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Films on environment and wildlife are not only relevant as works of art, but are also important as historical and scientific documentation and as instruments for bringing about change. This is the philosophy behind this Directory of Green Films.
This Directory is the first-ever comprehensive compilation of audio-visual resources on environment and wildlife. A virtual treasure-trove of ‘green’ films, it is designed to satisfy the information requirements of academicians, civil society groups, government organizations, environmentalists, researchers, media professionals, conservationists, activists, filmmakers, public and private sector organizations, educational institutions, teachers and students.
Thematically classified, the Directory provides details of documentaries, public service messages, animation films and feature presentations, along with contact details of the filmmakers and concerned organizations. The 2000 entries in the Directory have been categorized into eleven segments — arranged alphabetically — according to the availability of the films. These categories are Agriculture and Pesticides, Biodiversity and Forestry, Eco-tourism, Energy, Environmental Education, Industry and Environment, Livelihood, Solid Waste Management, Toxics and Climate Change, Water and Wildlife. Subject-wise and title-wise index have been included to facilitate search for required information. Contents
Foreword v
Directory of Green Films vi
Agriculture and Pesticides 1
Biodiversity and Forests 29
Eco-tourism 109
Energy 115
Environmental Education 147
Industry and Environment 183
Livelihood 201
Solid Waste Management 235
Toxics and Climate Change 259
Water 315
Wildlife 377
Title Index 463 Agriculture and Pesticides Directory of Green Films
English Title: A New Bullock Cart English Title: Agro Biodiversity – Key to Food, Health and Livelihood Security Original Title: Ek Nai Baelgadi Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Original Title: Agro Biodiversity – Key to Food, Health Languages: Hindi, English, Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, and Livelihood Security Malayalam, Marathi and Oriya Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2005 Duration: 30 min Language: English (with English subtitles) Format: Betacam Duration: 10 min 6 sec Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: A modified animal-friendly bullock cart. Subject Focus: Agro-biodiversity; community gene banks Synopsis: The film showcases the efforts of a Bangalore- based organization to re-model the existing bullock cart Synopsis: The film records the importance of agro- and make it more efficient and benign to the animals biodiversity and community gene banks in preserving pulling it. By introducing simple and low-cost modifications, traditional crop varieties. In 1994, a community gene bank it has managed to prolong the life spans of bullocks and was established by the M S Swaminathan Research saved cart-owners from buying a new pair every three- Foundation (MSSRF) and work in community biodiversity five years. The film attempts to encourage cart-owners management was begun in the Kolli hills, Wayanad and and artisans making carts to switch over to the new design. Jeypore.
Directors: Amar Sharma/Rima Chibb Director: Dr. K. Bhanumathi Producers: Amar Sharma/Rima Chibb Production Company: The Hindu Media Resource Centre Production Company: Collage Teleimages Pvt. Ltd. Commissioning Agency: Collage Teleimages Pvt. Ltd. Contact Details: M S Swaminathan Research Foundation Contact Details: III Cross Street, Taramani Institutional Area, Chennai 600 013 Rima Chibb/Amar Sharma Tamil Nadu Collage Teleimages Pvt. Ltd., D-31 Oakwood Estate P: 044-25541229, 22542698; M: 09444018532 DLF City 2, Gurgaon, Haryana F: 044-22541319 P: 0124-2564304/4582; M: 9810073369, 9868104762 E: [email protected] E: [email protected], [email protected] W: http://www.mssrf.org/ W: www.collage.in
English Title: Amla English Title: Aangan ke Vriksh Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: Hindi Language: Hindi Duration: 29 min Duration: 8 min 46 sec Format: 16 mm Subject Focus: The amla fruit Subject Focus: Trees Synopsis: The programme highlights the nutrients present Synopsis: This is a programme on various trees, the in amla, and the various uses of the fruit and other parts climatic and soil requirements for their optimum growth, of the amla tree. The effort is to create an awareness and and their usefulness to mankind. sensitivity towards plants.
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Producer: Usha Narula Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Arajeevinthangalkoru Swargam English Title: Assault on the Land
Original Title: A Paradise for the Dying Date/Month/Year of Production: 1989 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: English Language: Malayalam (with English subtitles) Duration: 33 min Duration: 60 min Format: VHS Format: Mini DV Subject Focus: The problem of land salinity. Subject Focus: Effect of spraying Endosulfan on cashew plantations. Synopsis: The film examines the potentially devastating problem of salinity and how it affects not only farmers, but Synopsis: This is a documentary on a burning all of us. Interviews in several locations highlight the environmental issue in Kasaragod, the northern-most causes and possible solutions. district of Kerala. Endosulfan, a lethal pesticide, has regularly been aerially sprayed over 5,000 hectares of Production Company: Centre for Science and cashewnut plantations in this area. The documentary Environment (CSE) explores the impact that this spraying has had over the district and its people, and the political undercurrents of Contact Details: this issue. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Director: M. A. Rahman P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Producer: K. M. K. Kunhabdulla E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Production Company: Green Folks
Contact Details: M. A. Rahman English Title: Bees, Beekeeping and Ecological Lecturer, Malayalam Government College, Kasaragod, Kerala Agriculture M: 09387402412 E: [email protected] Original Title: Bees, Beekeeping and Ecological Agriculture Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 English Title: Artificial Insemination Language: English Duration: 22 min Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1991 Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Language: English Duration: 8 min 5 sec Subject Focus: Beekeeping and sustainable agriculture. Format: U Matic Synopsis: Bees, Beekeeping and Ecological Agriculture Subject Focus: Artificial insemination of livestock and its is an introduction to the fascinating world of bees and the benefits. benefits they can bring to farmers. Hive bees are the only pollinating insects that can be kept in artificial enclosures Synopsis: India possesses one-fourth of the population and managed by man. Honey is the obvious reason for of the world. However milk production in the country in beekeeping, and this educational film explains the basics inadequate. Due to rapid increase in population, the of how to start and maintain a colony of bees. But supply of milk & meat products does not meet the demand. pollination is a greater benefit, especially where pesticide Bio-technology has paved the way towards genetic use has reduced the population of pollinating insects. improvement of livestock through artificial insemination. Artificial insemination is the introduction of semen into Director: V. P. Satheesh the female reproductive tract by artificial methods. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Production Company: EAHM Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected] P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cseindia.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Bel English Title: Bitter Harvest
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 24 min Duration: 8 min 26 sec Format: DVD
Subject Focus: The bel fruit Subject Focus: Soil erosion and desertification.
Synopsis: The bel or the wood apple, a common tree of Synopsis: Desertification and soil degradation are India, has many medicinal values — and this is what this destroying all life in third world countries. In Ethiopia, film, meant for secondary level students, highlights. It also deforestation, population explosion and mismanagement shows the various uses of bel pulp, seeds, leaves and of land has resulted in famines. The film looks at how aid bark. programmes and multimillion-dollar projects have failed in countries like India and Africa because of a lack of Producer: Usha Narula understanding of the ecological relationship between the land and man. It also highlights some promising solutions Contact Details: and efforts by local people to fight the menace of soil Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) erosion and desertification. Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Producers: Bruno Sorrentino and Robert Lamb Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Production Company: TVE & Jordan Radio and TV Corp. P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 English Title: Biological Paradise of Andhra E: [email protected] Pradesh W: www.devalt.org
Original Title: Biological Paradise of Andhra Pradesh Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2004 English Title: Broken Bread Language: English (with English subtitles) Duration: 10 min 5 sec Original Title: Broken Bread Format: Betacam SP Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Language: English Subject Focus: Community participation in mangrove Duration: 23 min conservation. Subject Focus: The politics of food and agriculture. Synopsis: The film is on the mangrove forests in the Krishna and Godavari delta regions of Andhra Pradesh. Synopsis: This is a documentary on food security. Mangroves enhance fish productivity by acting as nurseries for marine and freshwater life forms. They serve Director: Krishnendu Bose as a rich source of raw materials, medicines, shelter and Producer: Krishnendu Bose fodder to local communities, and reduce coastal erosion, Production Company: Earthcare Films natural storms and cyclones. But rampant use is Commissioning Agency: Action Aid decimating this valuable resource. The film also depicts some scientific mangrove restoration techniques. Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director: Dr. K. Bhanumathi Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony Production Company: The Hindu Media Resource Centre New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.earthcarefilms.com Dr. K. Bhanumathi M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, III Cross Street Taramani Institutional Area, Chennai 600 013 P: 044-25541229, M: 09444018532; F: 044-22541319 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Bt Cotton in Andhra Pradesh: A English Title: Bullock-drawn Tractor Three Year Fraud Original Title: Bullock-drawn Tractor Original Title: Bt Cotton in Andhra Pradesh: A Three Year Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Fraud Languages: Hindi, English, Bangla, Gujarati, Kannada, Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2005 Malayalam, Marathi and Oriya Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min Format: Betacam Format: Digital Video (Mini DV) Subject Focus: A new invention — an environment- Subject Focus: Introduction of Bt cotton in Andhra friendly tractor. Pradesh and its impacts Synopsis: Aimed at spreading awareness among farmers, this film introduces an invention by a Jabalpur-based Synopsis: Bt cotton was introduced in 2002 in Warangal institute. Christened BDT — Bullock-drawn Tractor — this district of Andhra Pradesh — and has been followed by is a low-cost farm implement which does everything that tales of misery, destruction and deaths of farming families. a mechanized tractor can do; but unlike its mechanized This film brings out the stories of loss, pain and anger. counterpart, it does not burn precious diesel and pollute Being small and marginal farmers themselves, the women the environment — it is drawn by a pair of bullocks. of the Community Media Trust have sensitively captured the images and voices of the Bt farmers in crisis. Directors: Amar Sharma/Rima Chibb Producers: Amar Sharma/Rima Chibb Director: DDS Community Media Trust Production Company: Collage Teleimages Pvt. Ltd. Production Company: DDS Community Media Trust Commissioning Agency: Collage Teleimages Pvt. Ltd.
