Anand Patwardhan is the most dynamic, nationally and internationally recognized documentary film maker of India, examining its painful problems and pleading for social justice. This presentation documents India's path from Nehruvian and Gandhian ideals to the market economy, with illustrations from his extensive oeuvre.

Hosted by: Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

In conjunction with: Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, Department of Anthropology, Department of English, Department of History, Department of Journalism, Department of Linguistics, Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology, Department of Speech Communication, Environmental Council, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, Institute of Communications Research, Media Studies, Program for the Study of Religion, Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security, Program in Comparative and World Literature, Unit for Cinema Studies, Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, Women's Studies Program, Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program, Asian Educational Media Service, Indian Cultural Society of Urbana-Champaign, Indian Student Association