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INDIA · 1955

The Life of the Adivasis

Ritwik Ghatak
indigenous cultures tribal communities ethnographic documentary rural life anthropological study
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Synopsis

A documentary made by Ghatak observing the life of the Adivasis.

Year1955
CountryIndia
DirectorRitwik Ghatak
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