Contact Details: Contact Details: P. V. Satheesh, Vijendra Patil Rima Chibb/Amar Sharma DDS Community Media Trust, Pastapur Village, Zaheerabad, Collage Teleimages Pvt. Ltd., D-31 Oakwood Estate, Medak, Andhra Pradesh DLF City 2, Gurgaon, Haryana P: 08451-282271; F: 08451-281785 P: 0124-2564304/4582, M: 9810073369, 9868104762 E: [email protected] E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.collage.in
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English Title: Daughters of the Soil English Title: Deleting the Dirty Dozen
Original Title: Daughters of the Soil Original Title: Deleting the Dirty Dozen Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Languages: English and Hindi Language: English Duration: 22 min Duration: 24 min Format: DVCAM Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Women in agriculture Subject Focus: Hazardous products and pesticides Synopsis: Women in India form a large workforce in agriculture, often surpassing men in toiling in the field. Synopsis: Close to the 40th anniversary of the publication Yet, women have always been seen as incidental to the of Silent Spring — generally acknowledged to be the entire business of agriculture. Daughters of the Soil raises starting point for modern environmental movement — a long-standing issue — women who are farmers should more than 120 governments convened in South Africa to be seen as farmers, not as agricultural laborers. finalise a painstakingly negotiated treaty to ban DDT and other persistent organic pollutants. The film travels across Awards Received by the Film: Nominated in CMS the world to document the long-term harm of these VATAVARAN Film Festival substances and explores the long-term hope heralded by this treaty. Director: Richa Arora Producer: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Director: Ashley Bruce Production Company: The Energy Resource Institute Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Commissioning Agency: Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation Contact Details: Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 New Delhi 110 003 India E: [email protected] P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected] W: www.teriin.org English Title: Desi Beej, Videshi Kabza
English Title: Deconstructing Supper Original Title: Earth Report VIII: Seeds of Conflict Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Original Title: Deconstructing Supper Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Duration: 26 min Language: English Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Duration: 47 min Subject Focus: Land, agriculture, animal care and the Subject Focus: Food production and the food product global patents regime. industry. Synopsis: Environmental campaigners accuse a Texas Synopsis: Deconstructing Supper follows restaurateur/ rice firm and a Swiss university of stealing traditional chef John Bishop on a worldwide odyssey to find the varieties and know-how from Indian farmers and African answer to a simple question: in a brave new world of healers. We find that under international patent law and genetically modified products, what really are our food WTO rules, they are not acting illegally — a test case for choices? The film is a journey into a multi-billion dollar the international community to practise what it preaches? battle to control global food production, and looks at what’s Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) in our food and how it is grown. Contact Details: Director: Marianne Kaplan Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Producers: Leonard Terhoch and Marianne Kaplan 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Gautam Hooja W: www.cseindia.org Indo-Canadian Films International, 4500 Blvd de Maisonneuve West, Suite 21, Montreal H3Z 1L7, Canada P: 001-514-9356888
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English Title: Drop by Drop English Title: Earth Report V: Toxic Trail Part 2
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1987 Original Title: Earth Report V: Toxic Trail Part 2 Languages: English and Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Duration: 15 min Language: English Format: VHS Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Drip irrigation Subject Focus: Hazardous products and pesticides Synopsis: Part 1 of this Report uncovered evidence of Synopsis: The film describes the technology of drip widespread pesticide poisoning amongst farmers in irrigation and its popularity with the small land-holding Cambodia. In Part 2, the camera returns to Bangkok, one farmers of Kerala. of the centres of pesticide production, to get a view from the manufacturer of the most popular pesticide and to Production Company: Council for Advancement of question what ‘product stewardship’ really means. The Prople’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) film finds that in Thailand, farmers and vegetable-sellers are beginning to side-step the pesticide issue by reducing Contact Details: chemical usage or eliminating it altogether. The film travels Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural to Indonesia where farmers have created an ecological Technology (CAPART) approach to agriculture called ‘integrated pest Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road management’, where pestcides are only used as a last New Delhi 110 003 resort and natural insect predators, along with traditional P: 011-2464239, 24642393, 24642395 methods, are used to keep crops healthy. F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) W: www.capart.nic.in Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 English Title: Earth Report V: Toxic Trail Part 1 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Original Title: Earth Report V: Toxic Trail Part 1 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Duration: 26 min English Title: Earth Report VI: High-tech Harvest Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Original Title: Earth Report VI: High-tech Harvest Subject Focus: Hazardous products and pesticides — Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 pesticide poisoning cases in Thailand. Language: English Duration: 27 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: The pesticide industry is big business. The industry claims that it works hard to encourage responsible Subject Focus: Biotechnology and its impact on Africa usage. But there are an estimated 25 million cases of Synopsis: World-wide food production has to double by pesticide poisoning each year and nearly all the victims 2020 to feed an estimated global population of up to eight are in the developing countries. Earth Report goes on a billion. Nowhere is the pressure felt more keenly than in ‘toxic trail’ to Thailand, where pesticides banned elsewhere Africa, a continent where famine stalks inspite of four out can be produced legally; and to Cambodia, where farmers of every five people being farmers. It’s not surprising apply pesticides completely unaware of the dangers. therefore that the benefits offered by biotechnology — improved quality and yield from genetically-modified crops Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) — are viewed with more favour in Africa. The film examines the arguments in support of biotechnology set against the Contact Details: concerns of those who claim it’s too early to know what its Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) impact will be on Africa’s environment. 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.cseindia.org Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Earth Report VI: Prickly Profit English Title: Fallout of Green Revolution
Original Title: Earth Report VI: Prickly Profit Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Duration: 30 min Language: English Duration: 26 min Subject Focus: Impact of the Green Revolution Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: The Green Revolution in Punjab, Haryana and Subject Focus: Sustainable agriculture — containing western Uttar Pradesh, introduced in the mid-sixties, has desertification had far-reaching environmental fallouts. Extensive use of water has reduced the water table; overuse of fertilisers Synopsis: Land salinity and desertification has been an has left the soil micronutrient-deficient; and pesticides age-old problem in the arid and semi-arid regions of the have poisoned our soil and food chain. world. But countries in these areas still grow water-intensive crops; some of them are forced to pump water from their Producer: Development Alternatives scarce underground reserves. Now, in a radical re-think, Production Company: Doordarshan farmers in Israel are being encouraged to abandon water- guzzling crops and plant species that are adapted to drier Contact Details: conditions. Prickly Profit looks at alternative efforts to nurture Development Alternatives cactus plants which grow well in arid areas and produce a 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 variety of fruits for the export market. P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) English Title: Fields of Trees 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Original Title: Fields of Trees W: www.cseindia.org Language: English Duration: 50 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
English Title: Earth Report VIII: Seeds of Conflict Subject Focus: Agro-forestry
Original Title: Earth Report VIII: Seeds of Conflict Synopsis: A quiet revolution in agro-forestry techniques Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 is aiming to combine the best of age-old practices with Language: English scientific know-how. The film looks at a host of stories — Duration: 26 min in Uganda, Callendra bushes planted along the edges of Format: VHS/VCD & DVD fields prevent soil erosion; in Zambia, trees grown on farms revive tired land and provide firewood; in Peru, settlers Subject Focus: Land, agriculture, animal care and the learn about forest harvesting techniques in low-land global patents regime jungles; and in Indonesia, bureaucrats argue over whether a Sumatran farmer’s intricate ‘forest garden’ is a forest or Synopsis: Environmental campaigners accuse a Texas a farm. A more technical 15-min version of the film is rice firm and a Swiss university of stealing traditional designed to help agro-forestry extension workers. varieties and know-how from Indian farmers and African healers. We find that under international patent law and Director: Bruno Sorrentino WTO rules, they are not acting illegally — a test case for Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) the international community to practise what it preaches? Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Contact Details: P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) E: [email protected] 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 W: www.cseindia.org P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: First Harvest and Valleys in Tran- English Title: Gokshur sition Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Original Title: First Harvest and Valleys in Transition Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: 1987 Duration: 10 min 52 sec Language: English Duration: 57 min Subject Focus: Gokshur, the thorny scrub Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: Gokshur, a common thorny shrub, is found Subject Focus: Rural development and the role of village almost everywhere in India. It has many medicinal uses organisations. in Ayurveda. This programme is a part of a series on medicinal plants, and aims at helping the viewer identify Synopsis: The inhospitable mountain terrain in the far Gokshur and its medicinal properties. north of Pakistan is home to villages that have remained isolated for centuries. The pressure of growing populations Producer: Usha Narula in this region has led to severe environmental degradation. A scheme initiated by the Aga Khan Rural Support Contact Details: Programme is now helping local organizations in more Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) than 800 villages in the region. The film shows how village Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education organisations can become the driving force for economic Research and Training (NCERT) and social change. Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) W: www.ciet.nic.in
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 English Title: Green Belt around the Plants — The P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Odukkam Experience E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Language: English Duration: 30 min English Title: Flight of Fancy Format: VHS
Original Title: Flight of Fancy Subject Focus: An initiative to stem soil erosion and Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 reinvigorate the soil. Language: No spoken language Duration: 1 min Synopsis: The film reflects the efforts of the Palni Hills Conservation Council to solve the problems of soil erosion, Subject Focus: The process of seed dispersal siltation and biomedicine shortage caused by deforestation. Synopsis: This film sketches the process of seed dispersal from an entirely new perspective. It depicts the Production Company: Centre for Science and interdependence between a flying seed and Terra, the mud Environment (CSE) blob, where the seed becomes the medium for Terra to discover the world beyond his little habitat, while he gives Contact Details: himself away for the seed to grow into a seedling and into Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) a full grown plant. 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Director: Ramneek Kaur Majithia W: www.cseindia.org Producer: Ramneek Kaur Majithia
Contact Details: Ramneek Kaur Majithia 31/23, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110 060 P: 011-52433316; M: 98102 05072 E: [email protected] W: www.coroflot.com/ramneek
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English Title: Grizzlies, Government and the English Title: Hands On 5 — From the Farm Greens Original Title: Hands On 5 — From the Farm Original Title: Grizzlies, Government and the Greens Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: English Language: English Duration: 24 min Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Organic farming Subject Focus: Exploitation of forest resources in Canada Synopsis: Huge increases in global food production since Synopsis: Canada’s forests are a vast resource, and the 1960s have depended on chemicals and industrial- Canada is the world’s largest exporter of wood products. style intensive farming. In the wake of cancer scares and But there is concern at home and abroad that this resource Mad Cow disease, consumers are going organic. And so is not being managed sustainably. In recent years, new does this Hands On programme. In Malawi, the ‘Freedom forest laws have been passed, and logging companies Farm’ draws on traditional and new chemical-free methods claim they now harvest timber in an environmentally to boost production, and in India the demand for cotton sensitive way. But scientists speculate that thousands of grown without pesticides creates new challenges — while species — many yet undiscovered — could be lost through in Spain and the UK, the film focuses on the successful logging. ‘Earth Report’ travels across Canada to marketing of organic products. investigate. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Director: Luke Gawin Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 E: [email protected] P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: Hands On Omnibus-Part One
Original Title: Hands On Omnibus-Part One Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: English Duration: 84 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Initiatives to save the environment
Synopsis: Part One of the omnibus edition of Hands On includes 16 inspiring stories from Nepal, Zimbabwe, Denmark, Mexico, Jamaica and the UK — covering technologies like transformation of sewage into a fertilizer known as biograin; using wind pumps to stem water shortage; using safety caps to reduce deaths among small children; and using rubber tyres to stop landslides.
