Name Susan Barton Young
School Deering High School
Project Title Kali: Cross-Cultural (Mis)Understandings

 

1.  The Beatles, “Help”


In this movie, a Kali-worshipping “Hindu” cult headed by “Clang” (Leo McKern) needs to retrieve a sacrificial ring which Ringo cannot get off his finger, consequently he has to be sacrificed. There is a scene where Ringo runs through the streets being chased by Clang, shouting “Kali, Kali!”

 

 

This site was created by (Susan Barton Young) at the NEH Summer Institute "Cultures and Religions of the Himalayan Region," held at the College of the Holy Cross, Summer 2006