Off the Cuff playlist (A weekly gleaner of Internet sources and other media):
Mumbai Monsoon
Sturla Gunnarsson’s documentary about India’s epic rainy season, Monsoon, opens Saturday, April 25 at Vancity Theatre. The Vancouver-raised, Toronto-based director talked about his film at TIFF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbD1QIhNPc0
Trailer for Monsoon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nvp_YXWUL8
Trailer for Monsoon at TIFF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqO115k9BAE
Sturla Gunnarsson on the beauty and devastation of Monsoon season: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rrmw_aS9tHQ
An urbanist’s guide to the Mumbai slum of Dharavi: http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/apr/01/urbanist-guide-to-dharavi-mumbai
Monsoon culture on Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/margfoundation/monsoon-culture/
Life in a slum: Asia’s largest slum, Dharavi, lies on prime property right in the middle of India’s financial capital, Mumbai: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/world/06/dharavi_slum/html/dharavi_slum_intro.stm
Maharashtra floods of 2005: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra_floods_of_2005
Mumbai Drenched in Tears documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJYfYzTxT44
