Sons of Shiva is a 1985 American documentary film by ethnographic filmmaker Robert Gardner and Askos Ostor, about the worship of the God Shiva, features practices of Hindu worship and devotion, a four-day Gajan ceremony, a Sacred Thread ceremony in Bishnupur and Baul singers of Bengal. It was the first film of "Pleasing God" trilogy of films about Hindu worship produced by Harvard's Film Study Center. It was followed by Forest of Bliss (1986) set in Benaras (Varanasi).

Film festivals & awards

Cine Golden Eagle Award, 1985

Second Prize, International Festival of Ethnographic Films, Nuoro, Italy, 1986

Margaret Mead Film Festival, 1986

Festival dei Popoli, 1986

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1986

Festival of India, Washington, DC, 1986

References

External links

Sons Of Shiva at Documentary Educational Resources

1985 films

Anthropology documentary films

American documentary films

1985 documentary films

Documentary films about Hinduism

Films shot in India

Shaivism

Documentary films about spirituality

1980s English-language films

1980s American films

Sons of Shiva