21 Nov 1969
Hides and Strings
A short film on the traditional art and craft of making the musical instruments Sitar and Tabla.
A Day with the Builders
With only music and images, this film captures the grim struggle for existence of a family of unskillled labourers working on the construction of a new building.
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