Runaway Grooms
2005 Canadian film
- April 20, 2005 (2005-04-20)
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Runaway Grooms is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Ali Kazimi and released in 2005.[1] An examination of the dowry system in India, the film explores the phenomenon of Indo-Canadian men who fraudulently return to India ostensibly seeking women to marry, but then abandon the woman and return to Canada without her as soon as they have secured possession of her dowry.[2]
The film premiered on April 20, 2005, as an episode of CBC Television's documentary series The Passionate Eye.[3]
It won the Donald Brittain Award for Best Social or Political Documentary Program at the 20th Gemini Awards.[4]
References
- ^ "Abandoned brides subject of TV show". New Glasgow Evening News, April 14, 2005.
- ^ "Nasty tales of arranged marriages gone bad; Passionate Eye's Runaway Grooms; Canadian men marry women in India, take the dowry, then divorce and ditch bride". Montreal Gazette, April 20, 2005.
- ^ "Runaway husbands: Abandonment a disturbing trend". The Province, April 20, 2005.
- ^ "The Gemini winners". The Globe and Mail, November 20, 2005.
External links
- Runaway Grooms at IMDb
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