Broken Gods

Country & People/Knowledge, India/United Kingdom 2019

India has one of the largest populations of Indigenous people in the world, known locally as adivasis or tribals. As India's current Hindu nationalist government pushes to redefine India as a homogenous Hindu nation, adivasis’ ways of life are under greater threat. Set among the Rathava and Bhil adivasi communities of western India, "Broken Gods" document the social impact of Hindu religious evangelism among India’s Indigenous groups. As Indigenous people join Hindu religious sects, their old gods are literally becoming broken - devotional mural paintings are being whitewashed from homes, and the earthen figurines in honour of village gods and ancestors are being left to fall apart. While for those who convert joining a Hindu sect offers the allure of a better life, those who continue to follow their old ways have become ostracized by their communities. Their broken gods have lost the power to protect them from illness and scarcity.
43 min
HD
Starting at 6
Audio language:
Gujarati
Subtitles:
English

Awards

Art Independent International Film Festival 2020 Best Documentary

More information

Original title:

Broken Gods

Original language:

English

Further titles:

破碎的神

Format:

16:9 HD, Color

Age rating:

Starting at 6

Audio language:

Gujarati

Subtitles:

English