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  1. Four Holy Men: Renunciation in Hindu Society (197 Film)

    Producer
    Mira Reym Binford; Michael Camerini
    Subject
    Religious studies
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Focuses on four Sadhus (holy men) as a means of portraying the variety of devotional paths open to religious Hindus and examining the Sadhus’ role in present-day Indian society. The bulk of the film...

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  2. Phantom India (7 Parts) (1969 Film)

    Director
    Louis Malle
    Producer
    Elliott Kastner
    Subject
    Anthropology; Religious studies; Sociology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Part 1: Briefly opens in Calcutta then goes to the South in search of traditional India, of religious piety, of the agricultural problems showing aspects of the daily lives of fishermen and peasants. Some...

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  3. Classical Music of North India (1967 Film)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The master musician of North India, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, demonstrates a short example of North Indian classical music. He plays the instrument which he has helped to make famous in India and abroad, the...

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  4. Shakespeare Wallah (1965 Film)

    Director
    James Ivory
    Producer
    Ismail Merchant
    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 115 minutes), £14.99

    Feature film. An English troupe of actors tour post-Raj India staging performances of Shakespeare to dwindling audiences as British dominance of, and interest in, British culture fades. The film is an ironic...

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  5. Century of Indian Archaeology, A (1960 Film)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Traces the work of archaeologists in India over the past century and shows some of their most famous discoveries.

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  6. Four Families (1959 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Dr Margaret Mead discusses how the upbringing of children contributes to a distinctive national character. Bathing a baby in four continents. An on-the-spot comparison of family life in India, France, Japan...

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  7. India Marches (1941 Film)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Based around the training of the 15th Punjab regiment, this film extols the benfits of life in the British army. Importantly the harmonious mixing of different Indian cultural traditions is emphasised. The...

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  8. English, Un-English (Radio)

    Subject
    Drama

    Five-part series in which Michael Kustow explores Shakespeare’s status as the world’s most popular playwright. In episode three Kustow explores the challenges of presenting and studying Shakespeare in...

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  9. Two Gentleman of Valasna (Radio)

    Director
    Willi Richards
    Producer
    Roger Elsgood
    Subject
    Drama

    Adapted for radio by Roger Elsgood and Willi Richards, The Two Gentlemen Of Valasna relocates Shakespeare’s play to India. Set in the weeks leading up to the 1857 Indian Mutiny, it was recorded in English,...

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  10. Hamlet in Bombay, The (Radio)

    Distribution
    Unknown

    Radio programme in which Asian American writer Zulfikar Ghose talks about producing Shakespeare in Bombay, his production of Hamlet, and actor/producer Shasi Kapoor’s plans to start the first Indian...

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