Life in the bustling Punjabi city of Rawalpindi before partition.
Villenour (French India: Territory of Pondicherry) (1914)
Gorgeously dreamlike colour images of (then) French India – present-day Puducherry.
Mahatma Gandhi Noa Khali March (1947)
Remarkable amateur footage of Mahatma Gandhi shot by his great nephew in 1947.
Fascinating India (2014)
"Fascinating India" spreads an impressive panorama of India’s historical and contemporary world. The film presents the most important cities, royal residences and temple precincts. It follows the trail of different religious denominations, which have influenced India up to the present day. Simon Busch and Alexander Sass travelled for months through the north of the Indian subcontinent to discover what is hidden under India’s exotic and enigmatic surface, and to show what is rarely revealed to foreigners. The film deals with daily life in India. In Varanasi, people burn their dead to ashes. At the Kumbh Mela, the biggest religious gathering of the world, 35 million pilgrims bathe in holy River Ganges. This is the first time India is presented in such an alluring and engaging fashion on screen.
An Indian Day (1968)
Director S. Sukhdev traveled the length of India to gather footage for his impressionistic portrait of the country in the year 1967. The film produces the same effect on the viewers as a month-long visit to India, a sense of having seen everything and a sense of having seen nothing, both at the same time.
The Kingdom of Survival (2011)
The Kingdom of Survival explores modern skepticism in America, challenges the status quo and uncovers provocative links between survivalist philosophy, ecumenical spirituality, radical political theory, and outlaw culture. The audience is invited into a thoughtful conversation with the likes of Prof. Noam Chomsky, Dr. Mark Mirabello, Ramsey Kanaan, and the riveting final interview with beloved author, Joe Bageant. These unique thought leaders cast a rare shadow of doubt over our most blindly accepted American traditions.
India - Hardwar (1931)
Amateur shots of pilgrims and temples at Haridwar, followed by rural scenes and the Gorrie family at home.
Street Scenes in India (1935)
From the arrival of a new viceroy to street markets, this amateur film captures the diversity of life in colonial India.
The Quetta Earthquake (1935)
Amateur footage of the devastation caused by one of South Asia's worst earthquakes.
Ukhrul Medical Tour (1934)
A doctor and party visit the villages of eastern Manipur in India's far north east.
Devil Dancers of Sikkim (1934)
Hear the Lama band, see the sacred dances: welcome to Sikkim, in the shadow of the Himalayas.
Montreal and India (1922)
The Taj Mahal and shots of Jalandhar nestle between footage from Canada and Africa.