MUMBAI: The Sundance Documentary Film Program has given a grant of $25,000 to the Indo-Norway joint production Gulabi Gang that is to be directed by Nishtha Jain. The film is one among the 29 feature-length documentary films that have been earmarked to receive the grant.

The documentary traces Sampat Pal and the fiery women of her Gulabi Gang who take up the fight against gender violence, caste oppression and widespread corruption in Bundelkhand.

The Documentary Film Program, that celebrates its tenth anniversary next year, has awarded grants to more than 300 documentary filmmakers in 61 countries.

The Sundance Documentary Film Program assists non-fiction filmmakers from around the world with a series of workshops in editing, storytelling and scoring for documentary films as well as providing grants to non-fiction film projects through the Sundance Documentary Fund.

The program encourages the exploration of innovative non-fiction storytelling and promotes the exhibition of documentary films to a broader audience. It also supports independent artists -- both domestically and internationally -- through the Sundance Documentary Fund.