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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
10 questions for the Dalai Lama 85 min., DVD Produced by Rick Ray and Sharon Ray College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. BQ7935 B77 T46 2007 Ten questions are posed to His Holiness the Dalai Lama by filmmaker and explorer Rick
West, Rm 1191 Ray. Ray examines some of the fundamental questions of our time by weaving together
observations from his own journeys throughout India and the Middle East, and the
wisdom of an extraordinary spiritual leader.
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1-800-INDIA 55 min., DVD (produced by Anna Cater) Memorial Library Microforms/Media HD2365 A12 2006 Over the past decade, India has emerged as the leader in the global market for
Center outsourced white-collar jobs, one reason for the nation’s rapid economic growth. This
WIDE ANGLE case study explores the experiences of emerging Indian professionals who
have been recruited into positions requiring long hours, late-night shifts, and Westernized
work habits. The program reveals the human and cultural impact of a controversial yet
essentially unstoppable global economic trend, examining its effect on Indian family life,
on the evolving landscape of urban India, and on the aspirations and daily lives of young
Indian citizens, especially women, as they enter the work force. In addition, anchor Daljit
Dhaliwal discusses social, political, and economic development in India with Michael
Elliott, editor of Time International.
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Film site: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/episodes/1-800-india/introduction/70/
2 million minutes 54 min., DVD Directed and edited by Chad Heeter Memorial Library Microforms/Media LB1607 T95 2007 Examines the daily lives, pressures, and ambitions of six high school students in the US,
Center Room 443, DVD China, and India, and their future prospects in the global economy. Source:
Madcat Summary
Aage badhata apna Bharat 18 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1077 Campaign videocassette supporting Congress (I) party in the 1991 Indian elections.
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Actor training & kalaripayyat: martial arts of India 45 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1100.71 A28 1975
(From Series: Asian theatre) Center Room 443-Videoca
Adaptable kingdom: music and dance from Nepal 27 min., VHS Directed by Deben Bhattacharya Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 816 This film takes the viewer to a kingdom in the Himalayas, where tribal animism,
Buddhism, and Hinduism live in harmony. In the folklore of Nepal, religious mask-dances
with the sound of large barrel drums illustrate the age-old battle between good and evil.
We also hear a gayen, the itinerant singer of the Nepalese folk tradition, side-by-side with
temple songs.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Afghanistan: Exploring the Taliban Revolution 24 min. VHS Center for South Asia Outreach Video In Afghanistan, the Taliban - militant Sunni fundamentalists schooled in Pakistan - have
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) taken over almost all of the country. Will their jihad spread to the Sunni minority of Iran,
igniting a rebellion against that country's Shiite government? Or will Iran strike first,
through the Shiite minority living in Afghanistan? This compelling report, filmed by the
first crew to enter Afghanistan after America's anti-terrorist air-strikes in 1998, takes a
first-hand look at both the results and the implications of escalating tensions between
Afghanistan and its neighbors.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
After Shock: The Rough Guide to Democracy 65 min., NTSC Rakesh Sharma Center for South Asia Outreach Video In a globalised world the economic interests of giant corporate companies come ever
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) more in conflict with the basic needs of the common man. Here the lowest level of the
Indian democracy, the Indian village, comes in the way of commercial development in the
new world economy. Aftershock is a touching documentary from the Kutch (Gujarat,
India) area, devastated by earthquake on January 26, 2001. Over twenty thousand people
died and even more homes were destroyed. But this documentary is neither about the
earthquake nor about brave relief volunteers. The director worked as a volunteer in the
villages of Julrai and Umarsar. By accident he stumbles upon a delegation from the
government-owned Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation while they are forcing
people from their homes. The company officials see this earthquake as a god-given
opportunity to acquire this land for their own benefit. People are being chased from their
land without the rest of the worlds noticing. Not a single story of these events reached
television or newspapers in India. The only report exists in the form a relief volunteers
documentary, using a DV cam - digital video camera.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Ahmedabad : life of a city in India (2 copies) 30 min., VHS (produced by Howard Spodek) Memorial Library Microforms/Media HC438 A35 A35 1990 Presents the effects of industrialization on the social and economic conditions in the city
Center and of Ahmedabad, India.
and AS2.016 Source: Madcat summary
Learning Support Services Library (259
Van Hise Hal)
Aihole - Cradle of Indian Architecture 34 min., DVD (directed by R. Bharathadri) Art Library Audiovisual Collection NA6008.A34 A34 2007 Today’s Aihole is an over grown village in Bhagalkat District of Karnataka. Originally
known as Ayyavola or Aryapur, it was the capital of Chalukyan dynasty through 6th to the
8th century AD. The oldest flatroofed Lad Khan temple, the flat roofed Kontagudi temple,
dedicated to Shiva, the apsidal Durga temple, the northern style shikhara temples of
Huchimalli Gudi and Hucchappayya, the Meguti Jaina temple, seated on a hill, show the
eclectic confluence of sectarian and aesthetic traditions at Aihole.
Source: http://ignca.gov.in/dvd_aihole.htm
Ajabua dance and drama 19 min., VHS Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.014c Ajuba Dance and Drama Co. introduces a troupe of popular entertainers in North India.
(ph:608-262-8695) Performing in private compounds, factory yards, and mango groves, they stage a type of
theater known as Nautanki, an amalgam of music, dance, comedy routines, and drama.
Nautanki draws as easily from the arts of the royal courts as it does from the latest
Bombay feature films. The film allows viewers to see the performers in their everyday
lives, meet Bhaggal, the director, travel with his Ajuba troupe, watch them rehearse their
lines and put on their make-up, and finally, under the stars, witness a Nautanki
performance itself, with dance, song, color and romance.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Ajuba Dance and Drama Co. 20 min., VHS By Ron Hess Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1693 A5 1990 Discusses the art of dance in India as performed by the Ajuba Dance and Drama Co.
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Altar of Fire (3 copies) 45 min. By J. Frits Staal Center for South Asia Outreach Video This film records a 12-day ritual performed by Nambudiri Brahmins in Kerala, southwest
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) India, in April 1975. This event was possibly the last performance of the Agnicayana, a
Vedic ritual of sacrifice dating back 3,000 years and probably the oldest surviving ritual of
mankind. Long considered extinct and never witnessed by outsiders, the ceremonies
require the participation of seventeen priests, involve libations of Soma juice and
oblations of other substances, and are preceded by several months of preparation and
rehearsals. They include the construction from a thousand bricks of a fire altar in the
shape of a bird.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Amrit beeja = The eternal seed 43 min., VHS (directed by by Meera Dewan) Memorial Library Microforms/Media S471 I3 A66 1996 With insightful interviews and rare footage from India's agricultural industry, this keenly
Center Room observed film depicts Indian women's struggles to use traditional farming practices
instead of chemically-based agriculture. Comparing the practices of women who consider
seeds sacred with multinational companies' use of sterilized hybrids, this evocative
analysis celebrates the scientific basis of women's native traditions in a provocative look
at the evolving meanings of healthy land use.
Source: http://www.wmm.com/filmCatalog/pages/c419.shtml
An appointment with the astrologer 23 min., VHS Writer/producer, Paul L. Kuepferle Memorial Library Microforms/Media BF1714 I5 A676 2001 Follows several people in India, all from different walks of life, as they seek advice from
Center Room 443-Videoca their astrologers.
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
An Appointment with the Astrologer: Personal 40 min., VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.014 An Appointment with the Astrologer: Personal Consultations in Hindu Society shows four
Consultations in Hindu Society Van Hise Hall) and highly-regarded astrologers in Varanasi (Banaras) meeting some of the people coming to
BF1714 I5 A676 2001 them for consultations: a woman whose husband has been missing for over a year, an
actor confronting a major law suit, a woman whose marriage arrangements have been
broken off three times because of her horoscope, the Maharaja of Banaras who needs to
know auspicious times to sign important documents, a politician debating whether or not
to stand in an election, a young man seeking a second opinion on his forthcoming
marriage, and a rickshaw driver who wants to cure his suicide-prone son.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
From the series: Contemporary South Asia
An Indian pilgrimage : Kashi (2 copies) 30 min., VHS (directed by Joseph Elder) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.002.002 Presents a documentary on a pilgrimage to the sacred city of Kashi on the Ganges River.
and and Follows two Telugu-speaking brahmans and their wives who come from south India to
Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1239.36 V37 I56 perform classical ancestor rites. Shows some of the tenets of Hinduism as the pilgrims are
Center Room 443-Videoca 1999 instructed in the correct performance of the rites by a brahman Telugu-speaking priest.
Source: Madcat summary
An Indian pilgrimage : Ramdevra (2 copies) 25 min., VHS (directed by Joseph Elder and Mira Reym Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.002.001 Presents a documentary on a folk pilgrimage to Ramdevra, India. Follows a group of
Binford & Michael Camerini) and and Hindus from Bombay to the grave of Ramdev, a medieval hero and saint of Rajasthan.
Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1239.36 R37 I53 Shows ways in which the Hindu pilgrims are free to worship, their collective offering at
Center Room 443-Videoca 1999 Ramdev’s grave, and their interactions with other pilgrims, shoppers, preachers, hawkers,
and devotional singers who throng the festival. Devotional songs telling the stories of
Ramdev feature prominently in film.
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An Introduction [to the religions of South Asia.] 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.001 The scope of the series "Exploring the religions of South Asia" is presented with scenes
(ph:608-262-8695) from the various programs. The religions investigated are Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism,
Islam, and Christianity. Summarizes concepts and considerations universal to all the
religions covered.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Exploring the religions of South Asia
Anandalahar (Waves of joy) 26 min., VHS Directed by Deben Bhattacharya Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 502 Itinerant folk poets and singers, the Bâul of Bengal draw from both Hindu and Islamic
traditions for their mystical visions of Indian life. Use of the stringed drum, the
anandalahari, and the gopijantra, a single-stringed instrument, is also shown in this video,
which focuses on an annual festival honoring the 12th century Sanskrit poet Jayadeva.
Source: http://www.sfsu.edu/~avitv/avcatalog/85948.htm
Angst at Large By Shankar Barua Center for South Asia Outreach Video Angst at Large, a political documentary, seeks to examine and explore the current chaos
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) in North East India with special reference to Assam. Ravaged by floods every year, Assam
for the last two decades in now in the throes of an uncanny kind of crisis. New battle lines
are being drawn with an alarming ease and Communities are pitted against each other.
Preferences and affiliations are being redefined everyday and average citizen can only
experience fear. A working democracy seems to be operating on the surface but a vast
majority continues to be mute spectators with drama rife with blood and gore. As rebels
fight fro a free Assam, the Indian military has to work overtime to bring them back to the
mainstream. The film lets people talk for themselves and seeks a journey to the heart of a
region so less known to the outside world.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Asia expansion: treasures and travels 55 min., DVD Producer/writer, Steve Drake MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) PreK-12 DS33 A853 2005 Segments on Asia discuss the unification of China and the building of the Great Wall;
Stacks antiquities in the Yangtze River Valley; the end of China’s golden age and an overview of
Japanese civilization; and religion in India.
Contents: China’s unified empire (4:29 min.) -- Lost treasures of the Yangtze Valley (31:11
min.) -- Mongols and warlords (5:24 min.) -- India’s faithful (5:18 min.)
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Asia, beyond the miracle 14 min., VHS Directed by Bill Megalos Memorial Library Microforms/Media HC412 A852 1997 In less than one generation, Asia has experienced a social and economic transformation
Center Room 443-Videoca unrivaled in history. Today, three Asian countries are among the ten richest in the world.
Yet Asia is still home to two thirds of the world's poor. What lies ahead for Asia? Can the
miracle be sustained?
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Asia’s water crisis : the struggle within each drop 18 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media HD1698 A1 A85 1997 This video profiles Sri Lanka, the Philippines and the People’s Republic of China, and looks
Center toward solutions to Asia’s growing water crisis.
Source: http://www.adb.org/Publications/product.asp?sku=0008V
Watch Online:
http://www.thewaterchannel.tv/index.php?option=com_hwdvideoshare&task=viewvideo
&Itemid=53&video_id=104
Ayodhya : a city in flames 42 min., VHS Producer, Chanda Narang Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-966 A report on the actions taken at Lucknow and Ayodhya, from 28th Oct. to 2nd Nov. 1990,
Center Room 443-SA Video against volunteer Hindu workers who were attempting to begin temple construction.
On the police action in Ayodhya, Faizabad, during the foundation stone laying ceremony
(shilanyas) for the proposed Ram Temple, on 30th Oct. and 2nd Nov. 1990.
Source: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Speech/VideoTest/SSEAsiaVid.html
Ayodhya: the history 40 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1439 A historical survey of Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Ram and the site for the
Center Room 443-SA Video Ramjannabhumi Temple.
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Back to school: the ongoing struggle to educate the 90 min., DVD MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) LB43 B33 2006 In 2003, the Wide Angle program Time for School profiled children in seven countries--
world’s children Professional Stacks Afghanistan, Benin, Brazil, India, Japan, Kenya, and Romania--as they started their first
year of school, often in the face of great adversity. Three years later this Wide Angle
episode returns to visit each child, updating the progress of their educational and personal
development. The similarities and contrasts that emerge among the lives of these young
people provide rich insight into the disparities of opportunity around the globe--
underscoring the hard fact that more than 100 million children worldwide are growing up
without schooling.
Source: Madcat Summary
Bake restudy, 1984 60 min., VHS by Nazir Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility Music Library (Mills) he authors return in 1984 to the original sites of Arnold Blake's 1938 South Indian
Audio Facility fieldwork in order to solicit responses to his photographs and audio recordings of
numerous performance traditions in an examination of continuity and change. The
videotape incorporates Blake's 16mm films and audio recordings. It also shows the
background of this Dutch scholar, the methodologies used in both fieldtrips, and
concludes with an examination of the impact of classicization, modernization,
institutionalization and festivalization on performance.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Balasaraswati 14 min., VHS (directed by John Frazer) Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 857 Performance by Balasaraswati (1919-1984), regarded as "the foremost exponent of
Bharata Natyam (South Indian classical dance)." She begins by singing, then dances the
piece Krishna ni begane baro, depicting various episodes from the life of the Hindu god
Krishna. Voiceover narration provides the English translation of some of the
accompanying verses, and brief descriptions of the action. The production of this film was
arranged by world music professor Robert E. Brown during Balasaraswati’s residency at
Wesleyan University shortly after her U.S. debut at Jacob’s Pillow.
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Ballad of the causeway 28 min., VHS Filmed and edited by Amy Laly Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS486 B7 B35 1993 "Ballad of the Causeway" portrays life on one of the busiest streets of Mumbai, Colaba
Center Room 443-Videoca Causeway. Made in 1991, prior to the gruesome events of 1993, the footage of life on the
street and of the glitzy shops breaks many stereotypes people may have about India. Her
selection of interviewees is confined mainly to upper class people or foreigners, and the
film would have benefited from the inclusion of the words of more people who live and
work on the street. This was partly due to technical constraints, as Laly did not at that
time have equipment capable of making quality sound recordings on the street. Almost all
the interviewees were outsiders to Colaba Causeway, at least by the time they were being
interviewed.
Source: http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/resources/video.shtml
Banaras (2 copies) 22 min., VHS By Michael Camerini Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS486 B4 B34 Banaras presents the currents and moods of the city through a series of strikingly
Center Room 443-Videoca common and uncommon visual images. It captures the pulse of daily life that returns
again and again to the Ganges River and its sacred waters. The film explores the city's
shrines, its crowded lanes, its roadside stalls, its cremation-wood cutters, its funeral
processions, its young, and its old. The film gives the viewer a feeling for the people of
Banaras - their faces, their periods of activity, and their moments of public worship and
private reflection.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Bangladesh Nationhood: Symbols and Shadows 49 min., VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.006 Bangladesh Nationhood: Symobls and Shadows presents the struggle of a new nation,
Van Hise Hall) Bangladesh, to define itself. Filmed one and a half years after Bangladesh's independence
in 1971, and completed a few months before the assassination of Sheikh Mujib, "Father
of the Nation," this film presents a series of interviews with peasants, students,
businessmen, and religious and political leaders that reveal those conflicts within
Bangladesh society that both defined and limited Sheikh Mujib's years in power. This is a
film about the uses of political symbols, and about the myths and ideals that shape
political processes.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
From the series: Contemporary South Asia
Bearing the heat: mother goddess worship in south 60 min., VHS By Kristin Oldham Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL2015 M68 B43 1994 BEARING THE HEAT: MOTHER GODDESS WORSHIP IN SOUTH INDIA presents wide-ranging
India (2 copies) Center Room 443-Videoca and ways devotees worship the Mother Goddess in South India. These include carrying fire
and AS2.036 pots, becoming possessed, feeding young girls or old women, worshipping female
Learning Support Services Library (259 ancestors, dancing, drumming, exorcising, tongue-trilling, darshan (seeing the auspicious
Van Hise Hall) divine), wearing the preferred color yellow, waving burning camphor before the Goddess,
prasad (receiving sacred gifts from the divine), body piercing, singing devotional hymns,
and assuming the appearance of the Mother Goddess. Human suffering and pain are
conceived of as heat. Devotees transfer their heat to the Mother Goddess, then lovingly
cool her (with such substances as milk, lemons, and coconut water), and worship her.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Beauty and Mystery of Tibetan Tantric Ritual By Franz-Christoph Giercke Center for South Asia Outreach Video
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224)
Behind the Mask 56 min., DVD (directed by Sanjeev Bhattacharya) Memorial Library Microforms/Media GT1748 I4 B44 1999 The film tries to decipher the Vaishnava, Buddhist monastic and the oral community
Center traditions behind masks. Masks have been used to mediate between the self and the
other, life and death, prototypes and archetypes; to individuate the collective; and, to
effect semiotic, metempsychotic, theatrical transformation in personal identities. The film
presents the social, theological and iconographical contexts of masks in Northeast India.
Source: http://ignca.nic.in/dvd_mask.htm
Being Muslim in India (2 copies) 45 min., VHS (directed by James McDonald) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BP63 I4 B48 1984 Presents the basic teachings of Islam and introduces Qasim, a devout Sunni Muslim and
Center and successful businessman, who lives in Lucknow. The film does not show Qasim’s first wife,
and AS2.017 who has been observing seclusion since she was six. But it does introduce his other two
Learning Support Services Library (259 wives: Dawn, who is Irish and is a convert from Christianity, and Aktar, who gave up a
Van Hise Hall) teaching career to join Qasim’s family and administer his tobacco business. Dawn and
Aktar describe their relationships toward Qasim, each other, and each others’ children, as
well as their roles in the extended family. The film concludes with the family celebration of
a bismillah ceremony, when Qasim’s granddaughter recites the basic tenets of Islam and
begins her formal study of the Qur’an.
Source: http://www.wisc.edu/southasia/films/index.html
Bhutan : the last Shangri-la 60 min., VHS (produced by Harry Marshall) Primate Center Library Audio Visual VT 0616 1997 This is a place where time stands still, where nature and religion have combined to turn a
Collection tiny Buddhist kingdom into the world’s last Shangri-La. Locked between Tibet and India,
Bhutan is the jewel of the Himalayas. To the north of the kingdom, towering peaks rise to
25,000 feet. Beneath steep glacial walls, alpine highlands fall to misty forests. Mountain
streams cut through gorges on their way down to warmer valleys and wide marshes in the
heart of the kingdom. One distinct landscape drops to the next before finally descending
to the jungle and grasslands of the southern plains. Simple subsistence farmers and
pastoralists, the Bhutanese live in quiet harmony with their colorful and exotic neighbors:
the red panda, the Himalayan black bear, and the blue sheep.
Film site: http://www.pbs.org/edens/bhutan/
Birds of the Indian monsoon 50 min., VHS By Stanley Breeden & Belinda Wright Memorial Library Microforms/Media QL691 I4 B57 1998 Documentary on the lives of the Birds observed for one year in the Keoladeo National
Center Room 443-Videoca Park (India).
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Bombay our city 80 min., VHS Producer, Anand Parwardhan Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA- BOMBAY: OUR CITY tells the story of the daily battle for survival of the 4 million slum
Center Room 443-SA Video 1417 dwellers of Bombay who make up half the city's population. Although they are Bombay's
workforce -- industrial laborers, construction workers, domestic servants -- they are
denied city utilities like electricity, sanitation, and water. Many slumdwellers must also
face the constant threat of eviction as city authorities carry out campaigns to 'beautify'
Bombay. BOMBAY: OUR CITY is an indictment of injustice and misery, and a call to action
on the side of the slumdwellers.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Born into brothels 83 min., Videodisc directed by Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. HQ792 I4 B67 2005 A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, Born Into
West, Rm 1191 and Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of
and D Born Into Calcutta where their mothers work as prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New York-based
College Library Open Book Videos, 1st photographer, gives each of these youngsters a camera and teaches them how to take
Floor, Room 1250 pictures, simultaneously causing them to look at their world with new eyes. Together with
Ross Kauffman, Briski captures the magical way in which beauty can be found in the most
unlikely of places and how a bright and promising future becomes a possibility for children
who previously had no future at all. Touching and heartfelt, yet devoid of sentimentality,
Born Into Brothels defies the tear-stained tourist snapshot of the global underbelly.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Born to bondage: women in India 40 min., VHS Directed by Marion Mayer-Hohdahl Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1742 B67 1999 Looks at the plight of women in India, where girls are considered to be worth less than
Center Room 443-Videoca boys and because of the tradition of dowry, are often left vulnerable.
Source: Madcat Summary
Boy monk DVD Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ950 K667 2003 This documentary explores the critical choices by a devout family and the future of their
Center Room 443, DVD (Located in gifted son, who once lived the life of a suburban California kid before seeking
MMC’s oversize section) enlightenment as a Tibetan Buddhist monk in India.
Source: Madcat Summary
Buddha and South Asia 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.007 Aspects common to all Buddhist sects are identified and described: the three refuges, the
(ph:608-262-8695) four noble truths and the acceptance of the Buddha’s achievement of Enlightenment and
Nirvana. The origins and course of schisms through the ages are traced and discussed.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Exploring the religions of South Asia
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Buddha realms 55 min. DVD Writer/producer, Rachael Kohn Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ266 B828 2001 This documentary explores the origins of Buddhism, its major doctrines, and how it has
Center Room 443, DVD been interpreted throughout the world. Scholars and practitioners in Thailand, India,
Japan, Canada, Australia and the United States discuss its relevance today and challenges
to the ancient tradition as Buddhism is adopted by believers of various cultures.
Source: Madcat Summary
Buddhism: Footprint of the Buddha - India 104 min., VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.030 To Sri Lanka (Ceylon) and India to discover the type of Buddhism practiced throughout
Van Hise Hall) southeast Asia. Among those we meet are Buddhist monks-including one American,
school children, novices and housewives. Each offers something from his own experience
to help us come to grips with a religion that has high moral standards but does not believe
in God.
Source: http://osulibrary.oregonstate.edu/video/rel27.html
From the series: Long Search
Buddhism: The Great Wheel of Being 52 min. Center for South Asia Outreach Video Sikkim occupies a place of rare geographic splendor, and Buddhism is the state's religion.
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) Presents the tenets and history of the belief system founded on the teachings of Buddha.
A discussion of the Four Noble Truths, including the Eightfold Path, sheds light on the
practice of Buddhism, while ancient monuments testify to the enduring nature of this
venerable religion.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
From the series: Ashes in the River: Four Religions of India
Buddhism: the middle way of compassion 24 min., VHS Written, produced and directed by Oliver Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ266 B83 1993 This program, shot on location in India, Nepal, Thailand and Japan, explores the history,
Henry Center Room 443-Videoca development, art, and influence of Buddhism in the world.
Source: Madcat Summary
Buddhism; footprints of the Buddha - India 52 min., VHS (produced by Peter Montagnon) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.030 Eyre visits Sri Lanka and India to discover the type of Buddhism practiced throughout
Southeast Asia. Includes talks with monks, school children, novices, and housewives who
describe their own religious experiences and discuss the high moral standards demanded
by Buddhism.
Source: Madcat Summary
Watch Online: http://oregonstate.edu/media/zjbvw
Building democracy in war-torn Afghanistan 22 min., DVD (produced Films for the Humanities and Learning Support Services ID2.148 How are people who have been oppressed for decades—first by Communists, then by
Sciences) warlords, and finally by the Taliban—to understand democracy, let alone implement
it…and on a tight timetable, no less? This ABC News program documents the challenges of
building democracy in Afghanistan, a place scarred by present conflict and past war,
where even the effort to register Afghans to vote is proving almost insurmountably
difficult. Contemporaneous events in Pakistan are also considered.
Source: http://ffh.films.com/id/6659/Building_Democracy_in_War-Torn_Afghanistan.htm
Building from below 30 min., VHS Script and direction, Vishram Revankar Memorial Library Microforms/Media S494.5 A45 B84 1999 Documentary on the impact of agroforestry on rural villages of India, showing several
Center Room 443-Videoca successful land and forest reclamation projects.
Source: Madcat Summary
Bundelkhand Express 72 min., NTSC By Saba Dewan Center for South Asia Outreach Video Bundelkhand Express is a labour train, which winds through the rocky, arid plains of
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) southern Uttar Pradesh. From districts like Shahuji Maharaj Nagar, it picks up hundreds of
children and adults deserting a neglected and impoverished land in search of work. Some
of these people are heading towards Mirzapur - the capital of carpet production in India.
Liluah, a little tribal girl from a village in Shahuji Maharaj Nagar has not yet taken the
train. Ram Sajivan and Bachcha, two young boys in the district town, make a living
ferrying the passengers of Bundelkhand Express on a rickshaw, and dream of the day they
too will board the train. Bundelkhand Express connects the stories of these children and
their parents with the carpet economy. Traditional craft and global capital, meticulous
craftsmen and non-artisan exporters tied together by a thin and fine thread, woven into a
nightmare.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Caste, Dalit and fascism 26 min., DVD S.K. Thorat Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS422 C3 T46 2003 S.K. Thorat and Nivedita Menon present a lecture intersperced with visual clips of related
Center Room 443, DVD events in India history. Thorat addresses the caste system in India and how it is supported
today. Menon addresses the current state of women right’s in India in particular how it
relates to a woman’s place in the family.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: In defence of our dreams
Catalysts of change 260 min., 3 VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1354 India’s development problems discussed in 13 segments: (1) A collective approach to
Center Room 443-SA Video land. (2) A lack of drinking water. (3) Going in and out of school. (4) Equality and dignity.
(5) Artisans for artisans. (6) Concepts of health. (7) Out of the woods. (8) The kilowatt
question. (9) In search of shelter. (10) The plough and the sickle. (11) Fringe dwellers. (12)
The Vallus story. (13) No work, no pay.
Source: Madcat Summary
Children at work 20 min., VHS By Sheila Franklin Memorial Library Microforms/Media HD6250 I42 C538 2000 Documentary about child labor and sweatshop abuses. It includes valuable footage
Center Room 443-Videoca exposing the travesty of child labor and bonded labor in India.
Source: Madcat Summary
Children we sacrifice 61 min., VHS Written, directed & produced by Grace Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ72 S64 C455 2000 Shot in India, Sri Lanka, Canada and the United States, this evocative, visually powerful
Poore Center Room 443-Videoca documentary is about incestuous sexual abuse of the South Asian girl child. By
interweaving survivors' narratives, including the producer's own story, with interviews
with South Asian mental health professionals, and with statistical information, as well as
poetry and art, "The Children We Sacrifice" discloses the many layers of a subject
traditionally shrouded in secrecy. Insights into the far-reaching psychological, social and
cultural consequences of incest are accompanied by thoughtful assessments of strategies
that have helped adult women cope with childhood trauma. The video also analyzes
social and cultural resistance in South Asia and the Diaspora to dealing with incest's
causes and its effects on its victims.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Christianity in India 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.010 Largest group of Christians is found in South India. The worship of the Syrian Christians,
(ph:608-262-8695) Roman Catholics and Protestants is shown. Emphasizes that Christians are more united
and the churches more indigenous at this time.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Exploring the religions of South Asia
Circles-cycles Kathak dance 28 min., VHS Robert Gottlieb Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1796 K38 C57 1989 This beautifully filmed and edited documentary illustrates aspects of the kathak repertoire
Center Room 443-Videoca as demonstrated by some of it s greatest living performers. A substantial part of this
repertoire is concerned with storytelling and mime. The subject matter of these dances
ranges from simple themes pertaining to village life to sublime depictions of the
experiences of Hindu deities. The repertoire also includes elements of ³pure² dance,
concerned primarily with rhythmic discipline. The film, like so much of India's religious and
cultural thinking, focuses on themes of circles and cycles and shows how they appear
again and again in the dance and its music. A variety of stunning miniature paintings show
kathak dancers in the old court settings and provide historical and aesthetic perspective.
Dancers shown include Birju Maharaj, widely recognized as the foremost living exponent
of kathak dance, his son Jai Kishan, and three celebrated women: Shaswati Sen, Daksha
Sheth, Shovana Narayan.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Cities in India 78 min., VHS (directed by Philip Padechira) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1572 In four parts: 1) The city in India. 2) The city in history. 3) the city: a place of work. 4) The
Center Room 443 city in perspective.
Source: Madcat summary
Cities under siege 29 min., VHS Executive producer, Maurice D. Bauche ; Memorial Library Microforms/Media HT147 A2 C5557 1995 Interviews with urban managers, technicians, elected local officials, and development
written, produced and directed by Matthew Center Room 443-Videoca experts capture the trends and issues facing Asia’s urban future.
Westfall Source: Madcat Summary
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
City of Photos 60 min., DVD (directed by Nishtha Jain) Memorial Library Microforms/Media TR103 C58 2005 City of photos is a personal journey into neighborhood photo studios in three Indian
Center cities of Calcutta, Ahmadabad, and Bombay. In these shabby spaces neighborhood
residents give free rein to their fantasy. With the backgrounds and props on hand they
transport themselves to any place or time they desire. Retouching the photos makes the
illusion complete. CITY OF PHOTOS begins in a photo studio in Calcutta, the city where the
foundations for Indian photography were laid. Here people have themselves
photographed in any situation imaginable. One of the favorite backdrops is the scene of
the airplanes tearing into the Twin Towers on 9/11. Other spectacular disasters are also
popular. The journey continues to a Muslim slum in Ahmedabad. Here the owner of a
small photo studio has an intimate relation with his clients, permitting him to carry out
their wishes precisely. Often the reasons why they have photographs made are tragic.
