"Salaam Bombay!"
1988
Directed by Mira Nair

An international critical favorite. Director Mira Nair examines the wretched social conditions of the street urchins of Bombay by filming on location and selecting most of her cast from the local population. The movie focuses on Krishna, a 10-year-old boy on his own who falls in with prostitutes, drug dealers, crooked cops and the indifferent bureaucracy of India. "...a film that has the everyday, unforced reality of documentary, and yet the emotional power of great drama" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). Letterboxed in 16 x 9 widescreen. Hindi and English with English subtitles.  114 minutes.