There is no better time than the present to tell a story of the fight for gender equality.

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Many have claimed the dawn of a new era of feminism has begun. Yet, the story of these girls who must take refuge in nunneries to escape their fates as domestic servants in a patriarchal society remains unheard. According to a survey by the United Nations, in the past three decades, even though Nepal has made significant progress in economic growth. more than half of Nepali women are still illiterate; more than 20% of women report that they have been sexually assaulted; and 29% report that their first experience of sexual intercourse was not consensual. Unfortunately, the global trend isn’t optimistic either. The World Health Organization projects that around the globe, one in three women will experience sexual or domestic violence at some point in their lives. Two-thirds of the world’s illiterate population is female. Women and girls account for 80 percent of the victims of human trafficking. And less than 30 percent of characters in movies are female.

Now is the time.

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Now is the time to tell this story through film. Besides raising awareness on gender inequality, the film suggests two indispensable processes when fighting for the cause. One incorporates public engagement in striving for women’s rights. The other invites an inward journey to transform the self. Not until these two processes align will the joy of freedom become manifest. Otherwise, individuals remain victims of an unjust social system, or slaves to their own emotions, or both.

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The profits generated by this documentary will be donated to Ani Choying’s Foundation to help the nuns at Arya Tara School and patients at the nephrology hospital Ani Choying has founded.