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Film & Discussion | Raga: A Journey into the Soul of India


  • 1925 South Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60616 (map)

Raga: A Journey into the Soul of India (1971) is one of the great music documentaries of the 1970s. Directed by Howard Worth and narrated by Ravi Shankar himself, it documents the life of sitar master Ravi Shankar and his journey as a musician and teacher in the U.S., Europe, and India. The film follows Shankar on a journey to India to visit his aging musical Guru Allauddin Khan. Raga was originally released on film and soundtrack on The Beatles’ Apple Films and re-released on Shankar’s own label East Meets West Music in 2010. The film features appearances by Shankar with Yehudi Menuhin, George Harrison, Alla Rakha, Shiv Kumar Sharma, Allauddin Khan. The film runs 97 minutes and is followed by a discussion with exhibition co-curators Brian Keigher and Gaurav Mazumdar.