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Maa Ooru (1987)

Maa Ooru poster
Directed by
B. Narsing Rao
Genre
documentary film
Country
India
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Indian documentary recalls village life in Telangana during the 1950s. It shows the daily routines and community bonds of a rural society.

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What happens

Maa Ooru (transl. Our village) is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language anthropological film written and directed by B. Narsing Rao. The film received the Best Ethnographic Film award at the 36th National Film Awards, with the jury praising it for "recalling with nostalgia the life of a village community of the fifties in Telangana" and commending its "sensitivity and graphic lyricism." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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