The Revolutionary Optimists

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The Revolutionary Optimists

2012

1h 35m

Drama

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Amlan Ganguly empowers slum children to become agents of change.

Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

A vital snapshot of developing world struggles and possibilities.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 18, 2013

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Stephanie Merry

Washington Post

Most people could learn a lot from these little activists.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 5, 2013

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Nicolas Rapold

New York Times

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.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 28, 2013

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Kelly Jane Torrance

Washington Examiner

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.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 12, 2018

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Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

Indian slum kids stand up for themselves in poignant docu.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 9, 2013

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Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters

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.

Rated: 8/10

Apr 1, 2013

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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.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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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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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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