Peepli Live is a remarkable film for many reasons, the least of which is that it deals with farmers’ suicides.

German director Erin Wagenhofer's 2008 film, Let's Make Money, is an
in-depth examination of the global economic and financial system in
the age of neo-liberalism. Beautifully filmed, with locations from a
number of locations around the world-including Burkina Faso, Germany,
Ghana, India, Jersey, Singapore, Spain, the UK, and the US-Wagenhofer
seeks to illuminate the global economy for those of us who are kept in
the dark, and yet suffer the consequences.

Filmmaker and co-founder of Magic Lantern Foundation Gargi Sen talks about her organization and 'Persistence Resistance 2010', a festival of contemporary political films which starting on 25- 27 February at IIC, Delhi. 

Nandita Das talks about her first film Firaaq and her reasons for making a film on communal violence. 

Eminent Film and Theatre Scholar & Critic Samik Bandyopadhyay, in conversation with Sudhanva Deshpande talks about Cuban Cinema. He highlights the influence of Cuban Revolution on the films made during 1960s in Cuba with special mention to Tomas Alea's films. 

An international cast of luminaries who traveled to Cuba and met with Fidel Castro, as well as top members of his government and military, talk about their experiences with the man who ruled the island for 49 years in U.S. documentarian Estela Bravo's "Anecdotas Sobre Fidel," or "Fidel Anecdotes."

All of a sudden, it would appear, the western and Indian elite have discovered the poor. First a novel, The White Tiger, and then a movie, Slumdog Millionaire, both dealing with the lives of the urban poor in India, have hit the jackpot in the west. What do the two have in common, and how do they differ?

Michael Moore's latest documentary now has a title  and a theme that resonates with recession-weary audiences.