Serpent mother / ca film by Allen Moore and Ákos Östör ; produced by Robert Gardner and Ákos Östör for the Film Study Center, Harvard University.

Format Video (Streaming)
Publication InfoWatertown, MA : Documentary Educational Resources, ©2005.
Description1 streaming video (28 min.).
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Subjects

Other author/creatorGardner, Robert, 1925-2014.
Other author/creatorMoore, Alan.
Other author/creatorÖstör, Ákos.
Other author/creatorDocumentary Educational Resources (Firm)
Other author/creatorHarvard University. Film Study Center.
SeriesPleasing God
Pleasing God. ^A1135820
Abstract Shows how the Bengalis in the town of Bishnupur worship the snake goddess Manasā, a deity of the earth who is close to the day-to-day concerns of agrarian life.
General noteBased on monographs by Ákos Östör, Play of the Gods (University of Chicago Press) and Culture and power (Sage Publications).
CreditsCinematography, Allen Moore ; editors, Allen Moore, Ákos Östör.
Cast Interview, Akalankan Nandi.
Date/time/place of a event noteOriginally produced in 1985.
LanguageEnglish and Bengali with English voiceover.

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