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Reason Review: Detective Patwardhan

by Marc Glassman
May 6, 2022May 7, 2022
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Reason is a mystery story with Anand Patwardhan as the detective. It’s the perfect role for a documentarist to play.

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All That Breathes Review: A Wing and a Prayer

by Pat Mullen
January 22, 2022
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All That Breathes observes the efforts of brothers Saud and Nadeem in India's Wildlife Rescue as they care for black kites and other birds.

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Yeh Freedom Life Review: Working Class Romance in New Delhi

by Aaditya Aggarwal
August 5, 2021August 8, 2021
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On a typical afternoon, Neha Beauty Care & Training Centre is appropriately raucous with marriage talk. “I said: What else is love if not this madness?” Sachi, an emotional and playful beautician

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Review: ‘Around India with a Movie Camera’

by Pat Mullen
January 17, 2019August 28, 2021
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Around India with a Movie Camera (UK, 72 min.) Dir. Sandhya Suri Was there a random box of archival footage at the British Film Institute labelled Odds and Ends – India? One can

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Review: ‘Azmaish: A Journey Through the Subcontinent’

by Pat Mullen
September 7, 2017October 24, 2021
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Azmaish: A Journey Through the Subcontinent (Pakistan, 85 min.) Dir. Sabiha Sumar Programme: TIFF Docs (North American Premiere)   The personal is political for Sabiha Sumar. The Pakistani filmmaker embarks on a

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I’ll Take the Rain: Sturla Gunnarsson’s “Monsoon”

by Adam Nayman
September 1, 2014February 3, 2022
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Sturla Gunnarsson's Monsoon is a majestic new documentary shot on location in India and beneath torrents of relentless rain.

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Distilling Water

by Gemma Files
November 1, 2005May 15, 2022
Features

Files analyzes why Deepa Mehta's powerful Water is likely to change attitudes toward multiculturalism in Canada and Hindu fundamentalism in India.

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