Many Muslims pose amid the ruins of their houses, which have been plundered and set
ablaze in state-supported anti-Islamic riots. A young Muslim who cannot associate with
the Hindu girl he loves asks for a double portrait, created by computer manipulation. With
stories like these, CITY OF PHOTOS gives us a picture of individual desires and popular
taste, and through the photography shows the vital, complex and sometimes despairing
Cityscapes Delhi 30 min., DVD (directed by Meera Dewan) Memorial Library Microforms/Media HT147 I5 C589 2005 facefilm documents Delhi’s collapsing urban environment and recalls Ghalib, the city’s
The of modern India.
Center best loved 19th century chronicler.
Source: http://www.psbt.org/screening/movie_review/50
Civil society & state : a lesson from Gujarat 28 min., DVD Pralay Kanungo Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS480.84 K3686 2003 Pralay Kanungo and Harsh Mander present a lecture interspersed with visual clips of
Center Room 443, DVD related events in India history. Kanungo speaks about the history of the Rashtriya Swayam
Sevak Sangh and their "them and us" attitude toward the politics of India. Mander talks
about the violence against Muslims in Gujarat and what it means to Indian society to
allow people to be mobilized for such organized violence against women and children.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: In
defence of our dreams
Civilization of India: The Ancient Period (Basham 5 cassettes, 60 min A.L. Basham Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.018 Includes: Rig Veda and the beginnings of philosophy; Development of sacrificial religion in
Lectures UW) each, VHS Van Hise Hall) the later Vedic literature; Origins of the doctrine of transmigration; Growth of mysticism
and the Upanishads; Rise of theism and the composition of the Bhagavad Gita
Classical Indian dance 60 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1693 C57 1995 Presents classical dances from India, demonstrating the range of this art form with its
Center Room 443-Videoca combination of mime, gesture, facial expression and body movement, all executed within
a traditional framework rich in allegory.
Source: Madcat Summary
Classical Indian dance vol 1: two Bharatanatyam dances 51 mins, VHS Producer, Douglas Rosenberg Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1693 C56 1998 Video presents two classical Indian dances in the narrative Bharatanatyam style.
Center Room 443-Videoca Performers offer an explanation of the narrative and the gestures and movements used in
the dances. Source: Madcat Summary
Colours of culture Pakistan 3 cassettes, 135 (produced by Pakistan Television) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-383 Contains "The colours of culture Pakistan", "The beauty of Pakistan", "Kelash", "Hunza
min. each, VHS Center legendary land", and "Silhouttes of fortune".
Source: Madcat summary
Communalization of education and history 26 min., DVD Rizwan Qaiser Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS422 C64 Q35 2003 Rizwan Qaiser and K.M. Shrimali present a lecture intersperced with visual clips of related
Center Room 443, DVD events in India history. Qaiser addresses the topic of how the history of India was been
written in a way that is not historically correct. Shrimali talks about the significance of
Ayodhya in the history of India and why it continues to be a mystery.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: In defence
of our dreams
Community forestry, the language of life 21 min., VHS (NTSC) Produced by Nepal Forum of Environmental Memorial Library Microforms/Media SD561 R43 1995b The First Regional Community Forestry User Group Workshop, 22-27 May 1995,
Journalists Center Room 443-Videoca organised by ICIMOD. Coverage of the first Regional Community Forestry Users’ Group
Workshop attended by community organizers from Nepal, India, Pakistan, Thailand and
the Philippines. Source: http://www.stfx.ca/institutes/coady/coady-
library/text/vidlist.html and http://www.franklin.library.upenn.edu/cgi-
bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v2=1&ti=1,1&SEQ=20090802095751&Search_Arg=tkey%20%22Com
munity%20forestry%3F%22&Search_Code=CMD&CNT=30&PID=ixrS8BQsZsHnBdibDvaBof
FLERBD&SID=1
Compassion in exile: the story of the 14th Dalai Lama 60 min., VHS Produced and directed by Mickey Lemle Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ7935 B77 C6563 Tells about the life and work of the current (14th) encarnation of the Dalai Lama, religious
Center Room 443-Videoca 1992 leader in exile of Tibet. Tells how he holds the culture and faith of his people in trust as the
Chinese try to exterminate the Tibetans.
Source: Madcat Summary
Concert on footpath 20 min., VHS (directed by Mushtaq Gazdar) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-934 Impressionistic montage of city life accompanied by poems of Shah Latif Bhitai, N.M.
Center Rashid, Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Sahid Lhudhianvi.
Source: Madcat summary
IMDB site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246516/
Consecration of a temple (2 copies) 25 min., VHS (directed by Fred Clothey) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.013.001 The Sri Venkateswara Hindu temple, under construction in Pittsburgh, is consecrated in a
and and traditional 5 day ceremony.
Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1243.78 P46 P58 Source: Madcat summary
Center Room 443-Videoca 1990
Contemporary guru: Rajnish and his dynamic 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.013 Examines the role of guru in Hinduism using Sri Rajnish as a model. Devotees are
meditation cult (ph:608-262-8695) interviewed, Sri Rajnish lectures, and dancing and whirling are shown as examples of
ecstatic expressions of devotion juxtaposed to silent meditation techniques.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Exploring the religions
of South Asia
Corporate theft of water: a talk by Maude Barlow 43 min., DVD Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size HD1691 C669 2004 Introduction by Lydia Sargent -- Talk by Maude Barlow -- Interview with Maude Barlow --
Shelving Outtakes: sights and sounds of the World Social Forum, 2004.
Source: Madcat Summary
Cosmic dance of Shiva 55 min., VHS (directed by Deben Bhattacharya) Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 305 Celebrates various images of Shiva, the Hindu Lord of dance, as expressed in ritual dance.
Source: Madcat summary
Courts and councils : dispute settlement in India 30 min., VHS (produced by Worldview Productions) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.010.00 Discusses the court systems employed to settle civil disputes in India.
Source: Madcat summary
Courts and Councils: Dispute Settlement in India 30 min., VHS Executive producer, Joseph W. Elder Memorial Library Microforms/Media KNS3570 C68 1994 Courts and Councils: Dispute Settlement in India observes: (1) A nyaya panchayat council,
Center Room 443-Videoca recently-legislated, taking two farmers' evidence regarding their dispute. (2) A nandiwalla
(bull-tender) caste panchayat council, colorfully-turbaned, that shuns formal courts and
assigns fines and other penalties according to its own traditions and group consensus. (3)
Formal court tribunals, requiring trained, black-robed lawyers and judges reflecting the
British legacy of "adversarial justice" and codified law. The film contrasts Gandhi's and
Ambedkar's views of formal courts and social change through legislation, and concludes
with an Indian Supreme Court justice describing needed judicial reforms.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Cultural roots of communalism 26 min., DVD K.N. Panikkar Memorial Library Microforms/Media HX393.5 P36 2003 K.N. Panikkar and Ran Puniyani present a lecture intersperced with visual clips of related
Center Room 443, DVD events in India history and in the second film includes some audience participation.
Panikkar addresses the topic of how cummunalism and ethnic relations are related.
Puniyani breaks apart the myths that communalists use to further their cause, showing
how Indian history has been rewritten. Source: Madcat Summary
From the series:
In defence of our dreams
Culture and heritage of Pakistan 181 mins, VHS (produced by Pakistan Television) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1662 Documentaries on: 1) Handicraft 2) Dancing horses 3) Kalash 4) Wedding songs (Urdu) 5)
Center Mood and melodies (Urdu) 6) Walled city of Lahore.
Source: Madcat summary
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Dadi and Her Family: A Rural Mother-in-Law in North 45 min., VHS Directed by Michael Camerini and Rina Gil Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1744 H37 D33 1990 "DADI AND HER FAMILY: A RURAL MOTHER-IN-LAW IN NORTH INDIA focuses on a
India (2 copies) Center Room 443-Videoca and grandmother (Dadi) in a Jat farm family in Haryana. Dadi is committed to preserving her
and AS2.011 family consisting of her husband, her sons, her daughters-in-law, and her grandchildren,
Learning Support Services Library (259 all sharing their incomes and expenses. During the film Dadi contrasts the behavior of
Van Hise Hall) daughters-in-law in her day, organizes household work as well as celebrations, and
describes the ultimate dependence of women on the men to whom they are given in
marriage. Dadi and her family recognize, but cannot fully control, the constantly changing
forces holding the family together as well as threatening to break up the family and to
divide and separate the family property."
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
From the series: Contemporary South Asia
Dakshina Kannada, land of the mother goddess 114 min., DVD (directed by S. S. Rajesh) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL2015 M68 D37 2007 The film explores the rich tradition of Mother Goddess worship, transcending all
Center communities and castes in South Karnataka. It traces the mythological manifestations of
the female divinity and delves deep into the Puranas to understand the concept of
creation, procreation and destruction, epitomized by her. In the second part of the film,
different manifestions of the Mother Goddess principle are showcased, namely
Mariamma Mahakali, Sridevi, Maha Amba etc. It explores the Mangala Devi Temple, the
Navaratra, the Kadari temple of Mangalorian heritage, worship of Mother Goddess by
fishermen, and the Bhopa or devotee getting into trance. The film is punctuated with
mythological story lines and elaborate allusions to rituals and agrarian belief systems. It
covers Ambudeswara, Mahalingeswara, Adhilakshmi and Durgaparameswari temples of
Dakshina Kanada.
Source: http://ignca.nic.in/dvd_dakshina.htm
Dalai Lama 90 min., VHS Director, Palden Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS786 D21 1997 Propagandistic documentary of the life of the 14th Dalai Lama, the influence of England
Center Room 443-Videoca and the United States, and the role of Mao Tse-Tung and the People’s Liberation Army.
Emphasis on improvement of the life of thepeasants with the rebellion and exile of the
Dalai Lama. Source: Madcat Summary
Dam/age: a film with Arundhati Roy 50 min., VHS Producer & director, Aradhana Seth Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size PR9499.3 R59 Z57 2002 The story of the events that led to the arrest of author Arundhati Roy in India for
Shelving contempt of court.
Dance the Gods yearn to witness 28 min., VHS Dancers, Priyamvada Sunkar, Teressa Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1796 B4 D35 1997 Traces the process of a modern dancer who studies classical East Indian dance (Bharata
Asencia Center Room 443-Videoca Natyam Dance).
Source: Madcat Summary
Dances of India 27 min., VHS (directed by Nick Havinga) Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1693 D36 2000 Classic dances of India performed in traditional costume by Nala Najan, leading American
Center dancer and teacher of Indian dance. Dances include a celebrated invocation "of
auspicious beginnings" from South India; a south Indian dance to a religious song; and a
North Indian dance of great antiquity that came from Hindu tradition but was adapted by
the Moslem culture and spread from Spain to China. The closing number, a court dance
taught to Najan by the prince of the court titled "Wounded deer," is a metaphor for non-
violence.
Source: Madcat summary
Dancing from Ceylon 28 min., VHS (directed by Nick Havinga) Memorial Library Microforms/ Media GV1703 C44 D44 1999 Seven traditional dances performed by the Ceylon National Dancers. T.P. Amerasinghe, Sir
Center Lankan dance authority, offers commentary on each dance. Lucia Chase of the American
Ballet Theatre provides an introduction. Accompanying music is on historical instruments
including local drums and the conch shell.
Source: Madcat summary
Darubrahma (Wooden Lord): Jagannatha’s recreation in 45 min., VHS Executive director, Joseph W. Elder Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1225 J3 D332 2000 Examines the Hindu deity Jagannatha and the temple dedicated to him in the holy city of
Puri, India (2 copies) Center Room 443-Videoca and Puri, India.
and AS2.049 Source: Madcat Summary
Learning Support Services Library (259
Van Hise Hall)
Daughters of the veil : the impact of education on 13 min., VHS (produced by the Asian Development Bank) Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1745.5 D39 1997 In Pakistan, three out of four women cannot read or write. In a highly traditional and
women in Pakistan Center mainly rural society, women are confined to the home or the field. Education can break
the cycle of seclusion and ignorance. This video shows how education is helping four
young women develop their potential.
Source: http://www.adb.org/Publications/product.asp?sku=0013V
David Sassoon, the great philanthropist 19 min., VHS directed by Nandu Bhende Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS475.2 S26 D39 1998 Depicts the life and work of David Sassoon, the Jewish merchant from Baghdad, who
Center Room 443-Videoca adopted India as his homeland after his arrival in 1832. His success as a businessman and
generosity as a philanthropist earned his family the reputation of being the "Rothchilds of
the East". Includes descriptions of the schools, libraries, clock towers, and synagogues
donated to the cities of Bombay and Pune by the Sassoon family.
Source: Madcat Summary
Dawn = Utthan 32 mins, VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media HN580 V34 D39 1999 Documentary on the rural development in Vansda Taluk in Gujarat
Center Room 443-Videoca Source: Madacat Summary
Death and rebirth in Hinduism 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.015 The final rite of passage, death, is not the end of rites for a Hindu, as seen in this study of
(ph:608-262-8695) the complex and ancient ancestor ceremonies that follow cremation. Illustrated from
various areas of rural and urban India.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the Series: Exploring religions of
Deconstructing supper 47 min., VHS Director, Marianne Kaplan Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor TP248.65 F66 D43 2002 South Asia
Documentary film that looks at the way modern food is produced through genetic
modification and through organic farming in Canada, Europe, India, and United States. A
gourmet chef, John Bishop, leads us on an investigation of various genetically modified
food products and the leader in genetic engineering, Monsanto.
Source: Madcat Summary
Delhi way 44 min., VHS (produced by Radim Films) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.028.001 A tour of Delhi, showing views of the old and new cities, the varied patterns of daily life in
the streets, parks, and homes, and at religious shrines. Uses architecture, paintings, bas
reliefs, photographs, and old films to re-create moments from the Mughal and British
periods in the history of Delhi.
Source: Madcat summary
Desi dub 25 min., VHS Produced and directed by Leith Gill Murgai Memorial Library Microforms/Media E184 S69 D47 1997 A look at the South Asian popular music scene in New York City.
and Swati Khurana Center Room 443-Videoca Source: Madcat Summary
Destination Nepal 10 min., VHS (presented by the Peace Corps of the United Historical Society Library US Government PE 1.13: W A cultural and social tour of Nepal, with a focus on the Peace Corps presence in that
States) Publications 89/NEPAL/VIDEO country.
Source: Madcat summary
Destination Sri Lanka 15 min., VHS (produced by the US Peace Corps) Historical Society Library US Government PE 1.13: W U.S. Peace Corps trainging video for Sri Lanka.
Publications 89/SRIL./VIDEO Source: Madcat summary
Destroyer of illusion: the secret world of a Tibetan Lama 56 min., DVD Written and directed by Richard Kohn Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ5720 M28 D47 2003 Film focuses on the ancient Mani-Rimdu festival of "awakening" and on Trulshig
Center Room 443, DVD Rinpoche, the spiritual leader of the region whose name means "destroyer of illusion."
Rinpoche goes from his home in Thubten Chöling to Chiwong Monastery to preside over
the festival. Source: Madcat Summary
Deva vādyangal : temple instruments of Kerala 58 min., DVD Producer R. Bharathadri Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility DVD 311 Explores ramifications of sound emited by temple musical instruments for various
ritualistic and ceremonial purposes.
Source: Madcat Summary
The film explores ramifications of sound emitted by temple musical instruments for
various ritualistic and ceremonial purposes. For example, Pani, which is basic to Pancha
Vadya, is used for the invocation of God, and also while taking the deity out. Likewise, the
film touches upon the lesser known temple instruments of Kerala like Maddalam,
Tayambaka Kompu, Kuzhal and Pancha Vadyam like Sudha Maddalam, Edakka, Kompu,
Elathalam. It traces the Guruvayur tradition and examines the Travancore School in which
traditional instruments are played and taught. The sound bytes explore the age old
tradition of playing these instruments.
Source: http://ignca.nic.in/dvd_temple_instruments.htm
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Diamond road 99 min., DVD Produced by Robert Lang ; directed by Nisha College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. HD9677 A2 D53 2008 Every year, worldwide, 24 tons of diamonds are teased from the heart of the earth. Once
Pahuja West, Rm 1191 mined, the diamonds begin their year-long journey through the "pipeline", a vast
secretive network encompassing five continents and a diverse cast of characters. By the
end of their journey these tiny bits of carbon will have made multi-millionaires of some
and virtual slaves of others. Boring deep into the diamond network, Diamond Road
explores the multiple meanings this object has for a few of the captivating characters who
are part of the diamond pipeline: an impoverished miner in Sierra Leone, a child cutter
and prominent businessman in India, a celebrity jeweler and a high-end dealer in New
York. Their stories are interwoven with that of a complex industry leader who is fighting
for transparency and fair trade for diamonds.
Source: Madcat Summary
Disaster relief in India : UNICEF responds VHS (produced by UNICEF) Social Work Library Reserve Collection HV555 I5 D57 2000 Disaster relief in india.
Source: Madcat summary
Discovering China and Tibet 52 min., VHS Producer/writer, Ronald C. Meyer MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) PreK-12 DS712 .D57 1988 Enter the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty. Travel to Tibet, a Buddhist culture that
Stacks remains virtually isolated from the rest of the world. Witness the effects of modernization
on the Chinese workplace, a growing industry that has transformed China into an
awakening giant." "From the fertile farmland between the Yellow and Yangtze rivers to
the remote mountain monasteries of Tibet, this attractive video tour explores the
geography, culture, and people of contemporary China.
Source:
www.aems.uiuc.edu
Dishonored 52 min., DVD (directed by Sigrun Norderval & Gard A. Memorial Library Microforms/Media HV6569 P18 D574 2007 The local clan council in Merwala – “the Punchat”, was of the opinion that Ms. Mukhtar
Andreassen) Center Mais family was to blame for a conflict between hers and a far wealthier clan. The matter
was considered a question of honor, and the punishment was the violation of Mukhtar.
In June 2002 four men raped her. More than a hundred people were present during the
violation, among them her own father, who was prevented from interfering.
In Pakistan, hundreds of women are subjected to the same abuse as Ms. Mukhtar Mai
every year. As Rosa Parks did in the US in the fifties, Mukhtar refused to accept her
humiliation. In her struggle for justice she wages war, both in the judiciary and in public.
Her target? The Pakistani authorities and old tribal traditions. She fights the battle of the
underdog, like David vs Goliath, but with the support of international recognition she is
likely to win.
Ms. Mukhtar Mai was an illiterate, quiet though strong–willed peasant woman. Her life at
stake, she demands basic human rights for women in Pakistan. She has transformed from
a victim to an agent. Her achievements are as amazing as her character.
Source: http://www.nfi.no/english/norwegianfilms/show.html?id=932
Film sites: http://www.basictv.no/index.aspx?page=1&id=1114&cat=1065&type=more
http://icarusfilms.com/new2008/dis.html
Disordered states 56 min., VHS Produced, written, and directed by Peter MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) PreK-12 RC454 .D57 1993 Even through Western medicine continues to look for a cure for serious mental disorders
Montagnon Stacks like schizophrenia, the origin and course of these conditions differ dramatically from
culture to culture, pointing to the role of social factors. At a time when psychiatry is
turning to "hard" science and the biomedical model, should it, like the rest of medicine,
put more emphasis on social factors in the care of the mentally ill? "Disordered States"
compares treatments of the mentally ill in the United States, Italy, and India.
Source: Madcat
Summary
From the series: Medicine at the crossroads
Diverted to Delhi Produced, 55 min., DVD Directed, and written by Greg Stitt Memorial Library Microforms/Media HE8789 I4 D58 2002 he toll-free telephone numbers used to place orders or get information are often
Center Room 443, DVD answered thousands of miles away, by Indians impersonating local operators. Whether a
New Yorker calls American Express or an English housewife calls Harrods, the calls may be
re-routed, answered by Indians trained to speak and even think like Americans, or Brits or
Australians. Diverted to Delhi follows a group of university graduates through a rigorous
crash course which they hope will prepare them for prestigious, well paying positions in
these call centers. Over a three- week period, they will attempt to improve their English
language and presentation skills, change their names, modify their accents and put aside
their own cultural identities as they learn to speak and think like their international callers.
This adds a new cultural dimension to 'globalization.' Over 200 of the U.S. Fortune 500
companies choose to service their clients via Indian call centers. These service jobs have
left their countries of origin, contributing to unemployment in the West. But to the
businesses who use them, it is an increasingly attractive proposition-- the technology is
instantaneous and the labor and set-up costs are low, yet the staff is keen, highly
educated and available around the clock. Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Division of Hearts 57 min. By Satti Khanna and Peter Chappell Center for South Asia Outreach Video The 1947 British subdivision of colonial India into Pakistan and the independent Indian
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) nation caused the loss of 500,000 lives and the relocation of millions—one of the most
extensive movement of peoples ever. After centuries of coexistence, Hindus, Sikhs, and
Muslims became victims of mutual suspicion as violence swept through the countryside.
The resulting mass relocations of these groups transformed village populations overnight.
In DIVISION OF HEARTS ordinary people from Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh —
cartdrivers, laborers, tradespeople, farmers — tell this history and recount their own
tumultuous experiences. Their memories, combined with archival news film, bear witness
to the traumatic birth of two independent nations. Source:
http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Doing time, doing Vipassana 52 min., VHS By Ayelet Menahemi and Eilona Ariel Ask library staff for assistance in locating This extraordinary documentary takes viewers into India's largest prison - known as one
this title of the toughest in the world - and shows the dramatic change brought about by the
introduction of Vipassana meditation. This is the story of a strong woman named Kiran
Bedi, the former Inspector General of Prisons in New Delhi. It tells how she strove to
transform the notorious Tihar Prison, once a hellhole of crime, and turn it into an oasis of
peace. It is a story of an ancient meditation technique, Vipassana, which helps people to
take control of their lives and channel them towards their own good and the good of
others. But most of all it is the story of the prison inmates who underwent profound
change, and who realized that incarceration is not the end but possibly the beginning of a
new life.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Dolls and dust : women workers in Sri Lanka, Thailand 60 min., VHS (produced by the Committee for Asian Memorial Library Microforms/Media HD6181.85 D65 1998 A documentary on the impact of industrial restructuring and globalisation on women
and South Korea Women) Center workers in Sri Lanka, Thailand and South Korea.
Source: Madcat summary
Review: http://www.twnside.org.sg/title/dolls-cn.htm
Don’t ask why (2 copies) 33 min., VHS (by Sazbiha Sumar, part of "Girls around the Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ798 G569 1999 Anousheh lives with her strict Muslim parents and two brothers in Karachi, Pakistan. At
world") Center 17, she is at an age where daughters are usually married off. But Anousheh wants to study
and and refuses to accept the restrictions her religion and culture have imposed on her
Center for South Asia Outreach Video personal freedom. It causes conflict with her mother and lengthy discussions with her
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) father. Her desire to be 'as free as her brothers' is drawing her close to the Islamic political
party, Jamaat-i-Islami which, although dominated by men, promises the liberating power
of Islam for both men and women. The film, by Sabiha Sumar, one of the few
independent filmmakers in Pakistan, follows Anousheh as she struggles to realize her
dreams and cope with her share of disappointment. It is a beautifully realized and rare
portrait of girls in South Asia and their relationship to Islam at the beginning of the 21st
century.
Source: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c539.shtml
Author: http://www.jazbah.org/sabiha.php
Dreams of Tibet 60 min., VHS Produced and directed by Ben Loeterman College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. DS786 D7 1997 Journalist and China watcher Orville Schell explores the clash of values between American
West, Rm 1191 opinion of China’s human rights record and the uncomprehending and intransigent
Chinese leadership. Source: Madcat Summary
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Dynasty: the Nehru-Gandhi Story 180 min., VHS (directed by Mark Anderson and Charles Memorial Library Stacks DS481 A1 D96 1997 This story documents the Nehru family’s ties of blood, sacrifice and power, and chronicles
Bruce) the life work of Mahatma Gandhi. News and interview footage describe the split between
Pakistan and India and explain the complicated politics surrounding the cessation of
British rule. The program provides a summary of 20th century Indian history, including the
1964 death of Prime Minister Nehru and what his passing meant to a country enduring
great change.
Source: http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/244874/The-Dynasty-The-Nehru-Ghandi-
Story-Part-I-Awakenings/overview
"Unravel the ties of blood, power and sacrifice that sustained spiritual and
political independence in post-imperial India. Although they forged the destiny of
their nation, the Nehru family paid a terrible price: partition, civil strife and
assassination. Witness the irony and agony of a family that liberated a nation but
could not unite it."
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Echoes of dissent 30 min., VHS Directed by Peter L. Attipetty Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1742 E26 1997 Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Center Room 443-Videoca
Eight movements of Yantra Yoga: an ancient Tibetan 69 min., VHS Produced by Shan Shung Institute and Memorial Library Microforms/Media RA791.7 E545 1999 The eight movements of Yantra Yoga is a practical and simple guide for learning and
tradition Angelo Fontana Center Room 443-Videoca practicing this precious discipline. These eight movements are done in preparation to the
more complex teaching of Yantra Yoga.
Source: Madcat Summary
Emerging powers : India 50 min., VHS (produced by Dow Jones & Company) College Library Main Collection HC59.7 E477 1996 Movie about India's modern economic growth.
Source: Madcat summary
Endangered animals from around the world 161 min., DVD Produced by Christian Bruyére, Ian Herring Primate Center Library Audio Visual DVD 0087 2005 Wolves: Wolves run free again in Banff National Park thanks to Dr. Paul Paquet. Swift
Collection foxes: Clio Smeeton re-introduces the swift fox to its Prairie habitat. Bengal tigers:
Anthony Marr works with Westerners and Indian villagers to save the Bengal tiger. Black
and white rhinos: Courtland Parfet protects rhinos on his ranch in Kenya and has probably
saved the black rhino from extinction. Elephants: Joyce Poole studies the elephants at
Kenya’s Ambseli National Park. Kenyan wildlife vet: Dr. Tom deMaar’s patients are the
wild animals that roam Kenya’s Ol Jogi Sanctuary. Nazinga Game Reserve: Clark Lungren’s
plan to save the wildlife of Burkina Faso in West Africa resulted in the Nazinga Game
Reserve.
Source: Madcat Summary
Epidemics and the environment 29 min., VHS Production of the Economic Development Wendt Library Book Stacks RB152.5 E65 1998 A boy in Connecticut is paralyzed by Lyme disease after being bitten by a deer tick. Health
Institute officials trace the disease to a rise in the deer population, prompted by a manmade
decline in natural predators that keep deer numbers in check. Epidemics such as this are
on the rise, as humans continue to upset the delicate links between themselves and the
environment. This program examines this issue within the context of the reemergence of
the plague in India and cholera in Peru.
Source: Madcat Summary
Equal justice 20 min., VHS (produced by Lawyers for Human Rights & Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1621 A documentary on the struggle for legal aid for defendents in Pakistan.
Legal Aid) Center Source: Madcat summary
Eunuchs : India’s third gender Part 49 min., VHS Director, Michael Yorke Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ449 E96 1991 The film interviews a couple, Dinesh, a male, and Kiran, a eunuch who dresses as a female
of the Series: Under the sun Center Room 443-Videoca and fulfills a housewifely role. The film also features a eunuch community that supports
itself by the traditional roles of faith healing and blessing ceremonies celebrating major
life events. It also shows a community in Bombay where eunuchs can no longer support
themselves in the traditional manner but instead have turned to prostitution. Two new
recruits are admitted into this community in a traditional Indian wedding ceremony.
Source: Madcat Summary
Exploring the Himalayas, Nepal & Kashmir 60 min., VHS (directed by Gary Adams) MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) DS485 H6 E97 1990 "This video journey starts in India's state of Kashmir, at Srinagar, on the beautiful
PreK-12 Stacks Dal Lake, then goes to the ancient trading city of Leh in remote Ladakh and the
Annapurna mountains. Raft the Trisuli River, ride the elephant in Chitwan National Park,
refuge for the one-horned rhino. Explore the emerald city of Kathmandu, observe the
colorful Indra Jatra and meet the engaging Sherpa people living in the shadow of Mt.
Everest."
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
This video tour encompasses three major religions, cultural diversity, and challenging
physical terrain. Visit Srinagar, Ladakh, Zanskar Valley, Kathmandu, Mt. Everest, Chitwan
National Park, and the Anapurna Mountains. This video journey starts in India's state of
Kashmir, at Srinagar, on the beautiful Dal Lake, then goes to the ancient trading city of Leh
in remote Ladakh and the Annapurna mountains. Raft the Trisuli River, ride the elephant
in Chitwan National Park, refuge for the one-horned rhino. Explore the emerald city of
Kathmandu, observe the colorful Indra Jatra and meet the engaging Sherpa people living
in the shadow of Mt. Everest.
Source: http://www.worldlanguage.com/Products/Exploring-the-Himalayas-Nepal-
Kashmir-Malay-Movies-Videos-18070.htm
Eyewitness 100 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA- Monthly news magazine in video format. Each program runs for about 100 minutes.
Center Room 443-SA Video 1284 Library Has: Source: Madcat Summary
1991:Mar. - 1994:Jan.
Facts & myths 28 min., DVD K.N. Panikkar Memorial Library Microforms/Media HX393.5 P36 2003 K.N. Panikkar and Ran Puniyani present a lecture intersperced with visual clips of related
Center Room 443, DVD events in India history and in the second film includes some audience participation.
Panikkar addresses the topic of how cummunalism and ethnic relations are related.
Puniyani breaks apart the myths that communalists use to further their cause, showing
how Indian history has been rewritten. Source: Madcat Summary
From the series:
In defence of our dreams
Families of India 30 min., VHS (produced by Arden Films) IMC PreK-12 Stacks HQ670 .F36 2001 Follows a day in the lives of a 9 year old boy and a 6 year old girl in Jamnagar, India.
