India : defying the crown /
"In 1930, Indian nationalists were impatient with British foot-dragging on promises to move India toward self-rule, and appointed Mohandas Gandhi to lead "the final struggle for freedom." Relying on the nonviolent methods he developed in South Africa, Gandhi led a 240-mile march to th...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Closed-captioned. |
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Princeton, NJ :
Films for the Humanities and Sciences,
[2000]
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| Summary: | "In 1930, Indian nationalists were impatient with British foot-dragging on promises to move India toward self-rule, and appointed Mohandas Gandhi to lead "the final struggle for freedom." Relying on the nonviolent methods he developed in South Africa, Gandhi led a 240-mile march to the sea coast, where he picked up a handful of sea salt and invited his countrymen to do the same--in open violation of the British monopoly on salt production. Millions followed his example. His campaign of civil disobedience--intentional law-breaking and imprisonment--swept the country, forcing the British Viceroy to admit that his regime was losing control. Gandhi's actions shattered Indian consent to foreign rule and set his country on the road to independence, which came in 1947. To future generations, Gandhi gave the weapon of nonviolent resistance, which is being continuously refined and developed"--Container. |
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| Item Description: | Major funding provided by Susan and Perry Lerner. Additional funding by The Albert Einstein Institution, Elizabeth and John H. van Merkensteijn, III, Abby and Alan Levy, and The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. "A force more powerful is a greatly-expanded version of the producing team's award-winning, critically acclaimed feature-length documentary film of the same title, which was released to select theaters in New York, Washington DC, and Los Angeles in 1999"--PBS Web site. Series originally broadcast on PBS in 2000. Companion book: A force more powerful : a century of nonviolent conflict by Peter Ackerman and Jack DuVall. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 DVD-video (30 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD; stereo. |
| Production Credits: | Camera, Dilip Varma ; editor, Joseph Wiedenmayer ; original music composed and conducted by John Keltonic. |