Re: [ASHA] Request for names of Farmers Movies/Documentaries

[Rohit Parakh]

Hi Ajay - great initiative. Am sure, this will generate a lot of interest within the young audiences in schools/colleges. A couple of suggestions as well - 

1) People in other locations can try these (in addition to regional films) where possible too? 

2) For those regions that need it, people should spare some time/effort in translation efforts for local audiences too for videos by getting in touch with Directors etc where possible or through subtitles.

3)  In addition, also keen on making short videos from some of these and trying to get these viral in social media.

Do see below for a few - 

 

At the risk of stating the obvious 

Full Length Hindi Feature Films

- Mitti -  https://vimeo.com/ondemand/mitti4india

- Do Bigha Zameen- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oo41oae-B0 (farmer displacement due to corporate interest, story based in 50's)

- Peepli Live (Satire on farmer suicide/media role)

- Manthan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFhxnudcWUQ (Amul Cooperative storyish)

- Upkar (promoting the Jai Jawan/Jai Kisan in 60's) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1abDV-wDPw

Documentaries - 

In addition to the ones you can easily find on youtube including Nero's Guests etc

- In Search of Our Lost Rice Seeds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp3fIffzNRU

- Prasar Bharti Documentaries on Agriculture - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZj4AgdK4Xc&list=PLl8dNBNGMEuQSKY2m1xz26DHGYVm70QhK

- Bitter Seeds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCqlH5XlQ44

- Future of Food & Agriculture in India - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oYDeIrSvaQ

- The Living Seed & Living Soil - https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-living-farms-series-2015/

- Seeds of Plenty/Seeds of Sorrow - CSE documentary (from 1992) on issues of Green Revolution http://csestore.cse.org.in/films/agriculture-and-environment/seeds-of-plenty-seeds-of-sorrow.html there is a CD

- Slow Poisoning of India - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WvoB2gRJbE

- Poison on Platter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48g8Kt6rYz4&t=5s (Available in English/Hindi both) on GM foods, made around 2008

- Good Playlist here too from Krishi TV - https://www.youtube.com/user/krishitvindia/playlists

- Seeds of Freedom - https://vimeo.com/43879272

- Seeds of Sovereignty - https://vimeo.com/79790350

- Many more videos here at OFAI link - http://ofai.org/resources/

- DDS Videos - http://ddsindia.com/www/default.asp

- Videos by Thanal - http://thanal.co.in/gallery/videos

- Toxics Link Videos - https://www.youtube.com/user/toxicslink/videos

- Biopiracy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc1lhBYIY8k

- Indigenous Cultures of Resource Use - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z4rDBsg8cY

- Life in the Soil - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m20-t7bnsVw

- Some Success Stories - 

- Subhash Sharma - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBf4GrJEFtk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmvMk8XMuiA&t=3s

- I want My Father Back - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjn_Ov1Z15Q (on farmer suicides)

- Candles in the Wind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOaXpbaxeIc (on Green Revolution widows)

- Harvesting Hunger - http://www.earthcarefilms.com/filming_development_debates_harvesting_hunger.html (some other by Earthcare Films are good too), on seeds/Vijay Jardhari/Beej Bachao Andolan

- Small Measure Big Gain - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4ezoqFjvKc (Documentary on combating malnutrition through kitchen gardening)

Regards,

Rohit

On 8 March 2018 at 19:19, Dilnavaz Variava <dsva...@gmail.com> wrote:

i have given all the films i have to rohit oarakh who can give the list to you for those not already sent to you

On 8 March 2018 at 18:52, Nandan Saxena <nandan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear friends,

We have made a trilogy of films on the issue of farming and the human rights of farmers.

The first film focuses on the genocide of farmers in India.

The sequel focuses on the impact of the so-called 'Green Revolution' and what happened to Punjab- the petri-dish of the green revolution in India.

The third focuses on the Kondh- aboriginal people at Niyamgiri in Odisha, who practice a sustainable farming and depend on uncultivated food- but are under threat from multinationals eyeing the Bauxite and the Coal.

Attached herewith is a pdf that gives a window into our work.

Shukria,

Nandan-Kavita

Nandan Saxena & Kavita Bahl (+91-9810 367244)

about.me/quark.workshops

Nandan Saxena & Kavita Bahl are independent filmmakers and media-trainers with over 40 films to their credit, many of them feature-length.

After their Masters in World Literature and a diploma in journalism, Kavita reported for the Indian Express and Nandan worked as a television journalist for seven years, in what they call their previous life. Of these, two fruitful years spent in the northeast India changed their lives.

In 1996, they quit their jobs to follow their dreams.

Over two decades into filmmaking, their films are poignant portraits of these times, often blurring the thin line between documentary and cinema.

Besides other awards, they have been honoured with the prestigious National Film Award for their films thrice:

• ‘Cotton for my shroud’: Silver Lotus - Best Investigative Film / NFA–2011; [Headline Film: World Investigative Film Week @ London-2013]

• ‘Candles in the wind’: Special mention / NFA–2013; [World Premiere @ Thessaloniki-Greece]

• ‘I cannot give you my Forest’: Silver Lotus - Best Film on Environment / NFA–2014.

As media-trainers and knowledge-partners, they offer workshops to initiate inquisitive minds into filmmaking under the banner - Quark Workshops.

They have offered more than thirty Workshops for

• organisations like the Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting,

• Educational institutions in India and London; and

• at major Film Festivals like International Film Festival of India (IFFI-Goa).

They have also taught Photography and Video-Production at with the Department of Culture and Media Studies, Central University of Rajasthan.

Nandan is also an avid photographer. In 2009, he had a 30-day solo exhibition of his photographs at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

Both Nandan and Kavita have been TEDx speakers.

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Quark Workshops about.me/quark.workshops

On 5 March 2018 at 18:14, Sanjay Kumar <lsps...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Ajay,

in 2016 we organized a panel debate in Bielefeld University on the potentials and hazards of the new methods of genetic engineering in agriculture (CRISPR-cas and other gene editing methods). On the panel
there was Prof.Dr. Joachim Schiemann (head of the Institute for Biosafety in Plant Biotechnology at Julius Kühn Institute), Prof. Dr. Andreas Fisahn (public law expert at Bielefeld University, focusing also on environmental law), and Dr. Ricarda Steinbrecher (molecular geneticist and developmental biologist who acted as scientific expert in governmental and public consultations and court cases).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs-88GJay-Q

It is extremely difficult to get the different sides on one table, so you may find this useful for your purpose.  The debate took place in German, the video has simultaneous translation in English. Below in the description you can find links to different sections.

I would particularly highlight the presentation of Ricarda Steinbrecher where she underlines the need to regulate and the disambiguation of "precision" and "safety":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs-88GJay-Q&t=829s

Or a very short clip of Joachim Schiemann answering a question on the conflict of interest when ILSI + EFSA created the current EU framework for GMO regulation. He did not really answer the question, but it may be interesting to see how he beats around the bush:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs-88GJay-Q&t=3574s

Best wishes,
Sanjay

Am 02/03/2018 um 08:57 schrieb Ajay Etikala:

Dear friends,

I am planning to engage citizens of Delhi more regularly in their
localities by doing some workshops, activities, short movie screenings etc.
periodically from time to time to create awareness and engage them about
farmers issues, safe food etc.


I need your help in collating a list of movies, documentaries, activities
which we can do to sensitise them.



Looking forward!

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Very useful information.