Source: Madcat summary
Fatal impact 53 min., DVD Director/producer, David Olusoga College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. HQ751 F38 2008 During the 19th century, racial categorization took on a pseudoscientific stance. This
West, Rm 1191 program shows how the academic racism of the period helped to spread imperialist
policies across the globe. Sifting through the "science" of eugenics and its link to social
Darwinism, the film juxtaposes racial hygiene theories with racial warfare in Tasmania,
Victorian apathy in famine-wracked India, and horrific German colonization tactics in
Namibia. Source: Madcat Summary
Fearless: stories from Asian women 78 min., VHS Writer & producers, Peter Du Cane, Mathew Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1236.5 A78 F43 A study of three women who are fighting for social justice, both in their homelands and in
Kelley Center Room 443-Videoca 2003 exile.
Contents: Tape 1. The price of freedom -- Tape 2. Breaking the caste -- Tape 3. Heart on
the sleeve.
Source: Madcat Summary
Fifth Schedule 43 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media SA-1690 On the process of intrusion of non-tribals into tribal habitat in the Godavari districts in
Sciences Center Room 443-SA Video Andhra Pradesh resulting in large scale alienation of tribal land, deforestation, and
ecological degredation. Also examines the initiatives for development, both by
governmental and voluntary sources. Source: Madcat Summary
Filling gaps in education 15 min., VHS (produced by UNICEF) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1527 Documentary on the working of home schools, run on self-help basis, in different suburbs
Center of Karachi.
Source: Madcat summary
Final Solution 149 min. Directed by Rakesh Sharma Center for South Asia Outreach Video Final Solution is a study of the politics of hate. Set in Gujarat during the period of
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) Feb/March 2002 - July 2003, the film graphically documents the changing face of right-
wing politics in Indian through a study of genocidal violence against Moslems. It
specifically examines political tendencies reminiscent of the Nazi Germany of early/mid-
1930s. Final Solution is anti-hate/violence as "those who forget history are condemned to
relive it". Source:
http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
First harvest 32 min., VHS (produced by Canadian International Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1054 Chronicles development efforts of the Aga Khan Rural Support Project in the Northern
Development Agency and Aghakhan Rural Center Areas of Pakistan. Includes extensive coverage of efforts to authentically restore the 900
Development Programme) year old Baltit Fort in the Hunza Valley town of Karimabad, as well as how villagers work
with AKRSP to bring water to previously unirrigated area (hence the title "First Harvest"
from lands which had never before produced.
Source: http://jsis.washington.edu/soasia/resources/video.shtml
Fishing in the sea of greed 45 min., VHS Direction, Anand Patwardhan Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size SH335.6 F57 1998 Documents the response of traditional fishing communities and rice farmers to the threat
Shelving of displacement by overfishing and pollution resulting from industrial fishing practices
such as use of gigantic factory ships.
Source: Madcat Summary
Flesh trade 20 min., VHS (produced by Lawyers for Human Rights & Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA- Problems of prostitution in Pakistan.
Legal Aid) Center 1621 Source: Madcat summary
Flow: for love of water (2 copies) 84 min., DVD Directed by Irena Salina Geography Library HD1691 F595 2008 Investigates the growing privatization of the world’s dwindling fresh water supply from
and and the perspective of politics, economics, pollution and environmental issues, human rights,
Wisconsin's Water Library 201675 video public health, and the effects of corporate greed and apathetic governments. Features
interviews with scientists and activists, who discuss the water crisis at both the global and
human scale. Also gives viewers a look at the people and institutions providing practical
solutions to the water crisis and those developing new technologies to address the
problem. Source: Madcat Summary
Folk dances of Sikkim 28 min., DVD Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1694 S55 F65 2002 A variety of communities live in Sikkim, each contributing to the performing arts of the
Center Room 443, DVD region. There are the Lepchas, the earliest settlers of Sikkim. Then there are the Bhutias,
mainly descendants of the early settlers from Tibet and Bhutan and finally the Nepalis
who came from Nepal and settled in Sikkim. Each of these have distinctive repertoire of
folk songs and dances almost for every social or religious ceremony. The dances featured
are the sangni, maruni, tamang selo, chufaat, zo-mal-lok and shabado.
Source: Madcat Summary
Folk instrumental music of Pakistan 61 min., VHS (produced by Naseem Ullah) Memorial Library Microforms/Media M1824 P26 F65 1993 Series of programs containing a range of folk instrumental music from all regions of
Center Pakistan.
Source: Madcat summary
Folk music of Pakistan 1975-76 : sounds and stills 62 min., DVD (produced by Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy and Amy Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility DVD 251 Show of Pakistani folk music based on Nazir Jairazbhoy’s 3-week fieldtrip to Pakistan in
Catlin-Jairazbhoy) 1975.
Source: Madcat summary
Folk musicians of Rajasthan 45 min., VHS N.A. Jairazbhoy Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 619 A 45-minute narrated video program which reflects a wide variety of traditional songs,
dances, and rituals little known outside of Rajasthan.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Food for all, the spiritual dimension: the pursuit of a DVD Designed & directed by Dinesh Lakhanpal Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL65 F65 L35 2002 On spiritual significance of food in religions of India.
hunger free world Center Room 443, DVD Source: Madcat Summary
For a place under the heavens 53 min., VHS (directed by Sabiha Sumar) Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size HQ1745.5 F67 2003 Beginning with the creation of Pakistan in 1947, Sumar traces the relationship of Islam to
Shelving the state in an effort to understand how women are coping with and surviving the
increasing religiosity of civil and political life in her country. Raised in a more secular time,
she struggles to comprehend how religious schools have expanded at once unthinkable
rates and presents chilling footage of a mother encouraging her toddler to be a martyr
when he grows up. Mixing political analysis with interviews with activist colleagues, noted
Islamic scholars and Pakistani women who have chosen to embrace fundamentalism,
Sumar’s provocative questions dramatically capture the tension between liberal and
fundamentalist forces that are shaping life in contemporary Pakistan.
Source: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c624.shtml
Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict 174 min., 2 VHS produced and directed by Steve York LGBT Campus Center Video Coll., 2nd HM1281 F67 2002 and This six-part series tells one of the 20th century's most important and least-known stories-
Written Floor Memorial Union and Learning PS1.029 - how nonviolent power overcame oppression and authoritarian rule. In South Africa in
Support Services 259 Van Hise 1907, Mohandas Gandhi led Indian immigrants in a nonviolent fight for rights denied
them by white rulers. The power that Gandhi pioneered has been used by underdogs on
every continent and in every decade of the 20th century, to fight for their rights and
freedom. Discusses how Gandhi's non-violent method of political protest was used to
fight segregation in 1960s Nashville, Tennessee; liberate India from British colonial rule;
weaken South African apartheid; undermine German the occupational presence in 1940s
Denmark; motivate the Polish Solidarity movement in the 1980s; and protest the
dictatorship of Chilean Dictator Augusto Pinochet. Source:
www.aems.uiuc.edu
Forced 25 min By Kiran Shrestha and Bimal Rawal Center for South Asia Outreach Video A video log on the state of children of far Western Nepal.
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
.
Forest managers of Hindu Kush Himalaya 40 min., VHS (produced by the International Centre for Memorial Library Microforms/Media TD171.5 H54 F67 1998 Coverage of an environmental protection program for the forests of the Hindu Kush
Integrated Mountain Development) Center Room 443 region of the Himalayas.
Source: Madcat summary
Centre site: http://www.icimod.org/
Forests 22 min., DVD Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor SD414 I5 F67 2000 Forests are still the mainstay of a large part of the rural and tribal population of India.
Fuelwood, fruits and vegetables, housing material, fodder, and raw material for
manufacturing commercial goods are all sourced from the forests. In addition, forests are
home to a variety of flora and fauna. Agroforestry, the growing of trees in addition to
crops, helps farmers tide over difficult years by providing fuelwood, fodder, fruits, oils,
spices, etc. regularly. This film carries five short-duration capsules on bamboo,
biodiversity, jute, agroforestry. Source: Madcat
Summary
From the series: Terraview
Formation of Indian identity; Gujarat, after and before 28min., 17min., 27 (directed by Gauhar Raza) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BF755 I4 H37 2003 Sohail Hashmi, Digant Oza, and vedita Menon present a lecture intersperced with visual
carnage; India Pakistan : hostility and communalism min., DVD Center clips of related events in India history. Hashmi talks about the facts about Indian identity.
He has a long section on the food that Indians identify as their own but is often very
recently incorporated into the national cuisine. Oza looks at how the violence against the
Muslims in Gujarat has effected the entire community, hurting not only the Muslims but
the entire population. Bidwai looks at the continuing conflict between India and Pakistan,
and how this conflict has effected the economy of both countries. He explains how the
present direction India is moving is much like how the Middle East got where they are.
Source: Madcat summary
Four families 59 min., VHS Margaret Mead MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) PreK-12 HQ769 .F68 1980 A comparison of child rearing practices in India, France, Japan, and Canada.
Stacks Anthropologist Margaret Mead discusses how the upbringing of the child contributes to a
distinctive national character.
Source: Madcat Summary
Four holy men : renunciation in Hindu society (2 copies) 37 min., VHS (made by University of Wisconsin-Extension, Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.004.001 Shows the day to day lives of four men who have renounced the world to become holy
Telecommunications Center) and and men in present day India.
Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1239.5 A82 F68 1990 Source: Madcat summary
Center Room 443-Videoca From the series: Contemporary South Asia
Fourth Islamic Summit 20 min., VHS (produced by Shalimar Recording Co.) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-14 Speech by President General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq at Fourth Islamic Summit in
Center Islamabad on 17th January, 1984.
Source: Madcat summary
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Fourth stage : A Hindu's Quest for Release 42 min., VHS (directed by Joseph W. Elder) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.024.001 Accompanies retired newspaper editor, E.R. Seturam, as he wrestle with the decision
and and whether or not to abandon all of his possessions and become a wandering sannyasin in
Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1241.54 F36 1984 pursuit of spiritual enlightenment. He's recently retired and is at an age when orthodox
Center Room 443-Videoca men traditionally have begun preparation for the fourth stage of life as a sannysin. As he
says, "It is one thing to be an arm-chair philosopher and quite another to experience these
truths for yourself. Now that I have some time at my disposal, I'm going on a quest for
that experience."
We follow Seturam to the Deccan Herald office where he tells old friends: "If there's one
thing that I've learned from 35 years of journalism, it's that no two men will report a
single event in the same way. All truth of this world is only relatively real. But now at 64, I
feel the need to seek for a different kind of truth, which is more abiding, more real. Old
age is not the end; it can be a new beginning."
Source: http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/films/fourth.html
Freedom before 11 26 min., DVD Research, script, camera, Radhika Menon, Memorial Library Microforms/Media IN PROCESS (as of 25 On the problems faced by working women and girl students residing in hostels; with
Roseanne Lobo Center Room 443, DVD July 2009) special reference to Bombay, India.
Source: Madcat Summary
From Africa-- to India : Sidi music in the Indian Ocean 74 min., VHS (produced by Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy) Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 821 Surveys the music and dances of African-Indian communities in Karnataka, Hyderabad,
diaspora( 2 copies) and Bombay, and numerous sites in Gujarat. Ritual events show the stages of music during
Center for South Asia Outreach Video celebratory rites. ... In excerpts from a conference of Sidis and scholars, Sidis present their
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) own views on their history, present conditions and hopes for the future.
Source: Madcat summary
Review: http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/4.2/fr_umbach1.html
From Kalarippayattu to Beckett 130 min., VHS Phillip B. Zarrilli Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1100.71 K47 F766 In August 1998, as part of the passePartout Festival in Utrecht, Holland, Phillip Zarrilli led a
Center Room 443-Videoca 1999 two-week workshop for European actors. The group undertook daily training based on
Asian martial and meditative arts, and then applied these insights to work on selected
Beckett texts. Zarrilli is an acknowledged expert on Kalarippayattu, the South Indian
martial art form. Source: Madcat Summary
From the burning embers 35 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-820 A documentary on involuntary sati in Rajasthan.
Center Room 443-SA Video Source: Madcat Summary
From the diary of a genetic counsellor 21 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1693 The program takes up two cases of Down’s Syndrome, with different genetic profiles
Sciences Center Room 443-SA Video (Trisomy 21 and Translocation 14-21) and traces the counseling process involved in each
case. The aim is to highlight the counseling strategies that could be adopted to help clients
come to terms and deal with the disorder.
Source: Madcat Summary
Frontiers of peace (2 copies) 40 min., VHS (produced by Paul L. Kuepferle) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1320 F76 1986 Film explores Jainism by showing the interrelationship between all four elements of the
Center and "Sangh" or community of monks, nuns, laymen. Set in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, the film first
and AS2.051 establishes the central religious tenets of the religion, impure actions prevent the soul
Learning Support Services Library (259 from achieving Liberation, and Liberation can only be achieved by practicing ahimsa [non-
Van Hise Hall) violence]. We then explore the implications of these assumptions for each element of the
Jain community.
Source: http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/films/frontier.html
"Frontiers of Peace: Jainism in India opens inside a Jain animal shelter where infirm birds
and animals are cared for, in keeping with the Jain commitment ot non-violence. A Jain
town father, a nun, and a monk describe the major observances of the Jains, their
founder, mahavir, their 2,500 year history, and their concern for the preservation of all
living beings. An interview with a former Join monk who renounced his vows reveals some
of the disturbing ways contemporary events can challenge Jain beliefs. The film concludes
with the initiation rituals of a young Jain nun. She describes her reasons for becoming a
nun, her need to sever contact with all males including her brothers, and her joy at the
possibility of being liberated from the endless cycle of rebirths." Source:
Gandhi 27 min., VHS Walter Cronkite Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.027.001 www.aems.uiuc.edu
A biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, tracing his rise to importance in India and his
(ph:608-262-8695) struggles to win independence for that country.
Source: Madcat Summary
Gender-issue : movement & interrelation with 27 min., DVD S.K. Thorat Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS422 C3 T46 2003 S.K. Thorat and Nivedita Menon present a lecture intersperced with visual clips of related
communal politics Center Room 443, DVD events in India history. Thorat addresses the caste system in India and how it is supported
today. Menon addresses the current state of women right’s in India in particular how it
relates to a woman’s place in the family.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: In defence of
our dreams
Gift of a girl 24 min., VHS Produced by Mayyasa Al-Malazi ; directed Memorial Library Microforms/Media HV6541 I5 G54 1997 This powerful and moving film explores the complexity of female infanticide in southern
by Jo Smith, Mayyasa Al-Malazi Center Room 443-Videoca India and shows steps that are being taken to eradicate the practice. RISE, a non-
governmental agency, is working in the villages to promote the idea among women that
female children are equal in the eyes of the law and can be an asset in the family. They
have set up associations called sanghams to support pregnant women and mothers in
their decision to keep their daughters. When a girl baby is born, the sanghams celebrates
her arrival with gifts, showing the mother that a girl is something to be valued. This
sensitive film does not dwell on the horrors of the practice. Rather, it allows the women
to speak for themselves and shows how they can be empowered. Source:
www.aems.uiuc.edu
Given to dance: India's Odissi Tradition (2 copies) 57 min., VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.023 Deals with Odissi dance, associated with the temple of Lord Jagganath in Puri, Orissa. In
Van Hise Hall) and the past, a few families ritually married their young daughters to Lord Jagganath. Their
and BL1237.58 D48 G58 daughters then trained as devadasis (female servants of the Lord, supported by the
Memorial Library Microforms/Media 1986 temple) to sing and dance in the temple. The British colonial administrators mistakenly
Center Room 443-Videoca labeled the devadasis "temple prostitutes." The film interviews the last of the devadasis as
they describe dancing for the Lord. We meet gotipuas, boys dressed as girls who provide a
more popular form of the dance outside the temple. And we meet contemporary
performers of Odissi dance, who attend workshops and talk about dancing for self-
fulfillment. The film captures the dynamics of an elaborate dance tradition undergoing
not one--but two--reinterpretations.
Source: http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/films/given.html
Gokak goes green, 12 min., VHS Anand Deshmukh Memorial Library Microforms/Media NA9053 G7 G65 1999 Documentary on the establishment of an industrial greenbelt through afforestation by the
Center Room 443-Videoca firm Gokak Mills in the Belgaum District of India. Source: www.lib.berkeley.edu
Gotipua 32 min., DVD (directed by Gul Bahar Singh) Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1693 G68 2007 Indian tradition of dance remains a contextual expression of inter-wovenness of life style,
Center festivity and sacred invocation. Cultural continuum and amalgamation remains the
fulcrum of this tradition. Male Gotipua dancers and Dev Dasi dancers, consecrated to
God, have given shape to Odissi. Dance has moved from sacred temple space to public
space. Today, Gotipuas survive in limited circles. The film highlights the physical and
mental preparation of young dancers within a tight framework of training. It is a tribute to
India’s great intangible heritage of Gotipuas and their contribution to the Indian
performing arts tradition.
Source: http://ignca.nic.in/dvd_gotipua.htm
Great Indian railway 115 min., VHS Directed and photographed by William Law Library Circulation Desk Instructional video Documentary on the history of railroads in India, including where the trains run, how they
Livingston collection are used by the people in the country, and the complexities of running the trains onboard.
Source: Madcat Summary
Great tales in Asian art 82 min., VHS Produced and directed by Perry Miller Adato Art Library Audiovisual Collection (non- N7260 G743 1995 Great Tales in Asian Art - Four mythic tales are revealed through masterpieces of Asian art
circulating) in this video. Indian painting, Indonesian sculpture, Javanese shadow play, Korean masked
drama and Japanese paintings on screens and scrolls are all explored here. This beautiful
joining of literature and the visual arts was filmed on location in four countries.
Source:
www.aems.uiuc.edu
Greening our future 43 min., VHS (produced by Shoman Productions) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1292 A film on the "Pakistan National Conservation Survey" on conservation developments.
Center Source: Madcat summary
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Gurukulas of Kerala: islands of lost rhythm 29 min., DVD Script & direction, Sajeev Pillai Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility DVD 383 On the traditional education system for art and music in Kerala, India. Rather than basing
education on the Westernized concept of acquiring a database of knowledge, the concept
of "gurukulas" emphasizes the search for truth and the unknown.
Source: Madcat Summary
Habitat-e-Pakistan 46 min., VHS (produced by Javad Jabbar) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1620 An outline of problems caused by urbanization with some examples of possible solutions.
Center Source: Madcat summary
Hajari bhand of Rajasthan 40 min., VHS By John and Ulrike Emigh Memorial Library Microforms/Media PN1589 I5 H353 1985 Hajari Bhand of Chittogarh, Rajasthan is renowned in the nearby courts, villages and
Center Room 443-Videoca towns of Mewar for his skills as a "Bahurupiya" -- a wandering mimic performing mostly
comic routines. Bhands were popular entertainers in times of kings and ruler of India.
Wandering mimics such as Hajari Bhand perform their routines in the streets, courtyards,
and marketplaces of Bajasthan. Source: Madcat Summary
Hampi - The World Heritage Site 139 min., DVD (directed by R.Bharathadri) Memorial Library Microforms/Media 1 Copy Claimed as of The film showcases the grandeur of the World Heritage Site – Hampi, known in ancient
Center 10/27/2008 times as Pampakshetra. Hampi was the capital of Vijayanagar Empire on the south bank
of river Tungabhadra, in Karnataka between the 14th and 16th centuries. The roving
camera takes one through the corridors of artistic creativity in the primeval rocky
landscape, dotted with massive fortifications, aqueducts, tanks, colossal gopuras and
monolithic sculptures, Queens Bath and Chandrashekhara temple, Virupaksha temple,
Lakshmi Narasimha or Krishna temple, Hazara Rama temple, Vitthala and
Tiruvengalanatha temple. It explores the contextual oral tradition, animating the cultural
hinterland, with sound bytes of scholars, and music emanating from musical pillars.
Source: http://ignca.gov.in/dvd_hampi.htm
Harsh beauty 52 min., DVD Directed by Alessandra Zeka LGBT Campus Center Video Coll., 2nd HQ77.95 H37 2005 Existing as they have for centuries, the Eunuchs (or Hijra) are considered the third gender,
Floor Memorial Union neither men nor women. Harsh Beauty follows over a period of 3 years the lives of Jyothi,
Usha and hira bai, three Eunuchs who live openly as women, and want to be accepted as
their true selves. This one hour documentary uses a verite approach, creating intimate
and personal accounts of their lives, without presenting an anthropological perspective.
Source: http://cart.frameline.org
Harvest of rain 48 min., VHS Conceived by Anil Agarwal, Written and Memorial Library Microforms/Media GF661 H37 1995 Documentary on environmental challenges in India
directed by Sanjay Kak Center Room 443-Videoca Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Wealth of the Nation
Health for sale 53 min., DVD Directed by Michele Mellara, Alessandro College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. HD9665.5 H43 2007 Are the world’s largest drug companies, paradoxically, major obstacles to creating a
Rossi West, Rm 1191 healthier world? Focusing on Big Pharma (the ten largest pharmaceutical makers), we
hear from officials on all sides of the debate regarding the impact of drug companies’
patenting, intellectual property, pricing and new product development strategies on
global public health.
Contents: Pharmaceutical industry and its regulatory regime -- Patented vs. generic drugs
: the role of TRIPS -- Compulsory licensing : access to generics in developing countries --
India and generic drug production -- HIV in Africa -- Maintaining monopoly : extending
patent life -- Profit vs need : the development of new drugs -- Infrastructure and
distribution -- Creating profitable health conditions.
Source: Madcat Summary
Heaven on Earth: Hinduism 26 min., DVD Producer/director: Stephen Rooke Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1109.2 H56 2004 ...provides insights into the practice of Hinduism through the architecture and art of India
Center Room 443, DVD Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Heaven on earth: monuments to belief
Heritage 31 min., VHS (directed by Mushtaq Gadzar) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1091 Documentary on Sind Province and Hyderabad City in Pakistan.
Center Source: Madcat summary
Hidden India : the Kerala spicelands 60 min., VHS (directed by Jan Thompson) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.051 Traces the culinary history and customs of Kerala--colorful religious festivals, dramatic
boat races, parading elephants, magnificent lyrical dances and haunting music.
Source: Madcat summary
Film site: http://www.pbs.org/hiddenindia/
Hidden story: a quest for women’s unrecorded history : 58 min., VHS By Shikha Jhingan and Ranjani Mazumdar Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1240.5 I4 J49 1995 Explores the multiple roles of women in rural India through the stories of four peasant
a documentary Center Room 443-Videoca women from different parts of the country, who narrate their stories of struggle,
hardship, and collective achievement.
Source: Madcat Summary
Highway to hell : trafficking of girls from Nepal to India 38 min., VHS (directed by Meera Dewan) Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ238 H54 2000 Examines the plight of Nepalese girls tricked into leaving home, often with the promise of
Center marriage or legitimate employment, then sold to brothels in India.
Source: Madcat summary
Hill of Dhamma 17 min., VHS Produced and Directed by Ayelet Menahemi Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ5630 V5 H555 1996 Documentary on the Vipassana International Academy where people come to practice
and Eilona Ariel Center Room 443-Videoca and study Vipassana meditation, which are taught by S.N. Goenka and his assistant
teachers. Source: Madcat Summary
Himalayan Buddhism 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.008 Traces history of Tibetan Buddhism as well as the Indian influences on it. Describes the
(ph:608-262-8695) unique relationship between reincarnation beliefs and the political continuity of Tibet. The
festivites, rituals, and shrines together with religious artifacts are shown.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Exploring the religions of South Asia
Hindu pilgrimages 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.011 Pilgrimage is not required of Hindus but is a popular religious exercise. A pilgrimage to a
(ph:608-262-8695) Hindu shrine as well as to a local shrine is shown. Dr. Knipe describes the important cities
for Hindu pilgrims.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Exploring religions of South
Hinduism : elephant god 15 min., DVD (directed by Richard Keefe) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1212.56 H5 2003 Asia
Discusses the major tenets, rituals and gods of Hinduism.
Center Source: Madcat summary
Hinduism in South India 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.012 Concentrates on the rites and ceremonies used by Hindus in South India which are distinct
(ph:608-262-8695) from other regions.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Exploring the religions of South Asia
Hinduism: Faith, Festivals, and Rituals 50 min., VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.053 In Kerala, which is situated in the southern tip of India, Hinduism is the principal belief
Van Hise Hall) system of the state’s religiously diverse and historically broad-minded population. This
program examines the multifaceted majority religion of India. Devotional ceremonies and
observances of Hinduism and sacred Hindu literature, such as the Ramayana and the
Mahabharata, are explored, as are some of the region’s ornate temples. The Hindu
emphasis on right living, or dharma, is discussed. Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
From the series:
Ashes in the River
Hindustani slide: Indian classical guitar 80 min., VHS Director, Abhjit Dasgupta. Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 471 Debashish Bhattacharya performs North India’s classical music, often called Hindustani,
on an "Indianized" guitar called the dev veena. He is accompanied by tabla master, Kumar
Bose and Sutapa Bhattacharya on the tambura. They perform three ragas in this live
performance. Source: Madcat Summary
History of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh 24 min., DVD Pralay Kanungo Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS480.84 K3686 2003 Pralay Kanungo and Harsh Mander present a lecture interspersed with visual clips of
Center Room 443, DVD related events in India history. Kanungo speaks about the history of the Rashtriya Swayam
Sevak Sangh and their "them and us" attitude toward the politics of India. Mander talks
about the violence against Muslims in Gujarat and what it means to Indian society to
allow people to be mobilized for such organized violence against women and children.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: In
defence of our dreams
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Holi Hey : a festival of love, color, and life 54 min., VHS (produced by Marc Katz) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1239.82 H65 H65 Shows how the annual north-Indian Spring festival of Holi is celebrated in the city of
Center 1996 Banaras (Varanasi, Kashi). A respected Banaras brahman, Mahant Veer Bhadra Mishra,
recounts several explanations for the Holi festival. These include the story of the devout
youth, Prahlad, whose trust in God led to the flaming end of his wicked aunt Holika
(recalled in the Holi bonfire); and the story of Krishna and his romantic encounters with
Radha and the village cowgirls (reflected in the exhuberant color spraying/dousing of
Holi). The film dramatizes how once each year the Holi festival unites neighborhoods,
breaches the barriers of age, caste, social rank, and religious afiliations, and calls on all to
share in unity and merriment.
Source: http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/films/holi.html
Holt, Rinehart and Winston religions of the world 90 min., 5 VHS MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) PreK-12 BL80.2 .H65 1989 This five-tape series introduces five of the world’s main religions and objectively presents
Stacks each religion in a historical content.
Contents: Hinduism. --Buddhism. --Judaism. --Christianity. --Islam
Source: Madcat Summary
Homosexuality: a religious perspective 37 min., DVD College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. BL65 H64 H64 2003 Throughout history homosexuality has been censured by some of the world’s major
West, Rm 1191 religions. Studies the scriptures and doctrines of Christianity, Judaism and Islam to
understand why, and then contrasts their stances with those of Hinduism, Sikhism and the
Rome of Hadrian. A compassionate and compelling discussion of gay marriage and child
adoption by gay couples. Source: Madcat Summary
Hot zones 57 min., DVD Director/writer, Hal Weiner Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor RA643 H6 2003 Explores the link between environmental change and global outbreaks of infectious
diseases. Journeys to Kenya (malaria), Peru (dengue fever), Bangladesh (cholera), and the
United States (West Nile Virus).
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Journey to Planet Earth
Hunza : the legendary land 38 min., VHS (produced by Lok Virsa Productions) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-29 On the architecture, folk culture, and traditions of the Wakhi & Burusho people of Hunza
Center in Northern Pakistan.
Source: Madcat summary
I live in Behrampada 49 min., VHS Producer, Maglis; director, Madhushree Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1414 A documentary of the Bombay riots following the ruthless demolition of the Babari Masjid
Dutta Center Room 443-SA Video in Ayodhya on Dec. 6th, 1992. Source: Madcat Summary
Identity: the construction of selfhood 20 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1692 Explores the gamut of modes in which identities are produced, circulated and consumed
Sciences Center Room 443-SA Video within the modern urban Indian culture.
Source: Madcat Summary
Imagining futures 18 min., DVD Script, editing, and direction, Anjali Memorial Library Microforms/Media H62.5 I5 I43 2005 Film traces the history and contribution of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, which is a
Monteiro and K. P. Jayasankar Center Room 443, DVD pioneering institution for social work education in India.
Source: Madcat Summary
In Gandhi’s footsteps: the Manibhai Desai/BAIF story 29 min., VHS Written and moderated by Connie Howard Memorial Library Microforms/Media HN690 Z9 C65295 1999 Documentary on the life and philosophy of Manibhai Desai, 1920-1993, disciple of
Center Room 443-Videoca Mahatma Gandhi and founder of Bharatiya Agro-Industries Foundation (BAIF), created to
improve the socio-economic conditions of the rural poor of India. Source: Madcat
Summary
In memory of friends 60 min, VHS Produced and directed by Anand Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1418 IN MEMORY OF FRIENDS documents the violence and terror in Punjab, India -- a land torn
Patwardhan Center Room 443-SA Video apart by religious fundamentalists and a repressive government. After examining the
political turmoil of the late 1970s and rise of Sikh fundamentalism, the film concentrates
on the legacy of Bhagat Singh, a young socialist hanged by the British in 1931. Singh has
since become an almost legendary figure. Today, both sides claim him as a symbol of their
cause: the socialist state eulogizes him as a patriot, while Khalistani separatists portray
him as a Sikh militant. In fact, Singh was neither. Just prior to his death he wrote a book
which he entitled Why I Am An Atheist. Focusing on Singh's unlikely martyrdom, IN
MEMORY OF FRIENDS is an incisive look at the strife in India today.
