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Six yards of grace : the handcrafted Indian saree
- Title
- Six yards of grace : the handcrafted Indian saree / direction, Dheeraj Piplani ; artist@core present.
- Publication
- New Delhi : Public Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs : Distributed by Magic Lantern Movies LLP, 2011.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (approximately 23 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Considered to be the most iconic Indian garment, the saree goes thousands of years back in history. In it's relatively recent emergence internationally, the saree has been applauded for it's celebration fo femininity and it's fluidity as a costume that can ne refashioned to suit changing times. However, it's global presence as an Indian garment alone elides an understanding of the socio-cultural inflections that render each region's saree (within India) with a formidable identity of it's own. The film explores some of these regional variations by traveling in time and to these regions and tracing the lineage of some regional prototypes of the saree. It also raises concerns about the survival of traditional weaves by looking at the dwindling numbers of traditional weavers in the face of tehnological innovations and rapidly changing market preferences.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Documentary films.
- Note
- Copyright notice on screen: MEA.
- Summary taken from container.
- Credits (note)
- Research, Aaishwari Chouhan ; script, Richa Arora ; voice over, Samara Chopra ; sound, Vikas Arora ; music, Deepak Kumar.
- LCCN
- 2014357334
- OCLC
- ocn903567768
- 903567768
- SCSB-8779486
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries