Richard Attenborough · 1982 · overland

Richard Attenborough's 1982 biographical epic. Thrown off a South African train for the color of his skin, the young lawyer Mohandas Gandhi forges the philosophy of nonviolent resistance, then returns to India to lead its struggle for independence from Britain. From the Salt March to the sea at Dandi to the terrible partition, he moves a subcontinent by the force of conscience alone.

1. 1
   Pietermaritzburg

   The South African station where the young Gandhi, thrown from a first-class carriage for being Indian, resolves to fight injustice - the birth of his lifelong campaign of nonviolent resistance.

2. 2
   Ahmedabad

   His ashram on the Sabarmati in India, the base from which Gandhi leads the independence movement, spinning cloth and mobilizing millions against British rule.

3. 3
   Dandi

   The coastal village where the 240-mile Salt March ends, Gandhi stooping to gather salt from the sea in defiance of British law - the act that galvanizes a nation.