Life on the road in India, showing the traffic, people and animals.
Richly detailed amateur ethnographic film on the agrarian economy and society in rural Punjab.
Hindu temples at Benares and Belur and the mythologies associated with them.
Phoolan is a documentary film about the extraordinary life of a village girl, gang-rape survivor, bandit leader, and finally parliamentarian. This is the story of one woman’s fight against incredible odds for justice and dignity. Known as India’s Bandit Queen, Phoolan Devi is considered by many to be one of the most extraordinary and controversial women of our time.
Repping best view to date into the world of the Indian eunuch, “Between the Lines: India’s Third Gender” may not answer all the questions it poses, but helmer Thomas Wartmann provides an intimate glimpse at a community whose members are considered pariahs and conduits of supernatural force. Following shutterbug Anita Khemka in her quest to discover why these castrated men fascinate and repel, docu concentrates on three personalities and uses them as guides to their highly stratified world. Under its nautch skirts, film has strong enough legs to step out into international arthouses.
Minimalist movie making at its best: kids learn the art of film language using illustrations and margarine boxes.
Lord Louis Mountbatten arrives in India in March 1947 as Britain's Last Viceroy. He is committed to transfer administrative and authoritative power to an independent and sovereign India. Six months later India indeed was set free, but it had also been partitioned and overwhelmed by an orgy of sectarian violence involving Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs.
An elephantine spectacle, likely part of the celebrations for the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India.
Traditional games, dancing and music among the people of Sikkim - in vivid colour.
The future Edward VIII opens a durbar and enjoys a day at the races before inspecting the fire brigade in Calcutta.
A Christian take on 'Edenless' India, where heathens are unafraid of snakes, and build 'interesting' temples to their gods.
Arresting early film images of both northern India and central and south western China.
Snapshots of colonial life around Tamil Nadu, plus a visit to the Toda tribe.
Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.
This official travelogue of a royal tour follows the Prince on a series of regimental displays and a tiger hunt.
An astonishing English tourist’s view of street life in pre-partition Srinagar and Kashmir.
A scenes from a tour of Manipur State and a women's bazaar in Imphal.
Girl guides on parade at a rally in southern India attended by Olave Baden-Powell.
Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.