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So far from India = Hindustāna sa ītanī dūra / producer & director, Mira Nair.
LIBRA E184.E2 S6 1991
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Subjects (All):
- East Indian Americans--Cultural assimilation.
- East Indian Americans.
- Women--India--Social conditions.
- Women.
- India.
- Social conditions.
- India--Emigration and immigration.
- Emigration and immigration.
- United States--Emigration and immigration.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (49 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Hintustāna sa ītanī dūra
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1991.
- Language Note:
- In Gujarati or Hindi with English voice-over.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- This documentary film describes the experiences of a recently arrived Indian immigrant in America, contrasting them with the traditional world of his new bride whom he left behind in India. It seeks to explore the conflicts that arise when Indian culture meets American society.
- Participant:
- Mira Nair.
- Credits:
- Photography, Mitch Epstein; editor, Ann Schaetzel.
- Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1982.
- OCLC:
- 43568590
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