Source:
www.aems.uiuc.edu
In my country: an international perspective on gender 85 min., 2 VHS Producer/director, Ron J. Hammond Memorial Library Microforms/Media GN479.65 I5 1993 Respondents from thirteen different countries offer a personal perspective on life in their
Center Room 443-Videoca cultures with regard to gender. Countries represented include: Sweden, Taiwan, Mexico,
Fiji, India, St. Vincent (Caribbean), Jerusalem, Lebanon, Zaire, England, China, El Salvador,
and Japan. Source: Madcat Summary
In the name of God (Rām Ke nām) 78 min., VHS (produced by Anand Parwardhan) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1402 This film follows the campaign by the militant movement Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) to
Center destroy a 16th century mosque in the city of Ayodhya. Supporters of the VHP claim that
the mosque stands right on the birthplace of the Hindu god Ram, and that in order to
build it the temple to Ram was destroyed several centuries ago. In retaliation they now
demand the destruction of the Muslim sanctuary and the building of a new temple to
honor the god Ram. The conflict escalated into open violence, in which thousands of
people lost their lives. The film is a powerful testimony about how far religious intolerance
can lead.
Source: http://www.osaarchivum.org/filmlibrary/browse/country?val=33
India : land of the tiger 6 cassettes, 360 (series producer, Mike Birkhead ; executive Primate Center Library Audio Visual VT 0756 1998 This epic miniseries presents the beauty and diversity of wildlife on the Indian
min., VHS producer, Fred Kaufman) Collection subcontinent, and shows how humanity is entangled with nature through myth, legend,
culture, and religion.
Source: Madcat summary
India : one country, a million worlds 24 min., VHS (produced by Educational Distributing of CIMC PreK-12 Stacks DS421 I53 1995 Explore ancient civilizations, phenomenal architecture and India’s dynamic and diverse
America, Inc.) culture. Learn of India past and present, including Mahatma Ghandi’s struggle for India’s
freedom and present day city life including customs and religious ceremonies.
Source: Madcat summary
India unveiled. Emergence of the state 30 min., VHS (directed by Sanjiv Parkash) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.029 Presents a factual close-up of India’s independence movement. Through archival footage,
introduces the entry of Mahatma Gandhi on the Indian scene and follows him through the
tumultuous period of the 1930s and 1940s.
Source: Madcat summary
India 30 min., VHS (produced by IVN Communications) CIMC PreK-12 Stacks DS407 I444 1995 An integrated approach to social studies and world history teaching.
Source: Madcat summary
India: "Defying the Crown" 30 min. VHS By Steve York Center for South Asia Outreach Video In 1930, Indian nationalists were impatient with British foot-dragging on promises to
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) move India toward self-rule, and appointed Mohandas Gandhi to lead "the final struggle
for freedom." Relying on the nonviolent methods he developed in South Africa, Gandhi
led a 240-mile march to the sea coast, where he picked up a handful of sea salt and
invited his countrymen to do the same—in open violation of the British monopoly on salt
production. Millions followed his example. His campaign of civil
disobedience—intentional law-breaking and imprisonment—swept the country, forcing
the British Viceroy to admit that his regime was losing control. Gandhi’s actions shattered
Indian consent to foreign rule and set his country on the road to independence, which
came in 1947. To future generations, Gandhi gave the weapon of nonviolent resistance,
which is being continuously refined and developed.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
India’s dance & theatre: Balinese dancers, Vedic martial 112 min., VHS Produced by Ron Neiburgs ; directed by Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1693 I54 1993 Sequences based on traditional Indian dance forms which originate from "katha" or story
arts, Chitresh Kathak dance, Katha Kali, Songs from David Shapiro Center Room 443-Videoca telling. Performances include Balinese Ramayana episodes, Kathak and Kathakali, as well
Chaitanya Lila as ancient martial arts from Kerala, and footage from the life story of Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu. Source: Madcat Summary
Indian martial art: silambam 110 min., DVD Production & direction, M. Shahul Hameed Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1141 I64 2006 The aim of this project is to propagate the Indian martial/cultural art--Silambam-- all over
Center Room 443, DVD the world Source: Madcat Summary
Indian subcontinent 60 min., VHS (produced by Herb and Judy Klinger) CIMC PreK-12 Stacks DS407 I568 1988 Outlines the history and cultural life of India. Teacher’s guide provides comprehension
questions, discussion topics, and activity ideas.
Source: Madcat summary
Indian subcontinent 60 min., VHS Herb and Judy Klinger MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) DS407 I568 1988 Outlines the history and cultural life of India. Teacher’s guide provides
Global cultures series PreK-12 Stacks comprehension questions, discussion topics, and activity ideas.
Source: Madcat summary
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Industrial greenbelt: a war on pollution 17 min., VHS Research and script, Dr. N.G. Hegde Memorial Library Microforms/Media NA9053 G7 I56 1999 Profiles a successful industrial greenbelt reforestation project, a joint effort of BAIF
Center Room 443-Videoca Development Research Foundation and National Organic Chemical Industries Limited
(NOCIL) of India. Source: Madcat Summary
Instrumental artistry of Vishwa Mohan Bhatt 90 min, VHS Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 509 The video presents Bhatt performing four ragas and a folk tune.
Source: Madcat Summary
Is Ayodhya just a physical site 28 min., DVD Rizwan Qaiser Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS422 C64 Q35 2003 Rizwan Qaiser and K.M. Shrimali present a lecture intersperced with visual clips of related
Center Room 443, DVD events in India history. Qaiser addresses the topic of how the history of India was been
written in a way that is not historically correct. Shrimali talks about the significance of
Ayodhya in the history of India and why it continues to be a mystery.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: In defence
of our dreams
Islam in South Asia 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.009 Defines Islam in terms of the five duties of a believer, identifies the majority (Sunni) and
(ph:608-262-8695) minority (Shia) traditions. Shows Moslems preparing for prayer and worshipping. Sufism is
distinguished from the broader traditions and Islamic architecture and calligraphy are
displayed. Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Exploring the religions of
South Asia
Islam, Asia, modernity (2 copies) 6 DVD Presented by the Henry M. Jackson School Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise IS1.024 A three-day conference (May 5-7, 2005) at the Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall, University
of International Studies (ph:608-262-8695) and of Washington, exploring the changing politics, practices, and representations of Islam in
and BP63 A1 I8 2005 Asia; how these changes are studied, documented, taught, and represented in the
Memorial Library Microforms/Media academy and the media; and how these practices affect politics, society, and culture in
Center Room 443, DVD Muslim Asia. Partial Contents: Disc 1. Islam, Asia, and
modernity / Azade-Ayse Rorlich, David Lelyveld, Norani Othman -- Disc 2. Gender,
sexuality, and the body in Asian Muslim societies / Maria Jaschok, Huma Haq, Marianne
Kamp -- Disc. 3. Islamic arts and national cultures / Elmira Köchümkulkizi, Endo Suanda --
Disc. 4. The crisis of masculine identities in post Soviet & post 9-11 Muslim Asia / Jakob
Rigi, Nazif Shahrani, Ulil Abshar Abdalla -- Disc. 5. Education and Islamic legal subjects in
Asia / Imtiaz Ahmed, Gardner Bovingdon -- Disc. 6. Asian Islam and the politics of
knowledge / Ali F. Igmen, Partha Chatterjee, Sumit Mandal.
Source: Madcat Summary
Islam: The Five Pillars of Faith 52 min., VHS Directed by Daniel Cebrián College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. BP176 I85 2000 Residing to the north of India, the population of Kashmir is primarily Muslim. This
West, Rm 1191 program travels to the place known as "the Switzerland of the East" to study the beliefs
and practices of Islam. Topics such as the Koran, the Pillars of Islam, the influence of
Sharia, and traditional Muslim festivals and holy sites are addressed. Background on the
arrival of Islam in Kashmir and its spread throughout India creates a historical context for
the religion’s predominance in many regions. Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
From the series: Ashes in the
River: Four Religions of India
Islamic wave 50 min., VHS (produced by Journeyman Pictures) College Library Main Collection BP173.7 I853 2000 Examines the sociopolitical landscape of Islamic hotspots in the Middle East, Pakistan,
Indonesia, Sudan and elsewhere. Film also examines Islam’s increasing popularity and
considers the use of violence by Muslim extremists to attain their goals.
Film site: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=8971
It takes a child: Craig Kielburger’s story - a journey into 56 min., VHS (directed by Judy Jackson) Memorial Library Microforms/Media HD6231 I8 1998 Craig Kielburger was 12 years old when child labor activist Iqbal Massih was killed in
child labour Center Pakistan. That event changed Craig’s life forever. He went on a seven-week trip to South
Asia to find out everything he could about the lives of child laborers. What he learned has
turned him into a passionate, articulate, and incredibly effective advocate on their behalf.
With a group of his peers Craig has founded "Free the Children," a children’s organization
that now has 10,000 members in 20 countries. Following in the footsteps of the Civil
Rights and Women’s movements, the Children’s Crusade has just begun.
Film site: http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/child.html
Jahaji music : India in the Caribbean 117 min., DVD (directed by Surabhi Sharma) College Library Main Collection ML3565 J349 2007 From the mid-nineteenth century Indian labourers arrived in the Caribbean on boats,
bringing a few belongings and their music-- the beginnings of a remarkable cultural
practice. More than 150 years later musician Remo Fernandes travels to the Islands to
explore potential collaborations and create new work. ’Jahaji music’ is a record of a
difficult, if unusual and complex, musical journey ... [and endeavours] to weave a story of
memory, identity and creativity.
Source: http://www.upperstall.com/films/2007/jahaji-music
Jainism 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.006 A survey of the history, doctrines and iconography, with films of temple worship and the
(ph:608-262-8695) monks and nuns who represent the hightest traditions of this little-known, but 2500-year-
old religion of India.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Exploring the religions of
South Asia
Jalsah-yi ʻām Ḥaidarābād, 31 Aktūbar videorecording 158 min., VHS Altaf Husain Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-167 An address at a large public gathering at Hyderabad, Pakistan, by the convenor of the
Center Room 443-SA Video Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQA), an organization striving for the sociopolitical rights of
immigrants from India.
Source: Madcat Summary
Jawaharlal Nehru 29 min., VHS Government of India - Ministery of External Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1667 Contribution of Jawaharlal Nehru to India’s development.
Affairs Center Room 443-SA Video Source: Madcat Summary
Jinnah : Akbar Ahmed presents 2 discs, 135 min., (produced and directed by Jamil Dehlavi & Memorial Library Microforms/Media PN1997 J466 2004 Biography of Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of modern Pakistan is told through
DVD Akbar Ahmed) Center flashbacks as his soul tries to find eternal rest. The flashbacks start in 1947 as Jinnah
pleads for a separate nation from the Muslim regime, infuriating Lord Mountbatten.
Mountbatten then tries to enlist Gandhi & Nehru to persuade Jinnah to stop his efforts.
Gandhi sides with Jinnah, which upsets Nehru. However, Jinnah turns down the offer to
become prime minister and the film takes another slide back to 1916, which reveals all of
the political implications that have occurred.
Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183306/plotsummary
Journey through art 22 min., VHS N. L. Nigam, director Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1087 A short history of the Salar Jang Museum in Hyderabad, India and some illustrations of
Center Room 443-SA Video its contents.
Source: Madcat Summary
Journeys into Islamic India 50 mins Center for South Asia Outreach Video Muslims arrived in India the same year they entered Spain - and by the end of the 13th
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) century ruled nearly all of the county. This program travels across India by way of Iran,
Pakistan, and the Maldives to examine the rich Islamic heritage of the region. The
program also observes the Muslim way of life on the subcontinent as it exists today. Sites
of note include the Taj Mahal, the Golkonda Fort ruins, and the Charminar monument.
Source:
http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Julpari / Waterfairy 22 min., VHS (directed by Swati Khurana and Leith Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ76.98 A46 A3 1996 Julpari, (water fairy in Urdu) is an experimental documentary film on Faraz Ahmed, a drag
Murgai) Center queen and gay activist from Pakistan, living in New York City. Faraz and his family explore
such provocative actions as gender, sexuality, immigration, ethnicity and Islam and fun.
Source: http://www.filmsouthasia.org/test/archive/details.php?id=299
JVC video anthology of world music and dance: South 47 min., DVD (directed by Nakagawa Kunihiko) Memorial Library Microforms/Media M1627 J3 2005 v.15 Presents examples of music and dance from Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan.
Asia. Center Source: Madcat summary
Kahankar, ahankar = Story maker, story taker 38 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1698 This film brings together a selection of the stories and paintings of the Warlis, and some of
Sciences Center Room 443 the narratives about `them’. To the Warlis, a community of Adivasis (indigenous peoples),
who live close to Mumbai, these stories represent their `history’, their world-view. All the
outsiders- the Portuguese, the Marathas, the British, the `native’ settlers- tried
obliterating this history and wisdom. This juxtaposition of disparate discourses is an
attempt to read between the lines, as the stories themselves do.Source:
www.kahankar.wordpress.com/
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Kaise Jeebo Re! (How Do I Survive, My Friend!) 80 min. By Anurag Singh and Jharana Jhaveri Center for South Asia Outreach Video In the name of "national interest" men, women and children have been forced out of
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) their homes and lands so that a dam, a mine, a factory or a wildlife sanctuary can be built.
Their struggles against this process have been crushed, marginalized or ignored. What
happens to their lives after uprootment? The film meets them in India’s city-streets and
rural areas as labor, rickshaw-puller, domestic help and the uprooted. "Kaise Jeebo Re!"
records the victims account of this uprootment, in this case caused by dams built on the
river Narmada; Bargi Dam in the Central state of Madhya Pradesh. It records the arduous
and heroic story of a people who have come together to fight a determined battle for
justice. Source:
http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Kalachakra mandala 7 min., VHS By Martin Brauen Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ7699 K34 K33 1998 Buddhist chants performed by monks undergoing kalachakra initiation, Bern, Switzerland,
Center Room 443-Videoca 1985.
With the use of computer animation and background Buddhist chanting, the cosmos of
the kalachakra mandala is depicted.
Source: Madcat Summary
Kalachakra: the wheel of time 30 min., VHS Producer/director, Sally Ann O’Reilly Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ7699 K34 K36 1994 This video shows Tibetan Buddhist monks constructing a sand mandala in Ireland
Center Room 443-Videoca according to a 2600-year-old tradition. It is part of the secret Kalachakra initiation rite,
which teaches wisdom and compassion. The rite itself is said to affect world peace.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Kamala and Raji (2 copies) 46 min., VHS Producer and Writer Michael Camerini Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1742 K35 1996 This film is about Kamala and Raji, two women of the working poor who live in
Center Room 443-Videoca and Ahmedabad, capital of the west Indian state of Gujarat. They share a common history
and AS2.043 since both have moved from a background of deprivation and political impotence to a
Learning Support Services Library (259 measure of empowerment as representatives of a grass roots organization called SEWA,
Van Hise Hall) the Self Employed Women's Association. Founded in Ahmedabad and now spreading
elsewhere in Gujarat, SEWA is an organization of women working independently or at
piecework wages on the low rungs of India's occupational ladder.
Source: www.der.org
Kargil VCD By Dipti Bhalla & Kunal Verma Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS486 K3347 K298 Links the history of the Kashmir dispute with the Kargil conflagration. Focuses on the
Center Room 443, DVD 2000 human tragedy in Kashmir rather than the political controversies surrounding the issue.
Source: Madcat Summary
Karmapa: the lion begins to roar 85 min., VHS Produced and directed by Ward Holmes Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ7682.7 O74 K27 The film presents to the world precious digital film footage of the first documented
Center Room 443-Videoca 1999 Dharma teaching given by His Holiness Karmapa at his monasery on July 7th, 1999.
Source: Madcat Summary
Kārnar mīṭingz videorecording : 6 tārīk̲hī kārnar mīṭingz 178 min., VHS Altaf Husain Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-166 Addresses at corner meetings in Karachi, Pakistan, prior to the 1988 general elections, by
Center Room 443-SA Video the convenor of the Muhajir Qaumi Movement (MQA), on organization striving for the
sociopolitical rights of immigrants from India.
Source: Madcat Summary
Kashmir : a Kashmiri viewpoint 11 cassettes, 120 (directed by Rahul Jalali) Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS485 K27 K24 1999 A series of interviews with politicians, journalists, militants and ordinary Kashmiris about
min. each, VHS Center the separatist conflict that began in 1989.
Source: Madcat summary
Kashmir in perspective 167 min., VHS (produced by Shalimar) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1526 Discussion of the freedom movement of Kashmiris against Indian control of Kashmir.
Center Source: Madcat summary
Kashmir: Valley of Despair 44 min. By Marion Mayer-Hohdahl Center for South Asia Outreach Video AS2.046 This film travels to the Kashmir valley at the foot of the Himalayas to investigate the
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) history of Kashmir, along with the political, religious and ethnic roots of the continuing
and conflict there. Resentment of the occupying Indian forces, problems caused by the
Learning Support Services Library (259 radicalization of Islam among Kashmiri rebels and the impact of the nuclear arms race
Van Hise Hall) between India and Pakistan are discussed.
Source:
http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Kasthuri: A South Indian Film Star 30 min. By Richard Breyer and N.C. Rajamani Center for South Asia Outreach Video Depicts the daily life of a South Indian film star. By following her from rehearsals to fan
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) club appearances as well as shopping with her mother, the film uncovers the paradox
between her public and private lives. Despite being a successful career woman, the
twenty-one-year old Kasthuri is content to have her parents arrange a suitable marriage
to a man of their choosing. Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Kathakali dance-drama: an introduction 26 min., VHS Edited by Phillip B. Zarrilli Memorial Library Microforms/Media PN2884.5 K36 K38 This introduction to Kathakali Dance-drama gives a clear and fascinating overview of the
Center Room 443-Videoca 2000 basic principles of the keralan art form. It includes footage and an explanation of: all the
basic character and make-up types ; the performance context ; the process and technique
of training ; the preliminaries of performance.
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Kathputli: the art of Rajasthani puppeteers 28 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media PN1978 I5 K38 1988 Explores the unique and colorful world of kathputli puppet theater as it is maintained and
Center Room 443-Videoca performed by itinerant families in Rajasthani, India. Puppeteers demonstrate the
construction and manipulation of the wood-and-string creations used in this ancient art
form. Includes a performance of the legend of the Rajput chief Amar Singh Rathor.
Source:
www.aems.uiuc.edu
Keep Her Under Control: Law's Patriarchy in India 52 min., VHS Producer Erin Moore Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS432 M35 K44 1998 "This provocative documentary, which explores the role of women in a Muslim-
Center Room 443-Videoca dominated village in Rajasthan, northern India, is original, compelling, and instructive, and
it is sure to stimulate discussion and analysis in a wide variety of courses. The film focuses
on the dramatic story of a woman, named Hurmuti, who refuses to live by the moral and
legal codes of the village's Islamic patriarchy. Hurmuti is the eldest wife in an extended
family, but she has had a long-term -- and well-known -- affair with another man in the
village. The film examines her conflicts with her extended family and with the all-male
Islamic Village Council over her own conduct and over her insistence on the right to
arrange the marriages of her pre-pubescent daughters.As Hurmuti's fascinating story
unfolds it is interwoven with scenes that illustrate the process of growing up female in the
village: the play of children; the talk and duties of adolescent girls; marriage customs;
dowry issues; relationships with mothers-in-law; rights to land ownership; and even spirit
possessions. Viewers will experience a wide range of emotions, grapple with an array of
stimulating questions, and in the end be forced to consider how Hurmuti's life options
would have been different if she had been born male. The film is based on ethnographic
Khandan: the musical heritage of Shujaat Khan : a film 43 min., VHS By Arundhati Sen Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 615 Shujaat Khan recounts Rajasthan over the past two and musical examples what it Moore,
research carried out in here with stories, anecdotes decades by the producer, Erin means
to be a khandani musician (that is, born into a musician’s lineage); the discipline involved
in practice, the competitive environment of other family virtuosi, the learning
opportunities with other musicians, and the sense of a historical inevitability that is the
inherited conception of being born a khandani musician. With still images, concert and
other footage, and the compellingly expressive mode of Shujaat Khan’s extraordinary
verbal and musical communication skills the viewer is transported to that very special
world of the khandani artist, a world until now not easily available to outsiders. Source:
Madcat Summary
Killer bargain 57 min., DVD Directed by Tom Heinemann College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. HD9866 I5 K55 2006 The Killer Bargain referred to by this hard hitting documentary’s title is the availability of
West, Rm 1191 cheap consumer goods imported by Western countries whose prices don’t reflect the
actual human and environmental costs associated with their production in the developing
world. Consumers remain largely unaware of the conditions under which the goods they
buy are produced; this film makes those connections shockingly clear.
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Killing of Kirmira = Kirmira vadham 210 min., VHS By Kottayam Tampuran Memorial Library Microforms/Media PN2884.5 K36 K54 Based on a scene from India’s great epic, the Mahabharata ... tells the story of the
Center Room 443-Videoca 2000 demoness Simkika’s attempted revenge on the five Pandava brothers.
Source: Madcat Summary
Killing terraces (Raktāmme garāharū) 44 min., VHS Produced and directed by Dhurba Basnet Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS495.6 K55 2001 Documents the political conflict in Nepal that resulted in the start of the "People’s War" in
Center Room 443-Videoca 1996. Journeying in 2001 to Rolpa, Rukum, and Jajarkot, the western Nepalese districts
most involved in the war, the film crew interviews participants and victims from differing
sides (including members of the ruling Nepali Congress, the police, and Maoist rebels) and
examines the impact the war has had on the people of the region.
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Kings, lovers and thieves 35 min., VHS Produced and directed by Bob Madley Memorial Library Microforms/Media PN2884.5 N38 K66 This fascinating documentary provides a rare, behind-the-scenes look at India's
Center Room 443-Videoca 1997 improvisation and often bawdy form of folk opera, Nautanki, as well as its rural cousin,
Khyal. These forms of traveling roadside folk theater are particularly significant in that
they have survived and remain popular despite India's increasingly strong attachment to
the cinema and to television. Their continued popularity is shown to be a manifestation of
current social, political, and cultural influences, as performers take traditional
mythological themes and update them to appeal to contemporary audiences.
Source:
www.aems.uiuc.edu
Knowing Her Place 40 min., VHS By Indu Krishnan Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1743 K62 1990 A moving investigation of the cultural schizophrenia experienced by Vasu, an Indian
Center Room 443-Videoca woman who has spent most of her life in the U.S. Vasu's relationships with her mother
and grandmother in India and her husband and teenage sons in New York, reveal
profound conflicts between her traditional upbringing and her personal and professional
aspirations. The tape fuses photographs, verite sequences and experimental techniques to
probe the multilayered experience of immigrant women with rare candor and emotional
resonance. Useful for courses on immigration, sex roles and the study of documentary
form. Source:
www.aems.uiuc.edu
Krishna 84 min., VHS Director; P.R. Ramachaudra Rao Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1670 Role of the Krishna River system in the life and culture of the people of the Deccan.
Center Room 443-SA Video Source: Madcat Summary
La Bayadere 126 min., VHS (directed by Yelena Machert) Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1790 B3 B39 1991 Based upon Hindu mythology of Śakuntalā, the story concerns Nikia’s love for Solor, who
Center Room loves her in return, and Solor’s obligation to wed Gamzatti. Gamzatti murders her rival
and the inconsolable Solor envisons Nikia inviting him to join her in the Kingdom of the
Shades.
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La$t market 48 min., DVD Directed by Shuchen Tan Memorial Library Microforms/Media HF4055 L37 2007 A look at the pros and cons of marketing to the developing world, whose 5 billion
Center Room 443, DVD inhabitants may be individually impoverished but still hold great collective wealth.
Includes a detailed look at marketing efforts by the Dutch multinational corporation
Philips in India. Source: Madcat Summary
Lady of Gingee: Part I 59 min., VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.042 Describes a Draupadi festival in Tamilnadu (South India). The main celebrations occur in
Van Hise Hall) Melacceri, a village in what was once the Nayak kingdom of Gingee. The celebrations
open with flag-hoisting and wristlet-tying, continue with bardic recitations of the Tamil
Mahabharata (in which Draupadi is a heroine), and include Terukuttu ("village" or "street"
dramas), village hero-cult rituals (including "possession"), the construction of large effigies
representing sacrifical events from the Mahabharata, and village participation in fire-
walking. Source:
http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/films/gingee.html
Lage jiva ghar ghar: a document on women and shelter 39 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1686 On the socialization of the girl child in India and the limitations of alternative sources of
Sciences Center Room 443-SA Video shelter for women.
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Land and people of Pakistan 2 cassettes, 173 (produced by Pakistan Television) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1661 Documentaries on 1) Moenjodaro 2) Travelogue of Pakistan 3) Life in stone 4) Thar 5)
min., VHS Center Chorrian 6) Green gold.
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Land and ritual among the Angami Naga 23 min., VHS Direction and script: Kesant Tseten Lama Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS432 A546 L36 1998 Most parts of Nagaland are under swidden or jhum cultivation. Once blamed for causing
Center Room 443-Videoca land and forest degradation, it is now being acknowledged as a sustainable practice. The
film highlights the dominant role played by women in swidden agriculture. The Naga
women have more rights than women in the Indian plains, but significant inequities
persist. The film touches upon the links between indigenous knowledge and the cultural
identity of the Angami Nagas, who are adapting their traditional religion with Christianity
that was introduced 100 years ago. Source:
http://www.stfx.ca/institutes/coady/coady-library/text/vidlist.html
Land of rising sun 22 min, DVD Script, Vikas Wadhera ; Research, narration Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS485 N68 L35 2002 About the scenic beauty and rich cultural heritage of Arunachal Pradesh, India. Various
& direction, Monisha Oberoi Center Room 443, DVD tribes have gathered here over the years. One of the most important of these tribes are
the Apatani, better known for their fish paddy culture. Their beautiful cane and bamboo
works are an example of their skilled craftsmanship, equally enchanting are their group
dances. Source: Madcat Summary
Land rites 27 min., VHS Directors, Andrew Stevenson, Joanna Steenbock Stacks - 1st Floor HD1251 L35 2001 The video looks at the question of security of land tenure for poor people living in
Schwartz informal settlements and how this can promote community development. Places in
Kenya, Peru, Thailand and India are shown, illustrating different ways of providing land
security. Source: Madcat Summary
Larger than life 57 min., DVD Idea, script, direction, Helle Ryslinge Memorial Library Microforms/Media PN1993.5 I8 L37 2005 This program travels through the landscape of Indian cinema, providing contrasts and
Center Room 443, DVD comparisons with its counterpart in the west. Interviews with Shah Rukh Kahn and
Manisha Koirala examine the pressures of Indian film acting.
Source: Madcat Summary
Learning bharata natyam 56 min, VHS Script, direction and presentation by Dr. Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1796 B4 L43 1999 Noted Indian dancer-scholar Dr. Kanak Rele demonstrates Bharata Natyam dance
Kanak Rele Center Room 443-Videoca techniques and training.
Source: Madcat Summary
Learning to read and rewrite: a document on tribal 62 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1688 Discusses the reasons for the persistence of adivasi illiteracy despite the efforts of the
education in Thane District. Sciences Center Room 443 state and welfare agencies through formalized education. Identifies the educational
components implicit in the action programs of some voluntary groups in order to make a
case for an education that places literacy in the context of cultural identity.
Source: www.lib.berkeley.edu
Legacy : the origins of civilization 120 min, 3 DVD Producer & director, Peter Spry-Leverton ; MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) PreK-12 CB311 L44 2003 This six part series on three videodiscs explores the influence on ancient culture on our
Written & presented by Michael Wood Stacks lives today. Host, Michael Wood visits the ancient cities and great ports of India and
China, the deserts of Egypt and Iraq, the Mexico of the Inca, Aztec and Mayan peoples,
the Greek and Roman monuments of Europe and the jungles of Central America searching
for the living legacies of these once great civilizations. The series traces how the
institutions that arose with urban civilization 5,000 years ago, such as organized religion,
bureaucratic government and international trade are still affecting the political and
cultural mindset of many parts of the world today.
Contents: Disc 1. Iraq : the cradle of civilization. India : the empire of the spirit -- Disc 2.
China : the mandate of heaven. Egypt : the habit of civilization -- Disc 3. Central America :
the burden of time. The barbarian West.
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Legacy of freedom movement 26 min., DVD Mridula Mukherjee Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS479 M85 2003 Mridula Mukherjee and Mihir Desai present a lecture intersperced with visual clips of
Center Room 443, DVD related events in India history. Mukherjee addresses the topic of the history of the rise of
nationalism in India. Desai addresses the topic of freedom of religion in India.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: In defence of our dreams
Legacy of Malthus 52 min., VHS By Deepa Dhanraj Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor HB863 L43 1994 Discusses Malthus’s theories of population and the causes of poverty. It contrasts the
19th century poor in Scotland with today’s poor in India.
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Legacy of Prime Minister Bhutto : proceedings of an 2 cassettes, 324 Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-943 Proceedings of a seminar on the political career of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto including film clips
International Seminar, April 2-5 Karachi min., VHS Center and speeches by international notables.
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Legacy of Raja Deen Dayal 20 min., DVD Executive director, Jai Chandiram Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS486 H9 L44 2007 Photographs by the court photographer of the sixth Nizam of Hyderbad; chiefly on the
Center Room 443, DVD political, cultural, social, economic life of the people of his times.
Source: Madcat Summary
The film explores the life and times of Raja Deen Dayal who revolutionalized photography
in India through his meticulous work. Deen Dayal was trained as an engineer. At 20, he
was chief estimator and draughtsman with the PWD, and began working with the camera.
He received the title Raja from the Nizam of Hyderabad and the royal warrant of
appointment from Queen Victoria. He set up a flourishing firm with studios at
Secunderabad which catered exclusively to women. The firm employed fifty people,
including German studio operators. He toured the countryside by bullock and rail. He
extensively photographed archaeological sites, architectural monuments, including
palaces and forts, places of worship and the landscape, and acted as the architectural
photographer for Sir Lepel Griffin, the British agent in Central India.
Source: http://ignca.nic.in/ex_0013.htm
Lepchas of Sikkim: a vanishing tribe? VHS Direction and script: Kesant Tseten Lama Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS432 L4 L47 1998
Center Room 443-Videoca
Life before death 49 min., VHS Producer, Hildur Ferskaug, Directors, Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ238 L539 1996 An examination of the yoghini system in India in which women are designated and
Beheroze Shroff, Caroline Babayan Center Room 443-Videoca groomed from an early age for prostitution.
