Set across three cities in India, We Make Film explores the creative journeys of d/Deaf and disabled filmmakers Debopriya, Mijo and Anuja. While some battles against inaccessability are won, sometimes they must give up dreams altogether due to inaccessible environments, exclusionary production practices, or barriers to film education. While documenting their stories, Shweta too begins to reflect on her privileges and revisits the lifelong creative collaborations she has had with her disabled father. We Make Film presents the intersection of these four filmmakers’ experiences through a documentary that rethinks accessibility, ally-ship, and collaboration in filmmaking today, and dreams of an inclusive creative future for all of us.
Image alt text: Poster for "We Make Film" features the title and credits in yellow text, with an abstract collection of gears, a film reel, a mechanical eye, and a strip of rainbow like the light spectrum.
- Year2021
- Runtime80 minutes
- LanguageBengali, English, Hindi, Marathi
- CountryIndia
- PremiereWest Coast Premiere
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Social Media
- DirectorShweta Ghosh
- ScreenwriterShweta Ghosh
- ProducerShweta Ghosh
- CastDebopriya Ghosh, Anuja Sankhe, Mijo Jose, Samir Ghosh, RH Films, Priyanka Pal, Sumit Singh
Set across three cities in India, We Make Film explores the creative journeys of d/Deaf and disabled filmmakers Debopriya, Mijo and Anuja. While some battles against inaccessability are won, sometimes they must give up dreams altogether due to inaccessible environments, exclusionary production practices, or barriers to film education. While documenting their stories, Shweta too begins to reflect on her privileges and revisits the lifelong creative collaborations she has had with her disabled father. We Make Film presents the intersection of these four filmmakers’ experiences through a documentary that rethinks accessibility, ally-ship, and collaboration in filmmaking today, and dreams of an inclusive creative future for all of us.
Image alt text: Poster for "We Make Film" features the title and credits in yellow text, with an abstract collection of gears, a film reel, a mechanical eye, and a strip of rainbow like the light spectrum.
- Year2021
- Runtime80 minutes
- LanguageBengali, English, Hindi, Marathi
- CountryIndia
- PremiereWest Coast Premiere
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- Social Media
- DirectorShweta Ghosh
- ScreenwriterShweta Ghosh
- ProducerShweta Ghosh
- CastDebopriya Ghosh, Anuja Sankhe, Mijo Jose, Samir Ghosh, RH Films, Priyanka Pal, Sumit Singh