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GANDHI'S CHILDREN
COPIII LUI GANDHI
Gandhi's Children
David MacDougall
Australia
2008
185 min.
Director / Photography / Editing: David
MacDougall
Production Company: David MacDougall/Centre
for Cross-Cultural Research
Address:
David MacDougall/Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Research School of
Humanities, Australian National
Tel./ Fax: 0061 2 6125 4554
E-mail: david.macdougall @ anu.edu.au
DAVID MACDOUGALL
Documentary filmmaker and writer on cinema.
Author of Transcultural Cinema (Princeton University Press, 1998) and The Corporeal Image: Film, Ethnography, and the Senses (Princeton, 2006).
Adjunct Professor at the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University, Canberra.
Realizator de film documentar şi scenarist.
Autor al cărţilor Cinematografia transculturală (Princeton University Press, 1998) şi Imaginea trupului: film, etnografie şi simţurile (Princeton, 2006).
Profesor la Centrul de Cercetare Interculturală din cadrul Universităţii Naţionale Australiene, Canberra.
Filmography / Filmografie
2007 - SchoolScapes
2004 - The Age of Reason
2003 - The New Boys
2001 - With Morning Hearts
2001 - Karam in Jaipur
2000 - Doon School Chronicles
1993 - Tempus de Baristas
1991 - Photo Wallahs
1985 - Turkana Conversations trilogy
1972 - To Live With Herds
Awards / Premii
Basil Wright Film Prize, RAI International Festival of Ethnographic Film (2007)
Earthwatch Film Award (1995)
Film Prize of the Royal Anthropological Institute (1980)
Prize of Cinéma du Réel in Paris (1979)
Grand Prix Venezia Genti at the Venice Film Festival (1972)
Synopsis / Sinopsis
A monolithic building on the outskirts of New Delhi provides food and shelter for 350 boys. Some are orphans, some have been abandoned, others have run away from home. About half are held under a court order, having been picked up from the streets for minor crimes. Living in the institution for several months, MacDougall explores its routines and the varied experiences of individual boys. Despite the harshness of their lives, many show remarkable strength of character, knowledge, and resilience. One day 181 child labourers arrive, placing additional strain on the building’s already deteriorating facilities. The institution does what it can, but can it do enough?
O clădire masivă dintr-una din mahalalele New Delhi-ului adăposteşte 350 de băieţi orfani, abandonaţi sau fugiţi de acasă. Pe lângă un acoperiş deasupra capului, instituţia le oferă acestora şi hrană. Aproximativ jumătate dintre ei sunt în evidenţa poliţiei pentru infracţiuni minore. Trăind câteva luni alături de aceşti băieţi, regizorul surprinde lucrurile devenite rutină şi o parte din experienţele lor. Chiar dacă viaţa acestora este o luptă pentru supravieţuire, mulţi dau dovadă de tărie de caracter, înţelepciune şi conformare. Odată aduşi alţi 181 de copii siliţi la muncă, clădirea deja deteriorată devine şi mai puţin rezistentă. Instituţia face tot ceea ce poate pentru ei, însă este oare acest lucru deajuns?
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Programming / Programare Tuesday 27 - Hall B - 10h00 / Marti 27 - Sala B - 10h00
ASTRA FILM manages an extensive documentary film collection with public screening facilities. The ASTRA FILM archive started in 1990, and it has collected since thousands of documentaries produced in over 70 countries.
Due to our focus on the Eastern European and Romanian production, the ASTRA FILM archive holds a unique collection of documentaries documenting the issues of post-communism and transition in the region.
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