Source: Madcat Summary
Life cycle in Hinduism: birth, initiation, marriage 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.014 The important transition rites in Hinduism, their ancient origins and their survival into
(ph:608-262-8695) modern India, surveyed here with regional examples from the solemn first feeding of a
baby to a colorful village wedding.
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From the series: Exploring the religions of South Asia
Life of Buddha 90 min., DVD By Martin Meissonnier Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ882 L54 2004 Biography of Prince Siddhartha Gautama and his spiritual transformation into the
Center Room 443, DVD historical Buddha, the great teacher whose ideas have changed the world. Special
features include interviews with Buddhist teacher the Venerable Thich Nhat Hahn,
discussions of Buddha and Brahmanism, the Lotus Sutra, Bodh Gaya, representations of
Buddha, and architecture at the time of the Buddha.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Lines in the dust 30 min., VHS Producer, Cassandra Mc Grogan ; directed Memorial Library Microforms/Media LC161 L56 2001 In a small village in northern Ghana, a group of men and women discuss their daily chores
by Lucinda Broadbent Center Room 443-Videoca with the help of a chart they’ve drawn in the dust. This village is part of a program called
Reflect, which aims to reach the 900 million illiterate adults across the world. Reflect uses
participants’ own knowledge and experience as starting points for learning. Lines in the
dust looks at this program in Ghana and India, and how it not only teaches people to read,
write, and work with numbers, the participants are also changing ideas about men’s and
women’s separate workloads, standing up for their rights, earning more money for their
families, and becoming self-assured.
Source: Madcat Summary
Lines of Fire 62 min., VHS Director and producer: Brian Beker Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.034 Expose of the ongoing civil war in Burma, which pits its military dictatorship against the
Van Hise Hall) rural population.
Source: http://www.film.com/movies/lines-of-fire/14695353
Litigating disaster 58 min., DVD By Ilan Ziv Law Library Circulation Desk Instructional video The worst and deadliest chemical disaster of all time occurred in 1984 in Bhopal, India.
collection Vast amounts of toxic gas leaked from the Union Carbide pesticide factory, killing
thousands of people and poisoning hundreds of thousands of others. This film documents
this tragedy and presents the legal evidence assembled against Union Carbide including
never before seen documents and exclusive interviews with former Union Carbide officers.
Living Hinduism 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.002 Hinduism is explored by showing villagers engaged in devotional activities and festivities
(ph:608-262-8695) and the objects in nature revered in parochial folklore and custom. The role of women in
family and village structure is shown. The tantric approach is introduced as an example of
the variety of practices within Hinduism.
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From the series: Exploring the religions of South Asia
Living Legend: Raj Kapoor 55 min., VHS and Director, Simi Garewal Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-798 Documentary about life and works of famous Indian film producer, director, and actor Raj
DVD Center Room 443-SA Video and Kapoor. Includes personal interviews with Raj Kapoor and other famous film personalities.
PN1997 L5856 Hindi film excerpts subtitled in English.
1989 Source: Madcat Summary
Lord of the Dance, Destroyer of Illusion 113 min. By Richard Kohn Center for South Asia Outreach Video This film takes us to two small Buddhist monasteries in Mt. Everest region of Nepal where
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) Sherpas and Tibetans preserve a unique way of life and vision of the world. It focuses on
the yearly Mani-Rimdu festival and on Trulshig Rinpoche, the Tibetan Lama who directs its
performance. This festival originated in Rongphu, Tibet which was destroyed.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Lost world of Tibet: a different view 61 min., DVD Produced & directed by Emma Hindley Memorial Library Microforms/Media 1 Copy Claimed as of Through vintage amateur movies as well as archival Communist propaganda
Center Room 443, DVD 07/06/2009 documentaries, this program turns back the clock to see what Tibet was like from the
1930s to 1950. Every ounce of information is wrung from these exclusive film segments
as historic primary source footage of Tibetans, British and Chinese officers, and the young
Dalai Lama himself recalls a world lost to memory since the Chinese Communist invasion
and occupation. Camerawork by Sir Basil Gould, a British intelligence officer of the Raj;
James Guthrie, a Scottish doctor who treated the Dalai Lama’s regent and Tibetan
nomads; Mr. Shen, a Chinese official; and China’s ETV vividly captures a previously seldom
seen ear of Tibetan history.
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Loving Krishna 40 min. Directed by Allen Moore & Akos Ostor, Center for South Asia Outreach Video Loving Krishna looks at the sacred cult of Krishna in one of its local manifestations, and
Produced by Robert Gardner & Akos Ostor Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) explores the continuing link between worship, arts and crafts, bazaar exchanges, and
everyday life. Describing two major festivals—the celebration of Krishna’s birth, and the
great Chariot Festival—Loving Krishna examines the central concepts of Hindu Worship:
the ritual offerings to the gods, the role of images in worship, the divine play of the gods,
and the meaning of devotion.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
From the series: Pleasing God Trilogy
Magra Mewar Vikas Sanstha 68 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1687 Evaluation of efforts made by Magra Mewar Vikas Sanstha, a coordinating voluntary
Sciences Center Room 443-SA Video agency of village committees in Rajasthan that have taken up sustainable development of
their common property resources, in the context of on-going ecological degradation.
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Maha Kumbha "in search of the nectar" 48 min., DVD (by Bappa Ray) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1239.82 K85 M34 Prayag – modern Allahabad, known as Tirtharaj, is the place of the confluence of sacred
Center 2001 waters, Pilgrimage to this place is equated with three million ten thousand pilgrimages.
Mahakumbha, which takes place once in 12 years, is the subject of the film. It celebrates
the occasion when millions of people took the holy dip, in search of nectar, in the year
2001. It explores the vast “Orality” of an internal agnihotra, a fiery sacrifice executed in
the human body and mind and in the cosmic theatre of the universe. The file of tapas
(penance) burns retas or soma (semen fluid) in the body of the human being, purges it of
poisonous lust and turns it into the healing nectar of energy. The process is equated with
the rotary cycle of waters, incited in the universe by the solar fire. The devotee substitutes
a new, clean self for his old, unclean self through his ablution in the Mahakumba.
Source: http://ignca.nic.in/dvd_mahakumba.htm
Mahabharata (Part I, II, and III) 97, 111, and 110 (directed by Peter Brook) Memorial Library Microforms/Media PN1997 M2545 1989 Peter Brook's innovative contemporary adaptation of the Indian epic, with an
min., VHS Center international cast. In three parts: "The Game of Dice," "Exile in the Forest," and "The War."
IMDB site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097810/
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Mahabharata (Part I, II, and III, plus documentary 325 min., DVD (directed by Peter Brook) Memorial Library Microforms/Media PN1997 M2545 2002 The world of The Mahabharata is of profound storytelling power and spiritual import;
"Making the Mahabharata") Center within it a civilization rises, falls and is reborn.
and IMDB site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097810/
Center for South Asia Outreach Video
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224)
Mahatma Gandhi, twentieth century prophet 45 min., VHS Edith Martin, Writer and Producer Learning Support Services 259 Van AS2.045 Follows the life of Gandhi, with emphasis on his philosophy of nonviolent
Hise (ph:608-262-8695) noncooperation. Archival films show events in his life such as the great salt
march and the home-spinning movement, both important milestones in India’s
journey toward independence from Britain. "This film is not Gandhi as staged by
Hollywood. This is the real Gandhi as documented by more than 200 cameramen
in India, England, and South Africa from 1912 to 1948"
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Mahatma Gandhi: The Great Soul Lives 60 min. Center for South Asia Outreach Video This compelling program traces the footsteps of Mahatma Gandhi from London, where
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) he first studies law; to South Africa, where he established his first ashram; to India, where
he worked tirelessly for independence.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Mahatma Gandhi’s Vision : India - a tryst with freedom 56 min., VHS (produced by the Ministry of External Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1669 Government of India video about India’s role as a mediator in the Afghan war.
Affairs, India) Center Source: Madcat summary
Mandala: the sacred circle of Vajrabhairava 38 min., VHS Producer/director, Lonna Malmsheimer Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size BQ5125 M3 M35 1997 A look at the creation and inner meaning of the Buddhist mandala. Filmed during the
Shelving construction of the colored sand mandala of the Buddhist Vajrabhairava (the Diamond
Terrifier) by Tibetan monks of Namgyal Monastery, the Dalai Lama’s personal monastery.
It explains the meaning of the mandala and the techniques of tantra, while revealing the
artistry of the Namgyal monks. Interwoven within this presentation are excerpts from the
computer-generated three-dimensional mandala by the late Ven. Pema Losang Chögyen,
to whom the project is dedicated.
Source: Madcat Summary
MCC, a land tilled with blood and Manipur, nowhere to 76 min., VHS Producer, Minnie Vaid Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS480.84 L355 1996 Documentary on the activities of banned Naxalite organization operating in Bihar, the
hide Center Room 443-Videoca Maoist Communist Centre and on insurgency in Manipur. Land tilled with blood (35 min.)
-- Manipur, nowhere to hide (41 min.)
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Media, an arena for struggle 20 min., DVD Bipan Chandra Memorial Library Microforms/Media HX393.5 C46 2003 Bipan Chandra and Rajdeep Sardesa present a lecture intersperced with visual clips of
Center Room 443, DVD related events in India history. Chandra addresses the topic of the current state of
Communism in India and what needs to be done to keep it from spreading. Sardesa
speaks to the role of media and free expression in the fight against Communism.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: In defence of our dreams
Memories of a previous life 52 min., VHS Produced and directed by Marcel Poulin Memorial Library Microforms/Media 1 Copy Ordered as of Tenzin Sherab is a young Canadian who is recognized by the Dalaî Lama as being the
Center Room 443-Videoca 09/23/2008 reincarnation of a spiritual grand master from the turn of the century. Following
remarkable testimony by his friends, the young man recounts the years spent in the Sera
Jhe monastery in southern India, where thousands of Tibetans have been living in exile
since the occupation of their homeland by China. The film follows Tenzin Sherab in his
daily life during which, for over five years, he has been acquiring a deep knowledge of the
tenets of Buddhism and a remarkable mastery of the Tibetan art of debate. His study
cycle completed, the young man questions himself about his future and involves us in
interpreting the meaning of his unique destiny.
Source: Madcat Summary
Mercedes for Ashish 30 min., DVD (directed by Ruchir Joshi) Memorial Library Microforms/Media HT147 I5 M47 2005 A cinematic document of simultaneous degradations of human space and dignity in Delhi,
Center images of how roads, walls, constructions-in-progress, ganda nalas, billboards, all in some
way attack the human body.
Source: http://www.psbt.org/screening/movie_review/30
Micro credit for women: the story of the Grameen Bank 102 min., 2 DVD Direction and production by Mark Memorial Library Microforms/Media HG3290.6 A8 W66 Describes the Grameen Bank and the small-business loans it makes to women only. It
Aardenburg Center Room 443, DVD 2006 follows the activities of women who have taken out loans to fund their cottage industries
and take business classes. Also shown are those who oppose the bank’s efforts, which
contradicts Islamic law.
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Mime and theatre "Indian classical dance" 24 min., VHS Produced by Malini Srirama Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1693 M55 1984 Dance dramas have been a classical art form in southern India for over 2000 years. Their
Center Room 443-Videoca purpose - to bring the world of the gods to the world of men. Blending mime and theater
in the classical tradition, dancer/teacher/choreographer Malini Srirama reeacts some of
these popular dance pieces in both the Bharatha Natya and Kuchipudi styles. She
introduces the nine basic human emotions and demostrates how these facial expressions
are combined with meaningful hand gestures. Colorful and entertaining, these mini
dramas also incorporate dance footage from India.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Mirasans of Punjab : born to sing 49 min., DVD Script and direction, Shikha Jhingan Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility DVD 312 On the traditional women singers of Panjab, India who sing during auspicious and sad
occasions.
Source: Madcat Summary
The film traces the unique Mirasan tradition of the Punjab dating back to pre-partition
days when Muslim women participated in life cycle celebrations, adding elements of their
own, breaking borders of religions, at the socio-cultural level. The film nostalgically
traverses this harmonious space, in which the Mirasans cry on death, bring laughter at
birth and marriage and bridge communities. Today, children of Mirasan are struggling to
survive with dwindling patronage and are moving out from family space to public space.
Source: http://ignca.nic.in/dvd_mirasans.htm
Miss India Georgia 56 min., VHS (directed by Daniel Friedman and Sharon College Library Women's Collection HQ1219 M68 1997 Miss India Georgia follows four contestants during the hectic weeks lleading up to
Grimberg) Atlanta's annual South Asian beauty pageant. In discussions with their grandparents about
arranged marriages, in quarrels with their boyfriends, and in revealing conversations with
Indian and non-Indian friends, these young women disclose the complexity of their
feelings about growing up in the US as children of immigrant parents. Sometimes funny
and sometimes sad, the stories of these resilient teenagers teach us that each individual's
experience of "Americanization" is unique.
Source: http://home.earthlink.net/~dfriedman1/migdescrp.html
IMDB site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124007/
Missing women : Female-Selective Abortion and 54 min., DVD (produced Films for the Humanities and College Library Women's Collection HQ755.83 M57 2006 In India, Pakistan, and China, being born a girl can be an instant death sentence. This
Infanticide Sciences) program—winner of the Albert Londres Prize, France’s highest award for
journalism—unflinchingly examines the cultural, economic, and political reasons for the
systematic elimination of females in Asia and considers the implications of the dramatic
demographic disruption that will likely occur as a result of this growing imbalance
between the sexes. The use of amniocentesis and ultrasound scans to identify female
fetuses for abortion is investigated, as are the practices of newborn abandonment and
infanticide by a parent or a hired baby girl killer.
Source: http://ffh.films.com/id/13064/Missing_Women_Female-
Selective_Abortion_and_Infanticide.htm
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Mithila Painters: Five Village Artists from Madhubani, 40 min., VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.032 Focuses on five village painters: four women (including two Brahmans, a Kayastha, and a
India Van Hise Hall) low-caste Dusadh) and one man (the son of a tantric priest), living in the Mithila-speaking
region of northern Bihar and eastern Nepal. All five follow the main conventions of
Mithila painting. Yet each one has favorite themes and stories (such as the story of the
young wife whose adopted father was a cobra, or the story of a boy's murder in the
village), and each one paints them in unique, individual styles and colors. Accounts of their
lives, highlighted by samples of their paintings, illustrate how selling their paintings has
affected the lives of villagers --especially women-- in Mithila.
Source: http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/films/mithila.html
Modern brides (2 copies) 28 min., VHS (directed by Happy Luchsinger) Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ670 M63 1990z Describes two middle-class Brahman marriages in Mysore, South India in 1983; one an
Center and entirely traditional, arranged marriage and the other of two young people who decide to
and AS2.019 marry because they are in love. Presents the important ingredients in this culture of a
Learning Support Services Library (259 good marriage, including the families’ reputations and the willingness of all parties to
Van Hise Hall) adjust.
Source: Madcat summary
Mohiniyattam 34 min., DVD Script, research, and direction, Sajeev Pillai Memorial Library Microforms/Media 1 Copy Claimed as of Mohiniyattam, the classical female dance of Kerala, India.
Center Room 443, DVD 07/06/2009 Source: Madcat Summary
Monkeys of Mysore: a South Indian primate society 19 min., VHS Primate Center Library Audio Visual VT 0231 1966 Illustrates the activities and habits of the bonnet macaque (Macaca radiata) within the
Collection range of the Godaveri River in India to Cape Commerin. Discusses their social system and
dominance structure and how they affect life within a troup, and child development.
Dominance is shown to be based upon gender, body and canine size, and the animal’s
ability to form alliances. Behaviors depicted include feeding in trees, foraging for insects
on the ground, play by all ages, fighting and threat, sleeping, grooming, sunning in trees,
and sexual activity within the troup. Some vocalizations may be heard.
Source: Madcat Summary
Mothers of Malappuram 10 min., VHS Scripted, narrated and directed by Nupur Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1236.5 I4 M68 1996 Change in the attitudes of both women's groups and the Indian Government towards
Basu Center Room 443-Videoca population issues is examined in the film shot in Kerala and Kanataka and made by Indian
television journalist Nupar Basu.
Source: osulibrary.oregonstate.edu
Mountain risk engineering 23 min., VHS Concept, Surendra Srestha ; script, Noah Memorial Library Microforms/Media TE229.8 M68 1991 A film on the application of risk engineering for promoting environmentally sound road
Gordon Center Room 443-Videoca construction in the Himalayas.
Source: Madcat Summary
Munni : Childhood And Art in Mithila (2 copies) 29 min., VHS (directed by Ron Hess) Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ799 I5 M86 1993 Looks at the life of a young girl in the Indian village of Mithila. Tells how changes in roles
Center and and attitudes have come to women there through ancient traditions of painting, but
and AS2.012 Munni learns the old ways from her grandmother and the new from her aunt. Her daily
Learning Support Services Library (259 life exhibits the values of family and cultural continuity that are her legacy.
Van Hise Hall) Source: Madcat summary
Music and dance of the Baiga people of Madhya 40 min., VHS (produced by Roderic Knight) Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 851 Ethnographic documentation of music and dances of the Baiga people of central India.
Pradesh, India Footage of wedding festivities in two villages is followed by five dances filmed in the
village of Silpidi.
Source: Madcat summary
Music for a goddess 175 min., DVD (produced by Amy Catlin-Jairazbhoy and Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility DVD 252 This narrated DVD explores the sacred music, dance and rituals of devidasis and
Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy) devidasas, women and men dedicated to the goddess Renuka/Yellamma. Worshipped by
millions of devotees in the border regions of southern Maharashtra, northern Karnataka,
and adjacent areas of India, this fertility goddess is best known through media
representations and social activism protesting practices linked to sexuality and
prostitution. Her musical and social traditions have parallels in the devadasi (women
dedicated to male deities) system in Tamilnadu before its reform and classicization in the
early twentieth century.
The DVD attempts to balance the typically negative representations of the tradition,
which tend to focus on controversial practices and to exclude the unique musical forms
essential to the worship of the goddess Renuka/Yellamma. “Fictive documentary”
techniques employed include the autobiographical voice of the Goddess, who reflects on
elements of her own varied histories and some of the practices of her followers, and the
voice of her son Parasuram. Virtuosic performances by women and men practitioners
(jogtas and jogappas, including transgenders) are featured in ensembles including the
chaundke, a one-stringed variable-tension ‘plucked drum’ believed to have first been
fashioned by Parasuram from a demon’s skull. These musical ritualists are necessary for
Music for meditation & healing : live in Minneapolis 130 min., DVD Director, Jefferey Weihe ; Ganapati Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility DVD 364 Live in Minneapolis- USA held during Nada Prasara Yatra. during Rande Purnima
calendrical festivals shown in the video such as pilgrimageAugust 9, 2003, at Ted Mann
Sachchidananda Swamiji Concert Hall of Swami Ganapati Sacchidaananda.
Source:
https://www.millennium.marmot.org:444/search~S93?/aWeigert,+Robin./aweigert+robin
/-3%2C-1%2C0%2CB/frameset&FF=aweihe+jefferey&1%2C1%2C
Music of Chitral 45 min., VHS (produced by Lok Virasa) Memorial Library Microforms/Media M1824 P26 M87 1991 Folk music from Chitral, in the north-west of Pakistan.Kuknus is divided into 63 melodies;
Center two categories, dani and sauz, cover all Chitrali tunes.
Source: Madcat summary
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_avEDdFbOtU&feature=related
Musical instruments of Kacch and its neighbors 60 min., VHS By Nazir Jairazbhoy and Amy Caitlin Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 735 Survey of the diversity of local instruments in Kachchh and neighboring Sind, Baluchistan,
Rajasthan, and Saurashtra: flutes and other reed instruments, jews harps, drums,
including those improvised from metal basins and clay water pots, bowed and plucked
strings, etc. Some represent imports, such as the rattles and drums played by the Sidi
African Indians, and the benjo, adapted from a Japanese koto.
Source: Madcat Summary
Musical tradition in Banaras 40 min., VHS (made by Center for South Asian Studies) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.037 Centered around the activities and approach to music of Panchu Maharaj, a classical
drummer and musical instructor at Banaras Hindu University. Includes late-night practice
session where Indian music is played in the casual atmosphere in which it is most
frequently heard.
Source: Madcat summary
My own country 106 min. VHS Produced and directed by Mira Nair LGBT Campus Center Video Coll., 2nd PN1997 M96 2000 A small-town doctor, making the adjustment of coming from India to the rural town of
Floor Memorial Union Johnson City, Tennessee, must win the acceptance and trust of his community when the
town’s first documented case of AIDS is reported. Based on a true story.
Source: Madcat Summary
Naked in ashes 103 min., DVD Directed, produced & written by Paula Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1241.57 N35 2005 The bearers of a 7,000 year old legacy, the yogis give up everything to seek self-
Fouce Center Room 443, DVD realization. A young boy undergoes a secret initiation. On pilgrimage through the
Himalayas, he journeys to the holiest festival on earth.
Source: Madcat Summary
Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night (2 copies) 27 min., DVD A film by Sonali Gulati Center for South Asia Outreach Video HF5415.1265 N35 2005 Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night is a documentary on outsourcing of American jobs to India.
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) Told from the perspective of an Indian living in the U.S., the film journeys into India's call
and centers, where telemarketers acquire American names and accents to service the
Memorial Library Microforms/Media telephone-support industry of the U.S. The film incorporates animation, live action, and
Center Room 443, DVD archival footage to explore the complexities of globalization, capitalism, and identity.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Narmada Diary 60 min., VHS By Anand Patwardhan and Simantini Dhuru Memorial Library Microforms/Media HD1698 I42 N376 1995 The Sadar Sarover Dam in western India, the lynch-pin of a mammouth development
Center Room 443-Videoca project on the river Narmada's banks, has been criticized as uneconomical and unjust. It
will benefit prosperous urbanites at a cost borne by the rural poor. When completed, the
dam will drown 37,000 hectares of fertile land, displace over 200,000 adivasi -- the area's
indigenous people -- and cost up to 400 billion rupees. Ecological, cultural, and human
costs -- as often is the case with 'mega' projects -- have never been estimated. A
NARMADA DIARY introduces the Narmada Bachao Andolan (the Save Armada
Movement) which has spearheaded the agitation against the dam. As government
resettlement programs prove inadequate, the Narmada Bachao Andolan has emerged as
one of the most dynamic struggles in India today. With non-violent protests and a
determination to drown rather than to leave their homes and land, the people of the
Narmada valley have become symbols of a global struggle against unjust development.
But the dam building continues. If its height is not checked, the entire Adivasi region of the
Narmada will drown. In the name of progress, a relatively self-sufficient, egalitarian and
environmentally sound economy and culture will be destroyed and a proud people
reduced to the status of refugees and slum dwellers." "Efforts by environmentalists and
Nation on the march 31 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media Economic development halt construction of a dam
Video Cassette SA-1668 other activists in India toin India after independence.on the Narmada River are
Center Room 443-SA Video Source: Madcat Summary
Nature’s pharmacy at risk 30 min., VHS Produced by the Economic Development Wendt Library Book Stacks SB293 N37 1998 Explores the world of traditional plant-based medicine, from the medical care and
Institute spiritual rituals of Nigerian healers to the ancient therapies of practitioners in India.
Examines how assaults on the environment are destroying the plants needed to practice
the ancient art as well as modern medical needs.
Source: Madcat Summary
Navakalevara - The New Embodiment 49 min., DVD (directed by Prithwiraj Misra) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1225 J32 N38 1997 Icons of Lord Jagannath and his companions in Jagannath Temple of Puri in orissa are
Center made of Neem wood. Ritualistically, these icons are made after an interval of 12/19
years. This event is called Navakalevara or the new embodiment. This film is a rare
documentation of this event, done on 29th March 1996, 65 days before the full moon day
of Jaistha or the day better known as Snan Purnima. This ancient event revolves around
Banajaga Yatra, the journey undertaken in search of the sacred log.
Source: http://ignca.nic.in/dvd_navakalevara.htm
Nee Engey 'Where Are You' 153 min Director, R.V. Ramani Center for South Asia Outreach Video In search of people who once staged shadow plays across South India, we find that the
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) craft survives and the songs live on. However, now performers dance to film soundtracks,
the main business shifts to selling accessories and modern skits are added to the
Ramayana shadow puppets. But still the thrill when the light comes on behind the white
cloth remains unchanged.
Source: http://www.yidff.jp/2003/cat037/03c045-e.html
Nehru – Gandhi Dynasty 180 min. Center for South Asia Outreach Video Here is the fascinating and often tragic story of the Nehru and Gandhi families and their
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) quest to lead India to peace and prosperity. On August 14, 1947, India won independence
after 200 years of British rule due to the tireless work and sacrifice of three Hindu
nationalists. Mahatma Gandhi was the spiritual leader; Jawaharial Nehru, son of Motilal
Nehru was elected to political monarch. The next two generations of Nehrus, Indira and
her two sons, continued the reign until 1991, when son Rajiv was assassinated by
terrorists. This in-depth, insightful program chronicles the dynasty established by the
Nehrus and their long lasting influence on one of the largest and most populous countries
in the world.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Never again?: genocide since the Holocaust 57 min., DVD Produced and directed by Robert J. Emery Memorial Library Microforms/Media HV6322.7 N48 2002 After the atrocities of World War II, the cry of conscience was ’never again!’ As this
Center Room 443, DVD program demonstrates, that bitterly learned injunction went unheeded throughout much
of the world. The chronicle of genocide continues with a look at Mao’s purges in China,
Cambodia under Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge, the Arab/Israeli conflict, border wars in Pakistan
and Bangladesh, and killing in Central America.
Source: Madcat Summary
New Americans 400 min., VHS Executive producers, Steve James, Gordon MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) PreK-12 HM843 N49 2003 Depicts the journeys of five families from their homes in the Dominican Republic, Nigeria,
Quinn Stacks the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Mexico and India to new lives in the United States.
Source: Madcat Summary
New Empire 35 min Directed by Kurush Canteenwala Center for South Asia Outreach Video New Empire is a visually impressionistic, non-fiction film that attempts to chronicle a
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) personal encounter with neo-colonialism and the accompanying loss of away of urban
being. The encounter is set around the memory of an Irani restaurant in Bombay, "New
Empire Restaurant and Bakery." The restaurant is now a McDonald's outlet. This films is
constructed through images employing the different textural qualities of both Super 8 and
16 mm film. A formal simplicity is the pronounced governing aesthetic and is indicative of
the personal nature of the document, and as a resistance to acceptable standards of
marketable imagery.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Newstrack videorecording : the newsmagazine VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-31 Issue 1 includes: Interview with V.P.Singh, Shashi Kapoor, Indu Arora. Also includes sports,
Center Room 443-SA Video Library Has: fashions and film reviews.
(1988:Sept. - 1993) Source: Madcat Summary
(1994:Jan. - :April)
(1994:June - :Sept.)
No more tears sister : anatomy of hope and betrayal (2 54 min., DVD (directed by Sharika Thirangama) Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS489.86 T5 N6 2005 A story of love, revolution, and betrayal, No More Tears Sister explores the price of truth
copies) Center in times of war. Set during the violent ethnic conflict that has enveloped Sri Lanka over
and decades, the documentary recreates the courageous and vibrant life of renowned human
Center for South Asia Outreach Video rights activist, Dr. Rajani Thiranagama. Mother, anatomy professor, and symbol of hope,
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) Rajani was assassinated at the age of thirty-five. Stunningly photographed, using rare
archival footage, intimate correspondence and poetic recreations, the story of Rajani and
her family delves into rarely explored themes - revolutionary women and their dangerous
pursuit of justice.
Source: http://www3.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=51681
Film site: http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2006/nomoretears/index.html
Nritya Bharati 102 min., VHS Producer, Kanak Rele; director, Uday Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1612 Description of the traditional basis for Indian classical dances and the seven classical
Shankar Pani Center Room 443-SA Video dance styles.
Source: Madcat Summary
Nuclear war between India & Pakistan 28 min., VHS (produced by Gene R. La Rocque) Memorial Library Microforms/Media UA840 N837 1998 This video discusses the underlying factors that caused India and Pakistan to join the
Center nuclear power club. It describes why a war is possible between these nations and how it
might start. Finally, it discusses actions that could be taken to prevent such a war.
Source: Madcat summary
Observer News Channel election special 356 min., 4 VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1072 Special programs (6?) on the 1991 Indian elections coverage and some current cultural
Center Room 443-SA Video events.
Source: Madcat Summary
Occupation: Millworker 20 min. By Anand Patwardhan Center for South Asia Outreach Video Textile mills once were the backbones of Bombay's economy, and their laborers provided
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) the city its working class culture. Today, foreign investment and rising real-estate prices
have made selling mill lands more profitable than running them. Mill 'sickness' is now an
epidemic. OCCUPATION: MILLWORKER records the courageous action of workers who,
after a four-year lockout, forcibly occupied The New Great Eastern Mill
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Odhni: a collective exploration of ourselves, our bodies 24 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1695 A discussion by Indian women of different ages, backgrounds, and life experiences
Sciences Center Room 443-SA Video concerning what they have in common and the social and political empowerment of
women in India.
Source: Madcat Summary
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
On the brink 57 min., VHS Director/writer, Hal Weiner Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise ID2.127 This film "explores a growing national security threat throughout the world: how
(ph:608-262-8695) environmental pressures can lead to violence, terrorism and regional conflict. Travel to
areas where environmental degradation and unsustainable development practices have
had negative impacts on the quality of life for millions of people"--Container. Journeys to
Bangladesh, South Africa, Peru, Haiti, Mexican/U.S. border.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Journey to planet Earth
On the road with the red god Machhendranath 52 min., DVD Produced, directed and written by Kesang Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ396 K37 O6 2006 Captures the complex human elements behind the wheeled chariot festival of the deity
Tseten Center Room 443, DVD Rato Machhendranath of the Kathmadu Valley, one of Asia’s greatest ancient religious
festivals. Instead of exotic idealised depictions of tradition, the film portrays the gritty
reality of the festival where conflict or solidarity can prevail, mapping the dynamic
interplay between tradition and modernity.
