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Eyes of stone [video recording] / [researched, directed, produced and edited by Nilita Vachani].

Contributor(s): Publication details: Mumbai : FilmSixteen Production, 1990. Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 91 min). : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • A00971
Production credits:
  • Editor, Nilita Vachani ; cinematography, Vangelis Kalambakas.
Awards:
  • Prix Alcan du Jury, Montreal International Festival of Films and Videos by Women, 1990. Uppsala Filmkaja, Uppsala International Film Festival, 1991. Golden Conch, Bombay International Documentary Film Festival, 1992. Rajat Kamal, President's Award for the Fest Film on Social Issues, India, 1992. Basil Wright Prize, Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival, Manchester, 1992. Mention Speciale, Prix des Bibliotheques, Cinema du Reel, Paris, 1990.
Summary: A film about rural women in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and their rituals of possession and exorcism: expressions of faith, rebellion and healing that thrive within the confines of a stringent patriarchal order.
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Editor, Nilita Vachani ; cinematography, Vangelis Kalambakas.


A film about rural women in Bhilwara, Rajasthan and their rituals of possession and exorcism: expressions of faith, rebellion and healing that thrive within the confines of a stringent patriarchal order.

In Hindi with English subtitles.

Prix Alcan du Jury, Montreal International Festival of Films and Videos by Women, 1990.
Uppsala Filmkaja, Uppsala International Film Festival, 1991.
Golden Conch, Bombay International Documentary Film Festival, 1992.
Rajat Kamal, President's Award for the Fest Film on Social Issues, India, 1992.
Basil Wright Prize, Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival, Manchester, 1992.
Mention Speciale, Prix des Bibliotheques, Cinema du Reel, Paris, 1990.

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