Mohapatra told.

“I am grateful to HotDocs director Shane Smith for helping me navigate sales and partnerships through Doc Shop and for being there to help and advise anytime I needed,” Gupta added. “In particular what struck the team at Espresso was that the film heralded a very important Indian issue on women’s voices being heard in India against a backdrop of male dominated music performances,” Espresso managing director David Hooper told. “This is a story about both a woman’s courage to stand up for other women as well as a backdrop on a very important artist in Indian culture today.

 

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