Sucksdorff, the distinguished Swedish director visited India in 1951 and made two films “Wind and the river” and “Indian village”. “Indian village” was intended to be shown throughout India to persuade peasants to discard their centuries-old methods of cultivation and village administration and to adopt modern methods of co-operation. The story Sucksdorff has chosen is centred on a village in which the people are dependent on an old well which dries up in the hot season, bringing drought and starvation.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
321673
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → India - Rural conditions
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → India - Rural conditions
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Village communities - India
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Droughts
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Water-storage
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water consumption
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Water-storage
Documentary → Documentary films - Sweden
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cultural relativism
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Hunger
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → India - Social conditions
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Water consumption
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)