Identity under threat
Film>> Tuhya Dharma Koncha, directed by Satish Manwar, cast: Upendra Limaye, Vibhavari Deshpande, music by Dattaprasad Ranade
Dune — a prophetic tale about the environmental destruction wrought by the colonisation of Africa
The film highlights how we must change our dependence on extracting resources to start a planetary healing process
Patent prejudice
This verbally-loaded anti-GATT film is a shrill intellectual harvest that tends to over-romanticise the small organic farmer
More hard facts and much less syrup, please
Both films end as abruptly as they begin, fragments of documentation on celluloid or videotape that aim, as one said at the beginning, at evoking …
For the swish of a snow leopard's tail
The snow leopard, small but menacing in his stealth, is a beautiful beast that streaks into full view so often in this film that you wonder where …
Women's tales
THE HIDDEN STORY: A QUEST FOR WOMEN'S UNRECORDED HISTORY Shikhajhjngan and Ranjani Mazumdat Duration 58 minutes Betacam Institution, Rs ION / us $…
Turning out new leaves
Roots of Datia Directed by K Bikram Singh 30 mins English Format: Betacam Produced by East West Media Communications Pvt Ltd
Where you are is what you are
WEALTH OF THE NATION SERIES Conceived by Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain . Centre for Science and Environmen
A pest of a problem
SAVDHANI HI SAMAJHDARI HAI 15 mins . Agrochemicals Information Centre . Coordinated by S P Vishnoi
Transient truths
UNTO THE FOLD·Colour· 87 mins·Hindi with English subtitles·Directed by Pravin Kumar·Samanvaya Trust, New Delhi&…
A bitter prelude to salvation
They could do with a little less indignity, the indignity of knowing that you must sing for you supper day in and day out, till you die.
Video magazine ignore environmental issues
The story ends on a cynical note suggesting both Patkar and the government are doggedly pursuing their separate goals
CENDIT scores with film series
Catalysts for Change, a 13-part film series produced by the Centre for the Development of Instructional Technology, covers the gamut of problems …
The most comprehensive film on Bhopal
The Supreme Court ruled recently, in reference to Beyond Genocide, a film on the Bhopal gas disaster, that Doordarshan cannot curtail the …
A not-very-subtle environmental message
The film should communicae its environmental message far more effectively than the dozens of inept documentaries that have been made on the subject.
Vaccines without needles: New shelf-stable film could revolutionise how medicines are distributed worldwide
A research group claims to have developed a method to stabilise live viruses and other biological medicines in a rapidly dissolving film that …
Borrowed perspectives
When something as vast and complex as the social dynamics of the Green Revolution is depicted through the experiences of a handful, it is …
Development on its haunches
KAISE JEEBO RE·VHS· 80 minutes·English· Directed by Anurag Singh and Jharana Jhaveri·Jan Madhyam, New Delhi
Pitching for sustainability in agriculture
Two films, shown recently in the Capital, focus on alternative farming strategies as a counterbalance to the ecologically destructive Green Revolution
Have lead, will damage
The first episode of an S&T serial on STAR Plus takes a hard look at the havoc caused by lead emissions and strategies to counter this.
The Dalai Lama features in International Science Film Festival of India
‘The Dalai Lama: Scientist’ brings to light several largely unknown aspects of the leader
12 film marathon spotlights urban decadence
Interestingly, apartment blocks in Warsaw bear a strong resemblance to Delhi Development Authority's more abominable creations.
Zooming in on three prize-winners
A look at this year's award-winning documentaries: an educational film on the Silent Valley, a campaign film on the Tehri dam project and a third …
Unheralded films feature development themes
Individuals and voluntary agencies continue to make films in different parts of the country on subjects that interest them, though hardly any of …
Climate change, tribal livelihood: Cinema meets environment at IFFI
Movies such as Taledanda, Koozhangal, Semkhor rise to the occasion to highlight a range of environmental issues staring at mankind …