Children of Mandala
India • 4m 44s
Directed by Anand Patwardhan • Documentary • 2009 • 5 minutes
A message from the economically displaced children of a slum colony in Mumbai who are educating themselves in the face of government apathy.
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Dam/Age
Directed by Aradhana Seth • Documentary • 2002 • 50 minutes
"I suddenly realized… I command the space to raise a dissenting voice, and if I don't do it, it's as political an act as doing it… to stay quiet is as political an act as speaking out."- Arundhati Roy, Author of Booker Prize Winner The ...
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Drowned Out
Directed by Franny Armstrong • Documentary • 2003 • 75 minutes
Three choices. Move to the slums in the city, accept a place at a resettlement site or stay at home and drown. The people of Jalsindhi in central India must make a decision fast. In the next few weeks, their village will disappear un...
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Father, Son and Holy War: Trial by Fire
Directed by Anand Patwardhan • Documentary • 1995 • 120 minutes
In a politically polarized world, universal ideals are rare. In India, as elsewhere, the vacuum is filled by religious zeal. Minorities are made scapegoats of every calamity as nations subdivide into religious and ethnic zones, each...