India cabaret
- Title
- India cabaret [videorecording] / produced and directed by Mira Nair.
- Published by
- New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, c1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance. | FormatMoving image | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZIA 4-2498 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Documentary on the lives of a group of female cabaret performers working in a nightclub in Bombay. Interviews with the women point out the contrast between the traditional sheltered, homebound role of Indian women and a developing thirst for autonomy and self-sufficiency. Discussions with a group of male customers and a husband and wife expose the double standards and hypocrisy of society. The cabaret performers are seen onstage, backstage, and in their homes, and the film follows one woman on a visit to her home village, where her family's opposition to her profession is clearly demonstrated.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Documentaries and factual films and programs.
- Video.
- Call number
- *MGZIA 4-2498
- Credits (note)
- Cinematography, Mitch Epstein.
- Title
- India cabaret [videorecording] / produced and directed by Mira Nair.
- Imprint
- New York, N.Y. : Filmakers Library, c1986.
- Country of producing entity
- U.S.
- Credits
- Cinematography, Mitch Epstein.
- Added author
- Nair, Mira. Producer. Director
- Filmakers Library, inc.
- DHCA.
- Research call number
- *MGZIA 4-2498