Sundarana (2014), SOAS University of London

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In the 1950s the anthropologist David F. Pocock conducted fieldwork in Sundarana, central Gujarat, with a focus on the Patidar community. Sixty years later we returned to see what had changed.

Focusing on a young man's search for a bride, this documentary is about a village's intertwining with international forms of migration, seen from the perspectives of those who fail and remain.

It describes a village in which migration has become an economic and social necessity and the prerequisite to be able to belong: to acquire land, build a house and marry.

This film was shown as part of the exhibition "The future of the rural world? Indian villages, 1950-2015" which was held at the Brunei Gallery from 15 October 2015 to 12 December 2015.
Find out more about this exhibition at http://www.soas.ac.uk/gallery/the-fut...

Produced by Alice Tilche, SOAS University of London, UK
Directed and Edited by Dakxinkumar Bajrange (Chhara)
Funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK
Production presented by Nomad Movies Private Limited, India
Cinematography: Ronak Shukla, Alice Tilche
Sound: Dhaval Shukla
Background Score: George St Clare & Mrudang Studio
Researcher: Alice Tilche

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