The oracle of biotechnology
The film establishes incontrovertibly that no other region of science has raised as many hackles as biotechnology
Kangaroos and tribals in the spotlight
The interests of the Tokyo Environmental Film Festival were varied and the films were technically superb, but most failed to focus on people
Against their wishes
An amateur film brings out the plight of Hyderabad's child brides without making judgements.
Our kind of place?
we on earth have always had a special fascination for the other planets of the solar system. But there is more to the planets than meets the …
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 …
Patent prejudice
This verbally-loaded anti-GATT film is a shrill intellectual harvest that tends to over-romanticise the small organic farmer
More hard facts and much less syrup, please
Both films end as abruptly as they begin, fragments of documentation on celluloid or videotape that aim, as one said at the beginning, at evoking …
For the swish of a snow leopard's tail
The snow leopard, small but menacing in his stealth, is a beautiful beast that streaks into full view so often in this film that you wonder where …
Turning out new leaves
Roots of Datia Directed by K Bikram Singh 30 mins English Format: Betacam Produced by East West Media Communications Pvt Ltd
Where you are is what you are
WEALTH OF THE NATION SERIES Conceived by Anil Agarwal and Sunita Narain . Centre for Science and Environmen
A pest of a problem
SAVDHANI HI SAMAJHDARI HAI 15 mins . Agrochemicals Information Centre . Coordinated by S P Vishnoi
Transient truths
UNTO THE FOLD·Colour· 87 mins·Hindi with English subtitles·Directed by Pravin Kumar·Samanvaya Trust, New Delhi&…
A bitter prelude to salvation
They could do with a little less indignity, the indignity of knowing that you must sing for you supper day in and day out, till you die.
Video magazine ignore environmental issues
The story ends on a cynical note suggesting both Patkar and the government are doggedly pursuing their separate goals
CENDIT scores with film series
Catalysts for Change, a 13-part film series produced by the Centre for the Development of Instructional Technology, covers the gamut of problems …
The most comprehensive film on Bhopal
The Supreme Court ruled recently, in reference to Beyond Genocide, a film on the Bhopal gas disaster, that Doordarshan cannot curtail the …