THE SHORT FILMS

ENFANTS DU BENGLA-DESH

BACKGROUND
I had taken part in a screenplay competition and had won a Super 8 camera and a plane ticket. Bangladesh was emerging from a huge famine. I went there. I didn't know how to use a camera. The result wasn't much good.

SYNOPSIS
The terrible living conditions, the extraordinary exuberance and the striking expressions of the children of Calcutta. Set to George Harrison's song "Bangladesh".

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Super-8
Editing: cobbled together personally