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Acting like a thief a documentary
Title
Acting like a thief [electronic resource] : a documentary / [directed and produced ] by P. Kerim Friedman & Shashwati Talukdar.
Published
[Chharanagar, India] : Four Nine and a Half Pictures ; Watertown, Mass. : Documentary Educational Resources, c2005.
Physical Description
1 streaming video (15 min.)
Local Notes
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2010. (Ethnographic video online). Available via World Wide Web.
Hindi and Gujarati with English subtitles.
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Summary
This story of a Chhara tribal theatre group in Ahmedabad, India. The members of the Budhan Theatre are tribal rebels who were notifies as "born criminals" by the British in 1871, and imprisoned in a labor camp in Ahmedabad. After Indian independence, they were de-notified, but the stigma of being "born criminal" follows them to this day. This documentary reveals how theatre has transformed the lives of adults and children within the community.
Variant and related titles
Ethnographic video online.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
Hindi; Gujarati
Added to Catalog
June 15, 2010
Subjects
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Four Nine and a Half Pictures (Firm)
Documentary Educational Resources (Firm)
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