Director: Janet Boston Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Hands On: Grow it Yourself English Title: Harvest the Rain
Original Title: Hands On: Grow it Yourself Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Duration: 17 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Rainwater harvesting for agriculture
Subject Focus: Food security Synopsis: The film demonstrates how to make the most of rainwater for agricultural development. Synopsis: Feeding the growing numbers of the world’s population is proving to be one of the most important Contact Details: challenges. Yet for many people, growing enough food Development Alternatives simply to survive is the greatest challenge. Grow it Yourself 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 introduces innovative ways of improving self-sufficiency, P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 by combining tradition and science. E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: English Title: Harvesting Hunger Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2000 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Language: English E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Duration: 53 min
Subject Focus: Food security in India
English Title: Harvest the Hunger Synopsis: There are over 300 million people in India who do not have enough food to meet their basic nutritional Language: English requirements. With increasing intrusion of market economy and corporatisation of Indian agriculture, it is Subject Focus: Food security and seasonal migration apprehended that millions more will go hungry. Harvesting Hunger is a journey into this impending world of hunger Synopsis: Shot in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, this and famine, an exploration of the deepening crisis in food documentary depicts the struggles of marginal farmers security in the country. The film has four case studies: and landless labourers to beat hunger on a day-to-day Punjab for a study of the yellowing of the Green Revolution, basis, while high-level committees try to investigate Kalahandi for an investigation into the structural reasons allegations of starvation deaths and child sales. Millions of famine and impoverishment, Warangal for an of people and generations of families are condemned to examination of the debilitating effects of money-lending a life of persistent hunger not because there is not enough resulting in suicides and Bellary for an understanding of food or because they are not trying, but because the the role of giant seed and food processing companies in prevailing socio-economic and political dispensation is destroying the very base of Indian agriculture. overwhelmingly against them. Awards Received by the Film: Selected for competition Director: Rupashree Nanda at Toronto Film and Video Festival for Environment and Wildlife, 2000; EarthVision, Tokyo, 2001; Awarded a Contact Details: special Jury’s Award at Okomedia Environment Film Centre for Civil Society Festival (Freiburg, Germany), 2000 K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 Director: Krishendu Bose W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Contact Details: Krishendu Bose Director, EarthCare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 P: 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com
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English Title: Honey Bee — Architect of Green & English Title: In God’s Own Country Sweet Revolution Original Title: In God’s Own Country Original Title: Honey Bee — Architect of Green & Sweet Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2002 Revolution Language: English (subtitled) Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1996 Duration: 28 min Language: English Format: Digital Duration: 18 min Format: VHS Subject Focus: Pesticide contamination and its effects on environment and health Subject Focus: Conservation and natural resource management through honey bees Synopsis: This is the story of Kasaragod in Kerala, which is in the grip of endosulfan poisoning. The film narrates the Synopsis: Collection of honey from the wild severely tale of a community that, instead of leaving its ancestral home, damages honey bee colonies. More than 80% of these chooses to stay on and fight for its right to pure air and water. colonies are damaged to harvest only 30-35% honey. The film underlines the importance of honey bees for the Producers: Rajani Mani & Nina Subramani sustenance of nature and wildlife, and calls for more scientific methods of harvesting honey from the environment. Contact Details: Nina Subramani / Rajani Mani Elephant Corridor Films Producer: Prashant Shashikant Kulkarni 022 Maria Mansions Viviani Road, Richards Town, Bangalore 560005 Contact Details: P: 080-41526137, M: 9810331301, 9811007797, 9945241260 Prashant Shashikant Kulkarni E: [email protected], [email protected] Producer/Director, Audio Visual Centre, Yashwantrao Chauhan W: www.elephantcorridor.org Maharashtra Open University, Dhyan Gangotri, Near Gangapur Dam, Nashik, Maharashtra P: 2231481/2231714/15 E: [email protected] English Title: Jaiv Prodhyogiki: Vardan ya Abhishap (Hindi version of High-tech Harvest)
English Title: Hunger in the Time of Plenty Original Title: High-tech Harvest Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Original Title: Hunger in the Time of Plenty Language: Hindi Date/month/year of Production: 2003 Duration: 26 min Language: Hindi, Oriya, Rajasthani (with English subtitles Format: VHS/VCD & DVD and voiceover) Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Biotechnology and its impact on Africa
Subject Focus: Hunger and food security Synopsis: World-wide food production has to double by 2020 to feed an estimated global population of up to eight Synopsis: The film is a personal journey to find out billion. Nowhere is the pressure felt more keenly than in whether there actually are starvation deaths in the time of Africa, a continent where famine stalks inspite of four out surplus food stocks in the country. The film travels to the of every five people being farmers. It’s not surprising interiors of Rajasthan, through drought-stricken areas and therefore that the benefits offered by biotechnology — construction sites to Orissa where despite the lush improved quality and yield from genetically-modified crops environment, people are drinking boiling water instead of — are viewed with more favour in Africa. The film examines food and where despite the availability of rice at Below the arguments in support of biotechnology set against the Poverty Line (BPL) rates, no one can actually buy food. concerns of those who claim it’s too early to know what its impact will be on Africa’s environment. Director: Sagari Chhabra Producers: Sagari Chhabra & Action Aid India Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Contact Details: Ms. Sagari Chhabra Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) B-5/19, Safdarjung Enclave, New Delhi 110029 P: 011-26160279; M: 9810004519 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 E: [email protected] P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Land and Water English Title: Maharashtra — Saving the Green Gold Language: English & Hindi Duration: 17 min Date/Month/Year of Production: May 1997 Format: U-Matic and VHS Duration: 22 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Land and water management Subject Focus: Destruction of forests and efforts for their Synopsis: The film shows the advantages of the right use rejuvenation. of appropriate technology for land and water management, through which dry uncultivable land can be turned into a Synopsis: In the film, the subject of brutal destruction of green belt. forests the world over is studied in its localized form in Maharashtra. The film also looks at the official Production Company: Council for Advancement of programmes to save the remaining greens. People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Production Company: EPUN Contact Details: Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Contact Details: Technology (CAPART) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-24642391, 24642393, 24642395 W: www.cec-ugc.org F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] W: www.capart.nic.in English Title: Maru Resham
English Title: Living with Drought Date/Month/Year of Production: May 1993 Language: English Duration: 16 min Original Title: Living with Drought Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 Language: English Duration: 49 min Subject Focus: Sericulture Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: Tribals in Assam produce silk on castor plants. Subject Focus: Environmental crisis in Kenya The film explores the possibility of developing this sericulture technology for the desert regions of Rajasthan. Synopsis: In Kenya, excessive deforestation is resulting in soil erosion. Food is decreasing while the population is Production Company: EJOD increasing at an alarming rate. Farmers bound by the ancient but decayed traditions refuse to use fertilizers. Contact Details: The film documents the crisis as well as a few measures Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 to stem the rot, such as check-dams, bench trenches and P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 wind breaks. W: www.cec-ugc.org
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Marusthaliya Tiddi — Shatru Kisan English Title: Meals Ready Ki-I Original Title: Meals Ready Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1994 Date/month/year of Production: 1996 Language: English Language: English, Tamil and Hindi (with English subtitles Duration: 14 min 32 sec and vioceover) Format: Betacam Duration: 46 min
Subject Focus: The desert locust Subject Focus: How the market for rice functions in south India. Synopsis: The film explains the phenomenon of invasion of cropfields by the desert locust and its seasonal migration Synopsis: In these days of liberalization and free market, around the world. It also looks at the national and it is commonly assumed that markets work simply, international efforts in locust control. uniformly and with equal benefits to all. Yet the ground reality is that markets are deeply embedded in the Production Company: EJOD societies they function within. The film examines the market of south India’s most important foodgrain: rice. It Contact Details: explores the town of Walajabad in Tamil Nadu and finds Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) that the unequal bargaining power of growers, financiers NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 and buyers of rice has a direct link with the divides of P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 power and privilege that cut across rural Tamil society. W: www.cec-ugc.org Ignoring this link means threatening the very existence of the symbol of the Indian countryside: the small farmer.
English Title: Marusthaliya Tiddi — Shatru Kisan Directors: Surajit Sarkar & Vani Subramanian Ki-II Producers: Other Media, Surajit Sarkar
Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1994 Surajit Sarkar & Vani Subramanian Language: English 359, SFS Flats, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016 Duration: 13 min 58 sec P: 011-26854504 Format: Betacam E: [email protected]
Subject Focus: The desert locust English Title: Mere Desh ki Dharti Synopsis: The second part of the preceding entry, this film is on the menace of the locust in the Thar desert in Language: English particular. It also explains the anatomy and life cycle of the desert locust. Subject Focus: Pesticides Production Company: EJOD Synopsis: This is an investigation into the harmful effects Contact Details: of pesticides. The food we eat, the water and milk we Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) drink, everything is contaminated with chemicals resulting NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 in increasing incidence of diseases like cancer, kidney P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 failure, asthma, deformities, etc. W: www.cec-ugc.org Director: Sumit Khanna
Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org
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English Title: Mighty Midgets — They also English Title: Mighty Midgets — They also Serve-1 (Introduction to Earthworms) Serve-3 (Biology of Earthworms-2)
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1986 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1986 Language: English Language: English Duration: 13 min 3 sec Duration: 23 min 39 sec Format: U-Matic Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: The earthworm Subject Focus: The earthworm
Synopsis: This is a part of series of programmes on the Synopsis: This is part of the series on biology of earthworm. The first part is an introduction to earthworms. earthworms.
