Title:
Fire in the Mountains [digital video].
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
Kino Lorber, 2022.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Abstract:
In northern India, a breathtakingly beautiful Himalayan community attracts tourists by commingling South Asian and Swiss Alps aesthetics. Debut filmmaker Ajitpal Singh tells an unconventional story of feminist strength while "accentuating the [region's] spectacular exteriors and wide-canvas nature shots" (Variety). One local woman competes with her neighbors for business while battling the strictures of patriarchy, a local infrastructure from hell, and religious superstitions. She saves money, uses feminine wiles to subvert the corrupt powers-that-be, and piggy-backs her son up and down the mountainside to medical appointments with condescending doctors. In the end, our heroine's tightly wound grit must find release... in triumph, or madness, or both.
General Note:
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Performers:
Chandan Bisht, Harshita Tiwari, Vinamrata Rai
Technical Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Genre:
Language:
Hindi
Additional Language:
In English
Electronic Access:
Access immediately on Kanopy