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Between the Lines: India's Third Gender(en)

Repping best view to date into the world of the Indian eunuch, “Between the Lines: India’s Third Gender” may not answer all the questions it poses, but helmer Thomas Wartmann provides an intimate glimpse at a community whose members are considered pariahs and conduits of supernatural force. Following shutterbug Anita Khemka in her quest to discover why these castrated men fascinate and repel, docu concentrates on three personalities and uses them as guides to their highly stratified world. Under its nautch skirts, film has strong enough legs to step out into international arthouses.

L'âme indienne Martiniquaise(fr)

Delhi Durbar(en)

Aristocracy, army, elephants and more mark the start of the 1903 Durbar.

Indian Scene of Procession(en)

Stately scenes in India, likely filmed during the 1903 Delhi Durbar.

Life in Hunza(en)

Rural life in the mountainous valley near Gilgit - now in the Northern areas of Pakistan.

Calcutta Pageant(en)

Scenes from a lavish pageant held during the royal visit to India, celebrating King George V’s coronation.

Calcutta Topical No. 1(en)

Fashionably attired folk attend the races in Kolkata.

Procession of Elephants with Howdahs - India(en)

An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.

All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone(en)

Vancouver-based filmmaker and TV news veteran Fred Peabody explores the life and legacy of the maverick American journalist I.F. Stone, whose long one-man crusade against government deception lives on in the work of such contemporary filmmakers and journalists as Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, David Corn, and Matt Taibbi.

James Bond in India(en)

The making of the James Bond movie Octopussy (1983) in Udaipur, India during 1982.

Maharajah of the Road(en)

A Dream Trip Across India Some kilometers from Bombay, the Indian megalopolis, lost on a hill of Bollywood, is the grandiose set of a vast temple with a magical touch, reminiscent at the same time of an Indian shrine and an ancient Inca temple. Inside, Ten Ford Mustangs are waiting. Ten Ford Mustang with an incredible pedigree: Bullitt GT390, Shelby GT500, Shelby GT500 KR 1968... the deep sound of a gong resounds, the doors of the templeopen launching the first edition of the Maharajah of the Road. At the wheel of the ten Ford Mustang, passionate people coming from all over the world: Indian, French, American, Italian, Lebanese... they are business men, automobile designers, manufacturers, artists… From Mumbai to Jodhpur, a 2.000 kilometres tour will lead our Mustangs through India. From the Rats Temple in Deshnoke city to the thousand-and-one palaces, the two princesses will show the Rajasthan to the adventurers of the road in an eventful trip...

A Punjab Village(en)

Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.

Carving Thy Faith(tl)

A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the livelihood. An experiential film on neocolonial Philippines’ interpretation of Saints and Gods through many forms of rituals and iconographies, exposing wood as raw material that undergoes production processes before becoming a spiritual object of devotion. - A sculpture believed to have been imported in town during Spanish colonial conquest, locally known as Mahal na Señor Sepulcro, is celebrating its 500 years. Meanwhile, composed of non-actors, Senakulo re-enacts the sufferings and death of Jesus. As the local community yearly unites to commemorate the Passion of Christ, a laborious journey unfolds following local craftsmen in transforming blocks of wood into a larger than life Jesus crucified on a 12-ft cross.

The Last Days of the Raj(en)

Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to an independent and sovereign India. Six months later India indeed was set free, but it had also been partitioned and overwhelmed by an orgy of sectarian violence involving Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.

Our Greatest Ambassador(en)

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.

Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Madras, Bangalore, Mysore and Hyderabad(en)

This official travelogue of a royal tour follows the Prince on a series of regimental displays and a tiger hunt.

Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Malakand, Kapurthala and Dehra Dun(en)

The future Edward VIII visits Malakand, Kapurthala and opens the Royal Military College at Dehra Dun

Ukhrul Medical Tour(en)

A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.

Devil Dancers of Sikkim(en)

Hear the Lama band, see the sacred dances: welcome to Sikkim, in the shadow of the Himalayas.

Montreal and India(en)

The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.