Source: Madcat Summary
On wings of fire 98 min., VHS Producer, Meherji K. Madan; director, Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1611 History, culture and development of Zoroastrianism.
Cyrus Bharacha Center Room 443-SA Video Source: Madcat Summary
One city, two worlds: a film on Bombay 24 min., DVD Directed by Zafar Hai Memorial Library Microforms/Media HT169 I52 B65 2000 A look at the modern city of Bombay, divided into a permanent city of solid structures for
Center Room 443, DVD wealthy individuals and companies, and a "kinetic" or "bazaar" city of flimsy structures
where most of the population lives. The history of the city is reviewed from the
standpoint of urban planning and the challenges facing the city in the years ahead are
discussed by architects and planners. Source: Madcat Summary
One hundred years of drought 21 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media SA-1689 Examines the causes of recurrent drought in Maharashtra; demonstrates the extent to
Sciences Center Room 443-SA Video which drought is a man-made phenomenon, including a review of the impact of colonial
rule and the famine policy.
Source: Madcat Summary
One night in Bhopal 60 min., DVD Produced and directed by Steven Condie, Memorial Library Microforms/Media HD7269 C452 I5285 The world knows too little about what happened in the Indian city of Bhopal on December
Written by Avie Luthra, Steven Condie Center Room 443, DVD 2005 3, 1984. This program provides a chilling reconstruction of the Union Carbide methyl
isocyanate disaster and details its horrific and protracted consequences.
Source: Madcat Summary
Oral tradition of the Vedas 153 min., DVD Producer & director, R. Bharathadri Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility DVD 313 IGNCA made this film on the “Oral tradition of Vedas” for the Ministry of Culture,
Government of India for presentation to the UNESCO. The film alludes to the Jaiminiya
Shakha, Ranayaniya Shakha of Samaveda and Saunaka and Paippalada Shakha of Atharva
Veda, followed in Trichur of Kerala, Gokarna and Honnavar of Karnataka, Trichy of Tamil
Nadu, Sholapur of Maharashtra, and Puri and Balasore of Orissa. It unveils the unique
recitative methodology of memorizing the vast Vedic corpus, adopted by ancient seers, to
ensure its transmission without distortion by Vedapathins. It highlights the reiterative
utterance of the words Jatapatha and Ghanapatha, chanted in forward, backward and
circuitous manner, and the mnemonic devices of training the young mind in sound
patterns. The roving camera takes one through various Gurukuls in peninsular India,
where the traditions survive in isolation.
Source: http://www.ignca.nic.in/dlrich.html
Osho Rajneesh 53 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-816 Meeting of the Osho White Robe Brotherhood 20.9.89 7pm
Center Room 443-SA Video Source: Madcat Summary
Painted ballad of India 27 min., VHS (directed by Deben Bhattacharya) Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 198 Shows painters working on horizontal and vertical scrolls, following the singer/painter as
he presents the tale depicted on the scroll.
Source: Madcat summary
Painted epics of Kerala 30 min., DVD Script & direction, R. Sarath Art Library Audiovisual Collection (non- ND2828 K47 P36 2007 The film explores the vanishing ritualistic and artistic heritage of the frescos of Kerala
circulating) temples. It highlights the ritual austerities, performed by artists, while creating those
sacred murals; touches upon “Dhuli Chitra” created out of five natural colours names
white, black, yellow, red and green; and, explores the various mythological storylines in
varied colour temperatures. It looks at the integration of painted two-dimensional and
three dimensional, sculpted and architectural surfaces.
Source: http://ignca.nic.in/dvd_murals_kerala.htm
Director is with the public relations department of the State Government. "Outside the
State, there is much curiousity about Kerala and its art forms but this film is for Keralites.
Muals are our treasure but we might lose it completely due to our ignorance and neglect.
The murals at the Vadakkumnathan temple at at Pandalam are an example." The
"Painted Epics of Kerala" takes the viewer on a spiritual journey along the Triprayar
temple, Vadakkumnathan temple, Ayyappankavu in Panjal, Kottakal temple, Peruvanam
Siva temple, the Mattancherry Palace, Krishnapuram Palace, Padmanabhapuram Palace,
Kilimanoor Palace, Pandavath Sastha temple, Ettumanoor, the Panayanarkavu in Mannar
and the Pundareekapuram Vishnu temple.
Review: http://www.sarathfilms.com/reviews02.htm
Pakistan: Between Chaitralis and Pathans 51 min. Center for South Asia Outreach Video Situated in western Asia, Pakistan occupies a region of political and economic tension.
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) This program looks at Pakistan’s complex relations with Iran, India, and the United States
and the contributions of its multicultural population. The influences of Punjabi and
Pathan, Sindhi and Baluchi, and Ismaili and Buddhist are all captured, set against the
background of life both in cities and in rural communities. The region’s heritage as the
seat of the Indus Valley civilization is also explored.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Pakistan: living with geography 15 min., VHS Edward Dixon, project coordinator Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS377 P355 1992 Intended for use in secondary and high schools, this introduction to Pakistan contains well-
Center Room 443-Videoca chosen and accurate information about daily life in various geographical areas, omitting
the Sind. Based on slides rather than live footage.
Source: http://mec.sas.upenn.edu/resources/filmlist.php#pakistan
Palace restored: the conservation of the Hanuman VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.033
Dhoka Royal Palace Van Hise Hall)
Pandemic: Facing AIDS Directed by Rory Kennedy Center for South Asia Outreach Video Pandemic: Facing AIDS follows five stories of people living with AIDS in countries around
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) the world, revealing the heartaches and triumphs of coping with a stigma and effects of
the devastating disease. Showing how AIDS tests people in unexpected ways, the series
chronicles the minor miracles that occur in the face of doom. Treatment, prevention,
education, mother-to-child transmission, the stigma of AIDS, and harm reduction are
among the issues explored in the series, as well as the many obstacles and opportunities
faced by the individuals in the film. The five countries profiled in Pandemic: Facing AIDS
represent a cross-section of cultures and attitudes regarding HIV/AIDS. In India, a truck
driver and his pregnant wife, both HIV-positive, take every precaution to prevent HIV
transmission to their baby. Source:
http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Pani Panchayat: alternatives in development 47 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1700 Documents a water co-operative movement of small farmers in drought prone Taluka of
Sciences Center Room 443 Maharashtra. In part I the co-operative movement in Pani Panchayat is juxtaposed with
the state’s promotion of large irrigation projects while Part II appraises the effectiveness
of water supply efforts at Pani Panchayat as an alternative model.
Source: Madcat summary
Pañjābī loka saṅgīta wirāsata 49 min., DVD Direction, Gurcharan Singh ; producer Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility DVD 394 Traditional Punjabi folk music.
Parambakhshish Source: Madcat Summary
Partition 78 min. By Ken Mc Mullen Center for South Asia Outreach Video Based on Urdu writer's Saadat Hussan Manto's story about the partition of India and
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) Pakistan. McMullen's film focuses on the historical footnote that inmates of lunatic
asylums, like prisoners were transferred to Pakistan and Hindu and Sikh lunatics in
Pakistan asylums were sent to India. McMullen and co-writer Tariq Ali's adaptation is
ambitious; the asylum becomes a reverse mirror for the seeming order of the political
order, and the same actors, for emphasis play both the lunatics and the rulers.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Perspectives on mental health 65 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1699 Traces the history of mental health services in India and the changing paradigms of
Sciences Center Room 443-SA Video mental illness, treatment, and rehabilitation, underlying these interventions. The models
and approaches adopted by various institutions are explored, in the light of the need for
low-cost, appropriate and accessible alterntives in the Indian context.
Source: Madcat Summary
Photo wallahs : an encounter with photography in 60 min., VHS (produced by David & Judith MacDougall) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise FL1.158 The film focuses on the photographers of Mussoorie, a hill station in the Himalayan
Mussoorie, a north Indian hill station foothills of northern India whose fame has attracted tourists since the 19th century.
Through a rich mixture of scenes that includes the photographers at work, their clients,
and both old and new photographs, this film examines photography as art and as social
artifact.
Source: Madcat summary
Pilgrimage to Pittsburgh (2 copies) 25 min., VHS (directed by Ron Hess) Memorial Library Microforms/Media F159 P69 E2 1999 Documentary film of the Hindu community at the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Pittsburgh.
Center Room and In 1986 the community celebrated the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the
and AS2.040 temple. Thousands of Indians from other U.S. cities traveled to Pittsburgh to participate in
Learning Support Services Library (259 the celebration. Activities at the temple foster an understanding of the Hindu religion and
Van Hise Hall) the Indian culture and lifestyle.
Source: http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/films/pitts.html
Plight of Tibet and the Dalai Lama: interviews with 53 min., VHS Devised, directed and produced by John B. College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. HV640.5 T5 P56 1999 Discusses suppression by China during the occupation of Tibet, and shows two different
Tibetan refugees Murray West, Rm 1191 responses of Tibetan refugees. The Dalai Lama explains his philosophy of non-violent
opposition. Lhasang Tsering, past president of the Tibetan Youth Congress advises that the
TYC is prepared to use any means, including violence, to reclaim the Tibetan homeland.
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Poetic fantasia: the ankia naat 31 min., DVD Script & direction, Ashoke Guppto. ; Memorial Library Microforms/Media PN2885 A8 P64 2002 Features the production and performance of a folk dance drama at the Kamla Bari Satra
producer, Surendra Kaul Center Room 443, DVD in Majoli, Assam, India. Ankiya naat are one-act plays interspersed with Sanskrit verses.
They were composed for common people in simple language. A close link with Sanskrit
theater can be seen. The conventional Purvaranga , the preliminaries comprising the
"Nandi", the "Prastavana" ,etc. can be seen in this film. Also gives a historical background
of the plays, with the credit of bringing the "Ankiya naat" concept into the fold of
theatrical arts by Shankaradeva in the 16th century. Source: Madcat Summary
Poetry on walls : terracotta temples, Bishnupur 22 min., DVD (directed by Jahar Kanungo) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1243.76 B58 P64 The terracotta temples of Vishnupur occupy an important position in the history of
Center 2002 architecture of Bengal. The temples were constructed by the Mulla dynasty of Vishnupur
in about 17th century A.D. The shapes of the temples is said to be influenced by the rural
thatched roof huts of Bengal that have a beautiful carved form sloping on both sides. The
temples are also unique as they are made of bricks decorated with terracotta panels. The
clay plates are carved with legends and stories of Krishna and Ramayana, etc.
Source: http://ccrtindia.gov.in/productcatalogue.htm
Portrait of a Young Hindu (Brahmin) Widow: Tradition VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.008
and Change Van Hise Hall)
Portraits of a lane: a short film on Khotachiwadi 20 min., DVD Directed by Sadaf Siddique Memorial Library Microforms/Media HT384 I4 P67 2004 This film portrays a group of young residents of Khotachiwadi village, a heritage precinct
Center Room 443, DVD in South Mumbai, who converse with elderly residents who have lived in the
neighbourhood and witnessed its changes. Through intergenerational exchanges of
Khotachiwadi residents, we learn about the wadi’s composite cultures and
transformations. This film was produced as a part of the Khotachiwadi Project under the
Neighbourhood Project 2003-2004 and was funded by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region -
Heritage Conservation Society.
Source: http://www.pukar.org.in/shortfilms.htm#
Power of place : world regional geography : Unit 10. 60 min., VHS (produced by Cambridge Studies) College Library Main Collection G128 P69 1996 A PBS television course and video resource that examines the dynamic geographic forces
South Asia: aspiring India currently shaping our world.
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Pramila and Parvati 35 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1694 Explores perceptions of two visually disabled women in India who speak of their
Sciences Center Room 443-SA Video experiences of childhood, getting an education, finding employment, marriage and the
challenges of parenting their sighted children. Also outlines the children’s perception of
blindness and their aspirations for the future.
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Prerna: the community health worker and mental 69 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1696 Profiles a health worker in India who, in the course of her regular community visits, helps
retardation Sciences Center Room 443-SA Video in the detection of mental retardation. The slide show in the film traces the process of
genetic counseling, through case studies of Down’s Syndrome, stressing the importance of
early intervention and rehabilitation. It is designed to provide basic information on
genetic counseling with specific reference to Down’s syndrome for health workers and the
layperson.
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Puja : expressions of Hindu devotion (3 copies) 29 min., VHS (By the Smithsonian Institute) College Library Reserve Collection, 1st Fl. BL1226.12 P8 1996 Puja: Expressions of Hindu Devotion introduces viewers to one of the basic elements of
Center Hinduism, the world’s third largest religion. In the Puja, Hindus honor gods and goddesses
and through rituals focusing on objects – whether an elaborate sculpture of the deity or just a
Center for South Asia Outreach Video stone – that are believed to be filled with the divine beings spirit. Viewers will hear
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) American Hindus discussing a Puja and what it means to them and will watch as devotees
and worship deities and offer food, water and flowers, seeking to make a spiritual connection
Memorial Library Microforms/Media with the gods.
Center Room 443-Videoca This tape includes three video segments, opening with a narration and open captioned
version. The second segment presents a woman worshiping a household shrine, while the
third segment shows people conducting Puja at an outdoor shrine to the goddess Chandi
in the Puri district of Orissa, India.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm#puja
"What are the basic beliefs of Hinduism? How do Hindus worship? These and many other
questions are explored in this new packet. The accompanying video examines where,
when, and why Hindus worship and includes interviews with American Hindus. Interviews
with Hindu teenagers living in the Washington area provide students with a contemporary
Punarvasan: a document on reconstruction in post- 59 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media A film shot religion. October 1993 and December
Video Cassette SA-1697 view of the between Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu 1994, critically examining various
earthquake Marathwada Sciences Center Room 443-SA Video aspects of the reconstruction program in the Latur and Osmanabad Districts of
Maharashtra, following the earthquake of September 30, 1993. Part I traces the first
stage of reconstruction where donor-sponsored housing relocation schemes were
undertaken including the decision to relocate 52 villages, the lay-out and design of the
settlements and the building technologies adopted. Part II looks at the peoples’
participation in the reconstruction program. It presents various experiments involving the
use of low-cost indigenous materials, local participation in settlement design, training of
local artisans, demonstration of retrofitting techniques and information-education
campaigns.
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Pure Chutney 42min. Directed by Sanjeev Chatterjee Center for South Asia Outreach Video Pure Chutney is an exploration of the delicious - and even difficult - mix of Trinidadian-
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) Indian culture. The film takes up as its theme the undeniable hybridity of postcolonial
societies, and celebrates in some measure the events and accidents of history that
constitute the Indian diaspora. This video portrays interactions with various Trinidadian-
Indians, and takes as its point of departure their reflections on what someone in the film
calls "our preoccupation with India". The camera and the narrative take the point of view
of a U.S.-based Indian writer and photographer traveling in Trinidad. This video-essay
appears at a critical time: in India, where right-wing appeals to religious purity are
signaling a period of grave crisis for assorted minorities and women; and in the West,
where the growing presence of a diasporic Indian population in, for example, the U.S.,
Canada and the U.K. calls for a sophisticated and complex engagement with the question
of Indian identities and difference. Source:
http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Pūrva uttara = Past forward 180 min, 2 VHS conceptualized by Vidya Dehejia ; script, Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS418 P87 1998 In eight short films, monuments and historic sites are examined by art historians in a
Valerie M. Sheperd Center Room 443-Videoca thought-provoking manner described as "Art and the history of ideas".
Contents: pt. 1 Visions of paradise, the Taj Mahal / directed and narrated by Zafar Hai;
Mamallapuram, a riddle in the sanda ; Vijayanagara, where kings and Gods meet /
directed and narrated by Shyam Benegal; Rome of the tropics, Goa / directed and
narrated by Zafar Hai -- pt. 2. Konark, Chariot of the Sun / directed and narrated by Shyam
Benegal ; Immortal capital, the many cities of Delhi ; A world apart, Princely Mewar /
directed and narrated by Zafar Hai ; Sanchi, monument of the people / directed and
narrated by Shyam Benegal.
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Pūrva uttara = past forward 200 min., 4 DVD conceptualized by Vidya Dehejia ; script, Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS418 P87 2005 Explores the historic architecture of India.
Valerie M. Sheperd Center Room 443, DVD Contents: v. 1. Sanchi, monument of the people / directed and narrated by Shyam
Benegal ; Konark, Chariot of the Sun / directed and narrated by Shyam Benega. -- v. 2.
Mamallapuram, a riddle in the sands ; Vijayanagara, where kings and Gods meet /
directed and narrated by Shyam Benegal. -- v. 3. Immortal capital, the many cities of Delhi
; Visions of paradise, the Taj Mahal / directed and narrated by Zafar Hai. -- v. 4. A world
apart, Princely Mewar / directed and narrated by Zafar Hai ; Rome of the tropics, Goa /
directed and narrated by Zafar Hai
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Raag time 140 min., VHS (directed by Adnan Sami Khan) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1125 Music video produced, composed, directed and performed by Adnan Sami Khan.
Center Source: Madcat summary
Rabindranath Tagore VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.026
Van Hise Hall)
Ramlila - The Traditional Performance of Ramayana 117 min., DVD (produced by R. Bharathabadri) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1139.25 R365 2007 Ramayana is the oldest Indian epic, encompassing 24,000 lyrical verses, and remains the
Center corner stone of Indian spiritual traditions.The IGNCA has made this documentary for the
Ministry of Culture, Government of India for presentation to the UNESCO, which has
designated Ramlila as a Masterpiece of oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. The film
highlights the Ramlila of Ramnagar, apart from Ramlila traditions of Avadh, Braj and
Madhubani. The film explores the mythological and linguistic nuances of Ramlila at
Ayodhya as a blend of Braja, Madhubani region and Avadh dialects. It presents the
dynamics of dramatized orality to showcase India’s Intangible Heritage.
Source: http://ignca.nic.in/dvd_ramlila.htm
From the Series: World’s intangible heritage
Ravi Shankar: the man and his music 60 min., VHS Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 369 This loving portrait of Ravi Shankar shows us the totality of Shankar's art, the inner peace
from which the fiery dexterity emerges, the philosophy that underlies the shape of raga,
and the characteristics of the sitar, tabla, santur, sarod, and sarangi. We see and hear him
play and talk: in Europe and America, with Yehudi Menuhin, Zubin Mehta, Jean-Pierre
Rampal, and George Harrison, and at home, in India, with his students and his wife.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Reconstructing commmunities 51 min, DVD Editing & direction, Anjali Monteiro and K.P. Memorial Library Microforms/Media HC440 E44 R436 2002 Critical exploration of the limitations of the community participation in 52 villages that
Jayasankar Center Room 443, DVD were relocated under the aegis of the Maharashtra Earthquake Emergency Rehabilitation
Programme (MEERP), soon after the devastating earthquake that hit Latur and
Osmanabad districts of Maharashtra on 30th September 1993.
Source: Madcat Summary
Reincarnation of Khensur Rinpoche 62 min., VHS Directed by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam Center for South Asia Outreach Video Choenzey is a 47-year-old monk living in a Tibetan refugee monastery in South India. His
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) spiritual master, Khensur Rinpoche, a revered high lama, has been dead for four years.
According to Tibetan belief, he will soon be reincarnated. It is Choenzey's responsibility, as
his closest disciple, to find the reincarnation and to look after him. The film follows
Choenzey's search and his eventual discovery of an impish but gentle 4-year-old boy who
is recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan State Oracle to be the
reincarnation. Without sentimentality, the film captures the moving relationship that
develops between the erstwhile disciple and his young master.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Retooling a Tradition: A Rajasthani Puppet Takes 47 min., VHS By Nazir Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin Memorial Library Microforms/Media PN1978 I5 R48 1994 A 47-minute 'fictive' video documentary by Nazir Ali Jairazbhoy and Amy Catlin. This video
Umbrage at his Stringholders Center Room 443-Videoca concrete (cf. musique concrete) constructed from numerous film and video clips recorded
in India from 1978 to 1994, communicates aspects of Rajasthani kathputli puppetry
viewed from the idiosynchratic perspective of the videomakers. It presents three
imagined contexts. The first is of a Muslim nawab puppet who is convinced that his Hindu
puppeteers are prejudiced against him on religious grounds. The second introduces his
concubine-courtesan, a semi-historical personage from the 17th century, Anarkali, who,
after centuries of patience and endurance, finally feels obliged to accuse the nawab of
bigotry, and urges him to look at the positive elements of the puppeteers' adaptive
strategies for survival in the new world. The nawab tries to follow his consort's advice but
cannot refrain from nattering sarcastically to make the puppeteers look their worst.
Finally, an imaginary puppeteers' guild presents a gilded, altruistic view of the modern
puppetry adaptations. The nawab is convinced - or is he? In the course of this videotape
the viewer is introduced to the colorful variety and creativity of Rajasthani puppetry and
its music. Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Rhapsody of beats: percussion instruments of Kerala 25 min., DVD Script, Meena T. Pillai Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility DVD 379 Documentary on various percussion instruments of Kerala, India.
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Rhesus monkey in India : a study in primate ecology 22 min., VHS (written by written by Charles H. Southwick) Primate Center Library Audio Visual VT 0207 1962 This video is an introduction to the ecology and behavior of the rhesus monkey (Macaca
Collection mulatta) in northern India. 600 groups of rhesus monkeys in habitat settings of villages,
towns, roadsides, canal banks, temples, railroad stations, and forest areas were surveyed.
Data is presented on the abundance, distribution, habitat preferences, group sizes, sex
and age ratios, population trends, and human interrelationships of rhesus monkeys. Basic
patterns of social behavior of four groups inhabiting a Hindu temple area in Aligarh are
shown including movement patterns, aggression in group interaction and intragroup
relations, feeding (with numerous food sources shown), drinking water, juvenile play,
swimming, sexual and maternal behaviors. Villagers are seen chasing and capturing
juveniles for sale.
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Rhythm of joy: bihu dance, Assam 25 min., DVD Script & direction, Ashoke Guptto ; Memorial Library Microforms/Media GT4476 A3 A77 2002 The Bihu dance is performed during the Assamese folk harvest festival heralding the new
producer, Surendra Kaul Center Room 443, DVD year. One man sings the refrain and others repeat it in cycles. The participants dance in a
circle, initially with a slow tempo and then gradually the dancers build up a fast rhythm
that captivates the audience in an instant. Bihu is basically a dance for couples, young
men and women both take part and dance to the rhythmic music of the Bihu songs. The
dance begins in a circle, but soon breaks up into parallel lines, the dancers execute
beautiful figures of intertwined semi- circles.
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Rise of theism and the composition of the Bhagavad Gita 60 min., VHS (produced by Learning Support Services) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS 2.018.005 Covers the growth in importance of the gods Vishnu and Shiva, interaction of theistic
ideas typified by Buddhism and Jainism, and the Bhagavad Gita as the climax of an early
development of speculative thought in Hinduism.
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Rishte 28 min., VHS By Manjira Datta Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1742 R57 1995 Following the story of Lali Devi, a mother of five daughters who poisoned herself and two
Center Room 443-Videoca of her daughters, RISHTE explores the practice of male sex preference in India and how
this led to her suicide. This moving and informative film also follows the efforts of
Shyamkali, an activist who has established a community organization dedicated to raising
Indian women's awareness about the impact of sex preference on their lives and their
legal rights in this issue.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Robert A.F. Thurman on Buddhism 210 min., 3 VHS Produced by Sheldon Rochlin College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. BQ4022 B8 1999 In 1962 he became the first American to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Today,
West, Rm 1191 in three enlightening videos, Robert Thurman shares his unique insights into the relevance
of Buddhism to American culture and politics. Thurman's wit and creativity in weaving
ancient Buddhist wisdom and popular Western ideals make his knowledge especially
useful and entertaining.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Rock star and the Mullahs 60 min., DVD (directed by Angus Macqueen and Ruhi Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS380 A1 R63 2006e Salman Ahmad is the charismatic lead guitarist for the popular Pakistani rock group,
Hamid) Center Junoon. Inspired by the ancient Sufi tradition, the band's music and lyrics reflect the
moderate, liberal side of Islam. He has also become a Special Representative for UNAIDS,
and he and the group have publicly advocated the cause of peace with India. But a
coalition of fundamentalist Islamic parties has made recent gains in Pakistani elections,
and Junoon's high profile places them in conflict with the hardliners. WIDE ANGLE follows
Salman Ahmed as he journeys to the tolerant, ancient city of Lahore and the
fundamentalist stronghold of Peshawar to reveal the internal religious and political
conflicts of nuclear-armed Pakistan. The mullahs want to ban the music but Junoon's fans,
among them Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, have made Salman a rock idol. From
this trip emerges a rich portrait of modern day Pakistan, a pivotal nation in the war
against terror.
Film site: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/wideangle/about/film_s2_f2.html
Review:
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04EED6153CF934A25754C0A9659C8
Romany trail part II: Gypsy music into Europe 60 min., VHS Producer-director, Jeremy Marre Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise Fl1.167 B63 two of this two part program takes you to India to find what are believed to be the
Part
(ph:608-262-8695) original gypsy families whose descendents migrated across the Middle East to Africa and
Europe. In India, the clans are there, many with the same family names as European
gypsies. Then travel to Eastern Europe, among the oppressed gypsy communities of then-
Communist Europe, into workers’ hostels, private homes, and community streets where
gypsies are found. Source: Madcat Summary
Royal Ballet in La Bayadere: the temple dancer 124 min., VHS Production conceived and directed by Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1790 B3 R69 1991 Members of the British Royal Ballet perform the ballet La Bayadere, the tragic love story,
Natalia Makarova Center Room 443-Videoca set in India, of a temple dancer and a warrior. Based on an ancient Indian poem,
Śakuntalā, by Kālidāsa. Source: Madcat Summary
Rumble in Mumbai 58 min., VHS By Jawad Metni Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size JZ1318 R86 2005 "Rumble in Mumbai documents the World Social Forum held in Mumbai, India in January
Shelving 2004. Over 100,000 people attended this year’s forum, all looking to build solidarity--and
a better world. With interviews of Shirin Ebadi, Jose Bove, and Walden Bello, and
featuring the eloquent speeches of Arundhati Roy, Mustafe Barghouti, Jeremy Corbyn,
and Irene Khan, Rumble in Mumbai is packed with high-caliber critiques of neo-liberalism
gone awry, and damning indictments of the ill effects of globalization"
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Saat-sur 63 min., DVD (directed by Sanjay Khanna) Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility DVD 314 The film explores the great acoustic and mythological heritage of Naad through the
diverse uses of raga and tala in Gharana traditions, including the oldest Gwalior and the
Qawal Bachha Gharana. It investigates the orality of the Gharanas and the broad
punctuations of their renderings. It traces the Khayal from the stand point of Amir Khusro
who, in the 13th- 14th Century, combined Persian airs with Indian ragas. It incorporates
sound bytes to explain Gharana perspectives and elaborate khayal renderings of great
musical maestros. It offers a glimpse of the diverse accents of the schools of India music
on sharpness or ruggedness, or sweetness and tonal graces, on laya or swara.
Source: http://www.ignca.nic.in/dlrich.html
Safdar 37 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-824 The street plays of Safdar Hashmi, 1954-1989, Indian civil rights leader ; includes
Center Room 443-SA Video transcript of interviews with his friends and acquaintances
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Saheri's Choice: Arranged Marriages in India 27 min, DVD Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.052 This program examines the custom of arranged marriages in India. It follows the story of
(ph:608-262-8695) one girl and her family as they confront the reality of an impending marriage that was
arranged when the girl was barely six years old. An overview of the custom presents it as
common among all cases, although many Indians view the practice in a negative light.
Education, family wealth, and astrological compatibility are examined as important in
determining with whom the marriages are arranged. In one case, the issue of dowry leads
to the suicide of a young marriage prospect. Severe penalties for breaking engagements
are discussed, along with divorce negotiations should the marriage fail. This is a candid
glimpse into contemporary Indian society. Source:
www.aems.uiuc.edu
Samadhi 95 min., DVD (directed by André Vaillancourt) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1238.58 S26 S26 In Samadhi, Mahayogi Pilot Baba from the Himalayas and Mahamandaleshwar Yog Mata
Center Room 2004 Keiko Aikawa from Japan demonstrate a state of suspended animation akin to virtual
death of the senses and stoppage of the bodily functions called Samadhi, which also
means death in Hindi. These yogis can be buried, remain under water or in an airtight
glass container for extended periods of time. Despite extremely adverse conditions such
as the absence of air, water, food and movement and extreme temperature swings, they
remain unscathed. Filmed in Dewas, Nainital and Allahabad in India and in Berkeley,
California in the US, this film is an intimate look at a ancient, secret practice that is now
being revealed. Yearly, Pilot Baba teaches classes at The Mahayog Academy, at his
ashram in Nainital for those interested in developing the skills and techniques to attain the
state of Samadhi.
Source: http://www.shantitown.net/Samadhi.html
Satya: a prayer for the enemy 28 min., VHS By Ellen Bruno Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ6160 C62 T527 1993 Since the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950, more than one million people have been
Center Room 443-Videoca tortured, executed or starved to death for their role in demonstrations against the
Chinese occupation. This film focuses on personal testimonies of Tibetan Buddhist nuns
who have taken the lead in this resistance by fearlessly staging courageous
demonstrations for religious freedom and independence.
Source: Madcat Summary
Sea City 30 min., DVD (directed by Lalitha Krishna) Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS432 K585 S43 2005 Bombay was once just seven islands separated by low-lying creeks over-grown with
Center mangroves where fish and crab abounded. The Kolis- a fishing community - were the
original inhabitants of these islands. Sea City is an exploration of the relationship between
Bombay city and this fishing community that were once the only inhabitants of these
islands.Today Mumbai is a mix of people and communities from all over the nation. And
the Kolis are exactly where they have always been...clinging to the coasts as their
livelihood demands.They go out to fish throughout the year except during the monsoons
and bring in the fish for which Mumbai is famous. And as before, they pray to the oceans
for their safe returns.
While roads, reclamations, coastal rules and rising land prices have affected their way of
life, they as an urban community also face the challenges of new aspirations and a media
manufactured self-image.
