Gandhi

Richard Attenborough's award-winning epic recounts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi.In South Africa, a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride second-class. Upon his return to his native India and fed up with the unjust political system, he joins the Indian Congress Party, which encourages social change through passive resistance. When his subversive activities land him in jail, masses of low-skilled workers strike to support his non-violent yet revolutionary position. Back in India, Gandhi renounces the Western way of life and struggles to organize Indian labor against British colonialism. A strike costs many British soldiers their lives, so the crown responds by slaughtering 1,500 Indians. Enraged, the ascetic, spiritual leader continues to preach pacifism until he has lead India out from under the tyranny of British imperialism.Special Features:Lord Attenborough Audio CommentaryAn Introduction from Lord Richard AttenboroughBlu-Ray Exclusive: Gandhi's Legacy - A Picture-in-Graphics TrackBen Kingsley Talks About GandhiDesigning GandhiFrom the Director's ChairIn Search of GandhiLooking BackMadeleine Slade: An Englishwoman AbroadReflections on BenShooting an Epic in IndiaThe FuneralThe Making of Gandhi Photo MontageThe Words Of Mahatma GandhiVintage Newsreel footageVintage Newsreel Footage