Boy in the Branch
Lalit Vachani
Documentary/30min/1993/India/Hindi with English Subtitles
“The Branch is the Life of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh”
(Mohan Bhagwat, RSS leader)
Set at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur, India, ‘The Boy in the Branch’ is a film about the indoctrination of young Hindu boys by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (the RSS), India’s foremost Hindu fundamentalist organization. Juxtaposing the activities of two different RSS ‘shakhas’ or branches, the film documents the stories and the games, the rituals and the play that socialize the young RSS recruit.
To be screened with Maachis Ko Sinka, Breakin’ Mumbai and Majma.
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