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Six yards of grace : the handcrafted Indian saree / artists@core present ; direction, Dheeraj Piplani ; script, Richa Arora.
LIBRA DVD GT2350 .S593 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Government document
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Saris--India.
- Saris.
- Handicraft--India.
- Handicraft.
- India.
- Weavers--India.
- Weavers.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- 6 yards of grace
- Place of Publication:
- New Delhi : Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs : Distributed by Magic Lantern Movies LLP, 2011.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- " Considered to be the most iconic Indian garment, the saree goes thousands of years back in history. In it's relatively recent emergence internationally, the saree has been applauded for it's celebration of femininity and it's fluidity as a costume that can be refashioned to suit changing times. However, it's global presence as an Indian garment alone elides an understanding of the socio-cultural inflections that render each region's saree (within India) with a formidable identity of it's own. The film explores some of these regional variations by traveling in time and to these regions and tracing the lineage of some regional prototypes of the saree. It also raises concerns about the survival of traditional weaves by looking at the dwindling numbers of traditional weavers in the face of technological innovations and rapidly changing market preferences."--Container.
- Participant:
- Voice over, Samara Chopra.
- Credits:
- Research, Aaishwari Chouhana; camera, Suresh Verma, Jalaj Kathuria; editor, Dheeraj Piplani; sound, Vikas Arora; music, Deepak Kumar.
- Notes:
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 2011.
- "India, more than you imagine."--Container.
- OCLC:
- 903567768
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