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Maharajah burger / produced by Thomas Balmè.
Connect to resource Available online
View online- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cows--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
- Cows.
- East and West.
- Fast food restaurants--India--New Delhi.
- Fast food restaurants.
- India--Social life and customs.
- India.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (51 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2000.
- Language Note:
- This edition in English and an undetertmined language with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- digital
- data file
- Summary:
- This film takes a wry look at the cultural confrontation of East and West, as reflected in attitudes towards the cow. In India, the cow is revered and cared for well beyond its prime. We see a hospice where cows spend their last days in comfort. When the BBC reports on the mass slaughter of cows due to mad cow disease, the Indians are appalled. One suggests that the British send their sick and old cows to India for caretaking. When McDonald's opened up in New Delhi, featuring the Maharajah Burger, there was outrage at this affront. To many Indians it is a symbol of Western cultural imperialism -- Western greed undermining traditional values in India. One elderly maharajah hopefully observes that the Indian culture has survived thousands of years and will not succumb to this latest onslaught.
- Notes:
- Originally released as DVD.
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 24, 2011).
- Grand Prix des Independents, 1998
- Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival, 2000
- Other Format:
- Original version:
- OCLC:
- 747797635
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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