Jai Bhim comrade
- Author/Creator:
- Patwardhan, Anand
- Publication/Creation:
- [Mumbai] : [Distributed by] Anand Patwardhan, 2012
- Resource Type:
- Video or Visual Material
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Jai Bhim comrade / camera, editing, production and direction by Anand Patwardhan
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- Additional Author/Creators:
- Patwardhan, Anand
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Documentary films
Nonfiction films - Subjects:
- Ambedkar, B. R.(Bhimrao Ramji),1891-1956
Caste--India
Dalits--India
Group identity--India
Caste--Political aspects--India
Group identity--Political aspects--India
Social conflict--India
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- "For thousands of years India's dalits were abhorred as "untouchables" denied an education and treated as bonded labour. By 1923 Bhimrao Ambedkar broke the taboo, won doctorates abroad and returned to India to fight for the emancipation of his people....In 1997 a statue of Dr. Amdedkar in a Dalit colony in Mumbai was desecrated with a garland of footware. As angry residents gathered, police opened fire killing 10. Vilas Ghorge, a leftist poet, hung himself in protest. "Jai Bhim Comrade" shot over 14 years, follows the music and tradition of reason that Vilas had been a part of "-- Container.
- Language:
- Marathi
Hindi - Language Note:
- In Marathi and Hindi with English subtitles.
- Physical Type/Description:
- 1 videodisc (198 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Technical Note:
- DVD.
- General Note:
- Originally produced as a documentary film in 2011.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Director, producer, cinematography, editing by Anand Patwardhan.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 990031782180302486
- OCLC Number:
- 808607614
- Barcode:
- 010002650833
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