In a poetic hour and a half, director Mani Kaul looks at the ancient art of making pottery from a wide variety of perspectives.
To the city come men, women, fruits, flowers, vegetables, goats and sheep – all ready for consumption. It is the process of consumption/exploitation that forms the core of the film.
From both local and global perspectives, this documentary examines the harsh realities behind the mounting water crisis. Learn how politics, pollution and human rights are intertwined in this important issue that affects every being on Earth. With water drying up around the world and the future of human lives at stake, the film urges a call to arms before more of our most precious natural resource evaporates.
Kathakali performance featuring the great Indian dancer Guru Gopinath.
The inauguration of a unit of the Indian Defence Force in Calcutta.
The Mysore Palace shines with 100,000 lights in a dazzling 400-year-old celebration.
The life of the people of the Naga Hills, Assam, including sports activities and tribal ceremonies, presented within a fictional framework.
Scenes at a garden party given by Earl Lytton, Governor of Bengal, at Government House, Calcutta.
The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.
The Governor of Bengal and family - on and off duty.
A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.
Hear the Lama band, see the sacred dances: welcome to Sikkim, in the shadow of the Himalayas.
This official travelogue of a royal tour follows the Prince on a series of regimental displays and a tiger hunt.
An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.
Anti-Congress propaganda film made by a District Officer in India.
Amateur travelogue of the Kagan Valley and Darband, Pakistan.
A humorous documentary about a historic hunt in 1929 through the African savannah and Indian jungle with lots of animal footage.