Selina is like many rural Bangladeshi housewives. She was a child laborer at 7 because her family was too poor to feed her. Her parents arranged her marriage at 12.

Weaving in and out of the past, present and future, we learn that with a $60 loan Selina now has a rickshaw business—and hopes. As we experience Selina’s everyday life, she reflects on key issues such as dowry, birth control, education, and housing. Selina relates the path her life has taken what she hopes to learn and provide for her two young children.

Along with Selina, we meet Dr. Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, which makes loans to poor, rural women, and Gayle Ferraro, filmmaker. Their combined presence and voices articulate, interact, and develop a powerful and profound story.

Runtime: 60 Minutes

Theatrical release: 2000