To rescue Kahlo from the clutches of the corporate art market, we need to acknowledge the overt and covert political dimensions of the work, demands GAVIN O’TOOLE
A salutary history lesson
ALAN FRANK recommends a film about India on the cusp of independence
Viceroy’s House (12A) Directed by Gurinda Chadha 4/5
“HISTORY is written by the victors,” we learn at the start of Viceroy’s House.
Kenya-born British-Punjabi filmmaker Gurinda Chadha’s story is a riveting and deeply disturbing account of the transfer of power from Britain to India in 1947 after 200 years of colonial rule.
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