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As a young adult, I’ve become more aware about global, social issues. I have witnessed so much negativity that people towards each other and I feel that it’s about time we stop.

 

This is where Honour was created.

 

Honour is my first official major production as a director, working with professional actors and a crew, developing the narrative and overseeing the whole project from pre-production to post-production. This film explores the social and cultural controversy of gender discrimination within the South Asian community, and focuses on why in some families and communities girls are treated far worse than boys, and in some cases are given “honour killings”. It follows a young girl named Layla who is struggling to survive in the harsh world, living life as a prostitute to make ends meet, until one day she gets visited by her older brother. As viewers I want my audience to become more aware and understand the inequality there is in the South Asian community, because it isn’t talked about enough, nor is it recognised in reality.

 

I hope that the viewers will connect and empathise to the protagonist’s situation and past, and proceed to helping others understand how gender discrimination is still a very big underlying issue in today’s society. I want those who relate to this to speak up and revolt against the ideology that boys are better than girls and females are still inferior in some cultures and countries.

 

Despite all of that, this film is for everyone, including those that agree and those that disagree, and by the time that the audience will have finished watching it, they will have become more conscious and in return will help others become more aware.

 

­-Gee Gill