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Documentary- Sacred space
By Huned Contractor A fascinating new film on the Maibis of Manipur -- priestesses, philosophers, poets, healers -- suggests that it is indigenous cultures that hold the secrets to a restoration of the balance between humankind and the environment - Vijaya Mulay: Still documenting, at 87
By Frederick Noronha Vijaya Mulay has witnessed two generations of documentary filmmaking. In this interview, she talks about her films, the challenges facing documentary filmmakers today, and her stint as first woman president of the IDPA - Lament of a lake
By Huned Contractor Chilika Bank$, which got the Livelihood Award at the Vataravan Film Festival 2009, tells the story of Chilika Lake and its people through the eyes of a banyan tree on its banks - The nuances of human trafficking
By Rina Mukherji Understanding Trafficking stresses the difference between women who migrate and join the sex trade and women who are trafficked into the sex trade - Dangerous tastes
By Pradeep Baisakh With the first genetically modified food poised to enter the Indian market, a timely documentary entitled Poison on the Platter shows how little the Indian public knows about what it is consuming - How a mouse can change your life
By Huned Contractor The documentary film Chhoti Si Asha shows how teaching school dropouts computer skills can help them find new livelihood opportunities - The travails of Bagh Bahadur
By Manjira Majumdar Kaler Rakhal explores the cultural displacement and loss of livelihood of West Bengal’s bahurupis (performing artists) in the time of ‘development’ - The politics of popular culture
By Deepti Priya Mehrotra By reconstructing the life of Rasoolan Bai, well-known tawaif and thumri singer from Varanasi, The Other Song illustrates how romance and physicality were obliterated from culture
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