Celluloid Man (2012)
• June 26th, 2012 • 2h 30min
Documentary
Overview
Indian documentary about Indian film history and P. K. Nair, the founder of the National Film Archive of India and guardian of Indian cinema. He built the archive can by can in a country where the archiving of cinema was considered unimportant.
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