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A 6 page research paper that analyzes the 1982 movie Gandhi as to its historical accuracy. The writer offers a brief summation of the film and its award, and then discusses where the film differed from the historical record. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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soul," Gandhi was a man who advocated brotherhood for all under one God (Anonymous, 2002). His promotion of nonviolent resistance has influenced civil rights movements worldwide. Gandhis life has been
recorded in numerous biographies, and also in a 1982 awarding-winning film. The following analysis examines that film and its historical accuracy. Director Richard Attenborough frames his film biography of
Gandhis assassination on January 3, 1948 by a young Hindu fanatic who was opposed to Gandhis support of one India for both Hindus and Moslems. (Anonymous, 2002). From the opening
scenes of the assassination, Attenborough cuts to South Africa in 1893. This shows Gandhi, at the age of twenty-four, impeccably dressed in an English business suit, traveling by train
toward Natal. Gandhi spent three years studying law in London and then, failing to establish a successful law practice in India, he traveled to South Africa to become South Africas
first and only Indian attorney (Anonymous, 2002). While on the train, a South African white man enters Gandhis first-class compartment and has the "colored" man thrown from the train. This
act awakened in Gandhi a realization of racial inequality that characterized South Africa. Soon, Gandhi is living like the other Indian "coolies," with his wife and sons in an
Indian commune where everyone shares the work, no matter how demeaning. Gandhis years in South Africa are spent in a series of tactical moves designed to thwart the racial inequality
that characterized that social system. He returned home to India in 1915 as a hero. Once back in India, Gandhi works for Indian independence through nonviolent resistance. He is
arrested for his part in a fast and labor shut-down, and his followers riot. In response, the British issue a proclamation forbidding unlawful assembly and this results in the bloody
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