Directed by Rakesh Sharma India 2004 149 mins Final Solution is a study of the politics of hate. Set in Gujarat during the period of Feb/March 2002 – July 2003, the film graphically documents the …
Films for Classroom Use
Don’t Ask Why
By Sabiha Sumar 58 min., 1999 Anousheh lives with her strict Muslim parents and two brothers in Karachi, Pakistan. At 17, she is at an age where daughters are usually married off. But Anousheh wants …
Division of Hearts
By Satti Khanna and Peter Chappell 57 min., 1987 The 1947 British subdivision of colonial India into Pakistan and the independent Indian nation caused the loss of 500,000 lives and the relocation of millions—one of …
Creating Buddhas
By Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost 60 min., 2008 Creating Buddhas is a documentary about a woman who makes Buddhas out of silk. Trained in Dharamsala, India for nine years, Leslie Rinchen-Wongmo is one of the few female …
Buddhism: The Great Wheel of Being
(Part of Ashes in the River: Four Religions of India Series) 52 min., 1995 Sikkim occupies a place of rare geographic splendor, and Buddhism is the state’s religion. Presents the tenets and history of the …
Born Into Brothels
By Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski 83 min., 2004 A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, Born into Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in Calcutta’s red …
BitterSweet
By Sanjeev Chatterjee 43 min., 1995 Focuses on Asian-Indian immigrants in the U.S. who discuss the complex social and personal issues involved in dealing with their dual cultural influences. To most outsiders, the idea of …
Bhopal Express
By Mahesh Matai 100 min., 2000 Bhopal Express (2000) explores the true story of one of the world’s largest industrial disasters. The 1984 gas explosion at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal which killed over …
Angst at Large
By Shankar Barua 60 minutes Angst at Large, a political documentary, seeks to examine and explore the current chaos in North East India with special reference to Assam. Ravaged by floods every year, Assam for …
Amir: An Afghan Refugee Musician’s Life in Peshawar, Pakistan
By John Baily 52 min., 1985 Between 1973 and 1977 John Baily carried out extensive ethnomusicological fieldwork on the urban music of Afghanistan, particularly in the western city of Herat. In 1985, he traveled to …