AVAILABLE FOR SCREENING AHIMSA GANDHI:

The documentary has been written and directed by Ramesh Sharma.

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AHIMSA GANDHI: THE POWER OF THE POWERLESS

INTERVIEWS WITH WORLD RENOWNED SCHOLARS, BIOGRAPHERS, AS WELL AS

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THE DALAI LAMA AND FORMER POLISH PRESIDENT LECH WALESA

FILM PRODUCED TO COMMEMORATE THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF INDIAN LAWYER,

CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST, AND NON-VIOLENT REVOLUTION LEADER MOHANDAS K. GANDHI

‘Ahimsa’ is the principle of non-violence.

Mohandas Gandhi, long the subject of numerous books, films, and publications spanning decades and all of them underscoring the incredible-but-true life of a Mahatma. After Gandhi swept the Oscars in 1983, a documentary on the peace and freedom champion’s life has now been awarded top honors at numerus film festivals worldwide, including United Nations Celebration of Peace Award; Best Documentary Feature Award at the 21st New York Indian Festival; and the 2022 Orlando Florida Global Peace Film Festival, among others.

First released in 2021 after COVID-related delays, the film narrates the impact of the Gandhian message of Non-Violence worldwide; how it inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in USA, Lech Walesa’s Solidarity Movement in Poland, The Velvet Revolution of Vaclav Havel, and the Anti-Apartheid strife in South Africa. The film deciphers the power of Non-Violence and how it remains even more relevant today.

The film was directed and produced by Ramesh Sharma, who previously earned an Emmy nominee for “The Journalist and the Jihadi: The Murder of Daniel Pearl.”) Production and rights sales are handled by South Africa-based Distant Horizon.

“Ahimsa – Gandhi is not a film, but a passion,” says the film’s director, Sharma. “The film reminds us that we need to restore human rights and dignity on a universal level; it shows how Gandhiji’s message went beyond the shores of India, where he used non-violence as a powerful tool. Today, it still serves as an inspiration to societies fighting injustice.”

Sharma has given a call to young people worldwide to come forward and propagate the message and mission of Gandhian non-violence that he says is our most urgent need of the present era. Speaking about ‘Gandhiji,’ he said: “Gandhi was an inclusive man. He believed that every religion and faith should have its own space. He feared that the fabric of inclusiveness is being broken these days. Gandhi never wanted the country to become a nation of one religion.”

The documentary feature was produced and directed by the team that did the Emmy nominated film, THE JOURNALIST AND THE JIHADI. It was shot in India, South Africa, US, and Europe and tracks the influence of Gandhi’s non-violence approach and its influence on resistance leaders from Martin Luther King Jr. to Lech Walesa, Nelson Mandela, Vaclav Havel, and His Holiness The Dalai Lama.

“Ahimsa’ speaks to the conscience of humanity as people globally grapple with intractable problems surrounding race, and as societies struggle to give the marginalized and underserved human dignity and restore fundamental human rights,” said Distant Horizon. “The film brings to the fore the impact of the Gandhian message of non-violence worldwide: how it inspired Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement in the United States; the Solidarity Movement in Poland as well as Nelson Mandela and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa.”

“‘Ahimsa” shows how Gandhi’s message goes beyond the shores of India where he used non-violence as a powerful tool. Today, it still serves as an inspiration to societies fighting oppression and injustice,” said Sharma.

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