I for India / Fandango and Zero West present a film by Sandhya Suri ; produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina, Kai Künnemann, Thomas Kufus ; directed by Sandhya Suri.



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Originally produced as a motion picture in 2005. Special features: scene selection ; interactive menus. Board of Film Censors, Singapore: NC16 (Some coarse language). Directors of photography, Sandhya Suri (England), Lars Lenski (India), Yash Pal Suri (Super 8) ; editors, Cinzia Baldessari, Brian Tagg. Yash Pal Suri (as himself) Dialogue in English and Hindi, with subtitles in English.

Title
I for India / Fandango and Zero West present a film by Sandhya Suri ; produced by Carlo Cresto-Dina, Kai Künnemann, Thomas Kufus ; directed by Sandhya Suri.
Artist
Cresto-Dina, Carlo.
Subjects
Language
English, Hindi
Type
Video Recording
Abstract
In 1965 Yash Pal Suri left India for England. The first thing he did on his arrival is to buy two Super 8 cameras and two tape recorders; one set of equipment he sent to his family in India, the other he kept for himself. For forty years he used it to share his strange new life in the West with those at home. In turn he received their "cine-letters" of weddings, festivals, and village life. As time passed, the joy and curiosity of the early exchanges gave way to the darker reality of alienation, racism, and a family falling apart.
Year
2007
Original Publisher(s)
Digital Publisher(s)
Rights Statement
For private home use only.