Source: http://www.anandfoundation.com/jsouth.asp
Seabuckthorn 18 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media SB386 S4 S43 1998 On sea buckthorn, a multi purpose plant able to adapt to extremely harsh conditions in
Center Room 443-Videoca mountain regions. The film examines use of the plant to improve soil fertility and prevent
erosion, focusing on studies conducted in China.
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Sectarian Hinduism: Lord Vishnu and his worship 29 min, VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.003 The history, iconography, mythology and worship of the Hindu god Vishnu, and his
(ph:608-262-8695) avataras Krishna and Rama, with a look at temples and devotees in different regions of
India.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Exploring the religions of South Asia
Sectarian Hinduism: the goddess and her worship 30 min., VHS David M. Knipe Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.001.005 The role of the goddess in Hinduism is traced from archaeological artifacts representing
(ph:608-262-8695) her to living incarnations in the nineteenth and twentieth century. Marriage and the place
of women in Hindu society is described.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Exploring the religions of South Asia
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Secularism as a constitutional right 24 min., DVD Mridula Mukherjee Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS479 M85 2003 Mridula Mukherjee and Mihir Desai present a lecture intersperced with visual clips of
Center Room 443, DVD related events in India history. Mukherjee addresses the topic of the history of the rise of
nationalism in India. Desai addresses the topic of freedom of religion in India.
Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: In defence of our dreams
Seraikella Chhau 21 min., DVD Direction, Ashoke Guppto Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1796 C43 S47 2002 This dance is performed in Seraikella, which is situated in Singhbhum district of Bihar. The
Center Room 443, DVD technique of Seraikella Chhau performance is based on an evolved and developed system
of exercises known as the Parikhanda, which are performed by martial groups early in the
morning. The whole movement technique emerges from the style of the sword and shield
play (parikhanda). In Seraikella Chhau, the music is essentially a background music and no
words are spoken. The musical instruments used are dhol, dhumsa, nagaara, madhuri,
which is a type of shehnai. Clay masks are used by the performers. The repertoire of
Seraikella Chhau is based on Indian myths and legends.
Source: Madcat Summary
Seraikella chhau: masked dance of India : with Kedar 38 min., VHS Directed by Larry McMullen, Project Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1796 C43 S47 1980 Master dancer and teacher, Kedar Nath Sahoo introduces the form of Indian dance
Nath Sahoo Director Farley Richmond Center Room 443-Videoca known as Seraikella chhau and many of its techniques. We see selected examples of the
dance, including exercises from the martial arts tradition, the incorporation of martial art
exercises and movements into the dance, and various gaits and movements of animals,
birds, insects and humans.
Source: Madcat Summary
Series: The World of Joseph Campbell see individual entries Films in this series include: In the beginning : origins of man and myth, Where people lived
legends : American Indian myths, And we washed our weapons in the sea : gods and
goddesses of the Neolithic Period, Pharaoh’s rule : Egypt, the Exodus, and the myth of
Osiris, From darkness to light : the mystery religions of ancient Greece, The Sacred source
: the perennial philosophy of the East, The way to enlightenment : Buddhism, From id to
the ego in the Orient : Kundalini yoga, part I, From psychology to spirituality : Kundalini
yoga, part II, The Descent to heaven : the Tibetan Book of the Dead, Where there was no
path : Arthurian legends and the Western way, A noble heart : the courtly love of Tristan
and Isolde, In search of the Holy Grail : the Parzival legend
See Individual Entries
Series: Medicine at the crossroads see individual entries Films in this series include: Random cuts, Disordered states See
Individual Entries
Series: Ashes in the rive: four religions of India see individual entries Films in this series include: Five Pillars of Faith, Buddhism: The Great Wheel of Being,
Hinduism: Faith, Festivals and Rituals, Spiritual India: A Guide to Jainism, Islam, Buddhism,
and Hinduism, Jainism: Ascetics and Warriors
See Individual Entries
Series: Contemporary South Asia see individual entries Films in this series include: Dadi and her family, Bangladesh nationhood: symbols and
shadows, Four holy men: renunciation in Hindu society, Wedding of the goddess, Village
man, city man, An Appointment with the Astrologer
See Individual Entries
Series: Developing Stories see individual entries Films in this series include: The legacy of Malthus, Rabi
See Individual Entries
Series: Exploring religions of South Asia see individual entries Films in this series: An Introduction [to the religions of South Asia], Death and rebirth in
Hinduism, The life cycle in Hinduism: birth, initiation, marriage, Jainism, Sectarian
Hinduism : Lord Shiva and his worship, A contemporary guru: Rajnish and his dynamic
meditation cult, Hinduism in South India, Hindu pilgrimages, Christianity in India, Islam in
South Asia, Himalayan Buddhism, The Buddha and South Asia, Sectarian Hinduism: the
goddess and her worship, Living Hinduism,
See Individual Entries
Series: Heaven on earth: monuments to belief see individual entries Films in this series include: Paganism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism
See Individual Entries
Series: In defence of our dreams see individual entries Films in this series include: Legacy of freedom movement; Secularism as a constitutional
right; Communalization of education and history; Is Ayodhya just a physical site; Urgency
to resist the fascist forces; Media, an arena for struggle; Formation of Indian identity;
Gujarat, after and before carnage; History of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh; Civil society
& state : a lesson from Gujarat; Cultural roots of communalism; Facts & myths; Caste,
Dalit and fascism; Gender-issue : movement & interrelation with communal politics
See Individual Entries
Series: Journey to Planey Earth see individual entries Films in this series include: Journey to planet Earth, Seas of grass, Hot zones, The state of
the ocean’s animals, The state of the planet’s wildlife, Future conditional, The State of the
planet, The urban explosion, On the brink
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Series: Long Search see individual entries Films in this series include: Protestant Spirit USA, Hinduism: 330 Million Gods, Buddhism:
Footprint of the Buddha-India, Catholicism: Rome, Leeds and the Desert, Islam: There is
no God but God, Orthodox Christianity: The Rumanian Solution, Judaism: The Chosen
People, Religion In Indonesia: The Way of the Ancestors, Buddhism: The Buddhism: The
Land of the Disappearing Buddha-Japan, African Religions: Zulu Zion, Taoism: A Question
of Balance-China, Alternative Lifestyles in California: West Meets East, Reflections on the
Long Search
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Series: Pleasing God Trilogy see individual entries films in this series include: Loving Krishna, Serpent Mother, Sons of Shiva. A group of
three films about how Hindus worship. The films are studies of the devotional practices
associated with three major deities of the Hindu pantheon. They were made in the small
historic town of Vishnupur, West Bengal.
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Series: Terraview see individual entries Films in this series include: Forests
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Series: Time Life Video & Television Lost civilizations see individual entries Films in this series include: Aegean: legacy of Atlantis, Africa: a history denied, China:
dynasties of power, Egypt: quest for immortality, Greece: a moment of excellence, Inca:
secrets of the ancestors, Maya: the blood of kings, Mesopotamia: return to Eden, Tibet:
the end of time
See Individual Entries
Series: Understanding World Religions see individual entries Films in this series include: What is Buddhism?, What is Christianity?, What is Hinduism?,
What is Islam?, What is Judaism?, What is religion?
See Individual Entries
Series: Wealth of the nation see individual entries Films in this series include: The village republic, Harvest of rain, Thaar: secrets of the desert
See Individual Entries
Series: World’s intangible heritage see individual entries Films in this series include: The oral tradition of the Vedas, Ramlila: the traditional
performance of Ramayana
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Serpent Mother 28 min. Directed and Produced by Robert Gardner & Center for South Asia Outreach Video Serpent Mother is about devotion to the Goddess of Snakes and the importance of divine
Akos Ostor Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) female power in West Bengal Indian life. The film’s focus is the Jhapan festival, the great
celebration of snakes. Shown are festival preparations, the role of traditional arts and
crafts in the worship of the Goddess, devotional singing, and an exposition of ritual action.
The difficult and complex symbolism of the ritual is explained by the participants
themselves and this, with the commentary, makes accessible what is, at first glance,
exotic and inexplicable behavior.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
SEWA: Self-employed Women’s Association : Made in 52 min., VHS A film by Patricia Plattner Memorial Library Microforms/Media HD6072.6 I4 S48 1998 A portrait of the women’s organization in India, called SEWA, that holds to the simple yet
India Center Room 443-Videoca radical belief that poor women need organizing, not welfare. Inspired by the political,
economic and moral model advocated by Gandhi, SEWA has grown since it founding to a
membership of 217,000 and its bank now has assets of over $4 million. SEWA is at its core
a trade union for the self-employed that offers union membership to the illiterate women
who sell vegetables, pick up scraps for recycling from the streets and engage in small
cottage industries.
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Shadow circus: the CIA in Tibet 50 min., VHS Produced and directed by Ritu Sarin and Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise ID2.121 When Communist China marched into Tibet in 1949, Tibetans took up arms against the
Tenzing Sonam (ph:608-262-8695) invading forces. Unknown to most, from the mid-1950s to 1969 the CIA armed, financed,
and trained Tibetan guerrillas in an effort to curtail the expansion of communism. This
project, code named ST Circus, was one of the CIA’s longest-running covert operations. To
the dismay of Tibetan soldiers, the CIA pulled out their support when the U.S. decided that
ST Circus was no longer in the best interest of America’s political and economic agenda.
She writes 55 min., DVD Script, editing and direction, Anjali Monteiro Memorial Library Microforms/Media PL4758.2 S54 2005 Documentary weaves together the narratives and works of four young Tamil women
and K.P. Jayasankar Center Room 443, DVD poets. The film traverses diverse modes of resistance, through images and sounds that
evoke the universal experiences of pain, anger, desire and transcendence.
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Shifting power 21 min., DVD Direction, Arun Varma Memorial Library Microforms/Media IN PROCESS (as of 25 Documentary film on the role of Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan fighting against the
Center Room 443, DVD July 2009) corruption in rural development projects in India chiefly in Rajasthan through right to
information.
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Shivalinga Worship 80 min. Center for South Asia Outreach Video Detailed documentation by the Kuppuswami Research Institute, Madras, of the ritual
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) worship (puja) of a shivalinga according to the South Indian Shaivagamas.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Short cut to Nirvana 85 min., DVD (directed by Maurizio Benazzo and Nick Day) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1239.82 K85 S56 Every 12 years over 70 million pilgrims gather at the meeting of India's holiest rivers, the
Center 2005 Ganges and the Yamuna, for a spectacular spiritual festival: the Kumbh Mela. This
documentary takes a voyage of discovery through this colorful event through the eyes of
several Westerners and an ebullient young Hindu monk, Swami Krishnanand. Featuring
encounters with some of India's most respected holy men and exclusive footage of His
Holiness the Dalai Lama.
IMDB site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420723/plotsummary
Film site: http://www.melafilms.com/
Sidi malunga project: rejuvinating the African musical 33 min., DVD Nazir and Amy Jairazbhoy Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility DVD 250 A documentary record of a one-week malunga (African musical bow) training camp held
bow in India in a nature resort in Zainabad, central Gujarat, India in February 2003. Prior research by
Jairazbhoy and Catlin had revealed that less than ten Sidis could play the instrument and
that all of them were elderly. With the cooperation of Sidis and the Indian National
Theatre, the camp was held to train Sidi youth in the techniques of malunga performance.
Includes Sufi shrine footage in natural context. This ongoing applied ethnomusicology
project is aimed at rejuvenating the Sidi malunga tradition in India. Narrated by UCLA
ethnomusicologists Amy and Nazir Jairazbhoy.
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Sikhism: The Golden Temple 15 min., DVD Director, Stephen Bottomore Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL2018 S5176 2003 Traces the roots of Sikhism and its central place of worship, the Golden Temple in Punjab,
Center Room 443, DVD from its founder Guru Nanak in 1469 through today. Discusses its central precepts--belief
in one God, the equality of all people, sharing, and the performance of good deeds--within
the context of daily life by a young Sikh woman (Harsimran Kaur). Explains the stringent
religious dress code and the significance of the traditional Sikh head wrap. Includes a tour
of the Golden Temple and a marriage ceremony.
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Silence of Tsunami 50 min., DVD Directed by Vidya Bhushan Rawat Memorial Library Microforms/Media HV636 2004 I53 S55 Documentary film surveys Tsunami-affected areas of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry and
Center Room 443, DVD 2005 focuses on analyzing the strong social prejudices based on caste system.
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Silver age 24 min., VHS Directed by Manjira Datta and Charlotte Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1061 S55 2000 Advances in healthcare mean that more people are living longer with over 560 million age
Metcalf Center Room 443-Videoca 60 and over in the world today. In parts of Europe, North America, and Japan, the
proportion of older people is rising faster than any other group. The result, often, is a
growing population of old people with too few young people to take care of them. This
program explores the implications in three different countries: India, Japan and Tunisia.
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Sitala in spring: Festival of the Bengali goddess of health 40 min., VHS (produced by Joseph W. Elder) Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1225 S59 S58 1986 The Goddess Sitala (the "Cool One") controls infectious diseases such as smallpox. She is
& illness (2 copies) Center and frequently the "mother" goddess of an entire village. Villagers who have moved into the
and AS2.025 industrial-residential Calcutta suburb of Salkia (where the film was made) continue to
Learning Support Services Library (259 support numerous neighborhood Sitala temples. On the first day of the Spring festival, the
Van Hise Hall) Sitala images in the many Salkia temples are decorated and joyously carried in separate
processions to the Hooghly river for bathing. During the processions, devotees may
actually touch the Sitala images. The film concentrates on the rites in the largest Sitala
temple, including the sacrifice of goats.
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Sky: a silent witness 27 min., VHS By Midge Mackenzie ; Produced by Amnesty Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1236 S5 1996 Women from Guatemala, the United States, China, Bangladesh, Tibet and Bosnia discuss
International Center Room 443-Videoca issues related to the denial of women’s rights throughout the world.
Source: Madcat Summary
Sloping agricultural land technology (SALT): a new hope 22 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media S604.3 S56 1993 Highlights the significance of sloping agricultural technology in mountain farming systems
for the mountain farmer Center Room 443-Videoca in Nepal.
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Slowly but surely: the story of the women of Kotra 30 min., VHS Script & direction, Chandita Mukherjee Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1240.5 I4 S56 1995 Documentary of the struggle of a tribal community in Kotra, India to take control and
Center Room 443-Videoca establish collective management of natural resources and improve their living conditions.
Focuses on the participation of women in this endeavor, from their fight for a fair wage
for harvesting tendu leaves to the establishment of collectives, local banks, and
petitioning the government for a school.
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Slum cities: a shifting world 42 min., DVD Producer, Eric Rankin Memorial Library Microforms/Media 1 Copy Claimed as of Every year millions of people around the world are leaving the countryside for cities,
Center Room 443, DVD 07/06/2009 hoping to find a better life. Most end up in slums. Looks at the little and big things that are
being tried to tackle the problem of too many people, too little space in the slums of
Mumbai, India and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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So far from India 49 min., VHS (directed by Mira Nair) CIMC PreK-12 Stacks E184.E2 S64 1992 Describes the experiences of a recently arrived Indian immigrant in America, contrasting
them with the traditional world of his new bride whom he left behind in India. Seeks to
explore the conflicts that arise when Indian culture meets American society.
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Song of Ceylon 40 min., VHS (directed by Basil Wright) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.035 Shows traditional culture and primitive economy of Ceylon, contrasted with the influence
of modern commerce.
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Song of wishes 8 min., VHS (directed by Mushtaq Gadzar) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-934 A bold protest against child labor, contrasting shots of the horrors of such labor with
Center images of the benefits of education.
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Sons of Shiva 28 min. Directed and Produced by Robert Gardner & Center for South Asia Outreach Video Sons of Shiva documents a four-day ceremony of worship of the God Shiva. Devotees are
Akos Ostor Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) shown from the initial taking of the Sacred thread through gradually intensifying action to
a culmination in a variety of ascetic and self-denying practices. The film also depicts
informal activities, such as preparing food, and listening to recitals of devotional songs by
the famous mendicant Bauls of Bengal.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Sorrow and agony (Sabaikā lāgi mānava adhikāra) 28 min., DVD Kuber Gadtawa, written and direction Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS495.6 S67 2005 Relates the killing of innocent people by security forces and Maoists in Nepal. Based on
Center Room 443, DVD true case studies of three individuals of the Bara District.
Source: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/SSEAsiaVid.html
Sound of wisdom: a festival of sacred chant 57 min., VHS Produced & directed by Robyn Brentano Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility VIDEO CASSETTE 710 A dynamic record of the historic meeting of musical practice of East and West, ancient
and modern. Eleven Tibetan Buddhist monks, practitioners of the tantric arts of Tibet,
perform their ritual chanting accompanied by Tibetan bells, cymbals, trumpets and long
horns. The monks are joined in concerts and symposia by American composers whose
work is inspired by the sacred music of Tibet, India, and Mongolia, and by Robert
Thurman and Tim Wilson. Explores the meaning behind the rich Tibetan ceremony and
explains the universal attributes of this sacred music and its transformative power in
human life.
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SpectActor: theare for development 17 min., DVD Direction, B. Manjula Ask library staff for assistance in locating Documentary film is about a theatre workshop and its role in transforming people from
this title spectators to SpectActors.
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Spirit of Dance. Ethnic Dance Arts 60 min., DVD Directed by Ed Etsten ; produced by Ken Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1743 S672 2004 In separate interviews Martha Carr and Malena del Mar, former members of La Meri’s
Glazebrook and Norah Dale Allen Center Room 443, DVD dance company, discuss her work on Cape Cod, where she ended her career, and talk
about their desire to preserve her choreography. With this purpose they have co-founded
their own dance company, named Ethnic Dance Arts after La Meri’s company. Carr and
Del Mar are seen in video clips of dances from Tahiti, Hawaii and India ; Del Mar is also
seen in a flamenco dance. Carr, in the studio, discusses some distinguishing characteristics
of ethnic dance forms (hand gestures, use of the face and eyes, storytelling function) and
displays dance costumes and implements from Hawaii, Tahiti, Java and India.
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Spotlight on Ramayana 57 min. Edited by Hazel Sarah Greenberg Center for South Asia Outreach Video A window opens on the culture of India through this study of the 2500-year old Sanskrit
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) epic of Prince Rama. This fascinating approach to Indian civilization through the
Ramayana's plot and characters (who are as appealing as cartoon superheroes but signify
profound spiritual values) can be used as a comprehensive interdisciplinary curriculum or
a source of individual lessons.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Stanley Tambiah Lecture: The cult of saints and relics in VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.044
some Buddhist and Christian Traditions Van Hise Hall)
Stranger in my native land 34 min., VHS By Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise ID2.120 The personal account, by a Tibetan exile who was born and raised in India, of his journey
(ph:608-262-8695) through Tibet. He visits the city of Lhasa and locates relatives who remained behind when
his parents fled after World War II and finds that Tibetan language and culture are in
decline, having been largely replaced by Chinese.
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Sun, fire, river : ajrak cloth from the soil of Sindh 31 min., VHS (directed by Noorjehan Bilgrami) Ruth Ketterer Harris Collection TT852 S86 1998z Film about the making of ajrak cloth in Sindh, Pakistan.
IMDB site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247740/
Sun, fire, river: ajrak cloth from the soil of Sindh VHS Ruth Ketterer Harris Collection (Human TT852 S86 1998z Film about the making of ajrak cloth in Sindh, Pakistan.
Ecology Building Room 378) Source: Madcat Summary
Surpanakha (or the amorous demoness) : a Kutiyattam 90 min., VHS (produced by the Department of Theatre in Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1694 K46 S87 1976 A Dramatic adaptation of the 2nd act of a 10th century Sanskrit play, the Crest Jewel, in
dance drama of Kerala State, South India cooperation with ITV Services, Michigan Center Room 443-Videoca which the sister of Ravana falls in love with Rama. When he rejects her she turns to his
State University) brother who also rejects her. Enraged she attacks Rama and his wife, Sita, but Rama’s
brother intervenes to cut off her nose and ears. She appeals to her brothers for revenge
instigating the war between Rama and Ravana.
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Tailenders 72 min., DVD Written and produced by Adele Horne Memorial Library Microforms/Media BV2082 A8 T355 2005 Profiles Gospel Recordings, or Global Recordings Network, a group of evangelical
Center Room 443, DVD missionaries who make audio recordings (often in endangered languages) of Bible stories
and distribute them along with low-tech playback equipment in communities with limited
access to electricity and media. "Filmed in the Solomon Islands, India, Mexico, and the
U.S.A., the Tailenders explores how the media devices and messages introduced by the
missionaries play a role in larger socioeconomic transformations, such as the move away
from subsistence economies toward cash economies based on agricultural and industrial
labor.
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Talking rocks of Badami 47 min., DVD Producer & director, R. Bharathadri Art Library Audiovisual Collection (non- NA6008 B3 T35 2007 On the rock cut sculpture of the caves in Bādamī, India with special reference to the
circulating) Chalukyas, rulers in ancient India.
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"The film explores the awesome rock cut sculpture of the Badami caves in the Bijapur
district of Karnataka, created under Western Chalukya King Mangalesha in the Sixth
century A.D. ‘The wonderful workmanship’, ‘atyadbhutakarmaviracitam’, is celebrated in
the royal inscription of 579 A.D. Androgynous Shiva Ardhanariswara, Harihara, Vishnu
Trivikrama, Bodhisattva Padmapani, cyclopean, ornate and figured pillars provide
examples of this workmanship."
Source: http://ignca.nic.in/dvd_badami.html
Talking with David Frost : Benazir Bhutto 60 min., VHS (produced by PBS Video) Memorial Library Microforms/Media AS2.031 Sir David talks with the prime minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto. In this series, world
Center renowned figures in politics, the arts and sciences are subjects of candid, revealing
and interviews with Emmy Award-Winning broadcast journalist David Frost.
Learning Support Services Library (259 Source: Madcat summary
Van Hise Hall)
Tanda: a document on the denotified tribes in 60 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette Looks at history to examine the process by which many disparate nomadic tribes
Maharashtra Sciences Center Room 443 SA-1720 were labelled as "criminal", and attempts to establish the fact that even after
independence, the status of these tribes has not substantially changed as they
still struggle for basic human rights.
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Tantra of Gyuto 52 min., VHS By Sheldon Rechlin and Mark Elliot Center for South Asia Outreach Video Tantra of Gyuto is an account of Tibetan Buddhist ceremonies by monks of the Gyuto
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) Tantric College. Through ritual and mantric powers the Gyuto monks use a sound to effect
a specific change in the individual and the environment around him. Dalai Lama has been
filmed introducing the ceremonies. By their sheer inherent potency and concenetration
these essential energies bring about direct spiritual phenomenon. It is only in this
exceptional time of massive world changes that the Lamas have reversed their practice of
secrecy and have allowed certain chants to be heard.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Ten days of lamentation 33 min., VHS (directed by Mushtaq Gazdar) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-934 Visual essay on Muharram celebrations.
Center Source: Madcat summary
Tengboche: a threatened sanctuary 28 min., VHS Produced, directed, written by Jack Micay MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) PreK-12 DS495.8.T43 T46 1988 Through a fluke of history, the migration of the Sherpas from Tibet to Nepal four hundred
Stacks years ago, the famous Sherpa monastery at Tengboche survived intact while most
monasteries in the motherland of Tibet were destroyed by the Chinese.This traditional
institution is now threatened by another kind of foreign invasion, Western tourism.
Unseen by foreign eyes until 1950, the Tengboche region is now visited by thousands of
tourists a year. Their cash and consumer goods have undermined traditional values,
which has led to a drastic drop in the enrollment of new young monks at Tengboche. With
the assistance of Sir Edmund Hillary and funding from Canada, the monastery is
attempting to revitalize itself by building a new school combining religious and secular
studies. The film follows the construction of this unusual building and climaxes with the
opening ceremony where Sir Edmund is honored for his life long contribution to the
Sherpa people.
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Thaar : secrets of the desert 52 min., VHS Conceived by Anil Agarwal and Sunita Memorial Library Microforms/Media QH183 T49 1995 Documentary looking at the effects of the Indira Gandhi Canal and how previously the
Narain ; directed by Sanjay Kak Center humans, animals and nature were fused into a lifeworld that took care of needs without
damaging the environment.
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From the series: Wealth of the Nation
There’ll always be stars in the sky : the Indian film music 51 min., VHS (produced and directed by Jeremy Marre) Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise FL1.171 Explores how India’s movie music has become the dominant popular music in India.
phenomenon Includes behind-the-scenes examination of soundtracks creation, using huge orchestras
and powerful "playback" singers.
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They are killing the horse 32 min., VHS (directed by Mushtaq Gazdar) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-934 A narrated tale of a young woman’s madness.
Center Source: Madcat summary
IMBD site: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246979/
Theyyam: a ritual art from Kerala 24 min., DVD Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1796 T47 T44 2007 Documentary on Theyyam, a ritualistic dance form of Kerala, India.
Center Room 443, DVD Source: Madcat Summary
Tibet: cry of the snow lion 103 min., DVD Produced by Maria Florio, et al. College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. DS786 T53 2004 A snow lion is a mythic beast of Tibetan legend. As a protector of the nation, the snow lion
West, Rm 1191 is emblazoned on the Tibetan flag. Today the Tibetan flag is outlawed in its own
homeland. Ten years in the making, filmed during a remarkable nine journeys throughout
Tibet, India and Nepal. The dark secrets of Tibet’s recent past are powerfully chronicled
through riveting personal stories and interviews, and a collection of undercover and
archival images never before assembled in one film.
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Tibet: the end of time 48 min., VHS Producer, Harry Marshall MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) PreK-12 DS785 T52 1995 Isolated by the Himalayas, Tibet has developed a culture centered on lives of altruism, the
Stacks worship of the Dalai Lama as the manifestation of god on earth, and a perception of life
as a repeating cycle. Now, however, modern life is intruding and the Tibetans’ quest for
peace, inner knowledge and nirvana may cease to exist.
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From the series: Time Life Video & Television Lost civilizations
Tibet: the survival of the spirit 92 min., VHS By Clemens Kuby Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS786 T4869 1991 A look at the confrontation between two ideologies: the Buddhism of traditional Tibet and
Center Room 443-Videoca the materialistic, militaristic political dogma imposed by the invading Chinese. Shows the
systematic eradication of Tibetan culture and the attempts of the Tibetans to preserve it.
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Tibet’s Holy Mountain 52 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS786 N55 1995 At the intersection of Tibet, Nepal and India is a 22,000 high mountain believed to house
Center Room 443-Videoca the throne of the foremost gods of Hinduism and Buddhism. This video shows many
religious sites on the route to Mt. Kailish, including the 11th-centruy Tibetan capital of
Guge, and Llahsa, the site of rich decorative arts from the Buddhist tradition.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Tibet’s stolen child 57 min., VHS Written and directed by Robin Garthwait Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ7940 T534 1999 China placed a six-year old boy, identified by the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of the
Center Room 443-Videoca Panchen Lama, Tibet’s second highest spiritual leader, under house arrest in 1995. Six
Nobel Peace laureates and other moral and religious leaders examine this abduction,
sharing their own experiences of intolerance and drawing similarities to the current
situation in Tibet.
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Tibetan book of the dead 92 min., 2 VHS Narrated by Leonard Cohen College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. BQ4490 T53 1999 This two-part series explores the ancient teachings on death and dying found in the
West, Rm 1191 Tibetan book of the dead. It was filmed over a four-month period on location in the
Himalayas where the original text still yields an essential influence over people’s views of
life and death.
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Tibetan Buddhism : cycles of interdependence (2 copies) 56 min., VHS Executive producer, Joseph Elder Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.020.001 An educational documentary on Tibetan Buddhism culture of the Himalayas. Filmed in the
and and Lukil Valley of Ladakh, it provides a portrait of the annual cycle of interdependence
Library Microforms/Media Center Room BQ7612 T52 1983 between monks, laity, deity-protectors, and nature. Contains scenes of Ladakh’s
443-Videoca landscape.
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Tibetan Buddhism: Preserving the Monastic Tradition (2 30 min., VHS Executive producer, Joseph Elder Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.021.001 focuses on the traditional monastic career preserved by Tibetan Buddhist monks of Sera
copies) (ph:608-262-8695) and Monastery in Mysore State, South India.The film documents a boy's ordination and
and BQ7612 T52 1983 observes daily activities of cooking, cleaning, building, farming, printing scriptures from
Memorial Library Microforms/Media wood blocks, painting thanks and molding food offerings. The film illustrates Sera's
Center Room 443-Videoca scholarly curriculum including memorizing, analyzing and debating six subjects: Logic,
Epistemology, the Three Jewels, the Four Noble Truths, the Middle Path and the Great
Compassion. Mastery of these six subjects earns one the Geshe degree. The film
concludes with observances of the Buddhist Tantras including: making a mandala, training
in the tantric voice, taking an initiation, and holding a fire ceremony.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Tibetan Buddhism: The Wheel of Life (2 copies) 30 min. VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.051 Focuses on a Buddhist painting of a giant wheel, within the rims and spokes of which are
Van Hise Hall) and colorful scenes illustrating Buddhism's major teachings. These include Buddhism's Four
and BQ7612 T52 1983 Noble Truths: (1) Suffering, (2) the Cause of Suffering, (3) the Cessation of Suffering, and
Memorial Library Microforms/Media (4) the Path to the Cessation of Suffering. On the axle of the Wheel are depicted a pig,
Center Room 443-Videoca rooster, and snake (representing ignorance, attachment, and hatred--the three central
causes of suffering). The Wheel itself is typically shown clenched in the jaws of Death,
dramatizing how sentient beings are bound to the cycle of rebirth, re-suffering, and re-
death. The film itself, with its narration, demonstrates the ways in which an artistic
representation can be used to teach complete philosophical lessons.
Source: http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/films/tibetan3.html
To their credit... 22 min., DVD Director, Rishu Nigam ; script Ramesh Memorial Library Microforms/Media IN PROCESS (as of 25 Documentary film on the role of Self Help Groups in changing social and economic statues
Menon Center Room 443, DVD July 2009) of women in rural India.
