[Reader-list] Living like a Common Man (documentary on Indian Youngsters in London)

[Patrice Riemens]

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https://sites.google.com/site/livinglikeacommonman/

LIVING LIKE A COMMON MAN

An Anthropological Documentary on
Indian Youngsters in London

Sanderien Verstappen - Mario Rutten - Isabelle Makay

(Dept of visual anthropology, University of Amsterdam)

Synopsis

Youngsters in developing countries all over the world dream of going to
the West. They hope to earn money and get overseas experience to improve
their positions at home. But once they arrive, they end up in low-status
jobs and living crammed into small houses with other newly arrived
migrants.

This film follows the daily life in one such house in East London. The
bunker beds are filled with young Indians, all from relatively wealthy
families in Gujarat. When they return to visit India, their families have
great expectations of their sons and daughters. Will these youngsters
fulfil their own and their families’ dreams?