India - rural as its reputation may be - is the eighth largest industrial power in the world. Shripal works at a cloth mill on the outskirts of New Delhi, but his wife and two small children have remained in his village. Shripal's life in both city and village is documented in this film. His city friends are from the same area of North India and they work and live together. Whenever they can, they see one of India's popular feature films. Shripal can only rarely make the 24 hour train trip to visit his family. When he does, he still enjoys village life, and it would be easy for him to adjust to it again. The question of whether he is a village man or city man remains unanswered (1984 IFF catalog).
Films » Indian Worker: From Village to City, An
Indian Worker: From Village to City, An
Alternative Title: N/A
Series Title: N/A
Summary:
Description:
Edited Film
Country/Location: India (New Delhi)
Tribe or Group: N/A
Cinematographer: Michael Camerini
Production Company: Michael Camerini
Additional Production: Written by Michael Camerini
Running Time: 17 min.
Years Filmed: Early 1970s
Decade Produced: 1970s
Years Distributed: -1977
Film Gauge: 16mm
Stock: Color Safety
Footage Count: 678'
Sound: Narrated
Notes: Available in captioned version. This IFF-distributed film is a shortened version of a longer pre-existing production that had been sponsored by the University of Wisconsin. All out-takes are at the University of Wisconsin (Southeast Asian Studies Dept.).
