Nell: I posted your request on a listserv of Art House theaters and the wonderful Gary Meyer provided the following info
There are a main distributors of Bollywood films in the US. UTV - http://www.utvgroup.com/motion-pictures.html contact lokesh dhar <[email protected]> Eros www.erosentertainment.com/Distribution.asp Reliance http://www.relianceentertainment.net/ Gala http://www.galaglobal.net/Gala_website_files/bollywoodfilms.htm Yash Raj Films www.yashrajfilms.com There are a few films that have traditional US distributors like LAGAAN from Sony. Do libraries need to get a special license or just buy DVDs? An article about Bollywood in the US http://www.bollywood.com/node/712 On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 12:57 PM, Nellie J Chenault <[email protected]> wrote: > Any suggestions for source of Public Performance Rights for Indian Cinema > or Bollywood films? I have already checked Swank, New Yorker, Kino, > Criterion. > > Thanks for any assistance!!!! > > Nell Chenault > Research Librarian for Film and Performing Arts > VCU Libraries > Virginia Commonwealth University > (804) 828-2070 | [email protected] > > > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > >
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
