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Maa Ooru
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Wikipedia article
'Maa Ooru' is a 1987 Indian Telugu-language anthropological film written and directed by B. Narsing Rao. The film won the Best Ethnographic Film at the 36th National Film Awards "For recalling with nostalgia the life of a village community of the fifties in Telangana and does so with sensitivity and a graphic lyricism", as cited by the Jury.
International honors
won the "Main Prize - Media Wave Award" at the Hungary International festival of visual arts. 'Maa Ooru' was premiered at the Kala Ghoda Arts Festival - Mumbai in 1999. The 'Ekotopfilm - International Festival of Sustainable Development Films' in 1995, Slovak Republic. The 'Brastislavia Mostra internazionale d'arte cinematografica' in 1993, Viterbo, Italy. The first Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films in 1990 where the film won the Best Cinematography award. The International premier at Filmfest Mnchen in 1989, Germany. The Indian panorama section of the IFFI.http://rrtd.nic.in/Film%20Bulletin-Apl03.htm
References
Category:1987 films
Category:Films about social issues in India
Category:Films directed by B. Narsing Rao
Category:Indian documentary films
Category:1980s Telugu-language films
Category:Indian avant-garde and experimental films
Category:Indian independent films
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