It is quickly becoming the most populated country in the world, but India holds a dark secret. Men and women who make their homes in the poor villages throughout the central region of the country are forced to make decisions that no parents should ever have to make. Sell a child into slavery or watch your children starve to death.
It is quickly becoming the most populated country in the world, but India holds a dark secret. Men and women who make their homes in the poor villages throughout the central region of the country are forced to make decisions that no parents should ever have to make. Sell a child into slavery or watch your children starve to death.
2013-06-08
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Forgiveness Is True Freedom.
An investigation into the kidnapping of Olaudah Equiano and the British slave trade. Olaudah Equiano, also known as Gustavas Vassa, earned his place in history by writing what is considered the first Slave Narrative. Equiano’s book, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavas Vassa, the African, has been analyzed from dozens of angles by countless historians and scholars. It is considered both a window into the life of a slave and freedman in the mid-eighteenth century, and into life in Africa at that time. The Interesting Narrative may also be a window into the mid-eighteenth century experience of a gay or bisexual African man.
An overview of the principles and directives of India's post-independence constitution.
A documentary of explorer Richard Halliburton's travels on the Indian sub-continent, featuring a mix of real and staged footage.
This movie follows the growth and influence of anime culture in Nagaland, India.
A double journey into Kerala in India. Ghedalia Tazartes dips himself into the sea of Indian traditions in Kerala, from Katakhali dance and music to field recordings on location. A fantastic journey beyong India, through countries of the imagination. Another genre and cross cultural experience by the French master.
Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.
Amateur film of fishing and geese-shooting trips by a British party in India.
Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.
This travelogue takes in some of the most important landmarks of Islamic power in India.
Luscious colour photography of the Taj Mahal and a Mediterranean cruise to Port Said.
An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.
“Can you describe yourself?” “Odenwald-Gay... or Gollum... or Klaus! 60 years old... gay... slave!” A documentary portrait of Klaus Johannes Wolf, who decided to live as a slave. Chained to his bed, he talks about his decision to be a slave, his parents and what it means to be naked. Finally he leaves everything behind to go to a slave camp, to put the finishing touches on his slave’s life and become the perfect servant.
A film on a charming, 'unofficial' subject - authentic ethnographic record or exotica for western eyes?
Salvation Army General Commissioner Edward Higgins features in the this film of a brass band parade through a village.
Dignitaries including the Nizam of Hyderabad gather to celebrate the Durbar in honour of George V, who arrives by boat in Bombay.
Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.