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Melting Wok
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Filmmaker Name:
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Mainak Bhaumik
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Film Length:
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29 min
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Film Year:
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2007
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Duration:
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21-45 min
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Decade:
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2000s
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Color:
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color
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Region:
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Asia
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Mainak Bhaumik's film provides insight into India's often-overlooked Chinese population, examining the thriving Chinatown in Kolkata, Bengal. There, skilled Chinese immigrants have historically established themselves in business - especially tanneries and shoemaking - and created a unique Indo-Chinese cuisine. Exploring the factors that make up Chinese-Indian identity, the film looks at the Indian cultural stereotypes of Chinese immigrants and the effects of government resettling of Chinese-Indians during the 1962 border conflict between the two countries. A portrait emerges of a hardworking and traditionally enclosed immigrant community, but one that is becoming increasingly assimilated with mainstream Indian culture.
Melting Wok pays attention to the unique contributions and experiences of Chinese-Indians, while also helping the audience to understand the larger phenomena of immigration and cultural identity.
SELECTED SCREENINGS & AWARDS
European Association of Social Anthropologists' Film, Video & New Media Festival, Slovenia, 2008
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