Sacred Stones
A documentary on the folk deities of the Tamil land, and the people who have never stopped tending them.
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Each film begins with a question about a people or a place, and stays with it for as long as it takes.
A documentary on the folk deities of the Tamil land, and the people who have never stopped tending them.
View the filmIn a village in Perambalur district, a union of women farmers is bringing millets back to fields worn out by cotton and chemicals.
View the filmTwo neighbouring states, two ways of asking for a vote: what the election posters of Kerala and Tamil Nadu say about the politics behind them.
View the filmAt the foot of the Western Ghats, biomedical waste was dumped beside a reservoir that farmland depends on. This film was made to put it on record.
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“Why can’t we ever imagine a woman to be a farmer?”
“On one side, politics moves with icons, and on the other, it moves with ideology.”
“Kanyakumari is not anyone’s dumping yard.”
“This group is managed, administered, and decision making is all led by women farmers.”
“Governments may change, and parties may change, but these walls and their purpose remain.”
“This cannot be allowed to simply pass. It has to be documented properly.”
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