Ghar Mein Shehar Hona

Unarmed Verses

May 2017 •English

Toronto filmmaker Charles Officer profiles the young people of Villaways Park, a housing project on brink of historic change.

Bus 174

October 2002 •Portuguese

Documentary depicts what happened in Rio de Janeiro on June 12th 2000, when bus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to shoot all the passengers. Transmitted live on all Brazilian TV networks, this shocking and tragic-ending event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the scariest examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.

Dandara: Enquanto Morar for um Privilégio, Ocupar é um Direito

September 2013 •Portuguese

Megacities

August 1998 •English

Megacities is a documentary about the slums of five different metropolitan cities.

Our Greatest Ambassador

January 1922 •English

Richly detailed record of the Prince of Wales' Indian tour.

Edward Prince of Wales' Tour of India: Bombay, Poona, Baroda, Jodhpur and Bikaner

January 1922 •English

The future Edward VIII visits his Empire, with Indian royalty, elephants, palaces and temples.

India Cabaret

January 1985 •Hindi

A documentary exploring the "respectable" and "immoral" stereotypes of women in Indian society told from the point of view of 2 strip-tease dancers in a cabaret house in Bombay.

Bombay X-Ray

October 2019 •English

A 10-year-old boy and his father support themselves by pulling a cart through Bombay's chaotic traffic. One day when they visit the doctor, they are told that they should change jobs. A visual and sound intensive documentary about a nightmarish traffic situation beyond all control.

Isle of Flowers

September 1989 •Portuguese

A tomato is planted, harvested and sold at a supermarket, but it rots and ends up in the trash. But it doesn’t end there: Isle of Flowers follows it up until its real end, among animals, trash, women and children. And then the difference between tomatoes, pigs and human beings becomes clear.

Purdah

March 2018 •Hindi

The inspiring story of a young Indian Muslim woman who trades her burka for dreams of playing on the Mumbai Senior Women's Cricket Team and how the harsh realities for women in her country creates an unexpected outcome for her own family, ultimately shattering and fueling aspirations.

Favela Rising

April 2005 •English

A man emerges from the slums of Rio to lead the nonviolent cultural movement known as Afro-reggae.

Lost Songs of Sundari

April 2025 •Marathi

In Mumbai, once an island city linked by the sea, modern bridges and land reclamation have reshaped the landscape, disrupting the lives of its original communities.

70 Acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green

August 2015 •English

Documenting the demolition of Cabrini Green, Chicago's most infamous public housing development, through the stories of three public housing residents whose lives are turned upside down in the name of progress.

Public Housing

June 1997 •English

Public Housing is Wiseman’s unflinching portrayal of life at the Ida B. Wells housing project in Chicago, a raw exposition of the daily conflicts between residents and the bureaucratic machinery to which they are continually subjected. With intimate detail and an abiding dedication to his subject, Wiseman unearths the hidden facets of institutions to find humanity and sites of unexpected beauty.

House Orders

April 1975 •German

In buildings where foreign workers lived in Germany, there were strict rules of conduct, defined by the house rules and supervised by the building superintendents. Many rights regarding the freedom of movement, communication and behavior were abused. Interviews with the tenants and with the "orderlies" which point out absurd situations and clashes caused by these restrictions.

Squatterpunk

January 2007 •Tagalog

Hapon is an 8-year-old survivor in the slums of modern Manila, scratching out an improvised existence at the margins of society. This rawly shot documentary follows Hapon and his mates as they swagger around their dilapidated universe. Featuring a punk-rock score by director Khavn's band the Brockas, the film captures a carefree spirit in the children that completely belies the squalid conditions in which they live.

Baraf

July 2018 •English

Ice (Baraf) is essential to almost every step of the fishing supply chain at Sassoon Docks, Mumbai's largest fish market, and this short documentary takes you through a day in the life of the workers responsible for it.

The Walls Come Tumbling Down

January 1975 •English

A 1975 documentary short about a strike being conducted by public-housing residents in St. Louis.

São Vito

February 2019 •Portuguese

Story about the imposing building Edifício São Vito, a mark on the center of São Paulo gentrification system. The building was demolished in 2011, with many families being deallocated after an agreemente with the city town that was never accomplished.

Surviving Mumbai

November 2009 •English

Survivors of the Mumbai terrorist attacks tell the inside story of the actions and decisions that helped save their lives.