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The Revolutionary Optimists

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Amlan Ganguly empowers slum children to become agents of change.

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Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times 04/18/2013
4/5
A vital snapshot of developing world struggles and possibilities. Go to Full Review Stephanie Merry Washington Post 04/05/2013
3/4
Most people could learn a lot from these little activists. Go to Full Review Nicolas Rapold New York Times 03/28/2013
3/5
As heartening as it is to see a slum child tutored about vicious cycles of adversity and using the buzzword "partnership" with aplomb, the film comes to feel cut and dried. Go to Full Review Kelly Jane Torrance Washington Examiner 12/12/2018
3/4
The Revolutionary Optimists, with so many stories to tell, can be rather unfocused at times. But what's clear -- and most important -- is the good work Ganguly is doing and how desperately it's needed. Go to Full Review Sandie Angulo Chen Common Sense Media 04/09/2013
3/5
Indian slum kids stand up for themselves in poignant docu. Go to Full Review Cynthia Fuchs PopMatters 04/01/2013
8/10
This is the balance the film manages, celebrating the efforts at Prayasam and the successes, while never losing sight of the crises that define daily life for the kids growing up in the Kolkata slums. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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03/11/2015 Kolkata never gets too complicated to find the children and their ennoblers in this well-chopped documentary of several young lives and one organization's effort to give them more than hope-the tools and courage to achieve it. See more Read all reviews
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Nicole Newnham

Director

Maren R. Monsen

Director

Maren R. Monsen

Producer

Nicole Newnham

Producer

Ranjan Palit

Cinematographer

Jon Shenk

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Movie Info

Synopsis Amlan Ganguly empowers slum children to become agents of change.
Director
Nicole Newnham, Maren R. Monsen
Producer
Maren R. Monsen, Nicole Newnham
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Bangla
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 22, 2016
Runtime
1h 35m
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