Films on Water

The Rising wave
Director: Yask Desai
Duration: 60 mnts
Language: English

In India water has a deep spiritual and functional significance. The Rising Wave explores water, both as a sacred element and as a common resource essential for survival and generating livlihoods.

The film eloquently presents a culture built on water being shared, used and managed in ways unchanged for centuries. Richly filmed in three different states of India, The Rising Wave uncovers groups that have been dependant on their local natural water resource for generations as they fish and farm for livelihood. In the rapidly transforming economy of India, corporations now lay claim to control and determine access to this natural resource. A contrasting picture emerges; a contrast between the two divergent views of water; water as a billion dollar industry against water as a sacred natural gift for all humankind. This spells conflict for the future. Renowned ecologist Vandana Shiva interprets the current situation.

Village of Dust, City of Water
Director: Sanjay Barnela
Duration: mnt - 30 mts
Language: English

Hopes buried in the concrete of a failed, dry canal; a parched well used as a storage tank; an entire generation displaced by a big dam; a village forced to eat grass after years of drought; and a party that boasts of artificial rain for its guests. Village of Dust, City of Water is a film whose theme is anchored in the critical water resource and water supply issues currently facing rural populations across India-as depicted in contrast to urban water supplies. The film uses poetry, accompanied by music, as the primary narrative form to compliment the interviews and documentations taken from the many sides of each critical water issue.

Marble Mutton with slurry water
Director: K. Bikram Singh
Duration: 30 mnts
Language: English

The film documents the story of the residents of Chittaurgarh’s Senti village in Rajasthan and how their lives have been adversely affected by the disposal of slurry, generated during the mining of marble, which is becoming a hazard for people’s health and environment.