Gandhi: some ugly truths revealed
This series got off to a good start as an attempt by the bourgeois establishment to de-sanctify the legacy of Mohandas Gandhi, and strips away some of the mythology surrounding him. The man revealed is an incredibly driven politician, who sacrificed his family, his sexuality, and other earthly pleasures, in pursuit of building a mass movement. The story of Gandhi’s early life (told in the first of the series) shows a different figure from the saintly ascetic of popular folklore. The documentary tells of the time he left his dying father’s bedside to satisfy the “carnal desires” he later...