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Toward Jerusalem 29 min., VHS created and produced by Tzipora H. MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) PreK-12 ML3776 T69 1995 This video features Jewish music from Persia, India, Iraq, Ethiopia, Kurdistan, Georgia and
Jochsberger Stacks Tajikistan.
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Toxin that won’t die 28 min., VHS Produced by P. Heilbuth and H. Burlow Memorial Library Microforms/Media HD9660 P33 I4 2001 In India, DDT is used in the battle against malaria, even though it has proven toxic and no
Center Room 443-Videoca longer effective against the mosquitoes. Every week Indian villages are visited by a
spraying team. The government continues to use tons of DDT, even though simple
remedies like mosquito nets and fish would be far more effective controls. The deadly
toxin is borne by air currents across the globe, poisoning food supplies as far as Europe
and America. This film exposes the power of the pesticide industry which is worth billions
of dollars in India. The government's fight against malaria is a good source of income
which the industry will do anything to keep. However, people around the world will pay
with their lives.
Source: www.aems.uiuc.edu
Traffik : the real truth on the heroin business in the 331 min., VHS (directed by Alastair Reid) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-800 Crime drama following all aspects of the heroin trade from Pakistan to Western Europe.
golden crescent Center Filmed in Britain, Germany, and Pakistan. German dialogue subtitled in English.
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Tragada Bhavai: A Rural Theater Troupe of Gujarat 40 min., VHS Film-makers, Roger Sandall, Jayasinhji Jhala Memorial Library Microforms/Media PN2885 G8 T73 1990 Bhavai is the the traditional rural theater of Gujarat. Today there are only a few troupes
Center Room 443-Videoca of Bhavai performers in India. This film follows one troupe as it travels throughout the
countryside, performing in villages for audiences of the poor Koli caste. Audience and
performers are entirely male, and actors impersonate female roles. A typical Bhavai
evening includes a miracle play, comic skits, dances and juggling and, finally, a romantic
drama set in medieval times. The film shows 'backstage' preparations, negotiations with
sponsoring villagers, interviews with actors and the troupe leader, as well as the
performance.
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Trekking on Tradition 45 min. By Jennifer Rodes Center for South Asia Outreach Video This outstanding production explores the effects of mountain tourism (known as trekking)
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) on a small village in rural Nepal. It examines the views of both the trekkers (Europeans
and Americans) and the Nepalese as it weaves a complex patchwork of conflicting
dreams, desires, aspirations and frustrations. It illuminates, often humorously, the
controversies and ironic nature of cross-cultural encounters engendered by widespread
tourism in developing countries. It also powerfully illustrates the dramatic impact of
tourism on the traditional practices, culture, and environment of the region. Source:
http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Tribe of his Own: The Jounalism of P. Sainath 50 min. Directed by Joe Moulins Center for South Asia Outreach Video At a time when government propaganda and corporate spin are increasing presented as
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) fact, and a handful of corporations control the news, A Tribe of His Own reminds us what
the news media can be. Believing that responsible journalism can help to change things
for the better, Palagummi Sainath wrote a series of 70 articles for The Times of India,
detailing the living conditions in the ten poorest districts of the country. After nearly a
decade of work and dozens of awards, Sainath remains as passionately committed as
ever. A Tribe of His Own follows Sainath to the Indian villages he writes about, exploring
this contention that "journalism is for the people, not shareholders."
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Tsurphu thangka ceremony 24 min., VHS Produced & directed by Yongdu Gyatso, Art Library Audiovisual Collection (non- N8193 A4 T88 1996 Documentary of the first thangka ceremony since the cultural revolution in Tibet, held at
Ward Holmes circulating) the Tsurphu Monastery in May 1994. Designed and constructed by 2 western Dharma
students in Lhasa, Tibet, with help from a local tent factory, this amazing piece of art is
one of the largest silk applique thangkas in the world, measuring over 10 stories high. It
was constructed in the traditional style first designed by the 9th Karmapa.
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Tulsidas and the fire of the Veda (2 copies) 125 min., VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.050 In this film, Mahant Veer Bhadra Mishra, the spiritual leader of the famous temple of
Van Hise Hall) and Sankat Mochan Hanuman in the Holy City of Banaras, explains the symbolism of the
and BL1226.72 T85 2001 performance of Yagya (the Vedic fire sacrifice). He illuminates the threads of Indian
Memorial Library Microforms/Media tradition which bind together the rituals of the Veda and the performances of Bhakti: the
Center Room 443-Videoca Katha story-telling, the chanting of texts, Bhajan and Kirtan, and the Lila dramas of the
Avatar Ram and Krishna. The film also documents the performance of Sat Chandi Maha
Yagya held at the Sankat Mochan Temple of Banaras in July-August 1999.
Source: http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/films/tulsidas.html
Turbans 29 min. Erika Surat Andersen Learning Support Services Library (259 Based on the memoirs of the filmmaker's grandmother, "Turbans" explores the inner
Van Hise Hall) struggles of an Asian Indian immigrant family torn between their cultural traditions and
the desire for social acceptance in America. Although born in the United States, the Singh
boys are attacked for being different. The turbans they wear, a tradition sacred to their
Sikh ancestors, serve only to identify them as outsiders in the prejudiced landscape of
Astoria, Oregon circa 1918.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm#turbans
Turf Wars: conservation claims in the Great Himalayan 38 min., DVD Directed by Sanjay Barnela, Vasant Saberwal Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor 1 Copy Claimed as of Turf Wars explores the conflicts around conservation and development from the
National Park 06/15/2009 perspectives of local villagers, Forest Department officials, biologists and engineers. It
highlights the contradictions in the government’s policy towards conservation which
make[s] local livelihoods expendable in the interests of biodiversity conservaiton, but
sacrifice[s] biodiversity for the sake of national development.
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Unraveling the tragedy at Bhopal 17 min., VHS (produced by Gittelman Film Associates) Law Library Circulation Desk ? This video presents an accounting of the investigation of the nature and cause of the 1984
Bhopal tragedy. It details the events encountered by the investigating teams, up to the
discovery and confirmation that the tragedy was caused by human sabotage.
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Untouchable: life as an outcaste 5 discs, 30 min. (directed by Jens Pedersen) College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. DS422 C3 U558 2006 This five-part series examines the situations of individual Dalits who, despite routine
30 min., 5 DVD each, DVD West, Rm 1191 violation of their humanity, are living their lives with all the dignity they can muster. The
underlying issues that keep them in their dehumanizing trades -- abject poverty, a lack of
plausible alternatives, a patriarchal social order, the sheer stigma of being a Dalit -- make
the series a particularly valuable tool for stimulating powerful discussions on human
rights. Contents: Disc 1. Verdens værste job
= The worst job on earth (disc label: The worst job in the world: the Bhangis of India) --
disc 2. Født til prostitution = Born into prostitution: the Badis of Nepal -- disc 3: Gift med
gud : brugt aft maend = Married to a goddess: the Joginis of India -- disc 4: Gældsslaverne
= Between a rock and a hard place: the debt slaves of Nepal -- disc 5: Kastevold i Indien =
Hindu vs. Hindu: caste violence in India.
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India’s untouchables traditionally occupied the lowest place in the caste system. Today it
is illegal to discriminate against an untouchable, yet they remain at the bottom of the
system. Today, caste discrimination is one of the world’s biggest human rights issues. This
Urban poverty in Bangladesh: improving slum life 11 min., VHS Director/videographer, Steven Griffiths Memorial Library Microforms/Media In Dinajpur, an innovative slum of people who, despite continuous degradation and
HV4140.6 A5 U73 1996 series depicts an exposed groupimprovement project is demonstrating a way forward.
Center Room 443-Videoca The project is providing critical social and physical infrastructure, and skills training for
community residents. The project may serve as a model for others, allowing slum
dwellers to lead healthier, happier and more productive lives.
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Urgency to resist the fascist forces 26 min., DVD Bipan Chandra Memorial Library Microforms/Media HX393.5 C46 2003 Bipan Chandra and Rajdeep Sardesa present a lecture intersperced with visual clips of
Center Room 443, DVD related events in India history. Chandra addresses the topic of the current state of
Communism in India and what needs to be done to keep it from spreading. Sardesa
speaks to the role of media and free expression in the fight against Communism.
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From the series: In defence of our dreams
Urumi : fighting for survival 26 min., DVD (Directed by Michael Williams) Memorial Library Microforms/Media Claimed as of The film documents the lost heritage of Urumi – a rare weapon of Kalaripayattu, the
Center 10/27/2008 martial art of Kerala. The film traces its origin and tries to understand its mystical
dangerous portents and symbolism. The martial art tradition goes back to the
mythological time of Parashurama and is adumbrated in ancient manuscripts of
Dhanurveda. The film imbibes the orality of Urumi from great masters of martial art and
shows the rigorous and exacting training required under the vigilant eyes of a Guru for
using it efficiently and appropriately. The women never lagged behind in using this art for
survival. The film also traces the Nair resistance of colonial days, using Urumi.
Source: http://ignca.nic.in/dvd_urumi.htm
Vaastu Marabu 52 min. By: Bala Kailasam Center for South Asia Outreach Video India is a country where an ancient civilization survives not only in its artifacts but as a
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) living entity. The Vishwakarmas, holders of architectural and artistic heritage, have
maintained the skills and the theoreticla basis essential for the designing and executing of
almost all facets of the built environment. This film attempts to bring this heritage to life
through one of the foremost sthapatis and documents the theory and practice of the
Vaastu tradition before it is lost. Ancient technologies that continue to be used today are
shown in great detail. The film documents the process of making sculptures and explores
meaning of various symbols, icons and mathematical principles from a point of view of a
shilpi (sculptor).
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Valleys in transition 42 min., VHS (produced by the Laga Khan Rural Support Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1129 A description of socio-economic problems in Himalayan valleys and the efforts to develop
Program) Center economically.
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Vardan=The boon 22 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media S494.5 A45 V37 1999 Documentary on the development of agroforestry to provide economic viability for the
Center Room 443-Videoca rural poor of India.
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Varnam through ages 175 min., 2 VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1319 Lecture on Karnatic music with illustrations of the Varnam
Center Room 443-SA Video Source: Madcat Summary
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
View from a grain of sand - three women, three wars : 84 min., DVD (directed by Meena Nanji) Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1236.5 A3 V5 2006 Shot in refugee camps of Pakistan and the war-torn city of Kabul, three remarkable
stories of survival from Afghanistan Center Afghan women lead us through the maze of Afghanistans complex history, informing this
examination of how international interventions, war and the rise of political Islam have
stripped Afghan women of their freedom over the last thirty years. Combining verité
footage, interviews and rare archival material, this evocative film is a harrowing, thought-
provoking and movingly intimate portrait of a still divided and brutalized nation.
Addressing timely issues of women, Islam, and US foreign policy, the film is a compelling
and vital addition to the global dialogue of our times.
Film site: http://www.viewgrainofsand.com/
Watch: http://www.booserver.com/projects.php?ProjectID=3290
Village and town music of India & Nepal 67 min., DVD (filmed by Roderic Knight) Music Library (Mills) Audio Facility DVD 298 Depicts the music and life of musicians in their villages in India and Nepal. Features
performances of various Indian and Nepalese folk musical instruments in both rural and
urban settings and scenes showing daily activities.
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Village man, city man 38 min., VHS (produced by South Asian Area Center, Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.005.001 A documentary on the life of a young millworker in an industrial section of Delhi, and
University of Wisconsin-Madison) follows him on a return visit to his village in Uttar Pradesh. Shows changes and
continuities in his life by conversations with his friends at the mill and by observations of
how he works and spends his leisure time in both city and village.
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From the series: Contemporary South Asia
Village republic 50 min., VHS Script and direction, Christopher Rego Memorial Library Microforms/Media JS7008 V55 1995 Documentary on panchayat and villages in India.
Center Room 443-Videoca Source: Madcat Summary
From the series: Wealth of the Nation
Visions and sounds of Indian classical dance 23 min., VHS Produced by Malini Srirama Memorial Library Microforms/Media GV1693 V55 1990 dancer/choreographer Malini Srirama examines the origins of classical dance as a form of
Center Room 443-Videoca temple worship set in an authentic ancient temple in South India. She demostrates its
present concert form form as public entertainment, and demonstrates physical and
musical aspects, and basic dance techniques, such as hand gestures, foot rhythms, facial
mime and interaction between musicians and dancer. These are combined into the dance
as a whole. Through two styles of classical dance, Bharatha Natya and Kuchipudi, the
Western audience can see the framework and begin to understand and enjoy the art
form. The dances presented here range form classical Thillana to the semi-classical
Peacock Dance.
Source: www. aems.uiuc.edu
Voice of her own: women and economic change in Asia 24 min., VHS Directed and produced by Andrea Kalin Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1726 V65 1997 Profiles challenges and change for women in Asia. Shows educational efforts in Cambodia,
Center Room 443-Videoca home employment in the Philippines, and help for garment workers in Bangladesh.
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Voice of Zarathushtra 42 min., VHS Producer, Zul Vellani, Homi Sethna Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1318 The Gathas of Zarathushtra recited in English with commentaries.
Center Room 443-SA Video Source: Madcat Summary
Voices of the people : the elections in India 1977 (2 30 min., VHS (produced by Center for South Asian Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS480.852 V65 1990 Discusses events leading to the state of emergency and subsequent election of a new
copies) Studies, Madison) Center and government in 1977 in India.
and AS2.015 Source: Madcat summary
Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise
Voices of the Sidis: Two documentaries 22 min., 26 min. by Beheroze Shroff Center for South Asia Outreach Video 1) We're Indian and African
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) This documentary explores the lives of the Afro-Indian Sidis of Bava Gor village in Gujarat.
The Sidis talk about the challenges of their work as caretakers of the shrine of their
ancestral saint Bava Gor. They also discuss their sacred Goma-Dhammal dance as it is
performed for devotees and for spectators. The documentary also gives a glimpse into
the spiritual legacy of the Sidis through the Parsi devotees of Bava Gor in Bombay.
2) Ancestral Links
In this entertaining portrait of an urban Sidi family in Bombay, India, the father Babubhai
traces his ancestry to Zanzibar, Tanzania. Babubhai’s wife Fatimaben talks about her
grandmother who worked in a Hindu royal court. Finally, Heena the daughter talks about
issues of identity. Babubhai also discusses his past work as a stuntman in Bollywood films.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Vote By Pankaj Rishi Kumar Center for South Asia Outreach Video ...in this film, Pankaj Rishi Kumar tackles one of the most delicate problems:how to show
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) on screen the way the democratic ideal adapts itself to the surrounding social, economic,
political, and cultural context? What the film director achieved with "MAT" is impressive
inasmuch as the material collected (electoral meetings, interviews of candidates and
converstaions with the electorate ) was so subtly deconstructed and reconstructed as to
yield the portrait of a people in its full complexity. Through it we are transported not only
to India but to anywhwre on the planet, where so called intangible values are
imperceptibly corrupted as soon as they are applied:human all too human, as someone
said.
Source: http://www.ektaonline.org/events/pankajkumar/index.htm
Wages of action : religion in a Hindu village (2 copies) 47 min., VHS Made in collaboration with Joseph Elder and Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1150 W32 1990 Set in Soyepur, a village near Varanasi, India, this film discusses Hinduism and how it
the University of Wisconsin-Madison Center Center and touches every aspect of a villager’s life from birth to death. It focuses on everyday
for South Asia and AS2.009.001 religious practices in the village of Soyepur, near Banaras. The film observes young men
Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise praying to Lord Hanuman before a wrestling match, a grandmother offering water to a
(ph:608-262-8695) sacred tulsi plant, a Brahman priest conducting a Satyanarayan puja, low-caste ojhas
exorcising spirits from the ill, and a Soyepur couple making a one-day pilgrimage to a
shrine by the Ganges river. The film shows villagers describing ghosts and their placation,
a brahman housewife explaining how she maintains her kitchen's ritual purity, and an
itinerant holy man teaching through song the oneness of God and the inevitability of
receiving the wages of one's actions.
Source: http://www.southasia.wisc.edu/films/wages.html
Walking with the Buddha 29 min., VHS Executive producer, Ronald Saucci Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ554 W35 1996 Program focuses on the life of the Buddha, the development of Buddhism in various
Center Room 443-Videoca countries, and the day to day lives of Buddhist priests as they counsel, teach, beg for alms,
and meditate.
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Wal-Mart: the high cost of low price 97 min., DVD Produced & directed by Robert Greenwald College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. HF5429.215 U6 W35 Looks at the effect Wal-Mart stores have on local businesses, their employees’ economic
West, Rm 1191 2005b status, the rights of women and minorities as Wal-Mart Associates, the lack of
environmental responsibility by Wal-Mart starting with corporate headquarters on down,
and the exploitation of Chinese and Bangladesh workers. Shows that Wal-Mart has
concern for its own profits by heavy in-store security but well-known lack of security in
their parking lots which have an inordinate amount of crime. Gives some case studies of
activist groups that have won some victories for the workers and have prevented
construction of Wal-Mart stores in various communities.
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Wangala - a Garo festival 30 min., DVD (directed by Bappa Ray) Memorial Library Microforms/Media DS432 G34 W36 2007 The lineage of the Garo people of Western Meghalaya goes back to Tibet. The Garo hills
Center are interspersed with patches of low-lying plains bordering Assam and Bangladesh. The
life of Garos revolve around the Sun God, who rules their Jhum or shifting cultivation, and
envelops the dynamics of their life ways. The Wangala festival of the Garos is the time for
celebrating the bounty and well being, bestowed by Sun God. It is the time to rejoice; time
to choose the Bride and the Groom; and the time for young persons to mingle freely. The
film place the life and times of Garos in the background of their traditional philosophy and
belief systems, and provides a mirror to the Garo mindscape.
Source: http://www.ignca.nic.in/dvd_wangla.htm
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War & Peace 90+ min. By Anand Patwardhan Center for South Asia Outreach Video Anand Patwardhan's impressive and impassioned documentary digs beneath the patriotic
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) fervor that followed the nuclear tests conducted by India and Pakistan in 1998, revealing
the essentially political nature of nuclear proliferation and the divisions in Indian society it
both cloaks and fosters. A wide-ranging look at the issue of nuclear nationalism, the film
features extensive news footage and a well-rounded series of interviews with government
officials, nuclear scientists, pro- and antinuclear activists, and ordinary citizens, including
the poor who suffer without recourse the brunt of nuclear testing and uranium mining.
("The government is like a mother," one old man says, shrugging. "If the mother decides
to feed poison to her child, what is the child to do?") In their promotion of nuclear
weaponry, the logic of international prestige and the global arms trade suffuse the very
concept of security with Orwellian irony. At the same time, the film moves beyond India's
borders to Pakistan, Japan, and the United States to understand efforts to transcend
nuclear world politics by building an international movement for peace.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
We are not your monkeys (2 copies) 25 min., VHS (directed by Anand Patwardhan) Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size DS422 C3 W4 1998 "We are not your monkeys" is a song composed by Daya Pawar which disputes the notion
Shelving of divine superiority in Indian culture. It offers a lower caste perspective of the Ramayana
and story of Hindu legend. It is sung by Sambhaji Bhagat. "Occupation, millworker" tells the
Center for South Asia Outreach Video story of the New Great Eastern Mill in Bombay, which was taken over by the workers
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) after a four year lockout by management.
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Weaving tales of cloth 18 min., DVD Script & direction, Jahar Kanungo ; Memorial Library Microforms/Media TS1490 W38 2002 Documentary on "Baluchari," one of the most popular weaving techniques used to make
producer, Surendra Kaul Center Room 443, DVD saris in Bengal, India. Puranic tales or legends of Ramayana and Mahabharata are
depicted on the saris. These tales form a part of the design and also become the visual
depiction of popular folklores.
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Wedding of the goddess (2 copies) 78 min., VHS (directed by Mira Reym Binford & Michael Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.003.001 A documentary on the Chitterai Festival in Madurai, India, that provides historical
Camerini) and and background on the annual festival, shows the reenactment of the marriage of the god
Memorial Library Microforms/Media BL1225 M48 W43 1987 Sundareshvara and the goddess Minakshi, and provides a picture of the proceedings of
Center Room 443-Videoca the 19-day festival.
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What has happened to this city? 54 min., VHS Director, Deema Ohanraj Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1244 TV program on the Hyderabad communal riots of 1990
Center Room 443-SA Video Source: Madcat Summary
What in the world? 26 min., 5 DVD director, Ruth Meehan College Library Main Collection, 1st Fl. JZ1318 W43 2005 Many Westerners embrace globalization -- but do they grasp how profoundly their
West, Rm 1191 consumption and spending habits affect people thousands of miles away? Filmed entirely
on location in Malawi, Ecuador, Nicaragua, India, and Guatemala, this five-part series
illuminates what globalization means for citizens of those nations. Emotional and
informative interviews with farmers, school teachers, community activists, and others
reveal the human side of situations too often assessed only in terms of business and profit
Contents: [v. 1.] Malawi : a nation going hungry -- [v. 2.] Ecuador : divided over oil -- [v.
3.] Nicaragua : turning away from violence -- [v. 4.] India : working to end child labor -- [v.
5.] Guatemala : the human price of coffee.
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What is Buddhism? 20 min., VHS Produced and directed by Ashleigh V. MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) PreK-12 BQ4032 .W53 2003 Students will gain insight into this religion by investigating its history and learning about
Dennett Stacks Siddhartha Gautama, know as the Buddha, whose teachings provide a basis for Buddhism.
To develop respect for the worship practices of Buddhists, students will follow a family as
they visit a Buddhist temple and worship in their home shrine.
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From the series: Understanding world religions
What is Buddhism? 20 min., DVD Produced and directed by Ashleigh V. MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) PreK-12 BQ4032 .W53 2006 Overview of Buddhism, a religion practiced by over 360 million adherents worldwide.
Dennett Stacks Source: Madcat Summary
What is Hinduism? 20 min., VHS (producer by Andrew Schlessinger) CIMC PreK-12 Stacks BL1203 .W53 2003 Students learn about the history of the Hindu faith with its roots in the ancient Indus River
Valley civilization. Students gain insight into the worship practices of Hinduism by visiting a
temple, or mandir, and seeing a Hindu priest perform a prayer ritual called a puja. See a
family celebrating the holiday of Diwali, a festive celebration of lights.
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Wheel of Life: The central doctrines of Tiberan Buddhism 35 min., VHS Produced, written and photographed by Learning Support Services 259 Van Hise AS2.039
Edward W. Bastian
When women unite : the story of an uprising (2 copies) 80 min., VHS Directed by Shabnam Virmani Memorial Library Microforms/Media HV5091 I4 W54 1996 This film re-creates the actual struggle of women in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh,
Center Room 443-Videoca India to outlaw the sale of the local liquor, Arak. It is based on testimony from the women
and of 22 villages in the region. Powerfully performed by the same villagers, it is a passionate
Center for South Asia Outreach Video revival of their dramatic victory.
Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) Source: www. aems.uiuc.edu
Where’s my dinner? 22 min., DVD Research and direction, Rishu Nigam Memorial Library Microforms/Media IN PROCESS (as of 25 Documentary film is about rural poverty and hunger in India. Reviews the success of grain
Center Room 443, DVD July 2009) banks and other aspects of food management, public systems, deforestation and food for
work programs.
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While Picking Grass VHS Learning Support Services Library (259 AS2.038
Van Hise Hall)
Who Will Cast The First Stone 52 mins., VHS Directed by Ahmed A. Jamal and Sabiha Center for South Asia Outreach Video Examines the impact of Islamization on women in Pakistan, revealing the oppression and
Sumar Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) injustice which has led Pakistani women to the forefront of the political struggle for equal
rights. In 1979, Zina (defined as adultery, rape or extramarital sex) became a crime
against the state punishable by stoning to death. These new laws were intended to
promote the middle class image of an ideal Muslim woman--chaste, submissive and
confined. This documentary focuses on the case histories of three women and features
interviews with them as well as with human rights activists, religious leaders, lawyers and
scholars.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Why women count 205 min., 3 DVD Researched, produced and directed by Memorial Library Microforms/Media This Copy Being This three-part series comprises 41 video clips focusing on the theme of empowerment
Poojita Chowdhury Center Room 443, DVD Processed as of and what that means in the lives of ordinary women around the world.
07/08/2009 Source: Madcat Summary
Widening horizons 48 min., VHS (produced by Nepal Forum of Memorial Library Microforms/Media JS7008 R39 1999 Regional Workshop on the Role of Local, Elected Institutions in Community Forestry
Environmental Journalists) Center Management in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas, 16-21 March, 1998. It is part of a concerted
effort to bring together the voices of people from the region and give them a forum to
discuss governance and rights over use of natural resources.
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Woman’s place: Short stories 70 min., VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1161 W663 1995 Six 10 minute videos by women about the status and condition of women in 6 countries.
Center Room 443-Videoca [1] In Fiji women are involved in new sea farming projects. [2] In South Africa a literacy
campaign gives birth to an effective anti-liquor campaign. [3] In South Africa, the
Women’s Health Project ensures that women will have a voice in shaping the new health
care system. [4] A new generation of Caribbean women are using drama and reggae to
focus attention on domestic violence. [5] Thousands of Filipino women are leaving
children and country behind to work as domestics in Hong Kong. [6] Guatemalan women
widowed in the civil unrest have formed an organization, Conavigua, to conduct literacy
classes and encourage political participation. Contents: Teach a
woman how to fish and ... / Amelia Simmons -- Dry days in Dobbagunta / Nupur Basu -- A
Healthy start / Sandra Herrington -- The Alarm rings softly / Judith Laird -- The Amahs of
Hong Kong / Anastasia Edwards -- Footprints of sorrow / Claudia Esmerado.
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Documentary Title Time/Format Creators Library Call Number Description
Woman's Place 60 min. Writer: Paromita Vohra, Editors: Maria Center for South Asia Outreach Video A Woman's Place profiles women from three different countries who are fighting for
Nicolo & Talat Shah Lending Library (phone: 608-262-9224) balance and equality in today's world. The central question that the documentary
explores is "Can new laws change old way?" The companion Web site provides an
extensive, 36-page Educational Guide for the film and beyond.
Source: http://www.southasiaoutreach.wisc.edu/videos.htm
Women behind the camera 90 min., 2 DVDs Written, directed and produced by Alexis Memorial Library Microforms/Media TR849 A1 W66 2007 This global feature reveals camerawomen’s struggles to survive the odds in Hollywood,
Krasilovsky Center Room 443, DVD Bollywood, Afghanistan, Canada, China, India, France, Iran, Japan, Mexico, the U.S. and
other countries in a way that has never been done before
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Women in Bangladesh 23 min. VHS Memorial Library Microforms/Media HQ1745.6 W648 1995 This film presents an exclusive interview with Taslima Nasreen who has fled her country
Center Room 443-Videoca and is in hiding. Ms. Nasreen is one the few women in her country who have dared to call
for more freedom for the women of Bangladesh. The film puts her story in the context of
the condition suffered by women in Bangladesh. The film includes footage of Begum Zia,
the premier of Bangladesh who, surprisingly, is a woman.
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Women of Islam: veiling and seclusion 50 min., DVD Produced and directed by Farheen Pasha Memorial Library Microforms/Media BP173.4 W66 2004 Farheen Umar travels throughout Pakistan, Iran, Turkey and the United States to
Umar Center Room 443, DVD interview Muslim women about Western assumptions about the practice of wearing veils.
Explores the historical origins and stereotypes about veiling and confronts common
misconceptions about the tradition of covering in Muslim society.
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Women’s bank of Bangladesh 47 min. VHS Direction and production by Mark Memorial Library Microforms/Media HG3290.6 A8 G737 More than 100 million people live below poverty level in Bangladesh--many of them
Aardenburg Center Room 443-Videoca 1997 women. Thanks to the Grameen Bank and the small-business loans it makes to women
only, many of them and their families are beginning to prosper. This program describes
the philosophy, development, and function of the bank, then follows the daily activities of
three women who have taken out loans to fund their cottage industries. We follow the
women to bank-sponsored support groups and business classes, and watch as they sign
their names and receive their loans. Islamic leaders, along with most males, oppose the
loans as being contrary to Islamic law. But bank founder and economics professor
Muhammad Yunus defends the bank's policies, stating that women in the region are more
competitive in business than men. The Grameen Bank model has been copied in more
than 40 countries throughout the world.
Source: aems,uiuc.edu
World in Claire’s classroom 89 min., VHS Produced and directed by Lisa Merton and MERIT Library (formerly CIMC) LC1099.4.V5 W675 A documentary examining how veteran teacher Claire Oglesby addresses issues of
Alan Dater Narrator: Garrison Keillor Professional Stacks 2000 respect, diversity and community building in her first and second grade classroom at the
public school in WestminsterWest, Vermont. Each year, the whole school carries out an
integrated, in-depth study of another culture which lasts for the entire second half of the
school year, involving students, parents and community members. This year the focus is
on the study of India.
Source: Madcat Summary
Y.C.P., 1997 38 min., VHS Directed by Anjali Monteiro and K. P. Memorial Library Microforms/Media HV9795 P862 Y479 Examines the lives and work of six prisoners from Yerwada Central Prison in Pune, India.
Jayasankar Center Room 443-Videoca 1997 Through their poems and writings the film explores the ways in which they cope with the
pain and stigma of incarceration.
Source: Madcat Summary
Yogis of Tibet: a film for posterity 77 min., DVD Executive producers, Phil Borack, Jo Borack Memorial Library Microforms/Media BQ7805 Y64 2002 An overview of the history and traditional practices of Tibetan yogi masters. Includes
; Location producer and director, Jeffrey M. Center Room 443, DVD interviews with Choje Togden Rinpoche, Garchen Rinpoche, Ven Drubwang Konchok
Pill Norbu Rinpoche, Chetsang Rinpoche, and the 14th Dalai Lama.
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Young workers 106 min., VHS Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Memorial Library Microforms/Media Video Cassette SA-1691 Emergence of child labor in India, in a historical, societal context; includes case studies of
Sciences Center Room 443-SA Video the match industry in Sivakasi and powerloom industry in Bhivandi.
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