In Search of Gandhi
2007, Dir: Lalit Vachani, 53min, Hindi, Gujarati and English with English subtitles
Produced by Don Edkins and STEPS International
n 2007, India is preparing to celebrate the 60th anniversary of its existence as an independent nation. But what does it actually mean to live in the world’s largest democracy?
In road-movie style the film crew travels down the famous trail of Gandhi’s salt march in search for the present of democracy in India.
Black Freedom / Siyah Aazadi
Dir: Nitin Kakkar
2004, 25min, OmeU
This is an adaptation of Saadat Hasan Manto's stories that are some of the most poignant stories on the horrors of Partition: Independent India woke up to a sweet and sour beginning. The euphoria of Independence was sapped by the anguish of Partition.
Awards:
Best Film - 0110 Digital Film Festival, British Council, Delhi 2004
Gandhi at the Bat
Dir: Stephanie Argy, Alec Boehm
USA 2006, 11min, English
Gandhi at the batis a newsreel-style account of the little-known (and totally fictional) incident when Mohandas K. Gandhi pinch-hit for the New York Yankees in 1933.