Boomba Ride

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Bora, Biswajeet, film director. .

Deaf Crocodile Films, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education, Rural--India--Assam--Drama.

Education, Rural.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (76 min.)

Distribution:

New York, N.Y. Grasshopper Film

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles, California Deaf Crocodile 2023

Summary:

From GOD ON A BALCONY director Biswajeet Bora, BOOMBA RIDE is a scathing comic satire of corruption in India's rural education system - and one 8-year old boy (newcomer Indrajit Pegu, in a remarkable performance) who knows how to rig the game for himself. Inspired by a true story, the film was shot in the state of Assam on the banks of the Brahmaputra River with a mostly nonprofessional cast.The story revolves around an impoverished school where there is only one (unwilling) student, Boomba. Desperate to keep their jobs and funding, the teachers wind up bribing the hilariously impassive and uncooperative boy to show up to class - while Boomba's secret wish is to attend the better-funded school in town where a slightly older and very pretty girl just happens to be a student

Credits:

Biswajeet Bora, director

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title screen

OCLC:

1377665556

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license