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India cabaret / by Mira Nair.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Nair, Mira, author.
- Series:
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--India--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (61 minutes).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 1986.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English.
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- Summary:
- By focusing on a group of female strippers who work in a nightclub in the suburbs of Bombay, India Cabaret explores the "respectable" and "corrupt" stereotypes which typify women in contemporary Indian society. It shows us the ordinary lives the dancers lead during the day, and follows them into the dressing room where they transform themselves into "queens of the night." The film tells their story, relating their hopes and fears while respecting their sense of pride, independence, strength and resilience. It also reveals the rules and double standards of India s patriarchal society.
- Notes:
- Originally released as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- Blue Ribbon, American Film Festival, 1986
- Booklist, Editor's Choice, 1988
- Golden Athena, Athens International Film Festival, 1986
- OCLC:
- 747797843
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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