CinemaOSMovie · 2019 · 1h 12m

Around India with a Movie Camera

Archive footage tells the emotionally-resonant story of life across India pre-1947

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Award-winning filmmaker Sandhya Suri (I for India) skilfully weaves together archive footage to create an emotionally resonant story about life across India from 1899 to 1947. Drawn exclusively from the BFI National Archive, Around India features some of the earliest surviving film from India as well as gorgeous travelogues, intimate home movies and newsreels from British, French and Indian filmmakers. Taking in Maharajas and Viceroys, fakirs and farmhands and personalities such as Sabu and Gandhi, the film explores not only the people and places of over 70 years ago, but asks us to engage with broader themes of a shared history, shifting perspectives in the lead up to Indian independence and the ghosts of the past. Around India boasts a superb new score that fuses western and Indian music from composer and sarod player Soumik Datta.

Directed bySandhya Suri

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 12m
Language
EN
Released
January 18, 2019
Studios
BFI

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Sandhya Suri
Sandhya Suri
Produced by
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