Production Company: EPUN Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Mighty Midgets — They also English Title: Mighty Midgets — They also Serve-2 (Biology of Earthworms-1) Serve-4 (Biology of Earthworms-3)
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1986 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1986 Language: English Language: English Duration: 24 min 22 sec Duration: 15 min 58 sec Format: U-Matic Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: The earthworm Subject Focus: The earthworm
Synopsis: This film follows the first (see preceding entry) Synopsis: This is part of the series on biology of in the series of programmes on the earthworm. This and earthworms. the four films that follow it explain the biology of earthworms. Production Company: EPUN
Production Company: EPUN Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Mighty Midgets — They also English Title: Monsoon – The Two Faces of Indra Serve-5 (Biology of Earthworms-4) Language: Hindi and English Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1986 Duration: 23 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 15 min 37 sec Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Monsoons
Subject Focus: The earthworm Synopsis: After more than 50 years of independence, 70% of Indian agriculture still depends on monsoon rains. The Synopsis: This is part of the series on biology of film looks at this dependence on an unreliable and earthworms. unpredictable resource, and concludes that water harvesting can spell an end to the woes of the farmer. Production Company: EPUN Directors: Aparajita Gogoi and Saurabh Rawla Contact Details: Production Company: Development Alternatives Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Productions NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] English Title: Mighty Midgets — They also W: www.devalt.org Serve-6 (Biology of Earthworms-5)
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1986 English Title: Monsoon Yatra Language: English Duration: 16 min 35 sec Format: U-Matic Original Title: Monsoon Yatra Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2001 Language: English, Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Telegu, Subject Focus: The earthworm Assamese, Gujarati, Punjabi, Oriya, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada Synopsis: This is part of the series on biology of Duration: 144 min earthworms. Format: Betacam Production Company: EPUN Subject Focus: Monsoons and Indian agriculture
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Synopsis: Indian agriculture primarily depends on the NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 monsoon. The film introduces the various technological P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 advances related to monsoons and their prediction. W: www.cec-ugc.org Producer: Directorate of Extension, Ministry of Agriculture
Contact Details: Directorate of Extension, Ministry of Agriculture Krishi Vistar Bhawan, IASRI Campus, Pusa New Delhi 110 012 P: 011-25843404; F: 011-25849881 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Mulching English Title: Participatory Research with Women Farmers Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1999 Duration: 3 min Original Title: Participatory Research with Women Format: Betacam Farmers Date/Month/Year of Production: 1990 Subject Focus: Organic fertilizers Language: English Duration: 32 min Synopsis: The film demonstrates how to use withered Format: VHS/VCD & DVD leaves as organic manure. Subject Focus: Crop research to counter the loss of biological diversity Production Company: EMKU Synopsis: The International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), concerned about the Contact Details: increasing loss of biological diversity in South and Central Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) America, Africa, Asia and Australia, has been collecting NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 and conserving large amounts of germplasm in gene banks, W: www.cec-ugc.org particularly in south India. The film looks at this initiative, and documents ICRISAT’s efforts to include local farmers’ knowledge and experience in its studies. Women farmers, the film finds, are of fundamental importance to crop English Title: Neem as a Pesticide research. Their participation is starting to increase yields and diversity, and may ensure regenerative sustainability Language: English which will be of benefit to all farming communities. Duration: 30 min Director: V. P. Satheesh Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Subject Focus: Neem Contact Details: Synopsis: Pesticide poisoning is one of the most potent Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) causes of ill-health today. In this film, the neem is examined 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 as a potential natural pesticide — an alternative to E: [email protected] chemical pesticides in use today. W: www.cseindia.org
Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan English Title: Participatory Research with Women Contact Details: Farmers Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Language: English, French and Spanish P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Duration: 28 min E: [email protected] Format: DVD W: www.devalt.org Synopsis: Biological diversity across the world is under threat, compromising our ability to provide for the basic needs of future generations. Through their large share of work in food production, storage and food preparation, women can play a key role in extending and conserving this genetic diversity in their farming communities. This film shows how the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is working with women farmers to preserve and promote their valuable knowledge for the future. Production Company: International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Andhra Pradesh Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Patent Pending English Title: Pesticide Pollution
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: Approx 30 min Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Highband Subject Focus: Intellectual rights and patenting of seeds and genetic material Subject Focus: Pesticides and their impact
Synopsis: The film shows how rural communities in India Synopsis: The film records the effects of indiscriminate are fighting for community intellectual rights against use of banned pesticides on people, soils, water and corporate patenting of seeds and genetic material. It natural vegetation, and highlights the effect of pesticide unfolds the conflict between the two world views — that use in vector control. The film concludes with a brief of traditional third world farmers, mostly women, for whom depiction of biopesticide use. agriculture is a way of life, and transnational corporations trading in seeds. Patent Pending also documents the Producer: Ms. Nalini Singh Patent Yatra of August 15, 1993, in which farmers from Production Company: Ms. Nalini Singh every village in Karnataka vowed to keep their plant and livestock diversity within the commons. Contact Details: The Secretary Directors: Navdanya & South View Productions Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 Contact Details: P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 Dr. Vandana Shiva E: [email protected] Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology W: www.envfor.nic.in (RFSTE) and Navdanya, A-60, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26968077, 26853772; F: 26856795 E: [email protected] English Title: Pesticide Trap
English Title: Pest Wars Original Title: Pesticide Trap Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2001 Language: English Language: English Duration: 49 min Duration: 22 min 49 sec Format: DVD Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Natural pesticides and pest-killers Subject Focus: Endosulfan use and its impacts in Padre village, Kasaragod. Synopsis: The film documents the growing trend towards rejecting chemical pesticides in favor of natural predators. Synopsis: Padre, a sleepy village in Kasaragod district of Kerala, has been witnessing an unimaginably high Contact Details: incidence of rare diseases among its inhabitants. The Development Alternatives people of the area allege that the root of their problem 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 lies in the Endosulfan, which is aerially sprayed over the P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 cashew estates owned by the Plantation Corporation of E: [email protected] Kerala. While the scientific community is divided over the W: www.devalt.org issue, the misery of the people continues.
Director: Sheji R. Producer: Sheji R.
Contact Details: Educational Multi Media Research Centre (EMRC) University of Calicut, Malappuram 673 635, Kerala P: 0494-2401143, M: 09447248181; F: 0494-2401143 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Pieris — The Biting Butterfly English Title: Prayer for Rebirth
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1997 Original Title: Punarjanikkai Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2003 Duration: 14 min 28 sec Language: Malayalam (with English subtitles) Format: Betacam Duration: 10 min 9 sec Format: DV CAM Subject Focus: The white cabbage butterfly Subject Focus: Endosulfan poisoning of a village Synopsis: Butterflies are harmless nectar feeders, but their caterpillars cause serious damage to host plants. Synopsis: In Kasaragod, the northern-most district of Pieris brassicae, the white cabbage butterfly, is one such Kerala, a village suffers the implications of an agriculture destructive pest posing serious threat to farmers all over enterprise undertaken by the Plantation Corporation of the world. The film suggests that to develop an eco-friendly Kerala — spraying of endosulfan pesticide on cashew method of controlling this pest, an understanding of its fields. The film looks at the issue through the eyes of a biology and life cycle becomes essential. little girl who believes that the band of colors, which symbolizes life, will again sprout in her village. Production Company: AIMP Awards Received by the Film: Best Documentary Film ‘Jury Special Mention Award’, CMS VATAVARAN 2005 Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Director: Ambika P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Production Company: Centre for Development of W: www.cec-ugc.org Imaging Technology (C-DIT)
Contact Details: Manoj Krishnan P. English Title: Poultry Farming C-DIT, Gorki Bhavan, Vanross Junction, Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, Kerala Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 P: 0471-2330081; M: 09447886486 Language: English F: 0471-2333735, 0471-2328659 E: [email protected] Duration: 16 min 33 sec W: www.cdit.org Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Poultry farming English Title: Profits from Poison Synopsis: The programme introduces the zoological aspects of poultry farming, and covers the different types Language: English of poultry farms (breeding farm, franchise hatchery and Duration: 45 min commercial farm) and the various units of poultry farming Format: DVD (breeding unit, hatchery unit, brooders unit, feed mixing unit, etc). Subject Focus: Pesticides
Production Company: EAHM Synopsis: Filmed in the Philippines and Thailand, the video shows the harmful effects of chemical pesticides Contact Details: on the human environment and the efficacy and safety of Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) traditional and natural alternatives. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Director: Jamie Hartzell Producers: Jamie Hartzell, Robert Lamb Production Company: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Prospects of Aquaculture in West- English Title: Revolution and After ern Rajasthan Original Title: Revolution and After Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2004 Date/Month/ Year of Production: 1991-92 Language: English Language: English & Hindi Duration: 9 min 23 sec Duration: 33 min Format: Betacam Format: DVD/VCD
Subject Focus: Critique of Green Revolution technology Subject Focus: Rajasthan — potential for aquaculture Synopsis: This film looks at the environmental and Synopsis: Rajasthan’s north-west holds about 5,700 economic costs of the Green Revolution through the hectares of water, which can be used for development of experiences of Punjab farmers. aquaculture. This can help in inproving the economy of the region’s villages — says the film. Director: Krishnendu Bose Producer: Krishnendu Bose Production Company: EJOD Production Company: Earthcare Films
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Krishnendu Bose NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Director, Earthcare films, B-91, Defence Colony, P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 New Delhi 110 024 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com English Title: Rational Use of Pesticides
Original Title: Rational Use of Pesticides English Title: Salt of the Earth Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Language: English Original Title: Salt of the Earth Duration: 60 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Language: English Duration: 25 min Subject Focus: Handling hazardous products & Format: VHS/VCD & DVD pesticides Subject Focus: Land degradation in China Synopsis: When Ellappan collapses after working in his fields, his doctor suspects pesticide poisoning. And with good reason — Ellappan has been a crop sprayer for over Synopsis: Ten percent of China’s arable land has been 20 years. This film is a straightforward guide that gives reduced to a barren and useless desert of salt. The film clear instructions on how to prepare and handle pesticides documents farming communities on the North China plains safely. It also addresses the wider issues of crop who are being mobilized to reclaim the land. management. With high-yield seed varieties requiring increasingly costly fertilizers and pesticides, lower-yield Director: Ishwar Pandey varieties which enjoy greater resistance to pests make Producer: Robert Lamb more and more sense. Pests proliferate when a crop is Production Company: TVE encouraged to grow beyond a level of natural tolerance. Push nature too far, the film argues, and she bites back. Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director: M. Sivakumar 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Sarvodaya Ashram English Title: Seeds of Life
Subject Focus: Sarvodaya Ashram, Uttar Pradesh Original Title: Seeds of Life Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Synopsis: About 15 kms from Hardoi in Uttar Pradesh is Language: English Sikandarpur, where an organization inspired by the Duration: 30 min philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave is Format: DVD located. Sarvodaya Ashram has been helping poor farmers to reclaim their land from salination, and Subject Focus: Dr. Vandana Shiva and her work generating awareness amongst villagers about new farming techniques, government policies and matters of Synopsis: The film documents the work of Vandana Shiva, law. One of its most impressive achievements has been environmental activist who has made it her mission to alert to establish a school for children belonging to backward the world to the consequences of globalization of classes. The school, apart from giving education, trains agriculture in India. the children to make durries and take care of a local plant nursery. Awards Received by the Film: Best Agricultural Film, 51st National Film Awards (Non-feature), 2004 Production Company: CNN/Turner Broadcasting System Director: Usha Albuquerque Contact Details: Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Development Alternatives Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 (PSBT) P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting W: www.devalt.org Trust (PSBT)
Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) English Title: Seeds of Freedom A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 W: www.psbt.org Language: English Duration: Approx. 23 min
Subject Focus: Chemical-intensive agriculture
Synopsis: This film examines the impacts of practising chemical-intensive agriculture on the ecology of the soil and farmers’ livelihoods, and offers sustainable alternatives based on chemical-free organic agriculture.
Director: Sanjay Acharya Producer: Navdanya
Contact Details: Dr. Vandana Shiva Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology (RFSTE) and Navdanya, A-60, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26968077, 26853772; F: 26856795 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow English Title: Seeds of Sorrow
Original Title: Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow Original Title: Seeds of Sorrow Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 Language: Kannada Language: English and Hindi (with English subtitles) Duration: 12 min Duration: 52 min Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Green Revolution and its impacts Subject Focus: Exploiting children in hazardous agricultural practices Synopsis: The film uncovers the developing story of Green Revolution I (hybrid seed development) and Green Synopsis: The farmers of Koppal district of Karnataka, Revolution II (biotechnology development). It investigates who grow seeds for multinational seed companies, prefer the situation in Punjab’s agricultural heartland as well as children to work on their fields. It is a tedious task of the villages of Bihari laborers who migrate every year for bending and carefully cross-pollinating the flowers for farm-work, revealing how the Green Revolution has hours which require supple bodies and small hands. For damaged the social structure and ecology of Third World a meagre earning, the children are drawn away from countries. The film warns against the potential problems schools and sent to the fields, where they work for 12 biotechnology strategies could bring in their wake in terms hours daily, seven days a week. Health problems like of trade, intellectual property rights and power relations backaches, limb cramps, respiratory and digestive in a globalised world. ailments etc are common among these children.
