10 Mar 2015

Meryl Streep attends premiere of banned Indian rape doccie

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Meryl Streep at the India's Daughters premiere (AP)

New York — A rape documentary banned from airing in India received its U.S. premiere at a star-studded event that included actresses Meryl Streep and Freida Pinto.

The screening of India's Daughter at Baruch College began Monday with a vigil as Oscar-winner Streep lit about a dozen candles honouring the Indian medical student who died after being gang-raped on a bus in 2012. Organizers said about 650 people attended the event.

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