Friends of Earth

SAHAYAK - SPECIES IN PARTNERSHIP 30 min . Southview Productions . Meera Dewan

Environment and the Middle Path

Like all religions, Buddhism is eco-friendly. But lofty ideals rarely translate into pragmatism

Loose cannons

When the army and the government team up to form an assault team against villagers protesting against a firing range, all hell can break loose

AIDS hits prime time on Doordarshan

Prostitutes are shown more frequently in TV programmes as culprits, whereas they are mostly victims of AIDS.

Bharat ki Chaap gets a new identity

The TV serial of the late 1980s is now available as a video series. Although its message of self-reliance is a bit dated, it still is a useful …

Understanding Adivasis

Tapan Bose's Jharkhand, 10 years in the making, has a participative view of the timeless, unspoilt lives of Adivasis stripped of their land

Projecting a distorted reality

A documentary for British children presents an inaccurate and oversimplified image of India.

All for a home

ADDO MILAD ULGULAN (Another Revolt) u-matic (Hindi) Sriprakash 40 minutes utes-Cendit & Kritika

After the quake

Punarvasan: A Document on Reconstruction in Post-Earthquake Marathwada Audio Visual Unit, Tata Institute of Social Sciences 58 min English Rs …

Together we stand

However Long is Forever Michael Isaac and Viren Kanitkar 17 mins vhs pal Telugu with English subtitles Presented by the Dialogue Group

Gaining strength from struggle

SLOWLY BUT SURELY·VHS (PAL)· colour·30 mins·English and Hindi·Directed by Chandita Mukerjee·Comet Media …

Inviting disaster

DUI PAATAN KE BEECH MEIN (BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP RIVER) A documentary by Arvind Sinha Duration: 116 minutes

Green visions

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Stolen treasures

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DD's green beam

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No greenhorns here

...in efforts at getting the environmental message across in moving images

Double river

KEAN & PARKER STUDIO 20 min

Outbreak

A WARNER BROS RELEASE Directed by Wolfgang Petersen 127 min

At the feet of poverty

ARAVALLI PAHARIAN HARIALI KI ORE VHS Written and directed by K L Manhas 35 min

Rain drain

HARVEST OF RAIN.VHS (PAL) . colour . 48 mins . English . Directed by Sanjay Kak . 1995

Unless we mainstream environment, we cannot bring true change: Nila Madhab Panda

Filmmaker talks to DTE on the need for more films on climate change & role of human innocence in conserving Earth

Rite of passage

At its heart, Killa is essentially a coming-of-age movie shot beautifully

In search of famine

HARVESTING HUNGER·A video film by Krishnendu Bose·Duration: 53 minutes

Identity under threat

Film>> Tuhya Dharma Koncha, directed by Satish Manwar, cast: Upendra Limaye, Vibhavari Deshpande, music by Dattaprasad Ranade

A bend in the Ganges

This is a river straining against captivity