Director: Manjira Datta Producer: Plan India Producers: Media Workshop, Manjira Datta, TVE, BBC for the One World group of Broadcasters Contact Details: Plan India Contact Details: B 4/161, Gulmohar House, 5th Floor, Gautam Nagar Manjira Datta New Delhi 110 049 Filmmaker & Photographer, Media Workshop P: 011-26962605, 26968432-34; F: 011-26863417 11 Rakesh Deep Building, B-22, Gulmohar Commercial E: [email protected] Complex, Yusuf Sarai, New Delhi 110 049 W: www.planindia.org P: 26967383; M: 9891646833 E: [email protected], [email protected] English Title: Silk for the Desert-1
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Language: English Duration: 18 min 23 sec Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Sericulture
Synopsis: Tribals in Assam produce silk on castor plants. The film explores the possibility of developing this sericulture technology for the desert regions of Rajasthan.
Production Company: EJOD
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Silk for the Desert-2 English Title: Social Forestry-2 (From Extinction to Existence) Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1996 Duration: 19 min 55 sec Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 19 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Sericulture Synopsis: This is the second part of the interview with Synopsis: The second part of the series, this programme Mr. R. B. Sule, Director, Social Forestry Scheme in deals with the post-cocoon technology of seri-silk. It Maharashtra. It discusses the Joint Forestry Management discusses the management, practice and economics of (JFM) and the Village Ecodevelopment programmes, and sericulture technology in the arid zone of Rajasthan. the role of students in forest protection and development schemes. Production Company: EJOD Production Company: EPUN Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Social Forestry-1 (From Extinction to Existence) English Title: South Africa — The Wasted Land
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1996 Original Title: South Africa — The Wasted Land Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1990 Duration: 21 min Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 52 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Social forestry — the schemes initiated by the government Subject Focus: Environmental crisis in South Africa
Synopsis: This is a discussion-based programme, where Synopsis: South Africa has not only filled coffers at the Mr. R. B. Sule, Director of Social Forestry Scheme in expense of its black population — argues this film — but Maharashtra, discusses the various forest development also at the cost of its environment. Environmental schemes launched by the government (Joint Forestry degradation has led to sterile fields, denuded hills, yawning Management programme, Village Ecodevelopment gullies and drastically reduced crop yields. Leaking drums programme, etc). of toxic waste and abandoned piles of asbestos have been dumped in the Bantustans by unscrupulous industrialists. Production Company: EPUN Director: Jamie Hartzell Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) W: www.cec-ugc.org 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: State of India’s Environment (V): English Title: Stolen Harvest Collective Approach to Land Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Language: English Language: English Duration: 12 min Duration: 27 min Format: U-Matic & VHS Subject Focus: Liberalisation’s impacts on livelihoods and food safety. Subject Focus: Land fragmentation Synopsis: This film is on the impact of liberalisation on Synopsis: This film looks at the problem of land farmers, livelihoods and food safety. fragmentation. Director: Navdanya Production Company: Centre for Science Environment (CSE) Contact Details: Dr. Vandana Shiva Contact Details: Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) (RFSTE) and Navdanya, A-60, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-26968077, 26853772; F: 26856795 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: The Crowded Desert
English Title: State of India’s Environment (VIII): Original Title: The Crowded Desert Valli’s Story Date/Month/Year of Production: 1985 Language: English Language: English Duration: 31 min Duration: 30 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: VHS Subject Focus: Traditional land management systems Subject Focus: Landless agricultural labourer in Rajasthan
Synopsis: The film throws light on the hardships of life as Synopsis: This is an optimistic story about the success a landless agricultural labourer. of traditional land management systems in Rajasthan. The Bishnois of Rajasthan prosper without damaging the Production Company: Centre for Science Environment environment because of old but still practised customs. (CSE) The second part of the film deals with a scheme that trains thousands of farmers each year in new farming methods. Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director: Ishwar Pandey 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.cseindia.org Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: The Good Earth English Title: The Green Poison
Original Title: The Good Earth Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2001 Date/Month/ Year of Production: 1993 Duration: 13 min 22 sec Language: English and Hindi Format: Betacam Duration: 41 min Format: DVD/VCD Subject Focus: Green Revolution and pesticide use
Subject Focus: Sustainable agriculture Synopsis: The Green Revolution created a world where foodgrain production rose dramatically, but the non- Synopsis: This film prescribes the antidote to the Green judicious use of fertilisers and pesticides poisoned us Revolution-type of technology. It explores the sustainable slowly. The film joins the quest for a safer alternative. agricultural practices and philosophy across the country. Through meetings with farmers and sustainable agriculture Production Company: AROO philosophers, the film weaves together a strong argument against chemicals and for natural and organic farming. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Director: Krishnendu Bose NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Producer: Krishnendu Bose P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Production Company: Earthcare Films W: www.cec-ugc.org Commissioning Agency: INTACH
Contact Details: English Title: The Green Warriors – Apatanis Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 Original Title: The Green Warriors – Apatanis P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2004 E: [email protected] Language: English W: www.earthcarefilms.com Duration: 28 min Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: The Apatani tribals of north-east English Title: The Green Desert Synopsis: The agricultural practices of the Apatanis are unique in south-east Asia. They are the survivors in the Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 ever-changing cultural space of the eastern Himalayas, Language: English in spite of the onslaught of the Green Revolution. They Duration: 52 min have shown to the rest of India how to blend tradition with Format: VHS modernity — that’s why they are called The Green Warriors. Subject Focus: Greening arid lands — Oman Director: Jyoti Prasad Das Synopsis: The film examines the example of Oman to Producer: Jyoti Prasad Das find out how the revival of traditional land management Contact Details: practices in the country has helped make its arid lands Jyoti Prasad Das productive. Bishnu Kutir, G. S. Colony, Fatashil, Guwahati 781 009, Assam P: 0361-2640249 Production Company: Centre for Science and E: [email protected] Environment (CSE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: The Hanging Gardens of Arabia English Title: The Hanging Gardens of Arabia
Language: English Original Title: The Hanging Gardens of Arabia Duration: 53 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1990 Format: DVD Language: English Duration: 52 min Subject Focus: Agriculture in Yemen Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Synopsis: Yemen shares the same hot, dry climate as its Subject Focus: Land, Agriculture And Animal Care closest Sub-Saharan neighbours, Ethiopia and Sudan. Though isolated for centuries from the outside world, Synopsis: For centuries hanging gardens of Arabia have Yemen has always been self-sufficient in food. Yemeni sustained themselves through an intricate web of terraces farmers still practice a highly sophisticated form of harvesting every available source of water. This is the sustainable agriculture, growing crops on intricate terraces feature that made them unique in the whole world. But carved into the mountain slopes, and harvesting every this ancient traditional system of terrace farming rapidly available source of water. Each farmer is a vital part of an crumbled because of some misguided aid projects. Taking interlinked chain. The film is the story of how misguided away with it the traditional knowledge. People had started aid projects almost destroyed the delicate balance of migrating to the cities in search of greener pastures. Yemeni agriculture, and of the efforts now being made to Several programmes like the Yemen Dutch Development restore its mountain terraces. Programme have been started again to restore these mountain terraces and to bring the people back to Director: Andre Singer traditional farming. Producer: Anthony Milroy Production Company: TVE, Independent Communi- Director: Andre Singer cations Association Producer: Television Trust For The Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: The Hidden Killer: Pesticides
Language: English Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Pesticides
Synopsis: The excessive use of chemical pesticides in India is leading to disastrous results. Chemicals have found their way into our food chain. Indian food products are being sent back from international markets due to the high levels of pesticide residues.
Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: The Slow Poisoning of India English Title: Tomorrow May be the Fatal Day
Original Title: The Slow Poisoning of India Original Title: Tomorrow May be the Fatal Day Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 24 min 55 sec Duration: 20 min Format: DV Cam Format: Betacam, Digital
Subject Focus: Pesticides and their antidote — organic Subject Focus: Soil erosion in Himachal Pradesh farming Synopsis: It is a often said that the next world war will Synopsis: The slow poisoning of India is a frightening story: take place for water. It is amazing that though ¾ parts of the country is not only one of the largest users of pesticides, the planet Earth is submerged under water, still we are but also one of their largest producers. The film travels to thirsting. With the increase in population, the consumption Punjab, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra where has drastically increased; deforestation has adversely indiscriminate and unregulated use of pesticides has affected the monsoon, which is a chief natural resource. poisoned the land, water, air and food. This, in turn, has Another major resource is underground water. This is our led to serious health complications among the people. bank, but our concentration is just upon the withdrawal of water. Who is responsible for the deposition? If this Director: Ramesh Menon continues, how long this bank would satisfy our unlimited Producer: The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) needs? Still we have time. The condition is grave, but if we are able to manage the available resources properly Contact Details: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) and efficiently, we can cope up the situation. Such activities Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 need social support and participation of society and the 003 India NGOs can play a major role. Nehru Yuva Kendra, at P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 Raigarh, is an active NGO, working in the area of water E: [email protected] conservation in the surrounding areas of Raigarh and with W: www.teriin.org their efforts the situation has dramatically changed.
Producer: Students Members of Shivalik Eco Club English Title: The Whistle Blowers Commissioning Agency: Sanjeev Attari
Original Title: The Whistle Blowers Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Students Members of Shivalik Eco Club Language: English C/o Sanjeev Attari, Guide Teacher, Government High School, Duration: 30 min Moginand, Sirmour 173 001, Himachal Pradesh P: 01702-223881, 09816666014 Format: DVD
Subject Focus: Pesticides
Synopsis: This is an investigation into the issue of pesticide residues in bottled water and soft drinks manufactured by reputed MNCs like Coca-Cola and Pepsi in India, which was recently revealed in a report by the Centre for Science and Environment.
Director: Umesh Aggarwal Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT)
Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org
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English Title: Under the Sun English Title: Why are Warangal Farmers Angry with Bt Cotton? Original Title: Under the Sun Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Original Title: Warangal Raitulaku Bt Patti Meeda Language: Bengali, Hindi, Kannada (with English Kopamenduku subtitles) Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Duration: 55 min Language: Telegu (with voiceover and subtitles in English) Format: Mini DV Duration: 24 min
Subject Focus: Indian ecology Subject Focus: Bt cotton farming
Synopsis: This film attempts to capture the magnitude of Synopsis: This film was made by the women farmers (half India’s biological wealth as well as the related local, of them non-literate) of Pastapur village in Medak district traditional knowledge while examining the reasons for their of Andhra Pradesh. It documents the 2002-03 season, a rapid decline. The emphasis is on West Bengal for its traumatic one for Bt cotton farmers in Andhra Pradesh, tremendous variety of agricultural crops, as well rich and nails the propganda lies of the biotech industry. indigenous knowledge. Director: D. D. S. Community Media Trust Director: Nilanjan Bhattacharya Producers: Deccan Development Society Producer: Nilanjan Bhattacharya Production Company: Development Research Contact Details: Communication and Services Centre Ms. Chinna Narsamma Deccan Development Society (DDS) Contact Details: Pastapur village, Zaheerabad Mandal Nilanjan Bhattacharya Medak 500 220, Andhra Pradesh A-63, Purba Diganta, Santoshpur, Kolkata 700 075 P: 08451-282271 West Bengal P: 033-24169568 E: [email protected]
English Title: Wheat Today, What Tomorrow?
