The boy in the Branch / South Productions Ltd, Channel Four Television presents a Wide Eye Film ; producer/director, Lalit Vachani.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Vachani, Lalit., Director, Producer.
• Sengupta, Shuddabrat., Researcher.
• Palit, Ranjan., Cinematographer.
• South Productions., Producer.
• Channel Four (Great Britain), Producer.
• Wide Eye Film (Firm), Producer, Distributor.
• Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

• English
• Hindi
• Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

• Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh.
• Hinduism and politics--India.
• Fundamentalism.
• India--Politics and government--1977-.

Genre:

• Television programs.
• Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (27 min.) : sound, color with black and white

Place of Publication:

[New Delhi, India : Wide Eye Film, 200-?]

Language Note:

In Hindi, English and Sanskrit with English subtitles.

System Details:

digital

Summary:

Set at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh headquarters in Nagpur, India ... is a documentary film on the proselytization of young Hindu boys by the RSS. The RSS has a network of approximately 33,000 'shakhas' or branches for purposes of 'preparing' RSS volunteers and spreading the Hindu fundamentalist ideology ... Through RSS games, rituals, stories and instruction ... and interviews with RSS volunteers, the film highlights ... the process of indoctrination in the transition of innocent child to communal militant.

Participant:

Researcher, Shuddhabrata Sengupta.

Credits:

Cinematographer, Ranjan Palit ; editor, Reena Mohan ; sound, P.M. Satheesh.

Notes:

• Originally broadcast on Channel Four Television, March 15th, 1993.
• Description based on VHS version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

VHS version The boy in the Branch

OCLC:

44645252

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.