Tapoori : children of Bombay

Resource Information

The work Tapoori : children of Bombay represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Waubonsee Community College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Tapoori : children of Bombay

Title remainder

children of Bombay

Statement of responsibility

by Alan Handel Productions

Contributor

• Alan Handel Productions

Subject

• Bombay (India)
• Documentary films
• Street children -- India

Genre

• Documentary films

Language

eng

Summary

Tapoori is a visually stunning film, and a powerful human story of survival. It is an intimate and candid look at two street boys in Bombay. Subra is fourteen years old and has been living at the Victoria Railway Station for three years. He survives through toughness, guile and hard work, but since he is small he has to pay off the older boys for protection. The film follows Subra as he decides whether to stay on the streets where he is lonely and vulnerable, or return home to his village and family, where in the past he had been beaten by his father. Anwar is sixteen years old and has been living on the streets of Bombay's red light district since he lost both his parents when he was eight. The other street boys are Anwar's family now. They earn money by picking trash from the streets and selling what they find at the market. To escape their dreary life, they inhale glue, they patronize the local prostitutes, and visit the video parlours. While there are some social workers that reach out to them, there is little that can be done to improve their lives

Cataloging source

VaAlASP

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

For High School; College; Adult audiences

Language note

This edition in English

Runtime

27

Target audience

general