India Hearts Beat

India Hearts Beat
- Artist: Leila Sujir
- Year: 1988
- Duration: 14:00
- Country: Canada
The lives of three women from different generations and cultures are woven together in an electronic tapestry. The narrative is performed by the artist who is of mixed-race background, her white mother, and a South Asian friend. Film footage shot in India is re-processed, creating a swift-moving current of images, and becoming a site of memory and imagination. A red sari creates a river of memories, where the women cleanse themselves with repetitive, ritualized gestures. This video, now a classsic of Canadian video art dealing with issues of race, works on both aesthetic and political level for a variety of audiences.
- Accession #: 1705
- Distribution Status: In Distribution