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Title Panihari [videorecording] : the water women of India / the Five Families present a film by Abi Devan and Sudhi Rajagopal.

Imprint [Beverly Hills, CA?] : Choices, Inc., 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  954.4 P193 2006    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD.
Language In Hindi with English subtitles and voiceovers.
Credits Directors, Abi Devan, Sudhi Rajagopal ; writers, J.C. Ortiz, Abi Devan, Sudhi Rajagopal ; music, Sudhi Rajagopal ; traditional Rajasthani music performed by Bhikey Kha Langa & Party.
Note Originally produced in 2004.
Summary Looks at life in the desert communities of Rajasthan in India's Thar Desert. The film centers around the life of Paru, one of the Panihari (women who fetch water) as she struggles against nature and society to attain self-reliance for her family and herself.
Note Special features: Lesson plan ; guidebook ; photo gallery ; director's commentary.
Subject Thar Desert (India and Pakistan) -- Social conditions.
Rural women -- India -- Rajasthan -- Social conditions.
Water-supply -- India -- Rajasthan.
Drinking water -- India -- Rajasthan.
Rajasthan (India) -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Documentary videos.
Added Author Devan, Abi.
Rajagopal, Sudhi.
Ortiz, Juan Carlos, 1934-
Five Families Productions.
Choices, Inc.
Added Title Water women of India
ISBN 1933724013
Standard No. 682086702827
Music No. CH7028DVD Choices Inc.

 
    
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