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2005 / 45 minutes

Directed by
Lina Fruzzetti Ákos Östör
Country of production
United States

For generations the Patua (Chitrakara) communities of West Bengal have been painters and singers of stories depicted in scrolls. The film follows the daily lives of Muslim Patua women from Naya villages near Kolkata, which have formed a scroll painters’ cooperative.

Language and subtitles
Original Language with English Subtitles
Region
South Asia
Country
India
Keywords
Material Culture Art / Artists / Artisans Music / Ethnomusicology