Do you have a kid or teen at home that's inspired by Greta Thunberg, enraptured by nature or intimidated by the realities of climate change? This strand is for them! They will learn about maternal elephants, indigenous people and their connection to the Earth, poaching and its consequences, the effects of mass urban migrations, the power of musical activism, and the incredible capacity for transformation that we all hold within ourselves. These are educational films, wholesome stories, & heartening voices curated for all the budding environmentalists out there! Suitable for ages 15 and under and for the whole family.
83 year old Vidyadutt Sharma holds the record for growing the heaviest radish in India weighing 23 kgs. He now aims to beat the world record of 31 kgs.
Over the last five decades, he has built up Moti Bagh, his 5 acre farm in a small Himalayan village in northern India. Around him lie 7000 ghost villages, left to die, with no one to till the land – a chilling testimony to large scale migration by locals in search of employment in the cities. With no manpower at their disposal, the few locals are employing Nepali labour. But there is unease because of this dependence and the growing influence of the Nepalis.
As market forces exert pressure, family dynamics are also changing. Vidyadutt's journalist son, Tribhuvan, lives and works in Pauri, a large town 35 kms from Moti Bagh. His two children wish to chase their own dreams in the metros.
Vidyadutt Sharma, farmer, activist and poet, chronicles the changing landscape in verses of resistance. As he and Ram Singh, his Nepali farmhand, plough the fields to keep a dream called Moti Bagh alive, we wonder if it will ever return to its old glory.
- Year2019
- Runtime60 minutes
- LanguageHINDI, GARHWALI
- CountryINDIA
- PremiereNo
- DirectorNIRMAL CHANDER
- ProducerPSBT, DOORDARSHAN
- Executive ProducerTULIKA, RIDHIMA
- FilmmakerNIRMAL CHANDER
- CinematographerNIRMAL CHANDER
- EditorREENA MOHAN, NIRMAL CHANDER
- Sound DesignBOBY JOHN
Do you have a kid or teen at home that's inspired by Greta Thunberg, enraptured by nature or intimidated by the realities of climate change? This strand is for them! They will learn about maternal elephants, indigenous people and their connection to the Earth, poaching and its consequences, the effects of mass urban migrations, the power of musical activism, and the incredible capacity for transformation that we all hold within ourselves. These are educational films, wholesome stories, & heartening voices curated for all the budding environmentalists out there! Suitable for ages 15 and under and for the whole family.
83 year old Vidyadutt Sharma holds the record for growing the heaviest radish in India weighing 23 kgs. He now aims to beat the world record of 31 kgs.
Over the last five decades, he has built up Moti Bagh, his 5 acre farm in a small Himalayan village in northern India. Around him lie 7000 ghost villages, left to die, with no one to till the land – a chilling testimony to large scale migration by locals in search of employment in the cities. With no manpower at their disposal, the few locals are employing Nepali labour. But there is unease because of this dependence and the growing influence of the Nepalis.
As market forces exert pressure, family dynamics are also changing. Vidyadutt's journalist son, Tribhuvan, lives and works in Pauri, a large town 35 kms from Moti Bagh. His two children wish to chase their own dreams in the metros.
Vidyadutt Sharma, farmer, activist and poet, chronicles the changing landscape in verses of resistance. As he and Ram Singh, his Nepali farmhand, plough the fields to keep a dream called Moti Bagh alive, we wonder if it will ever return to its old glory.
- Year2019
- Runtime60 minutes
- LanguageHINDI, GARHWALI
- CountryINDIA
- PremiereNo
- DirectorNIRMAL CHANDER
- ProducerPSBT, DOORDARSHAN
- Executive ProducerTULIKA, RIDHIMA
- FilmmakerNIRMAL CHANDER
- CinematographerNIRMAL CHANDER
- EditorREENA MOHAN, NIRMAL CHANDER
- Sound DesignBOBY JOHN
