This is PART 1 of a funny look at "on the road" filmmaking. Filmmaker Bill Day is on assignment tracking down the spread of pop culture around the world for a major broadcaster.I can't tell you the name but it starts with a big "D." But even when you work for the big boys, you have to be a guerilla filmmaker sometimes to get the job done. In this epiode, I land in Bombay India which is now called Mumbai. My job is to hook up with a local producer and camera crew then go get the shots I have on my list. All I need are some simple Street scenes, a few interviews (one with Bollywod movie star Zeenat Aman and another with the star of Sholay himself Amitab Bachan. I also need to find some pictures of hippies from the 1970's in India. It was a huge destination back then for hippies because smoking hash and marijuana was legal. So, the mission was simple and we worked extensively in pre-production to get everything done right, including the purchase of filmming permits. But once on the ground, we can't get one shot off before the police show up and say we don't have the right permits. So for the filmmaker, the question becomes "did my local producer not get the permits and pocket the cash, or are the police just looking for a bribe?" How do you respond in a situation like this? Welcome to the real world of documentary filmmaking

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