Hello world,

With a new month comes a new theme. November is International Cinema Month as a way to celebrate the cinematic tradition of our listenership’s native lands. Our first episode highlights Indian film from the Bollywood tradition. 

Mother India (1957) is a gripping historic epic about the formation of modern India in the shadow of Imperialism’s end, while also calling on rich Hindi religious tradition and themes. The film came out six years after India held its first election and creates an excellent window into a rich social and cinematic history. 

We hope that you enjoy this episode and our International Cinema month at large. Be sure to check out last week’s two part episode (1 & 2) and go and listen to our guest appearance on The Weekly Pop-Up.

Thanks as always for listening,

Paul

Episode Guide

Intro - 00:00

Mother India Clip - 03:50

Mother India Review - 04:21

What We’re Watching, Media News, and Outro - 36:22

Total Runtime - 47:03