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A Combo of 4 PSBT 53rd Indian National Award Winning Films:
"THE SEEDKEEPERS" by FARIDA PACHA
The film looks at the transformation of Dalit women's lives through their involvement in an ecological movement for sustainable farming in Andhra Pradesh.
"THE WAY TO DUSTY DEATH" by SYED FAYAZ
A moving account of the victims of Silicosis in Gujarat.
THE WHISTLE BLOWERS" by UMESH AGGARWAL
The film, is an investigation into the issue of pesticides in bottled water and soft drinks manufactured by reputed MNCs like Coca Cola and Pepsi in India which was recently revealed in a report by the Centre for Science and Environment.
"WAPSI" (THE RETURNING...) by AJAY RAINA
For most Indians and Pakistanis, a visit to each others' countries is a journey of return of various kinds – to nostalgia, hate, metaphor and reality. This film is one such travelogue, a song of hope, love, longing and betrayal.
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Ambi Jiji always planted her crops on soil where forests have been burnt. This jhum field would then be abandoned and left to regenerate into a forest and a new one burnt. Increasingly jhum fields are being turned into orchards which provide cash and food security. Through Ambi Jiji and her daughters, we see the passing of a way of life in a remote village in Meghalaya.
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What happens when remote, isolated mountain communities come face to face with globalization? Jardhar, a village in the Hemval valley of Garhwal, led an isolated, egalitarian existence until a series of events forced it, into joining the market economy. This documentary, based entirely on local perspectives, reflects on the process of change- what triggers the shift to modernisation and what impact it has on the personal, social and environmental spaces.
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The Film is a journey into India's food heritage and the biodiversity of its crops. It delves into the reasons for the shrinking of this diversity and the homogenization of our food preferences. It takes the protagonist into a search for the larger repercussions of this homogenization of tastes and demands - the health ramifications and the effects on farming, soil and cropping patterns and the ecology.
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