Language: English Duration: 34 min Format: VHS
Subject Focus: Land productivity
Synopsis: The film warns that farmers, scientists and economists are taking too much from the land without giving as much back — a fact that could lead to a difficult situation in future.
Production Company: Centre for Science Environment (CSE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: A Blossom Begins to Sing English Title: A Journey through Moyar
Original Title: Kurinji Poomozhi Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2000 Duration: 25 min Language: Malayalam (dubbed in English) Duration: 6 min 20 sec Subject Focus: The Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Format: Betacam SP Tamil Nadu
Subject Focus: Conservation of forests Synopsis: The film has caught the scenic beauty of this dense forest along the river Moyar. This deciduous forest Synopsis: This film narrates the tale of a young girl’s is the dwelling place of the mighty Asian elephant. fascination with the beauty and splendour of forests and Panoramic views of the Nilgiri slopes with floating clouds, her devotion to preserving a forest and its wildlife — for huge waterfalls, gushing streams and misty hillocks bring which she sacrifices her own life. nature alive. The film extensively covers the bio-diversity of the area. Like any other protected area of India, Director: Premraj R. Mudumalai is not without its problems. The film gently Production Company: Centre for Development of suggests that conservation of the natural wealth of the Imaging Technology (C-DIT) forest cannot be achieved without the active involvement of locals. Contact Details: Manoj Krishnan P. Producer: The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) C-DIT, Gorki Bhavan, Vanross Junction Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, Kerala Contact Details: P: 0471-2330081; M: 09447886486; Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) F: 0471-2333735, 2328659 Hornbill House, Dr. Sálim Ali Chowk, Shahid Bhagat Singh E: [email protected] Road, Mumbai 400 023, Maharashtra W: www.cdit.org P: 022-22821811; F: 022-22837615 E: [email protected] W: www.bnhs.org English Title: A Journey through Manjira Wildlife Sancturary English Title: A Man, A Forest Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Language: English Original Title: Ek Aadmi aur Ek Jungle Duration: 22 min 10 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Language: Hindi Subject Focus: Environment and Wildlife Duration: 21 min 33 sec Format: Digital Synopsis: The film is an introduction to the Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary, the variety of birds in it, and the problems being Subject Focus: Forest conservation faced in conserving and protecting this unique wetland ecosystem. It also describes the Environment Education Synopsis: The film depicts a Man’s efforts to protect the Centre set up by the forest department in the sanctuary Forest near his village. to educate visitors and make them aware of nature conservation efforts. Producer: Anand Films Production Company: Anand Films Director: D. N. Reddy P. Commissioning Agency: Anand Parmar Producer: Andhra Pradesh Forest Department
Contact Details: Contact Details: Anand Films Mr. D. N. Reddy M/2, Vardhman Towers, C/o Jabalpur Graphics View Point, Flat No. 303, Block No. 3, CBR Estates, Deepthisri Russel Crossing, Napier Town Nagar, Madinaguda, Hyderabad 500 050, Andhra Pradesh Jabalpur 482 001, Madhya Pradesh P: 040-3041617 P: 0761-2627967; F: 0761-2422888 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]
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English Title: A Mirage for a Future? English Title: A New Dawn in Coorg
Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1998 Original Title: A New Dawn in Coorg Duration: 32 min 31 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Little Rann of Kuchch Wild Ass Sanctuary Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: Sustainable development and Synopsis: Situated in western Gujarat, the Little Rann conservation of Coorg of Kuchch Wild Ass Sanctuary is the largest protected area in India. Over 300 species of birds, several rare Synopsis: This film captures the process of change in and beautiful reptiles, amphibians, mammals and plants Coorg, a district in Karnataka, facilitated by the Centre for are protected in this unique habitat. This sanctuary is Environment Education. The challenge in Coorg was to under increasing threat from encroaching salt industries, conserve the forests. Due to fluctuation of prices in coffee exotic vegitation like prosopis and unregulated traffic. and other cash crops, there are times when a planter is While a local NGO has filed a case against the state forced to sell trees. Therefore, a plan to develop proactive government for leasing sanctuary land to the salt industry, but non-degrading ecotourism activities was evolved the government and the industry defend the move saying through a workshop which involved developing home stays it is in the interest of poor landless salt workers (agarias). in plantations, conserving the tourist and pilgrimage Farmers living on the periphery of the sanctuary blame destinations. The process has just begun, but a new dawn the wild ass and nilgai for crop damage, but experts point is emerging over the hills of Coorg. out that the shrinking habitat brought about by the pressure of livestock that graze in this area, has led these Directors: Ms. Archana Dange, Mr. K. K. Babu, Dr. animals to forage for food in the fringe areas of the Shyamla Mani sanctuary. Producer: Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Production Company: Centre for Environment Director: Ashok N. Mewada Education (CEE) Production Company: EAHM Contact Details: CEE Delhi Contact Details: Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) D-35, South Extension – II, New Delhi 110 049 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-26262878, F: 011-26497050 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 E: [email protected] W: www.cec-ugc.org W: ceeindia.org
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English Title: A Special Relationship (Manipur) English Title: Aam Mahuva ki Shadi ‘LAA’ Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1996 Language: Hindi Language: English Duration: 23 min Duration: 25 min 46 sec Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS
Subject Focus: The ‘LAA’, or banana leaf and its Subject Focus: Conservation relationship with Manipuri society Synopsis: This is a film targeted towards raising the Synopsis: The people of Manipur have, over the centuries, awareness of children, and encouraging them to protect fostered a culture that has placed the wild banana plant plants and animals. Interwoven with cultural and religious at its centre. The plant is cultivated in every Manipur issues, it also looks at the benefits of afforestation garden, primarily for its leaves, which the Manipuris call the “LAA”. Its use in all aspects of local tradition and Director: Mr. Brij Bhushan customs constitutes an interesting instance of cultural Producer: Mr. Brij Bhushan identification of a community with its natural environment. Production Company: M/s Chitrashram Motion Picture and Video Films Productions Awards received by the film: Best non-feature film, 3rd Manipur State Film Festival, 1999 Contact Details: The Secretary Director: Thouyangba Thoungamba Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 Contact Details: P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 Thouyangba Thoungamba E: [email protected] P. K. Films Manipur, Kongba Shoudongpung Ayangpalli, W: www.envfor.nic.in Imphal 795 001, Manipur P: 0385-242118
English Title: Aanchar Lake — A Lost Ecological English Title: Aak Heritage
Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Duration: 15 min 55 sec Language: Hindi Format: Betacam Duration: 15 min Subject Focus: Vanishing lakes of Kashmir Subject Focus: Medicinal plants — the Aak Synopsis: The lakes of Kashmir are socio-economically Synopsis: The programme is a part of a series on and bio-aesthetically indispensable aquatic ecosystems, medicinal plants meant for secondary-level students. It harbouring a rich and diverse gene pool. They not only highlights the medicinal values of the Aak, whose leaves provide food, fodder, manure and vegetables, but have are used for medicinal purposes. also been a potential source of recreation. Some of these lakes are showing clear signs of extinction: an example is Producer: Ms. Usha Narula the Aanchar Lake, which was once the pride of Srinagar.
Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Production Company: ASRI Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Contact Details: Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected] P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.ciet.nic.in W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Adaptations of Plants and Animals English Title: An Ode to My Mother
Language: English Original Title: An Ode to My Mother Duration: 14 min Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Format: 16 mm Language: English Duration: 11 min Subject Focus: Adaptability of living beings Format: Mini DV
Synopsis: This documentary illustrates how living beings Subject Focus: Man and nature adapt to their environment for procuring food and for protection. Synopsis: The film opens with a dream of a boy who is deeply disturbed by visuals of an axe being sharpened, a Production Company: Central Institute of Educational tree being cut, the sounds of trees being sliced into pieces, Technology (CIET) and a cry from his mother. He begins a search for his mother, and meets various elements of nature on his way. Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Director: A. S. Pradeep Kumar Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Producer: Sandhya Krishnan Research and Training (NCERT) Production Company: The Butterfly Art Foundation Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.ciet.nic.in A. S. Pradeep Kumar Butterfly Art Foundation, Pady, PO Thrissur 680 699, Kerala P: 0480 2743102; M: 94465 08102 E: [email protected], [email protected] English Title: Adventuring in Conservation W: www.baf.in
Language: English Duration: 15 min English Title: And the Bamboo Blooms Format: 16 mm Original Title: And the Bamboo Blooms Subject Focus: Nature and its conservation Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1999 Language: English Synopsis: The video talks about the interdependence of Duration: 21 min plants and animals in nature. It also stresses on the Format: 35 mm importance of our natural resources and what we can do to conserve them. Subject Focus: Relationship between tribals of northeast and the bamboo Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Synopsis: This film is a study on the relationship between tribals of Manipur and Mizoram and the bamboo — in the Contact Details: backdrop of flowering of bamboo in these two states, which Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) has got environmental, economic and political dimensions. Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Producer: Bankim P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.ciet.nic.in Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Apna Jungle Apni Kahani English Title: Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 – 1 (Plant Killers-1) Language: Hindi Duration: 33 min Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1985 Format: PAL Duration: 19 min 5 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: People’s initiatives in conservation Subject Focus: Plants of arid zones and their diseases Synopsis: In Rajasthan, people from 700 villages near Alwar have been braving annual droughts in their efforts Synopsis: This programme is about the different diseases to conserve their forests. This film highlights their of plants in arid zones. achievements through five case studies, bringing out the various facets of the empowerment process of the Production Company: EAHM communities, which has helped them in protecting their forests. The leitmotif of the film is a Gram Sabha meeting, which is the thread that binds the stories together. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Director: Krishendu Bose P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Producer: UNDP W: www.cec-ugc.org
Contact Details: Krishendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony English Title: Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 – 2 New Delhi 110 024 (Plant Killers-2) P: 011-24625896, 24636021; F: 011-24647310 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1985 Duration: 23 min 1 sec Format: Betacam English Title: Aranya-Yatra-Ek Sukhad Anubhuti Subject Focus: Plant pests Original Title: Aranya – Yatra – Ek Sukhad Anubhuti Synopsis: This programme talks about the different Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 insects, pests and nematodes responsible for damage to Language: Hindi Duration: 27 min 11 sec economically useful plants. Format: Betacam SP Production Company: EAHM Subject Focus: Sensitizing general public about conservation issues in the wildlife sanctuaries of Contact Details: Hazaribagh, Kodarma, Parasnath and Topchanchi. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Synopsis: The film introduces to the viewers the wildlife W: www.cec-ugc.org sanctuaries of Hazaribagh, Kodarma, Parasnath and Topchanchi through the eyes of a university student. Though some of these forests are notified as Protected Areas, they face problems like mining. Relocation of forest dwellers is also a major issue here. Man-animal conflict is quite common in these sanctuaries a modern electric fencing is being done around villages done to protect the villagers, but poverty and lack of alternative livelihood’s forces the people it go into the forest and act in contravention of forest laws.
