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South Asia
46 film(s) found
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The women of a small, remote village in the Indian Himalayas have their world transformed with the arrival of a silk weaving cooperative. One woman, Hema, begins a cooperative in her new village to teach local women—and her husband—to weave. more »
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This no-holds-barred documentary follows the illicit opium industry, from the cultivation of the opium plants, to the processing of heroin, to the cross border smuggling that occurs between Afghanistan and Iran. more »
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A close-up view of an eight-year-old boy who works as a domestic in Calcutta. Despite his hard life, he feels fortunate to have a job that gives him food as wages. more »
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A Westerner explores the institution of arranged marriages with her married Indian friends. She finds that there are many variations in the way these marriages are arranged, but in all cases, the marriage is a family matter, often used to reinforce the social standing of the family, and to preserve values from generation to generation. more »
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India's cities are thronged with faceless rickshaw workers. This film puts a human face on those at the low end of the caste system whose only chance to eke out a bare subsistence for their families is to do the work done by beasts of burden in more affluent societies. more »
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Benazir Bhutto was Prime Minister of Pakistan in 1988, the first woman to head a Muslim country. This film traces her political life and how she and her family are linked with Pakistan¹s stormy history. more »
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Young girls in India face a dismal future, despite a decade of feminism. Widespread poverty means families need to send their children to the workplace, especially girls. more »
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Buddhism, which began in India, has shown a remarkable ability to adapt across race, language, and cultural barriers. What became the dominant spiritual tradition of the East has now taken root and is flourishing in the West. more »
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A report of the condition of India¹s "untouchables," whose segregated life has kept them in poverty despite promises of reform. more »
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In the world's largest democracy, urban planning can be a complicated task. Despite Mumbai’s exploding population, a collapsing infrastructure could put an end to economic growth. Public trains are filled to the bursting point and traffic is nearing a complete gridlock. But officials are hopeful that building an eight lane highway out at sea will help relieve the strain of the overwrought transportation systems. more »
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Delhi's archaeological ruins, and some of its intact buildings, mirror the city's history of religious strife. The warfare between Muslims and Hindus continues to this day and affects the political climate of Delhi. more »
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A Pakistani middle class family celebrates the engagements of their two children each who has followed a different path. The son, keeping to tradition, is marrying a woman he has never met. The daughter, a career woman, has chosen her own husband-to-be. more »
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A new phenomenon in the global economy: toll-free telephone numbers are often answered by Indians impersonating local operators. This film follows a group of university graduates as they prepare themselves for prestigious jobs in Indian call centers, learning to speak and think like their international callers. more »
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Portraits of three Asian women fighting for social justice. Each is from a different culture (Bangladesh, India, Vietnam) but are united by their refusal to remain silent and accepting. more »
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Fathima Burnad is fighting to change the caste system that has existed for 3,000 years. more »
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Hien Tran, a former Vietnamese refugee turned union representative in Austalia, is speaking up for her fellow workers, trapped by their circumstances and financial need. more »
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In 1994 a young poet from rural Bangladesh plunged the country into a wave of mass protest. Her crime: to write her thoughts about how religious fundamentalism has consigned women to a secondary role in modern society. more »
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Each year the wheelchair-bound 76-year-old Dr. Dicksheet, travels from New York to India to perform free reconstructive facial surgery on hundreds of children. Without the operations, these children would be not be able to develop normally and would be treated as outcasts.The film shows how this quirky, funny, and sometimes difficult character overcomes his own ailments by curing others. His stamina and commitment are truly staggering. more »
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This film follows the migration of the aging hippies from the mountains of Kathmandu to the beaches of Goa in South India. It captures their lifestyle with all its ironies. more »
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A powerful and moving film exploring the complexity of female infanticide in southern India and showing steps that are being taken to eradicate the practice more »
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Kiran Bedi, a small woman with a huge mission, has been compared to Mother Theresa and Mahatma Gandhi. She is, in fact, a police woman-- and a reformer more »
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Mira Nair's award-winning film shows the life of female strippers in a Bombay nightclub. The women reveal their hopes and fears, while showing strength and resilience. more »
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India’s booming private healthcare system is expected to be worth billions of dollars in the decades to come, as westerners flock to India to get healthy. Fed up with long lines and exorbitant fees at home, these patients can now fly to the subcontinent and go straight to the front of the line for cheap operations in newly built, hi-tech hospitals. more »
