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1.
VHS
1990
VHS5489
Kamala and Raji
Kamala and Raji
Presents the story of two poor women in Ahmadabad, India and their efforts to improve their lives. Women's conversations in Indian dialect with English subtitles.
Presents the story of two poor women in Ahmadabad, India and their efforts to improve their lives. Women's conversations in Indian dialect with English subtitles.
2.
VHS
1995
VHS8698
Awaken to the eternal : Nisargadatta Maharaj : a journey of self-discovery
Awaken to the eternal
Nisargadatta's model and example of self-discovery based on turning within in search of the true self as the key to self-knowledge and enlightenment. Clear presentation of the sage's technique and teachings.
Nisargadatta's model and example of self-discovery based on turning within in search of the true self as the key to self-knowledge and enlightenment. Clear presentation of the sage's technique and teachings.
3.
VHS
1996
VHS8904
Science for survival
Science for survival
Activist and ecologist Vandana Shiva is the leader of a people's movement in India that opposes "reductionist Western science". She argues that the failure of the Green Revolution was due to the fact that women's knowledge of traditional seed varieties was ignored. Shiva is devoting her scientific knowledge to proving that local farming methods, which recognize diversity and complexity in their polycultures, are vital to the survival of the Indian ecosystem. Millions of women, with their managerial, economic and scientific skills, are the backbone of India's rural economy. The film also looks at the work of Dr. Sharadini Dahanukar who has set out to prove that ayurvedic medicine, which relies heavily on women's knowledge of plants and herbs, has scientific validity. Also the fil [...]
Activist and ecologist Vandana Shiva is the leader of a people's movement in India that opposes "reductionist Western science". She argues that the failure of the Green Revolution was due to the fact that women's knowledge of traditional seed varieties was ignored. Shiva is devoting her scientific knowledge to proving that local farming methods, which recognize diversity and complexity in their polycultures, are vital to the survival of the Indian ecosystem. Millions of women, with their managerial, economic and scientific skills, are the backbone of India's rural economy. The film also looks at the work of Dr. Sharadini Dahanukar who has set out to prove that ayurvedic medicine, which relies heavily on women's knowledge of plants and herbs, has scientific validity. Also the fil [...]
4.
VHS
2001
VHS13490
Karam in Jaipur
Karam in Jaipur
This is the third film in renowned ethnographic filmmaker David MacDougall's long-term study of childhood and adolescence at the Doon School in northern India. It follows Karam, the main character of the earlier "With Morning Hearts," into the next phase of his life in Jaipur House, one of the five "Main" houses of the school. Revealing the day-to-day ups and downs of a schoolboy's life, the film gives a penetrating insight into Karam's experiences and into the aspirations of the Indian middle class in one of its most characteristic postcolonial institutions.
This is the third film in renowned ethnographic filmmaker David MacDougall's long-term study of childhood and adolescence at the Doon School in northern India. It follows Karam, the main character of the earlier "With Morning Hearts," into the next phase of his life in Jaipur House, one of the five "Main" houses of the school. Revealing the day-to-day ups and downs of a schoolboy's life, the film gives a penetrating insight into Karam's experiences and into the aspirations of the Indian middle class in one of its most characteristic postcolonial institutions.
5.
VHS
2003
VHS13491
The new boys
The new boys
This documentary is the fourth film in renowned ethnographic filmmaker David MacDougall's long-term study of childhood and adolescence at the Doon School in northern India. This film focuses on life in a school dormitory. A new group of 12-year-old students is arriving to start their lives at the school. The film follows them from their first day, exploring their emotional and intellectual lives as they experience homesickness, fights, classroom teaching, and the stirrings of group identity. Although these boys are the same age as those in the earlier "With Morning Hearts," the group dynamics captured here are very different from that film.
This documentary is the fourth film in renowned ethnographic filmmaker David MacDougall's long-term study of childhood and adolescence at the Doon School in northern India. This film focuses on life in a school dormitory. A new group of 12-year-old students is arriving to start their lives at the school. The film follows them from their first day, exploring their emotional and intellectual lives as they experience homesickness, fights, classroom teaching, and the stirrings of group identity. Although these boys are the same age as those in the earlier "With Morning Hearts," the group dynamics captured here are very different from that film.
6.
VHS
2002
VHS13266
Unlimited girls
Unlimited girls
Looks at the role of feminism in the lives of urban Indian women: feminists who remember the songs and actions of the Indian women's movement, yuppies who discuss their modern marriage, a policeman writing films for women's upliftment, women shopping at a bra sale, college kids practicing a dance, teachers who feel girls must not take injustice, or break a home; a woman cab driver, a priest, academics, activists, and of course the unseen but much-heard women in the feminist chatroom, all talking of their engagements with feminism and its place in their lives today.
Looks at the role of feminism in the lives of urban Indian women: feminists who remember the songs and actions of the Indian women's movement, yuppies who discuss their modern marriage, a policeman writing films for women's upliftment, women shopping at a bra sale, college kids practicing a dance, teachers who feel girls must not take injustice, or break a home; a woman cab driver, a priest, academics, activists, and of course the unseen but much-heard women in the feminist chatroom, all talking of their engagements with feminism and its place in their lives today.
7.
VHS
1995
VHS13631
The village republic
The village republic
Documentary on panchayat and villages in India.
Documentary on panchayat and villages in India.
8.
VHS
1994
VHS8327
Shatranj ke khiladi : The chess players
Shatranj ke khiladi
This colorful period drama about colonialism and indigenous culture is set in 1856 at the court of Wajid Ali Shah in Lucknow, the capital of Oudh. It features two parallel narratives: the first shows the interminable games of chess played by two hookah-smoking zamindars; the other dramatises the conflict between Wajid Ali Shah and General Charles Outram who represents Lord Dalhousie's treacherously implemented annexation policies. Wajid Ali is shown as a politically weak figure who surrenders to the British without a fight.
This colorful period drama about colonialism and indigenous culture is set in 1856 at the court of Wajid Ali Shah in Lucknow, the capital of Oudh. It features two parallel narratives: the first shows the interminable games of chess played by two hookah-smoking zamindars; the other dramatises the conflict between Wajid Ali Shah and General Charles Outram who represents Lord Dalhousie's treacherously implemented annexation policies. Wajid Ali is shown as a politically weak figure who surrenders to the British without a fight.