Director: Payal Deogam Producer: Diksha Kumari Prasad Production Company: Department of Environment and Forests
Contact Details: Department of Environment and Forests Forest Officer’s Colony, Doranda, Ranchi 834 002, Jharkhand M: 9934109793
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English Title: Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 English Title: Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 (CAZRI: An Information on Institute) (Technology for Productive Desert)
Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1985 Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1985 Duration: 21 min 34 sec Duration: 16 min 59 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: The Central Arid Zone Research Institute Subject Focus: Combating desertification
Synopsis: This is an interview-based programme, in which Synopsis: The film explains the various technologies and the Director, Central Arid Zone Research Institute (CAZRI), equipments that can be used to make the desert more talks about the history, growth and activities of CAZRI. productive.
Production Company: EAHM Production Company: EAHM
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 English Title: Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 (Renegotiation of Desert) (What is a Desert)
Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1985 Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1985 Duration: 18 min 47 sec Duration: 18 min 55 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Combating desertification Subject Focus: Deserts
Synopsis: This film deals with different techniques used Synopsis: This programme talks about how deserts are to curb desertification — the species of trees, shrubs and formed and expanded, conditions that are specific to other vegetation used to fight against shifting of dunes, deserts (such as high wind velocity, shifting of dunes and wind erosion etc. low and erratic rainfall), and the effects of deserts on mankind and economy of the region. Production Company: EAHM Production Company: EAHM Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Arjun English Title: Avakashita Paaristithik Tantra Prabhandhan Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: May 1996 Duration: 11 min 30 sec Duration: 26 min 58 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Medicinal plants — the Arjun Subject Focus: Sustainable development Synopsis: The programme describes the various medicinal properties of the Arjun tree. This is a part of the Synopsis: The film advocates sustainable development series of films on medicinal plants, meant for secondary- through multicultural approaches — intense afforestation level students. using advance technologies is one of them.
Producer: Ms. Usha Narula Production Company: EJOD
Contact Details: Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Research and Training (NCERT) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in English Title: Avkarshit Parethetik Tantra
English Title: Ashwagandha Original Title: Avkarshit Parethetik Tantra Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1996 Duration: 22 min 28 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Format: Betacam Language: Hindi Duration: 10 min Subject Focus: Desert and degraded ecosystems Subject Focus: Medicinal plants — Ashwagandha Synopsis: Desert eco-systems of the world have their own individualistic characteristics. The film explores the Synopsis: Another film in the series on medicinal plants, different aspects of degraded ecosystems. this one talks about the medicinal properties of the roots of Ashwagandha. Production Company: EJOD Producer: Ms. Usha Narula Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education W: www.cec-ugc.org Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Axing of the Himalayas English Title: Banking on the Gene
Language: English Original Title: Banking on the Gene Duration: 13 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Format: VHS Language: English Duration: 26 min Subject Focus: Sunderlal Bahuguna Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Conserving plants Synopsis: This film traces the story of Sunderlal Bahuguna’s life and work. Bahuguna himself elaborates Synopsis: Essential for food, fuel, clothing and shelter — his ideas by explaining the efforts made by the Bishnois plants are the lifeblood of the world. Yet almost of Rajasthan and the Chipko Movement. everywhere, that lifeblood is being drained away as pollution, deforestation, urbanization and modern Production Company: Centre for Science and agriculture all take their toll. Earth Report investigates how Environment (CSE) the diversity of plant life on the planet could solve some of the greatest challenges facing humankind today. Just Contact Details: four crops — rice, wheat, maize and potatoes — provide Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) over half the world’s energy intake. As the world’s 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 population increases and the climate changes, it is P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 essential to develop new, more productive crops. E: [email protected] Scientists and farmers are increasingly realising that they W: www.cseindia.org need to work together to conserve the many thousands of wild and cultivated crop varieties, safeguarding their future in both genebanks and on farmers’ fields. English Title: Balumang Director: Luke Gawin Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Language: Hindi Duration: 10 min Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Subject Focus: Afforestation P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Synopsis: In this film, children are encouraged by a social W: www.cseindia.org worker to plant trees. But they question the utility of tree plantation by them, as the benefits will go to others. Director: S. Nazim Hussain Producer: S. Nazim Hussain Contact Details: The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in
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English Title: Bargad ne Kaha Dekho Meri Duniya English Title: Bhalku… Ek Engineer
Original Title: The Saga of Banyan Tree Original Title: Bhalku… Ek Engineer Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2003 Language: Hindi (dubbed in English) Language: Hindi Duration: 14 min 57 sec Duration: 28 min 15 sec Format: DV Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Contribution of the Banyan in maintaining Subject Focus: Bhalku, the architect of the Kalka-Shimla ecological balance track, and how he paid attention to the environment while designing the track Synopsis: The Banyan tree is a complete ecological system by itself. It provides shelter to a range of animals Synopsis: Bhalku was a villager with traditional — from microorganisms like algae, fungi and bacteria to engineering skills who helped the British in setting up an macro-organisms like insects, reptiles, birds and amazing rail track from Kalka to Shimla in Himachal mammals. The Banyan has a strange capacity to expend Pradesh. Through Bhalku’s exemplary life of loving and itself. Every year, in the rainy season, swinging aerial roots relating to Mother Nature and being one with the shoot out through its branches and grow until they touch environment, the film brings forth the ideology that we the earth. cannot always take from Nature, we must learn to give as well. Director: Anil Yadav Producer: Anil Yadav Director: Ms. Kala Iyer Production Company: The Earth Friends Group Producer: M/s. Genesis Media (P) Ltd. Production Company: M/S Genesis Media (P) Ltd. Contact Details: Anil Yadav Contact Details: 7, Jain Pathshala Parisar, Vidisha 464 221, Madhya Pradesh Kala Iyer P: 07594-220588, M: 09425148858 Genesis Media (P) Ltd, B-42, II Floor, Opp. Kargil Park, E: [email protected] Jangpura-B, New Delhi 110 014 P: 011-24375120, 24375124, M: 9811075246 F: 011-24379598 E: [email protected] English Title: Basic Thinks of Mankind
Original Title: Basic Thinks of Mankind Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Language: No spoken Language (with English subtitles) Duration: 6 min 5 sec Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Deforestation and conservation
Synopsis: This documentary is about deforestation and focuses on the fact that the stability of nature depends upon the forest.
Director: Binudamodharan Producer: Binudamodharan Production Company: S & B
Contact Details: Binudamodharan, Padinjarekarayil, Neerkunnam Alappuzha 688 005, Kerala P: 0471-2281924, M: 09349422715
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English Title: Bhoomi (Episode-106) English Title: Bio Control of Teak Defoliator
Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2005 Original Title: Bio Control of Teak Defoliator Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2004 Duration: 26 min Language: English Format: Betacam SP Duration: 15 min 2 sec Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Goa; the village of Kulhadi Bandh, Rajasthan Subject Focus: Eco-friendly protection of forests from pests Synopsis: This is a collection of stories and programmes, of which the first talks about Goa’s only bird sanctuary, Synopsis: The film documents the development of an eco- the Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary. Here, the Bhoomi team friendly method to solve the problem of defoliator films quintal ducks, which migrate to the sanctuary in winter outbreaks, which had evaded control for the past 150 from Serbia. The collection also includes a story about years. The film starts with defining the economic impact Indira Point in Car Nicobar, which disappeared from the of a pest both in terms of wood loss and revenue map of India after the tsunami. The story on Kulhadi Bandh unrealized. The dynamics of pest outbreaks is explained is about a village in Rajasthan which believes that the next. After a comparative analysis of potential bio-control cutting of a tree amounts to nothing less than murder. agents like predators, parasites and pathogens, the film The jungles around the village are in safe hands. shows why the Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus was selected as the best bio-control agent. Director: Nitin P. Nandan Producer: Siddharth Kak Director: Dr. T. V. Sanjeev Production Company: Cinema Vision India, Mumbai Producer: Director, KFRI Production Company: Kerala Forest Research Institute Contact Details: Ms. Antara Kak Contact Details: Cinema Vision India, 501, Adarsh Nagar, MHB Colony, New Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI), Peechi Link Road, Jogeshwari (W), Mumbai 400 102 Thrissur 680 653, Kerala P: 022-26365946; F: 022-26366642 P: 0487 - 2699037, 2699061, 2699062, 2699063, 2699365 E: [email protected] F: 0487 - 2699249 W: www.indiasurabhi.com E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.kfri.org
English Title: Bio-Diversity of India
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Duration: 17 min Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: The biographic zones of India
Synopsis: This programme talks about the different biographic zones of India with reference to national parks and sanctuaries.
Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Biological Deserts English Title: Born Wild Episode: Sacred Groves
Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1998 Original Title: Born Wild Episode: Sacred Groves Duration: 15 min 18 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 22 min Subject Focus: Urban industrial pollution Subject Focus: The Khasi sacred groves of Meghalaya Synopsis: The programme deals with urban pollution which is converting cities into biological deserts. The main Synopsis: Born Wild is a series that takes a look at India’s reason for this is unchecked industrial growth in and wildlife and wild spaces. This episode is on the sacred around residential areas. groves of Meghalaya’s Khasi people, which are fast vanishing. Production Company: AOSM Director: Swathi Thyagarajan Contact Details: Producer: New Delhi Television (NDTV) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Production Company: NDTV NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Swathi Thyagarajan NDTV, Archana Complex, Greater Kailash I New Delhi 110 048 P: 011-26446666; M: 9811660901 English Title: Biology of Multipedes-I E: swati@ndtv.com
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1991 Language: English Duration: 14 min 36 sec English Title: Bull Cult Format: U-Matic Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1999 Subject Focus: Millipedes Duration: 14 min 49 sec Format: Betacam Synopsis: A member of the phylum Arthropoda, millipedes live on plants, roots and vegetation in the forest. Subject Focus: The bull and its relationship with man
Production Company: EMKU Synopsis: The bull, a symbol of fertility, is also a friend of man. This film explores the relationship of humans with Contact Details: this animal Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Production Company: EMKU P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 English Title: Boodha Pedh W: www.cec-ugc.org
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Duration: 5 min Format: Betacam
Production Company: AIND
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Can Tropical Rainforests be Saved? English Title: Canvas
Language: English Original Title: Canvas Duration: 60 min 59 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Format: DVD Language: No spoken language Duration: 3 min Subject Focus: Saving the rainforest Subject Focus: Deforestation Synopsis: The film looks at the web of economic, social and political pressures that have led to mass destruction Synopsis: In this film, a hand draws out a beautiful forest, of forests — and at the prospects today for saving those only to the erase it to make buildings. This sequence of that still remain. An estimated 500 million people worldwide activities continues till the canvas is torn off. live in forests, many caught in the clash between development and cultural survival. The film investigates Director: Divyesh Lad alternative uses for rainforests: debt-for-nature swaps in Costa Rica and Cameroon, and the sustainable harvest Contact Details: of products such as acai berries, latex and Brazil nuts in Divyesh Lad the Amazon. ZICA, Essel World, Gorai Island, Borivali, Mumbai 400 091 M: 09892109278 Director: Robert Richter E: [email protected] Producer: Robert Richter Production Company: Richter Productions English Title: Capital Green — Green Policy of Contact Details: New Delhi Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Language: English E: [email protected] Duration: 30 min W: www.devalt.org Subject Focus: Urban environment management — the ‘greens’ of New Delhi English Title: Canines A-Z Synopsis: Taking a cue from the winds of privatization sweeping the country, the Lt. Governor of Delhi has Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1997 announced the ‘privatization’ of development and Language: English maintenance of city parks, while retaining their ownership Duration: 12 min 9 sec through the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Format: VHS Producer: Development Alternatives Subject Focus: The domestic dog Production Company: Doordarshan
Synopsis: The programme presents a compherensive Contact Details: overview of the domestic dog — types of dogs, training Development Alternatives them for different purposes, care of a dog and why a dog 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 has peculiar physical characteristics. P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Production Company: APAT W: www.devalt.org
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Captive Animals — Bonded Labour English Title: Chance for Survival
Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1997 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Language: English Duration: 25 min 5 sec Duration: 15 min 27 sec Format: U-Matic Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Degrading desert environments Subject Focus: Animals in captivity Synopsis: Desert environments around the world are Synopsis: The film asks why man keeps animals captive steadily deteriorating, as a result of a high-density, low- in cruel, inhuman conditions. Donkeys are made to carry income population depending almost entirely on land for heavy loads, deer and geese live in squalid conditions in subsistence. Pressure on deserts should be relieved ‘popular’ deer parks, and birds are caged and sold only to immediately by providing alternate sources of die in great numbers. Is this humane? employment.
