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Moulin Rouge! Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film List Price: $10.99 Sale Price: $4.85  |
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SOUNDTRACK MOULIN ROUGE |
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Slumdog Millionaire List Price: $13.98 Sale Price: $7.25 |
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13 track Rahman score. Hole in barcode art. Light scuffs on disc will not affect play. |
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Rock Star List Price: $11.94 Sale Price: $7.77 |
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More than merely a headbanger's take on A Star Is Born, Rock Star is, like all great Hollywood middlebrow fare, actually "inspired by a true story": the saga of an Ohio salesman/Judas Priest tribute band vocalist who one day found himself taking Rob Halford's place in the spotlight... |
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The Jungle Book (Fully Restored 30th Anniversary Limited Edition) [VHS] List Price: $26.99 Sale Price: $11.52 |
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This video is the original Walt Disney's Junglebook. |
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Fantasia (Walt Disney's Masterpiece) [VHS] List Price: $24.99 Sale Price: $2.93 |
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WALT DISNEY'S MASTERPIECE |
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3 Idiots Blu-Ray Sale Price: $19.50 |
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WE CAN SHIP THIS ITEM ANYWHERE. INTERNATIONAL RATES WILL APPLY FOR LOCATIONS OTHER THAN THE US. Three idiots is an insightful comedy that talks about the most important of human pursuits: self-actualization... |
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Three-Disc Combo Blu-ray / DVD + UltraViolet Digital Copy) List Price: $40.99 Sale Price: $12.40 |
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This stylish, American adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel chronicles the unusual partnership of disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) and tattooed computer whiz Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara)... |
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The Jungle Book (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition) List Price: $29.99 Sale Price: $21.98 |
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The lush and lively jungle comes alive in this exciting 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition of THE JUNGLE BOOK brilliantly restored with enhanced picture and sound. Experience the song-filled celebration of friendship fun and adventure that was the last film to receive Walt Disney's personal touch... |
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Bridesmaids (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo in Blu-ray Packaging) List Price: $29.98 Sale Price: $14.97 |
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Kristen Wiig co-wrote and stars in this raunchy comedy from "Freaks and Geeks" creator Paul Feig. Romantically challenged and financially troubled, Annie (Wiig) tries to rise to the occasion when she's tapped to be her best friend's (Maya Rudolph) maid of honor... |
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Daler Mehndi's 80's Non Stop Film and Folk Songs List Price: $14.99 Sale Price: $39.99 |
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This wonderful CD contains more than 80 Hindi film of Punjabi folks songs By aler Mehndi |
The Journey of Film in Southall
Shooting "The Winter of Love" (formally 'A Quiet Desperation') in Southall was paramount to its manifestation.
Without Southall - the film would be meaningless. It was not just the question of the story being played out in the streets of Southall - but enmeshed in it was my long standing relationship with the town.
My connection with films in Southall goes back to the heady days of the three cinema's on South Road, leading up to the Green starting with Liberty Cinema, with Century in the middle and the Dominion Cinema towards the end. Our journeys to these cinemas were with our parents - larger than life images of Hindi film stars; great movies such as Sholay, Hanste Zakham, and Amar Akbar Anthony played havoc on our imaginations as children. Southall like many small Asian communities throughout Britain created a hub and buzz around Hindi Cinema and made it popular outside of India and brought it to its present day success in Britain and generally in the West - a success that British Asians should be given a full credit for.
With the demise of the cinemas and the rise of video's that collective viewing soon disappeared along with the closures of the three cinemas - the Dominion Cinema was bought by the Indian Workers Association who renamed it The Dominion Centre. An act of pure charity, the cinema was bought by the IWA with a view that the centre would be funded by the local council and service the entire community regardless of race or gender. As part of the purchase, the IWA in their wisdom demolished a state of the art building and replaced with a monstrosity designed by what can only be described as a creatively deprived architect who created a building without a heart and soul as well as acoustics! But the users and the people of Southall embraced the building as their own and now it operates as the only secular community building in Southall.
Many creative individuals since have emerged from Southall. A key inspirational figure in making a marking on the film and theatre scene was Harwant Bains. And film for a brief moment seemed to have returned to Southall. His 'Wild West', shot in 1992 caused a stir amongst the local community as well as nationally. The story is set in Southall where a young Pakistani sees himself as a cowboy and has ambitions of fronting a country and western music band - his dream is to go to Nashville. A zany caper, 'Wild West' gave many of us inspiration to create and produce our own films.
Since then a number of documentaries have appeared on television covering various issues around Southall; "A Fearful Silence", about the work of Southall Black Sisters on domestic violence in Asian communities produced by Azad Productions; Acting our age directed by Gurinder Chadha and a powerful and moving search by Melanie Sykes for a sense of belonging in her Melanie Sykes Southall Stories directed by Fatima Salaria.
Deeply inspirational, Southall has been an example to British Asian communities through out the British Isles and many communities in Europe. My decision to shoot and locate 'The Winter of Love' (formally 'A Quiet Desperation') in Southall stems directly from a sense of deep belonging to a place that has influenced and shaped my outlook on life.
Southall means many things to many people. Acting as a town near a point of entry Heathrow it has traditionally sheltered all immigrants coming into its borders; Jewish refuges from the second world war; West Indian settlers from the Windrush; Pakistani and Indian settlers in the 50's and 60's; Ugandan Asian's escaping Idi Amin's regime along with Kenyan's and Asians and most recently Somalian's.
Southall's ability to absorb a diversity of life is a testament to its openness and embracing nature. Perhaps we will see many more stories coming from Southall with a Somalian; Polish, Jewish or Irish slant nestled within universal themes.
Visiting Bill Cooke & Terry Tkachuk website, the Southall Film Studios History Project confirmed its place in the creative history of British film making.
Order your copy of 'The Winter of Love' here.
About the Author
Shakila Taranum Maan has been part of the British arts scene since the mid-1970’s. In this time she has written, produced and directed plays for her own and other theatre companies, before venturing into film production and directing. In 1990, Shakila graduated from the London College of Printing with a degree in Film and Video Production. You can order your copy of 'The Winter of Love' here.
