An Indian worker : from village to city

Duration: 0:18:00

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1977

Creator: International Film Foundation: Distributor | Lane Education Service District: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Contrasts village and city life in India by focusing on Shripal, who works at a cloth mill on the outskirts of New Delhi while his wife and two children remain in his village. Observes Shripal in the city where he shares a room with three other men from his region and as he returns to his village for an infrequent visit with his family. Shows that he enjoys the city but feels he could easily slip back into a village lifestyle., Depicts the life of a young Indian husband and father who has left his family in a rural village to take a job in a large city. Shows his thoughts and feelings as he makes his annual visit to his family.

Complete Record: , Depicts the life of a young Indian husband and father who has left his family in a rural village to take a job in a large city. Shows his thoughts and feelings as he makes his annual visit to his family., Contrasts village and city life in India by focusing on Shripal, who works at a cloth mill on the outskirts of New Delhi while his wife and two children remain in his village. Observes Shripal in the city where he shares a room with three other men from his region and as he returns to his village for an infrequent visit with his family. Shows that he enjoys the city but feels he could easily slip back into a village lifestyle.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.