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Women in Power - Indira Gandhi
Television (Full Length) – 1976
This 1976 documentary examines India’s third Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. Her father took office as Prime Minister in 1947, the day India became independent from Britain. Framed around an extended interview with Gandhi, reporter Dairne Shanahan explores India and Indira’s history, and her controversial ‘emergency’ governing of the democracy’s 600 million people. The documentary was directed by Barry Barclay. As this article explains, Shanahan hoped it would be the pilot for a series, but it was never made. In October 1984 Gandhi was assassinated by two of her bodyguards.
In our tradition and in religion, the symbol for power and energy and strength is female. I think this has given some advantage to women...– Indira Gandhi
Key Cast & Crew
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Produced by
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Pacific Films
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Endeavour Productions
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