Il Senso Perduto (The Lost Sense)
17 mins, VCD
Director: Beatrice Dine
A film without words that looks at children at the Blind School in Pune and examines what life is like when you have one sense less
Development Flows From the Barrel of a Gun
56 mins, VCD
Directors: Meghnath and Biju Toppo
The film looks at the cost to tribals and indigenous peoples of “development” projects funded by the government, international agencies and corporations. It contrasts these with low-impact measures that are created and executed by local peoples
Review available
Unlimited Girls
110 mins, VCD
Director: Paromita Vora
A contemporary and lively examination of the many definitions of “feminism” in modern India
Review available
In Dark Times
28 mins, VCD
Director: Gauhar Raza
Using footage from other places and the poetry of Brecht, the director puts together a persuasive argument for the ways in which fascism grows and takes over a society
Review available
Ram ke Naam
75 mins, VCD
Director: Anand Patwardhan
The film documents how religion was used for political and financial gain in the Mandir/Masjid conflict
Manufacturing Consent
140 mins, CD
The film examines the thesis of political thinker Noam Chomsky about how corporations and the media manipulate public opinion
Distorted Morality
60 mins, CD
Noam Chomsky's public lecture at the start of the Iraq War in 2003
Sita's Family
60 mins, VCD
Director: Saba Dewan
The film explores the relationships between women in a family across generations and also as sisters, mothers and daughters
Review available
The Bitter Drink
26 mins, DVD
Directors: Baburaj and Saratchandran
The anti-Cola struggle in Kerala
Kol Tales
58 mins, VCD
Director: Sehjo Singh
The film looks at how land rights are being violated in rural Bihar and the struggle for justice
Review available
The Many Faces of Madness
19 mins, VCD
Director: Amar Kanwar
Ecological destruction in India as a consequence of globalisation and industrialisation
The Final Struggle
35 mins, VCD
Directors: Baburaj and Saratchandran
Environmental pollution and human rights in Kerala
The Ridley's Last Stand
56 mins, VCD
Director: Shekhar Dattatri
Documents what is happening to the Olive Ridley turtle on the beaches of Orissa, with the destruction of their natural nesting habitat
Nagarhole: Tales from an Indian jungle
53 mins, VCD
Director: Shekhar Dattatri
Chronicles one year in the life of the Nagarhole forest reserve where years of protection have turned a disturbed area into a wildlife paradise
Saacha: The Loom
106 mins, DVD
Directors: Anjali Monteiro and K P Jayasankar (TISS)
The film is about a poet (Narayan Surve), a painter (Sudhir Patwardhan) and the city of Mumbai -- the birthplace of the Indian textile industry and the industrial working class. It weaves together poetry, paintings and memories of the city, exploring the modes and politics of representation, the relevance of art in the contemporary social milieu, the dilemmas of the Left and the trade union movement and the changing face of a huge metropolis
Kahankar: Ahankar (Story Maker: Story Taker)
38 mins, DVD
Directors: Anjali Monteiro and K P Jayasankar (TISS)
A selection of stories and paintings by the Warlis and some writings on them. The stories represent their history and their view of the world
Identity: The Construction of Selfhood
20 mins, DVD
TISS
Traversing a multi-cultural terrain, the film explores the gamut of modes in which identities are produced, circulated and consumed within the modern urban Indian culture
Reconstructing Communities
52 mins, DVD
TISS
The film explores the possibilities and limitations of community participation in the 52 villages that were relocated under the Maharashtra Earthquake Emergency Rehabilitation Programme (MEERP). Through case studies of selected villages, it examines the processes and dynamics of community participation in a pre-determined target-driven project aimed at post-disaster rehabilitation
Harvest of Rain
48 mins, VCD
Centre for Science and Environment
This film is dedicated to India's traditional water harvesting systems. The camera wanders through Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, recording the profound science of the people. It analyses a wide variety of systems as a function of differing ecological terrains
Thar: Secrets of the Deserts
52 mins, VCD
Centre for Science and Environment
The film captures the diverse social and cultural practices of the Marwaris that enabled large populations to survive in the harsh desert environment. Today, it's the villages that have not yet been ‘modernised' that have water and fodder during periods of drought, while so-called ‘developed' villages wait for water tankers and fodder from Punjab
Arvari
14 mins, VCD
Centre for Science and Environment
The story of a small river, the Arvari, that has its origin in Thanagazi block, in Alwar, Rajasthan. Dry for years, the Arvari has returned to life, thanks to the concerted efforts of the villagers with help from Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS), a local voluntary group
Waterworks India: Four Engineers and a Manager
22 mins, VCD
Centre for Science and Environment
This award-winning film pays homage to five barefoot Indian rural engineers who have kept alive the tradition of water harvesting. The camera travels from the remote cold desert of Leh to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in the far south
War and Peace
180 mins, VCD
Director: Anand Patwardhan