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The film is an eye-opening look at the plight of the 260 million untouchables struggling with marginalization in modern India. more »
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Using archival footage never before seen in the West, this epic film traces the history of the past hundred years on the Indian subcontinent with all of its religious, ethnic and political turbulence. more »
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As the gap between the rich and the poor in India turns to a chasm, a renowned news journalist questions the social stability of a country that will soon enter the top five of the world's economic giants. more »
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A portrait of a twenty-one year old Indian film star, who despite the glamour of her career, still has the traditional values of her parents. She will have a suitable arranged marriage. more »
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The strange story told in this film about Sri Lanka narrates a revival of mystical belief in the ancient Hindu god, Kataragama more »
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In a call center in India, young sales agents struggle to sell an unmarketable product and are at risk of losing their jobs. This poignant but humorous film points up the absurdity that can occur in the global telemarketing industry. more »
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Mira Nair's latest documentary is a portrait of the "serious laughers" who meet daily in India - and now in the U.S. as well - to laugh as a group in order to improve their health. more »
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This BBC film exposes how fundamentalist interpretation of the Koran in Pakistan leaves women vulnerable to be murdered for seeking divorce. more »
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With a sense of humor and curiosity, the filmmaker explores the shocking connections between the mad cow crisis, the farm crisis, and the global food crisis.
Globalization emerges as a recurring theme, connecting the food we eat to the environmental, cultural, economic and health crises we are currently facing. Ironically, India is home to a burgeoning meat export industry that threatens to destroy an agricultural economy once centered around the feeding of the sacred cow, which was the livelihood 65% ot the population. more »
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This film takes a wry look at the cultural confrontation of East and West, as reflected in Hindu attitudes towards the slaughter in England of cows sick with Mad Cow disease. more »
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This biographical portrait of Gayatri Devi, the outspoken daughter and granddaughter of the Maharajas, spans modern India's history from British rule, through the struggle for independence to today's modern state. It is enriched with archival footage and home movies showing scenes of colonial splendor from a vanished way of life. more »
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Filmed in Calcutta at a hospice founded by Mother Teresa, we learn how her legacy of devotion to the destitute inspires the volunteers who now care for them more »
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A lively portrait of the mixed marriage beween a scholarly Sikh and his Australian-born wife, which unfolds against the complex social, political and religious events which tore the family apart. more »
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This film focuses on the debate between the established pharmaceutical industry and the manufacturers of low-cost medicine, The staggeringly high prices of medicines all over the world are a matter of life and death to millions of people suffering with HIV/AIDS in Africa. more »
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This fascinating film illustrates how religious differences, even on the basic level of dietary prohibitions affects the relationship of Malaysia's 12 million Muslims and 6 million Chinese. more »
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The love affairs of the young men and women of Jaranwala - a village just a few hours out of Lahore - keeps entire families entertained with gossip and sexual intrigue. Through the eyes of a Western woman who has lived in the Punjab for decades, we gain extraordinary access to the private lives and thoughts of her young chef Nawaz and her maid, Mehnaz. more »
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The grandson of Mahatma Gandhi is an inspiring leader in India , seeking to fulfill the spiritual mission of his grandfather. more »
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Many men of Indian origin residing in the West travel to India to meet an Indian woman, marry her and bring her to the West. Increasingly a large percentage of these brides are abandoned over dowry disputes. more »
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Jews have a long history in India. Although only a handful remain, they maintain their traditions. more »
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A warm portrait of one of the most revered musical families in India, in which the cherished tradition of dhrupad vocal music is passed on from father to son. It presents for the first time on film an in-depth look at the musical training fundamental to this special music. more »
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Using animation techniques combined with filmed actual performances, this colorful production documents an ancient storytelling tradition still ongoing in India. It recounts the epic of Lord Pabuji of Rajasthan. more »
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This visually stunning film focuses on two street children who survive in Bombay by guile, toughness and with the protection of other boys like them. more »
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This charming film contrasts ideas of marriage, courtship and divorce between generations and cultures. It follows Hindu Smita Acharyya and Catholic Remi Boudreau who, in order to escape the complications of a large, family wedding, decided to elope to Las Vegas. But they can't escape, and are married again, in a Bengali style wedding arranged by Smita's mother. more »
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