| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 85 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Danny Ben-Moshe. |
| Performer |
Ayesha Dharker. |
| Summary |
A celebration of the all-singing, all-dancing history of the world's largest film industry, Shalom Bollywood reveals the unlikely story of the 2000-year-old Indian Jewish community and its formative place in shaping the world's largest film industry. At the advent of the Indian cinema industry, it was taboo for Hindu and Islamic women to perform on-screen. Indian Jewish women took upon the female lead roles, and continued to do so for decades. Using stage names, the women weren't obviously identified as Jewish, and were commonly thought to be Christian or Muslim. With access to rare archival footage, Danny Ben-Moshe's (My Mother's Lost Children) new documentary tells its extraordinary tale through the lives of Indian cinema's Jewish icons at the heart of Bollywood from the turn of the 20th century to the present day. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Dance -- Asia -- Music and dance.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Ben-Moshe, Danny, film director.
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Dharker, Ayesha, actor.
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hoopla digital.
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| Music No. |
MWT12264009 |
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