Indian School

A remarkable year at two very different private schools and a look at the world of India’s rising generation.

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Premiere Date
July 28, 2009
Length
30 minutes
Executive Producer

Bill Locke

Bill Locke specializes in history projects, as well as the developing world and observational series. Recent productions include: Ape to Man, a special film for the History Channel, telling the story of the discovery of human evolution (recent winner of an Emmy for best documentary script and the U.S. Academy of Science’s best television program award); African School, Show more a series following life in the Ugandan town of Masindi for the BBC’s Africa Lives season (the series recently won two One World Awards); The Queen’s Cavalry, a behind-the-scenes series about the Household Cavalry for BBC1; The First Emperor, for Discovery and Channel 4 about Qin Shi Huang, China’s first emperor; and Prince Eddy, The King We Never Had, a program revealing the truth about Queen Victoria’s oldest grandson. For Five he recently made The Secret Life of Queen Elizabeth. Bill also directed Helen of Troy, presented by Bettany Hughes, for Channel 4/PBS. Show less

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Emma De'Ath

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The Film

India is one of the fastest growing and most culturally diverse countries in the world, where new technologies form an increasingly vital part of the economy alongside simple farming, religion, and cricket. Indian School follows a remarkable year at two very different private schools and takes a look at the world of India’s rising generation.

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