In India, ten working-class women from the same community were given smartphones and asked to make a documentary about their lives. The result, 'Cool Ladies Club,' is a film directed by and featuring the very women whose stories might otherwise go untold. According to NPR, the project demonstrates how giving marginalized communities creative tools can produce not just important storytelling, but genuinely compelling cinema.

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