Jai Bhim Comrade
General Information
- Author/Creator
- Patwardhan, Anand, director.
- Language
- Hindi, Marathi.
- Subtitles
- English
- Published
- India : Patwardhan, Anand, 2012.
- Physical Description
- DVD-ROM (180 min.)
- Digital ver. identifier
- HU_OSA_00005619
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- For thousands of years India’s Dalits were abhorred as “untouchables,” denied education and treated as bonded labour. By 1923 Bhimrao Ambedkar broke the taboo, won doctorates abroad and fought for the emancipation of his people. He drafted India’s Constitution, led his followers to discard Hinduism for Buddhism. His legend still spreads through poetry and song. In 1997 a statue of Dr. Ambedkar in a Dalit colony in Mumbai was desecrated with footwear. As angry residents gathered, police opened fire killing 10. Vilas Ghogre, a leftist poet, hung himself in protest. Jai Bhim Comrade shot over 14 years, follows the poetry and music of people like Vilas and marks a subaltern tradition of reason that, from the days of the Buddha, has fought superstition and religious bigotry.
Subjects
- Genre
- Documentary films
Bibliographic Information
- Note
- Duration: 03:00:02
- Copyright Status
- Copyright by Patwardhan, Anand
Holdings
| Item Type | Current Location | Call Number | Status | Shelving Location | Public Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DVD-ROM | OSA Film Library | FL Record 3868 | Available | - | - |
| Digital film | OSA Film Library | FL Record 3868 (HU_OSA_00005619.mp4) | Available | Access Copy, MP4 format |