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[Adam Cook]

In Search of Gandhi

Sociopolitical Documentary published by BBC broadcasted as part of BBC Why Democracy? series in 2007 - English narration



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In the early decades of the twentieth century Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy of non-violent revolution or Satyagraha inspired a mass movement of millions of Indians to rise up against the British colonial state and successfully agitate for the establishment of a democratic and free India.

In 2007, the country is preparing to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of its existence as an independent nation. But what kind of a democracy does India have today? What does it actually mean to live in the world’s largest democracy?

In road-movie style the film crew travels down the famous trail of Gandhi’s salt march, the remarkable mass campaign that galvanized ordinary Indians to join the non-violent struggle for democracy and freedom almost a century ago. Stopping at the same villages and cities, where Gandhi and his followers had raised their call for independence, the film documents the stories of ordinary citizens in India today. Although inspired by a historical event In Search of Gandhi is not a journey back in time. Instead it is a search for the present and future of democracy in India.

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* Video Codec: XVID
* Video Bitrate: 1570 kbps
* Video Resolution: 384x672 (height x width)
* Video Aspect Ratio: 4x7 (1:1,75)
* Audio Codec: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) <0x0055>
* Audio BitRate: 122 kbps
* Audio Streams: 1
* Audio Languages: English
* RunTime: 52 min 24,56 s (78614 Frames)
* Filesize: 638mb
* TV-cap: English subs
* Ripped by: ACook

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1)  Release Post
* mvgroup.org
* mvgroup.org

2)  Related Documentaries
* Taxi to the Dark Side
* Iron Ladies of Liberia
* The War on Democracy
* Please Vote for Me
* Inside Burma

3)  ed2k Links

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Source: http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=In_Search_of_Gandhi

Edited by sLAUGHTER, 22 October 2007 - 04:38 AM.

[Adam Cook]

Taxi to the Dark Side

Sociopolitical Documentary published by BBC broadcasted as part of BBC Why Democracy? series in 2007 - English narration



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Over one hundred prisoners have died in suspicious circumstances in U.S. custody during the "war on terror". Taxi to the Dark Side takes an in-depth look at one case: an Afghan taxi driver called Dilawar who was considered an honest and kind man by the people of his rustic village. So when he was detained by the U.S military one afternoon, after picking up three passengers, denizens wondered why this man was randomly chosen to be held in prison, and, especially, without trial?

Five days after his arrest Dilawar died in his Bagram prison cell. His death came within a week of another death of a detainee at Bagram. The conclusion, with autopsy evidence, was that the former taxi driver and the detainee who passed away before him, had died due to sustained injuries inflicted at the prison by U.S. soldiers.

The documentary, by award-winning producer Alex Gibney, carefully develops the last weeks of Dilawar’s life and shows how decisions taken at the pinnacle of power in the Bush Administration led directly to Dilawar’s brutal death.

The film documents how Rumsfeld, together with the White House legal team, were able to convince Congress to approve the use of torture against prisoners of war. Taxi to the Dark Side is the definitive exploration of the introduction of torture as an interrogation technique in U.S. facilities, and the role played by key figures of the Bush Administration in the process

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 * Video Codec: XVID
 * Video Bitrate: 1626 kbps
 * Video Resolution: 384x672 (height x width)
 * Video Aspect Ratio: 4x7 (1:1,75)
 * Audio Codec: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (MP3) <0x0055>
 * Audio BitRate: 127 kbps
 * Audio Streams: 1
 * Audio Languages: English
 * RunTime: 1h 19min 2,64 s (118566 Frames)
 * Filesize: 997mb
 * TV-cap: NO SUBS
 * Ripped by: ACook

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1)  Release Post
 * mvgroup.org
 * mvgroup.org

2)  Related Documentaries
 * In Search of Gandhi
 * Inside Burma
 * Iron Ladies of Liberia
 * The War on Democracy
 * Please Vote for Me

3)  ed2k Links

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Source: http://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Taxi_to_the_Dark_Side

Edited by Adam Cook, 21 October 2007 - 11:05 PM.

[Adam Cook]

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[sLAUGHTER]

These multiple threads needs to be combined into 1 "Why Democracy?" thread......10 potential threads for 1 series is unacceptable