“Slumdog Millionaire,” July 15, 2009 (2008), DVD. We liked this somewhat formulaic Oscar winner about a tea deliverer from the slums of Mumbai who competes for millions on India’s version of who wants to be a millionaire. The poverty is palpable. The questions lead us through two decades of his very hardscrabble life. We watched it with b and she was shocked at the poverty. A good and painful, if overly predictable film that validates the concept of destiny too forcefully. Danny Boyle directed. Several of the kids in the film have already fallen back to the streets in total poverty. Good stuff about gender, ethnic conflict, corruption and the new India. See this film