Durga: The Goddess Comes To London
Price: £12.99
Durga: The Goddess Comes to London
five, 2006
1 x 45 mins
Producer: Aaron Young
Directors: Wayne Derrick, Jeremy Jeffs & David Wallace
Nominated - Sandford St. Martin Trust Award 2007
"Radiant. So perfect I felt bleary"
The Independent
Filmed over a year with The British Museum, Kolkata comes to London and the Ganges flows into the Thames for the grand celebration of the Hindu goddess, Durga.
On Monday, 2nd October, a 10ft clay statue of the Hindu goddess Durga was ritually immersed into the River Thames, at Putney.
This was the culmination of a year long project that began in Calcutta in October 2005 and saw the renowned sculptor, Nemai Chandra Pal, create a giant 24ft x 20ft protima in the Great Court of The British Museum.
The whole story, from start to end, was covered in this film for Channel Five, broadcast on Thursday 14th December 2006.
Press
'In the course of this colourful documentary her triumph over evil is celebrated in London... For five, the programme represents a triumph over its own monstrous and demonic past'
The Times
"A lovely, vibrant documentary"
The Guardian Guide"Exuberant and exciting"
The Daily Telegraph
Sandford St Martin Award, Honourable Mention:
"Scheduled at primetime, in the early evening, and not a minute too long. The broadcaster was Channel Five - and the programme, made by Maya Vision, was the story of how Indian craftsmen came to London, to the British Museum Great Court, to construct a giant tableau of the goddess, Durga, and her family.
The film narrowly missed an award because its focus was firmly and, in its own terms, rightly, on community - on how the coming of the goddess impacted on multicultural London, especially it's Bengalis. But, if the film didn't directly address issues of faith, it was a joyous and beautifully crafted documentary about the importance a community attaches to its roots." - Roger Laughton CBE, Chairman of Judges
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