Series Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology Student Film
Director Claudia Engels
Country/Production UK
Release 2008
Length 28 mins
Format Colour / DVD / PAL / All region
Location India / Asia
Ethnic Group Indian
Collection GCVA, School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester
University School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester
Order No RAI-200.3087
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‘A spark in him’ is a film about the life story of Sajay Kumar, a young man without arms who lives in a home for disabled children in Kerala, India, and studies at the College of Fine Arts. By simultaneously showing the school life of the challenged children in Sajay’s present home the cinematographic portrait visualizes Sajay’s exceptional position as a disabled person in Southern Indian society.
