Anand Patwardhan Movies

  • 1992
    In the Name of God

    In the Name of God

    In the Name of God

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    The film explores the campaign waged by the Hindu right-wing organisation Vishva Hindu Parishad to build a Ram temple at the site of the Babri Masjid...

    In the Name of God
  • 1994
    Father, Son and Holy War

    Father, Son and Holy War

    Father, Son and Holy War

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    Filmmaker Anand Patwardhan looks to history and psychology as he delves into the possible reasons behind the demolition of the Babri Mosque.

    Father, Son and Holy War
  • 2011
    Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

    Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

    Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections

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    Gérard Courant's "Filmed Diary" of December 14, 2011, produced in Dubai (United Arab Emirates). Between December 7 and 15, 2011, Gérard...

    Dubai Winter Diary VI: Light and Reflections
  • 1998
    Ribbons for Peace

    Ribbons for Peace

    Ribbons for Peace

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    "Made in the aftermath of Indian and Pakistani nuclear tests, Ribbons gives new meaning to an old film song by Kishore Kumar – a kind of...

    Ribbons for Peace
  • 2012
    Jai Bhim Comrade

    Jai Bhim Comrade

    Jai Bhim Comrade

    7.42012HD

    Dalits, in the Indian caste system, belong to the lowest social sphere and are therefore subject to regular discrimination and violation of their...

    Jai Bhim Comrade
  • 2002
    War and Peace

    War and Peace

    War and Peace

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    Documentary about the nuclear sabre-rattling that has been going on between India and Pakistan. Comprised mostly of interviews with average folks on...

    War and Peace
  • 1981
    A Time To Rise

    A Time To Rise

    A Time To Rise

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    On April 6, 1980, the Canadian Farmworkers Union came into existence. This film documents the conditions among Chinese and East Indian immigrant...

    A Time To Rise
  • 1978
    Prisoners of Conscience

    Prisoners of Conscience

    Prisoners of Conscience

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    An early Patwardhan documentary completed in 1978, Prisoners of Conscience focuses on the state of emergency imposed by Indira Ghandi from June 1975...

    Prisoners of Conscience
  • 1996
    Occupation: Mill Worker

    Occupation: Mill Worker

    Occupation: Mill Worker

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    "Textile mills were once the backbone of Bombay’s economy and provided the city its working class culture. Today, foreign investment and rising...

    Occupation: Mill Worker
  • 2023
    The World Is Family

    The World Is Family

    The World Is Family

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    Esteemed documentarian Anand Patwardhan directs a portrait of his parents, whose families were intertwined with Gandhi and India’s independence...

    The World Is Family
  • 1975
    Waves of Revolution

    Waves of Revolution

    Waves of Revolution

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    Film made during the repressive days of the Emergency in India documents the 1974-75 uprising of the people of Bihar in Eastern India.

    Waves of Revolution
  • 2009
    Children of Mandala

    Children of Mandala

    Children of Mandala

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    A message from the economically displaced children of a slum colony in Mumbai who are educating themselves in the face of government apathy.

    Children of Mandala
  • 1985
    Bombay: Our City

    Bombay: Our City

    Bombay: Our City

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    A documentary on the socio-economic injustice meted out to the slum-dwellers in Bombay, and an attempt to understand the factors responsible for it.

    Bombay: Our City
  • 1990
    In Memory of Friends

    In Memory of Friends

    In Memory of Friends

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    About the communal clashes between Sikh and Hindu fundamentalists during the Khalistan Movement and the subsequent endeavors of secular parties with...

    In Memory of Friends
  • 2018
    Reason

    Reason

    Reason

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    A broad-ranging examination of Indian society, where secular rationalists are hunted down as they attempt to stem the rising tide of religious and...

    Reason
  • 2006
    images you didn’t see

    images you didn’t see

    images you didn’t see

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    "Global censorship of the war on Iraq has stifled the outrage that may have otherwise curtailed the ongoing atrocity of occupation. Not only have the...

    images you didn’t see
  • 1996
    We Are Not Your Monkeys

    We Are Not Your Monkeys

    We Are Not Your Monkeys

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    "We Are Not Your Monkeys is a music video that reworks the epic Ramayana story to critique the caste and gender oppression implicit in it. Sung by...

    We Are Not Your Monkeys
  • 1999
    Fishing: In the Sea of Greed

    Fishing: In the Sea of Greed

    Fishing: In the Sea of Greed

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    Fishing in the Sea of Greed documents the response of one fishing community in India to the “rape and run” industries that have begun to...

    Fishing: In the Sea of Greed
  • 1995
    A Narmada Diary

    A Narmada Diary

    A Narmada Diary

    01995HD

    "Narmada Diary" introduces the Narmada Bachao Andolan (the Save the Narmada Movement), which has spearheaded the agitation against the Sardar Sarovar...

    A Narmada Diary