Abstract:

India's Mohandas Gandhi showed the world how the masses could defy their imperial masters, and his success spurred others on: European empires in Africa and Asia began to crumble. But the dream of freedom was soon tarnished as old racial hatreds revived, civil wars broke out, and dictators took power. Produced for the People's Century series by WGBH Boston, 1998, approx. 1 hour.