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India: The Untouchables
| Length: | 57 min |
| Released: | 2008 |
| Ages: |
High School College Adult |
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While discrimination against India’s lowest class, Dalits, is now illegal, these “untouchables” continue to occupy the lowest place in the Hindu caste system. Jobless and illiterate, Dalits remain scorned by many upper-caste neighbors.
When several Dalits swim in a lake reserved for their wealthier counterparts, they’re sued in protest. When the charges are dismissed by a court, the upper-caste citizens seek revenge by spoiling a Dalit drinking well. The film also discusses the landlord-sponsored militia, Ranbir Sena's Army, which is attacking Dalit agricultural laborers and their families for continuing to demand land and better pay.
India: The Untouchables is an eye-opening look at the plight of the 260 million Hindus struggling with marginalization in modern India.
When several Dalits swim in a lake reserved for their wealthier counterparts, they’re sued in protest. When the charges are dismissed by a court, the upper-caste citizens seek revenge by spoiling a Dalit drinking well. The film also discusses the landlord-sponsored militia, Ranbir Sena's Army, which is attacking Dalit agricultural laborers and their families for continuing to demand land and better pay.
India: The Untouchables is an eye-opening look at the plight of the 260 million Hindus struggling with marginalization in modern India.
"The film is well-paced and well-edited. . . I recommend India:The Untouchables as an educational resource for anthropology (and other) courses concerned with culture, human rights and social organization."
‒Anthropology Review Database
‒Anthropology Review Database
Film Festival of Greece, 2005
• Asia
• South Asia
