India

Running time: N/A

Welcome to the small, remote village of Rajasthan, India, where water is worth its weight in gold and the women, the ones working the hardest to get it, have the least say in the local council. Tired of endlessly digging wells while the men argue the days away, four strong-willed women decide to take matters into their own hands and start an application that could bring a pipeline to their village. Their journey, as they make their way through sun-parched deserts and acres of government red tape, takes on a larger meaning as they become increasingly more aware of their position in society.

Running time: N/A

Based on Vaanaprastham, a novelette by multi-award-winning writer M.T. Vasudevan Nair, Pilgrimage is an exquisite story of love-a love kept immaculate through the years by a couple destined to stay apart. When retired schoolteacher, Karunan Master, and his old student, Vinodini, meet after more than three decades, they find that their unfulfilled love for each other is as strong as ever.

Running time: N/A

Director Jagmohan's Sandstorm is a gripping, tension-laden drama based on the true story of a rural, low-caste woman whose rape turns a chauvinistic political system topsy-turvy. Sanwari is a loving wife whose husband respects and admires her. When gang-raped by upper-caste men in her village, Sanwari is expected to hang her head in shame. Instead, Sanwari "knocks on the doors of justice" with the support of her husband and a woman lawyer.

Running time: N/A

"East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet." But in Hanuman, they do meet in the form of a friendship between a small wild monkey, Hanou, and a young Scottish archeologist who is in India to investigate the smuggling of sacred works of art. In the tradition of Kipling, action and adventure blend in this story of wild monkeys, lovers, and a shady villain. This Indian-French production used hundreds of wild monkeys on location in the ancient Indian city of Hampi. Although the action is placed in the present, the background is the legend of the Hindu god, Hanuman.

Running time: N/A

War in the summer of 1947. The frontier between India and Pakistan has become the scene of rioting and bloodshed, but in sleepy Mano Majra, Sikhs and Muslims have always lived peaceably together. A murder, however, can change all that in an instant. Too bad for Juggut Singh, a Sikh, that he has a reputation as a gangster. Too bad also for the Muslim girl with whom he is having a clandestine affair when murderous suspicion falls upon Juggut, and the already mounting tension grows between Sikhs and Muslims.

Running time: N/A

Depicting a tale of evocative beauty and love, Jaya Ganga captures the viewer's imagination with magical, vivid characters and the picturesque landscape of India. Already a popular novel, author Vijay Singh takes his 1989 book to film as director, thirty years after his inspirational trip down the Ganges River and the emotions its magnificence had stirred in him. Nishant is in love with two women; the mysterious Jaya who believes herself to be living two separate lives and the beautiful prostitute and dancer Zehra who he meets during his solo excursion down the Ganges.

Running time: N/A

Amongst the devastation, there always lies hope.

Conflict between Hindus and Muslims in India has often devastated and separated the country. A Muslim family returns to their home after fleeing the devastating riots, only to find charred remnants, and their lives shattered. A mixed marriage couple contemplates taking flight from the war-torn area for safety, but must face the tensions they have long suppressed. A young orphan wanders alone in the dangerous and obliterated streets. He seeks a better future, wherever he may find it. These are the victims.

Running time: N/A

Graceful and incisive, Amal cuts a unique path between sentiment and suspense.

Running time: N/A

From the courageous and provocative filmmaker Deepa Mehta comes Water, the profoundly moving and compellingly vibrant story of India?s ?widow houses,? where women of all ages are taken to live (even today) apart from society following the deaths of their husbands.

Running time: N/A

Mao Zedong?Cultural Revolution chairman, Communism icon, ?red menace.?

To those facets, The Passion of the Mao now adds ?funny guy.? In this rollicking documentary, the life and times of the People?s Republic of China dictator are examined to dispel many of the misconceptions regarding Mao, as well as to shed new light onto the many contradictions.