Learning on ScreenSinging Pictures: Women Painters of Naya
- Synopsis
- 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 Kolkata, which have formed a scroll painters’ cooperative.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2006
- Year of production
- 2005
- Subjects
- Anthropology; Arts and Humanities
- Keywords
- Bengal; illuminated manuscripts; painting; singing; story telling
Credits
- Director
- Akos Östör; Lina Fruzzetti
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 2 PAL
- Price
- £50.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 45 minutes
- Year
- 2006
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £50.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 45 minutes
- Year
- 2006
Distributor
- Name
Royal Anthropological Institute
- Contact
- Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)
- film@therai.org.uk
- Web
- https://www.therai.org.uk/film/film-sales External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7387 0455
- Fax
- 020 7388 8817
- Address
- 50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT - Notes
- The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.
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