Filmed over 3 years in India, Pakistan and Japan, the film documents the journey of peace activism in the face of global militarism and war, and confronts the nuclear question in South Asia
The Sacred Hills of Ellora
30 mins, VCD
Director: Simonetta Gatto
An exploration of the spiritual legacy of the cave temples of Ellora, by following the ritual activities of pilgrims who come here to honour Shiva
The Bee, The Bear and the Kuruba
56 mins, VCD
Director: Vinod Raja
The films looks at how the creation of a preserve for wildlife and ecology has resulted in the displacement of indigenous peoples
Review available
Father Son and Holy War
110 mins, VCD
Director: Anand Patwardhan
The 2-part film looks at how images and ideas of masculinity are used to create and fuel communal hatred and violence
Fahrenheit 9/11
120 mins, CD
Director: Michael Moore
The American film maker's expose of the close business connections between the Bush family and friends and the rulers of Saudi Arabia, and an examination of the reasons why the US chose to attack Iraq
Final Solution
80 mins, VCD
Director: Rakesh Sharma
Thousands of people in Gujarat, India, were killed and many more forced to leave their homes in a spiral of communal violence stirred by political propaganda
Liquor vs Living
17 mins, VCD
Director: Jyothi Patil
A short film that looks at the long-standing hostility between right wing anti-liquor activists and the boot-legging community
Bowling for Columbine
120 mins, CD
Director: Michael Moore
A documentary about the role of the news media in creating a maelstrom of fear and paranoia and forcing US citizens to exercise their right to bear arms
Hunting down Water
32 mins , VCD
Directors: Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal
The conflicting uses of water in our everyday lives, both rural and urban
New ‘Improved' Delhi
6 mins, VCD
Director: Vani Subramanian
A woman sees her home of nine years suddenly razed to the ground, and her letter begging for help blinks on the computer screen. Artificially coloured images overlap, to the accompaniment of an a cappella chorus. A tongue-in-cheek look at our urban development policy
Miles to Go
58 mins, VCD
Director: Nina Subramani
A bus journey across 7 Indian states, 6,000 kilometres, in just 60 days. But it's a journey unlike any other. These destinations will never feature in any tourist brochure. This is the story of India's forgotten backyards, of people brushed under the carpet of indifference and apathy. A story of individuals fighting for their basic rights
In God's Own Country
28 mins, VCD
Directors: Ranjani Mani and Nina Subramani
This is a film about villagers in Kerala's Kasaragod district and their battle to stop the contamination of their land through pesticides
The Dark I Must Not Name
66 mins, VCD
Director: Shaan Khattau
A film about the Bhopal gas tragedy -- world's worst industrial disaster. Not the usual gory, heart-wrenching images linked with the tragedy but an exploration of the victims' lives, 18 years after that fateful night in December
Food? Health? Hope?
34 mins, VCD
Directors: Rajani Mani and Deepti Seshadri
An examination of the issues surrounding ecological balance and bio-diversity in India's agricultural sector
In The Flesh
60 mins, DVD
Director: Bishakha Dutta
This documentary examines three lives in prostitution, set against the backdrop of Kolkata's Shonagachi red light district
Tales Of The Night Fairies
74 mins, VHS tape
Director: Shohini Ghosh
Five sex workers, four women and one man, along with the filmmaker, embark on a journey of story telling. The film explores the power of collective organising and resistance while reflecting on contemporary debates around sex work. The simultaneously expansive and labyrinthine city of Kolkata forms the backdrop for the personal and musical journey of storytelling as the film attempts to represent the struggles and aspirations of thousands of sex workers who constitute the DMSC (Durbar Mahila Samanay Committee), an initiative that emerged out of the Shonagachi HIV/AIDS Intervention Project
Soldiers in Sarongs
60 mins, VCD
Director: Lokendra Arambham
Set in the violence-torn north-eastern state of Manipur, this documentary examines the rampant insurgency in Manipur, the Armed Forces Special Protection Act (AFSPA) and its effect on civilians, specially women and the anti-AFSPA struggles led by them.
Global Call to Action Against Poverty
3 mins, VHS tape
A 3 min Audio-video trailer about The Global Call to Action against Poverty which is a world-wide alliance committed to forcing world leaders to live up to their promises, and to make a breakthrough on poverty in 2005.
Ekta Sandesh
62 mins, VCD
Directed by Waqar P Khan & Bhau Korde, Mohalla Committee Movement Trust and Dharavi Citizens
Hindi with English subtitles
Ekta Sandesh is a unique film on communal harmony which uses images from popular Hindi cinema. The film is shown to communities savaged by manufactured distrust and prejudice. Kanavu (Dream)
35 mins, VCD
Director: C Saratchandran
Kanavu is a documentary on tribal children's commune in Kerala.
Our Life, Our Film
45 mins, VCD
Director: Anuba Jadeja, Gomiben Koli, Hansaben Jadav, Hansa Someshwara, Ilaben Kubavat, Jamunaben Someshwra, Kaajalben Chauhan, Kunwarben Koli
Directed by a group of ordinary women belonging to quake-ravaged villages of Kutch in Gujarat, this unique visual narrative walks the road with women and children in their struggle to rebuild their lives.
Listen to the Children
22 mins, VCD
Produced by the Centre for Environment & Education |
