Coal storage

Book>>Report>>A moving story, but sans villains--humankind is pitted against nature's fury. But the Centralia inferno was created by …

‘Today, people love seeing reality in movies’

Nila Madhab Panda spoke to Down To Earth about his film and doing ‘realistic’ cinema

Genocide of farmers

Film >> Cotton for my shroud • by Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl • Produced by Top Quark Films • 81.30 min HDV Documentary 2011

Understanding the bug

Book>> The Viral Storm • by Nathan D Wolfe • Penguin • Rs 450

Tears and the drama aside, the message survives

Prabhat Roy's award-winning Shwet Paatharer Thala is a tear-jerker, which nevertheless effectively preaches the lesson of family welfare.

Riveting saga of a river that gives -- and takes

Goutam Ghose's Padma Nadir Majhi depicts how poor fisherfolk, already vulnerable to nature's whims, are exploited by fellow-humans.

12 film marathon spotlights urban decadence

Interestingly, apartment blocks in Warsaw bear a strong resemblance to Delhi Development Authority's more abominable creations.

‘There is a hunger among the audience for more green content’

Nila Madhab Panda, director of forthcoming movie on climate change, ‘Kadvi Hawa’, says film-makers have a duty to bring green content …

Cochin needs to preserve its green lungs

Documentary Haritham Director Rajendra Prasad Producer Jaycee Foundation and Gothrabhumi films

Darfur pays for its water

In 2006, Slovenian president Janez Drnov?ek sent filmmaker and political activist Tomo Kriznar as a peace envoy to war-torn Darfur. US pressure …

"Mahua memoirs", a documentary

DOCUMENTARY>> MAHUA MEMOIRS directed by Vinod Raja produced in collaboration with Equations and HIVOS regional office

The Dalit experts

Multimedia Publication >> Affirming Life and Diversity Rural Images and Voices on Food Sovereignty in South India 60 pages (book/report) + …

Film review Birth In The Squatting Position

Films>> Birth in the Squatting Position by Polymorph Films 1979 (10 mins, Brazil) The business of being born by Abby Epstein (83 mins, USA) …

Review of film 'Wasted'

Film>> Wasted Swecha Productions directed by Anshul Uniyal and Vimalendu Jha 16 minutes

Piecing together problems with conservation in India

Documentaries>> The Great Indian Tiger Crisis directed by Arindam Mitra and Chandramohan Puppala, producer, Arindam Mitra 77 mins Tiger The …

Copyright stalker

Internet>> Piracy • Australia

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Native stories

Film Festival>> Indigenous People • Australia

Native stories

Film Festival>> Indigenous People • Australia

Footage lost and gained

Film>> Indigenous Community • Chile

Popular figures

The consciousness of being urban is all powerful today. What will it lead to?

Flashback

Tracing a sense of community feeling over 50 years of sensation

Eco-hypocricy

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