Gandhi

The film Gandhi was set to focus on the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Mahatma Gandhi was twenty three when he moved to South Africa in 1893. He was a political and spiritual leader who influenced the people by nothing more than example. This 188 minute, Oscar-winning film shows the struggles the Indians went through for independence through Gandhi’s “passive resistance” policy. Ben Kingsley; the main actor, won eight Academy Awards (and it’s not hard to see why). He seemed to have a good understanding of what his character was about and did an amazing job of portraying that. What I enjoyed most about the film is how simple Gandhi’s actions were, yet how much they did to influence people to follow him. The one part of the film that was sad to watch was when a large group of men, women, and children where basically murdered when they had done nothing wrong. I think the meaning and purpose of this film showed through a lot better than most movies because it was like watching a history documentary. It was more personal because it was easy to see the injustices towards Indians and how it directly effected them. This film made me realize how racially separated we were at this time and what families had to go through for their independence. Although this is an older film, there were no noticeable differences in the quality that made it seem out dated. If I was the director, I wouldn’t have done anything differently because for one I don’t know much about the time period it was supposed to focus on, and I enjoyed the way the film turned out. :)