My mother India written and directed by Safina Uberoi.

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Material type: Film

FilmPublication details: New Delhi : Magic Lantern Movies ; Under Construction, 2001.Description: 1 DVD (52 min.) sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s):

Genre/Form:

Documentary.

DDC classification:

A00440

Awards:

Jury Prize, Best Australian Documentary, Australian Film Critics Circle, 2002
Special Jury Award, Hawaii International Film Festival, 2002

Summary: This lively portrait of the mixed marriage between a scholarly Sikh husband and his red-headed, freckle-faced Australian-born wife, is told from the point of view of their slightly bemused daughter, the filmmaker. Growing up in India, her eccentric parents were a source of embarrassment. In this conservative society, her mother would line dry her underwear to the horror of neighbors. Her father proudly collected "kitch" calendars in the name of anthropology. Her outspoken Indian grandmother hated all men, especially her ex-husband. Although Safina was teased by her classmates for having light-colored skin, she remembers a happy childhood.What begins as a gently humorous portrait unfolds into a complex commentary on the social, political and religious events of the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 which tore this family apart. This is a powerful story of love and hate, exile and belonging, loss of identity and return to faith.Produced in association with SBS Independent and financed by the Australian Film Finance Corporation.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Vol info	Status	Date due	Barcode
DVD	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	A00440 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	M18	Available		A00440

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This lively portrait of the mixed marriage between a scholarly Sikh husband and his red-headed, freckle-faced Australian-born wife, is told from the point of view of their slightly bemused daughter, the filmmaker. Growing up in India, her eccentric parents were a source of embarrassment. In this conservative society, her mother would line dry her underwear to the horror of neighbors. Her father proudly collected "kitch" calendars in the name of anthropology. Her outspoken Indian grandmother hated all men, especially her ex-husband. Although Safina was teased by her classmates for having light-colored skin, she remembers a happy childhood.What begins as a gently humorous portrait unfolds into a complex commentary on the social, political and religious events of the anti-Sikh riots in 1984 which tore this family apart. This is a powerful story of love and hate, exile and belonging, loss of identity and return to faith.Produced in association with SBS Independent and financed by the Australian Film Finance Corporation.

For High School; College; Adult audiences.

Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2011. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.