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Looks at the aboriginal community of the Santals, its social habits, religious ceremonies, and the day-to-day life of a village situated at the borders of West Bengal and Bihar. Rich in traditional songs,...
The religious itinerant Bul poets and singers come from the Hindu and Muslim communities of Bengal. They communicate their faith and philosophy through songs, dances and instrumental music. The film was...
Examines the art of painting the eight-metre long horizontal scrolls in a desert village in Rajasthan, with a ballad singer telling the tale of the folk hero Pabuji. The moves to a hamlet of traditional...
For generations the Patua (Chitrakara) communities of West Bengal have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. The film follows the daily lives of Muslim Patua women from Naya villages near...
A dance performance about ecology, deforestation, popular resistance, women as organisers of social change, and the power of contemporary Indian dance theatre. Based on a dance drama created by the Manjusri...
Shows how West Bengal’s socialist government is trying to combine the objectives of greater social justice and agricultural modernisation, suggesting that despite setbacks, progress is being made....
A 3 DVD complete set of the 30-minute programmes in this nature series, in which wildlife champions use their insight gained in the field to explain the behaviour of the species they study, the nature of the...
The series examines some of Indias’s more successful development schemes which are transforming the lives of communities throughout the sub-continent. The programmes focus on the individual lives of men,...
This series of 8 programmes investigates some of the most intriguing shipwrecks that lie off the coast of Britain. Using marine archaeology, oceanography, historical research and the latest technology, the...
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