1916: India is simmering with discontent against the Raj. Enter English proto-feminist Annie Besant, notorious at home for the match-girls’ strike, political and charismatic. In India she finds a new family and a new cause. Gandhi hails her as the leader of the Congress Party after she courts imprisonment for promoting Indian Home Rule. She admires him — but can rulers ever befriend the ruled? Can Annie’s great love affair with India last? …or is she mistaken in her beliefs, politics and adoptions?
