The Revolutionary Optimists
Season 14 Episode 17 | 55m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch this film through March 9.
Children in the slums of Calcutta are starting a revolution. Called to action by visionary former attorney Amlan Ganguly, the 'Daredevils' have already made radical health and sanitation improvements in one of the city's poorest slums - awakening a neglected populace to the real possibility of change.
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The Revolutionary Optimists
Season 14 Episode 17 | 55m 26sVideo has Closed Captions
Children in the slums of Calcutta are starting a revolution. Called to action by visionary former attorney Amlan Ganguly, the 'Daredevils' have already made radical health and sanitation improvements in one of the city's poorest slums - awakening a neglected populace to the real possibility of change.
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