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Films
7 Films
Region
“South Asia”
x
Keywords
“Socioeconomic conditions”
x
Series
“0”
x
films with a digital version
3
films available on demand
2
Region
Central Asia and Far East
1
South Asia
7
x
Country
India
5
Japan
1
Nepal
2
Keywords
Children / Young people
1
Gender Role and Identity
3
Labour
3
Migration
1
Resistance
1
Socioeconomic conditions
7
x
Sport
1
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
1
Urban
2
Directors
Kharel, Dipesh
2
Longinotto, Kim
1
MacDougall, David
1
Roy, Rahul
2
Saito, Asami
1
Vohra, Paromita
1
Series
not set
7
x
Country of production
Australia
1
India
3
Japan
1
Nepal
1
Norway
1
United Kingdom
1
Year of production
2001
1
2003
1
2006
2
2008
1
2010
1
2012
1
Film list
The City Beautiful
2003
78
‘
Directed by
Rahul Roy
.
Sunder Nagri (Beautiful City) is a small working class colony on the margins of India’s capital city, Delhi. Most families residing here come from a community of weavers. The last ten years have
South Asia
Urban
Labour
Socioeconomic conditions
Gandhi’s Children
2008
185
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
.
A monolithic building on the outskirts of 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
South Asia
Children / Young people
Squatter Settlements / Homelessness
Socioeconomic conditions
A Life with Slate
2006
59
‘
Directed by
Dipesh Kharel
.
Alampu is a beautiful and exceedingly remote village in Nepal. The majority of the settlers there are Thami people, one of the indigenous groups of Nepal. More than 90 percent of them have been
South Asia
Labour
Socioeconomic conditions
Majma
2001
54
‘
Directed by
Rahul Roy
.
Aslam sells medicines for sexual problems on the pavements of Meena Bazar near Jama Masjid in Delhi. Khalifa Barkat presides over an wrestling gym (akhara) in the adjacent park and puts a group of
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Sport
Socioeconomic conditions
Pink Saris
2010
100
‘
Directed by
Kim Longinotto
.
Pink saris are worn by the Gulabi Gang, a group of women vigilantes in Northern India. From the untouchable caste, they resist being condescended to as the lowest social class. They have a champion
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Resistance
Socioeconomic conditions
Playing with Nan
2012
88
‘
Directed by
Dipesh Kharel
Asami Saito
.
Playing with Nan is the story of a Nepali young man who migrated to work in a Nepali restaurant in northern Japan. The film explores his daily life at work and his family at home, which reflects
South Asia
Central Asia and Far East
Labour
Migration
Socioeconomic conditions
Q2P
2006
55
‘
Directed by
Paromita Vohra
.
Q2P is a film about toilets and the city. It sifts through the dream of Mumbai as a future Shanghai and searches for public toilets, watching who has to queue to pee. As the film observes who has
South Asia
Gender Role and Identity
Urban
Socioeconomic conditions