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Angry Monk

Gendun Choephel, a legendary figure in Tibet, turned from the monastic life he was born to (as the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama), to become a fierce critic of his country's religious conservatism and isolationism.

Icarus Films | 2005 | 97 minutes

Around India with a Movie Camera

Sandhya Suri skillfully weaves together archival footage—including hand colored sequences and a new score—to create a story about life across India from 1899 to 1947.

Icarus Films | 2018 | 72 minutes

Azmaish

Pakistani filmmaker Sabiha Sumar’s inspiring and probing documentary explores the complex relationship between India and her native country.

Women Make Movies | 2017 | 85 minutes

The Backward Class

Filmmaker Madeleine Grant documents the first dalit caste students as they attempt to take the Indian School Certificate exams to enter university.

Collective Eye Films | 2014 | 91 minutes

Barber Shop - Ep 2: India

Soniya has a beauty parlour and barber shop in New Delhi. She survived an acid attack several years earlier. She makes it her mission to give beauty and self-respect to the women around her.

First Hand Films | 2017 | 26 minutes

Bitter Seeds

The final film in Micha X. Peled's Globalization Trilogy examines the epidemic of suicides amongst India's cotton farmers, deeply in debt after switching to genetically modified seeds.

Bullfrog Films | 2012 | 88 minutes

Bombay Our City

Tells the story of the daily battle for survival of the 4 million slum dwellers of Bombay who make up half the city’s population.

Anand Patwardhan | 1985 | 75 minutes

Brave Girls

The story of three women and arranged marriage.

Collective Eye Films | 2018 | 68 minutes

Building Visions - India

In southern India, the architect Anupama Kundoo deals with the question of how to save resources with traditional and modern building materials.

Autlook | 2022 | 26 minutes

The Carbon Rush

An investigation of communities impacted carbon trading around the world and the ultimate failure of global carbon markets to stop climate change

GOOD DOCS | 2012 | 84 minutes