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GANDHI
SUBJECTS --- World/India & South Africa; U.S./Civil Rights;
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING --- Rebellion; Peace/Peacemakers;
MORAL-ETHICAL EMPHASIS --- Trustworthiness; Respect;
Responsibility.
Age: 8+; MPAA Rating: PG; Biography; 1982; 188 minutes; Color.
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This film is a biography of Mahatma Gandhi, the saint and Indian social reformer.
Gandhi would neither countenance the subjugation of
his people nor demean himself by hurting another human being. To
reconcile these moral imperatives, he used nonviolent mass action (also called nonviolent civil disobedience) to force
governments to change their policies and to achieve independence
for India. Nonviolent mass action has been adopted by movements seeking
social change or revolution in many parts of the world, including
the Civil Rights Movement in the United States and
revolutions in the Philippines and Russia.
Gandhi also campaigned for Hindu/Muslim brotherhood, against
oppression of the untouchables, and for reform in the treatment of women. He is
personally responsible for saving hundreds of thousands of lives
in India through fasting which stopped communal rioting. His leadership and example
have inspired people and many governments, in India and throughout the world, to a new
and higher level of morality.
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India has many religious groups. The largest are the Hindus and the Muslims. While there were tensions and some hostility between religious groups before colonial rule, the British fanned the flames of religious intolerance and hatred to keep the Indians from uniting to resist colonial rule. The policy was called "Divide and Rule." Gandhi campaigned for religious tolerance. On several occasions he fasted almost to death, to stop sectarian rioting.
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