Meghe Dhaka Tara Films Sans Frontieres

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Infobase, film distributor.

Films sans frontières (Firm)

Language:

Bengali

Genre:

Internet videos

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 1 min., 24 sec)) sound

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2016

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Films Sans Frontieres, [1960]

System Details:

Streaming video file

System requirements: FOD playback platform

video file

Summary:

Directed by Ritwik Ghatak. The film revolves around Neeta, a beautiful young girl who lives with her family, refugees from East Pakistan, in the suburbans of Calcutta. Although Partition is never explicitly mentioned in Meghe Dhaka Tara, it takes place in a refugee camp in the outskirts of Calcutta, and concerns an impoverished genteel Hindu bhadralok family and the problems they face because of Partition. Country of production: India. (With English subtitles.) Some World Cinema titles may contain mature themes or content. Viewer discretion is advised

Contents:

Meghe Dhaka Tara (14:00);

Notes:

Originally released by Films Sans Frontieres, 1960

Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 15, 2016

Title from distributor's description

OCLC:

1143531016

Publisher Number:

60258 Infobase

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license