Films

Documentaries, made one at a time.

Each film begins with a question about a people or a place, and stays with it for as long as it takes.

A standing stone beside a tree at the edge of an open green field, under an overcast sky.

A standing stone at the edge of a field.01

  • Documentary
  • Belief
  • Teaser 01:00

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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Five women in bright saris walk in single file through scrubland and fields.

Women farmers on their way to the fields.02

  • Documentary
  • Land
  • Highlights 00:50

Reaping a Revolution

In a village in Perambalur district, a union of women farmers is bringing millets back to fields worn out by cotton and chemicals.

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An elderly man sits on a ledge below a wall covered in painted slogans and election posters.

An old man below a wall of election posters.03

  • Documentary
  • Politics
  • Highlights 00:48

One Border, Two Politics

Two neighbouring states, two ways of asking for a vote: what the election posters of Kerala and Tamil Nadu say about the politics behind them.

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An aerial view of a wide river crossed by an arched bridge, with wetlands and hills beyond.

Kanyakumari district from the air.04

  • Documentary
  • Environment
  • Highlights 01:12

K for Kuppai

At 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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More films

This page grows as each film is released. If there is a story you think belongs here, we would like to hear about it.

Highlights

Moments
from the films.

A few seconds each, in the words of the films themselves. Press play on any of them to hear it said.

Reaping a Revolution

“Why can’t we ever imagine a woman to be a farmer?”
Reaping a Revolution

One Border, Two Politics

“On one side, politics moves with icons, and on the other, it moves with ideology.”
One Border, Two Politics

K for Kuppai

“Kanyakumari is not anyone’s dumping yard.”
K for Kuppai

Reaping a Revolution

“This group is managed, administered, and decision making is all led by women farmers.”
Reaping a Revolution

One Border, Two Politics

“Governments may change, and parties may change, but these walls and their purpose remain.”
One Border, Two Politics

K for Kuppai

“This cannot be allowed to simply pass. It has to be documented properly.”
K for Kuppai

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Studio
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu