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Dancing Death Away

This documentary tells the story of a remote village in Purulia in eastern part of India. Crammed into a mini truck, a “Chhau Dancer’s “troupe (39 members), with large musical drums and delicate masks. Were travelling back to their village after a late night performance in nearby industrial town. The vehicle was speeding recklessly along the highway. It lost control killing 7 members of the troupe instantly gravely injuring the rest of the villagers took an oath to reconstruct the troupe as a tribute to the dead.

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2016