Film

Mahatma Gandhi: 20th Century Prophet

Age rating

NR

Director

A.K. Chettiar

Year

1953

Funded by the American Academy for Asian Studies and assembled from more than 10,000 feet of newsreel and documentary footage spanning 37 years of Mahatma Gandhi's life from his early public years to his 1948 assassination. As the footage rolls on, the development of the Hindu leader's life views and philosophy is also presented.