This October on doco streamer iwonder are the tale of the mission to repopulate remote communities in India and the story of an American pageant designed to discover and celebrate girls with physical or learning disabilities.
The Daughter Tree
October 10th
The Daughter Tree is an epic documentary, six years in the making, about the disappearance of women in India resulting in all-male populations in many of the villages. The Daughter Tree follows a midwife struggling to encourage women to bring baby girls into the world. In the Village of Men, where no baby girl has been born for two decades, families here are marooned in a womanless existence. It’s when we visit the Village of the Daughter Tree that we discover something quite magical has been going on in a remote corner of India. Every time a baby girl is born, a tree is planted. The tree grows, the baby grows. As an adult, she makes a living selling its fruit – this way the girl is independent, and the environment is greener. They call this tree the Daughter Tree.
Miss Amazing
October 10th
Every year over 140 hopeful young girls and women from across America come together for one very special event: The National Miss Amazing Pageant, for girls with physical or learning disabilities. Join 17-year-old Abigail Manery as she prepares for, and travels to, the national finals in Chicago and eagerly awaits not only the chance to compete for a crown and trophy, but also the opportunity to find what she has been looking for her whole life: a real friend. This is a heartwarming documentary about the power of community, celebration and empowerment and the acknowledgment of beauty and value in all people.