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DocumentaryLament of a lake
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 More... The nuances of human traffickingUnderstanding Trafficking stresses the difference between women who migrate and join the sex trade and women who are trafficked into the sex trade More... Dangerous tastesWith 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 More... How a mouse can change your lifeThe documentary film Chhoti Si Asha shows how teaching school dropouts computer skills can help them find new livelihood opportunities More... The travails of Bagh BahadurKaler Rakhal explores the cultural displacement and loss of livelihood of West Bengal’s bahurupis (performing artists) in the time of ‘development’ More... The politics of popular cultureBy 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 More... The mean seasThe Centre for Science and Environment’s documentary, Mean Sea Level, looks at the human tragedy behind the statistics of internal displacement due to rising sea levels and erosion in the Sunderbans. But, says the reviewer, for such an important and topical subject, the film could have explored other angles and presented a more holistic picture More... Life is beautifulC Vanaja’s award-winning film documents the grit and gumption of four HIV-positive widows in Andhra Pradesh More... Killing us slowly…Sumit Khanna’s documentary Mere Desh Ki Dharti investigates pesticide overuse in Punjab, and its deadly impact More... |
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