Production Company: MDEL Production Company: EJOD
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Care the Greens English Title: Cockroaches
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Duration: 3 min Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 12 min 24 sec Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Medicinal plants Subject Focus: Cockroaches Synopsis: The world has been using medicinal plants for centuries; we are well acquainted with the medicinal Synopsis: This programme presents an overview on applications of plants like Tulsi, Peepal, Ginger, Turmeric cockroaches — their evolution, species attributes, life- etc. But growing pressures of population and pollution are cycle and food habits. threatening to adversely affect medicinal plants. Today, when our consciousness of physical fitness and a healthy Production Company: EAHM lifestyle is on the rise, it is all the more important that we care for these plants as they care for us. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Production Company: AIND NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Communities English Title: Coping with Catastrophe
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Duration: 17 min Language: English Format: 16 mm Duration: 58 min
Subject Focus: Rainforest community Subject Focus: Biodiversity and conservation in the Northeast Synopsis: The film reveals the structure and composition of a rainforest community — the way it functions, the Synopsis: This film focuses on biodiversity, conservation factors that bring about changes, and the way all life is and sustainable development in Northeast India. tied to a community structure. Directors: Gautam Bora, C. N. Barua Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Producers: Gautam Bora, C. N. Barua Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Contact Details: Gautam Bora and C. N. Barua Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Senapati Road, Silpukhuri, Guwahati 781 003, Assam Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education P: 0361-545599; F: 0361-520348 Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] English Title: Corbett at 60 W: www.ciet.nic.in Original Title: Corbett at 60 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 English Title: Conservation of Biodiversity Language: English Duration: 20 min Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Language: English Subject Focus: The Corbett National Park Duration: 14 min 30 sec Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS Synopsis: This documentary was made for the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department on the occasion of the Subject Focus: Conservation in India diamond jubilee of Corbett National Park.
Synopsis: The film covers conservation in India — the Director: Krishnendu Bose and Madhurima Sen Bose conservation practices in Indian culture, Indian flora and Producer: Krishnendu Bose fauna, parks and sanctuaries, and the country’s ongoing Production Company: Earthcare Films efforts in conservation of biodiversity. Contact Details: Producer: S. Bakshi Krishnendu Bose Production Company: M/s Chitra Utsav Video Pvt. Ltd. Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 Contact Details: E: [email protected] The Secretary W: www.earthcarefilms.com Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in
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English Title: Courting Nature English Title: Crustacea
Original Title: Courting Nature Language: English Date/Month/ Year of Production: 1997 Duration: 20 min Language: English Format: 16 mm Duration: 20 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Crustacea
Subject Focus: Narayan Sarovar and Bhitarkanika Synopsis: The film covers all forms of crustacea inhabiting sanctuaries — environmental Law freshwater, estuarine and marine environments.
Synopsis: This film on the Narayan Sarovar and Bhitarkanika sanctuaries was made for the WWF’s Centre Production Company: Central Institute of Educational for Environmental Law. Technology (CIET)
Director: Krishnendu Bose Contact Details: Producer: Krishnendu Bose Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Production Company: Earthcare Films Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Contact Details: P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Krishnendu Bose E: [email protected] Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony W: www.ciet.nic.in New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com English Title: Cry of the Forest
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 English Title: Creative Cow Language: English Duration: 27 min Original Title: Creative Cow Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Subject Focus: People-centric conservation policy Language: No spoken Language Duration: 3 min 22 sec Synopsis: This film looks into a more holistic meaning of conservation, where people are a part of the forests and Subject Focus: Re-greening the environment animals that we protect. It argues that people staying inside and around protected forests should not pay the cost of Synopsis: The film is about two naughty children who conservation, but should be made a part of it; these people, wipe out an entire grassland. But they have a Creative it says, can use the forest sustainably if given the chance. Cow who finds a way to recreate the grassland once again. Shot in Kanha in Madhya Pradesh, it advocates a reappraisal of our current conservation policies. Director: Vaibhav Shah Director: Krishnendu Bose Contact Details: Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Vaibhav Shah Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting ZICA, Essel World, Gorai Island, Borivali, Mumbai 400 091 Trust (PSBT) M: 098198972341 Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org
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English Title: Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary English Title: Dawagni: Himalaya ke Dahaktey Van Original Title: Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 30 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Forest fires in the Himalayas
Subject Focus: The Dalma sanctuary and its floral and Synopsis: Fires in Himalayan forests is a regular faunal diversity phenomena. Accumulation of dry pine needles and broad leaves and bushes like lentana provide the main ignition. Synopsis: The film is about the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary Excessive temperatures and dry spells during summers in the state of Jharkhand. Dalma is well known as an mean a small careless move can result in a massive forest elephant haven. The hill terrain of the sanctuary serves fire. The documentary is an attempt to find out the causes as a complete ecological unit with a variety of forests. of forest fires and their effects on the environment of the The Indian giant squirrel is also found in abundance here. Himalayan land and people.
Producer: Forest Publicity & Extension Directors: Dharmendra Kumar Dubby/Anil Kumar Thakur Commissioning Agency: Mr. Gul Bahar Singh, Director Contact Details: Contact Details: Dharmendra Kumar Dubey and Anil Kuma Thakur Forest Publicity & Extension KAEF, Almora & A. N. Films, New Delhi, F-106, Karampura, (Public Relations) Division-Ranchi, Van Bhavan, Doranda, New Delhi 110 015 Ranchi 834 002, Jharkhand P: 011-25937844; F: 011-25415189 P: 0651-2481674 E: ak_thakur @epatra.com
English Title: Daughter of the Earth English Title: Death in the Rain Forest
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Original Title: Death in the Rain Forest Language: English Language: English Duration: Approx 30 min Duration: 40 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Dr. Vandana Shiva and her work Subject Focus: Preservation of the Amazon rainforests Synopsis: This documentary is on Dr. Vandana Shiva and her work. Synopsis: This edited version of a BBC documentary goes deep into the Amazonian forest to investigate the causes Director: Shazia of their rapid degeneration. Tribals and colonialists are at Producer: Navdanya loggerheads here. If felling continues at the same pace, the forests will disappear within 20 years. The Contact Details: documentary highlights the protest movement to save the Dr. Vandana Shiva forests started by Chico Mendes, who fell to the bullets of Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology the colonialists. (RFSTE) and Navdanya, A-60, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26968077 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) E: [email protected]
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Deemak English Title: Desert Locusts-I, The Farmers’ Foe
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1990 Language: English Language: English Duration: 26 min 33 sec Duration: 18 min 36 sec Format: U-Matic Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Termites Subject Focus: The desert locust menace
Synopsis: Termites are some of the most destructive pests Synopsis: This programmme highlights the menace of ever. The film finds that they have an interesting social locusts in the Thar and other parts of the world — it life. explains the life cycle of the desert locust, how it moves in swarms, and how these swarms destroy the vegetation Production Company: AROO enroute.
Contact Details: Production Company: EJOD Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.cec-ugc.org NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Delhi Ridge
Language: English English Title: Desert Locusts-II, The Farmers’ Foe Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1990 Subject Focus: The Delhi Ridge Language: English Duration: 14 min 36 sec Synopsis: The Delhi Ridge is the ‘lung’ of Delhi. But can Format: U-Matic it survive the onslaught of encroachers? Subject Focus: The desert locust and its control Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Synopsis: This part of the programme talks about the breeding behaviour of desert locusts and the national and Contact Details: international efforts in locust control. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Production Company: EJOD P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.devalt.org Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Destiny English Title: Dhoodha Toli
Original Title: Destiny Original Title: Dhoodha Toli Duration: 5 min Language: Hindi Duration: 31 min Synopsis: We have to protect our natural environment from destruction. If we continuously focus on Subject Focus: Protection of forests by the women of concretization through deforestation then those days are Upherkhal not too far when the control on earth will automatically get transferred to the hands of evil force. In the film we have Synopsis: This film documents a campaign undertaken focused on this issue and symbolically present the entire to raise people’s consciousness regarding conservation. story. Production Company: Cine Arts India Director: Partha Banerjee Commissioning Agency: CAPART Production Company: B D Infotech Contact Details: Contact Details: Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Partha Banerjee Technology (CAPART) 43/A, T N Banerjee Road, Panihati, Kolkata - 700 114 Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road P: 033-2563 0132, 033-2652 5522/5523; New Delhi 110 003 India M: 098302 46374 P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 E: [email protected], [email protected] F: 011-24648607, 24625822 [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.capart.nic.in
English Title: Devta Activists English Title: Don’t Just Worship It – Trees Original Title: Devta Activists Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2005 Original Title: Don’t Just Worship It – Trees Language: Hindi and English (with English subtitles) Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Duration: 28 min Language: Hindi Format: DV Cam Duration: 54 sec Format: DV CAM Subject Focus: Role of traditional institutions such as Devtas (deities) in conservation Subject Focus: Caring for nature
Synopsis: Devta Activists is set in the Kullu valley. Here, Synopsis: This public service message, with its focus on over the years, local communities have saved their trees, draws attention to the interdependence between environment by acceding control over natural resources water and forests. Its backdrop is a metaphor: that of Lord to their Devtas — deities. Today, these practices find their Shiva’s matted locks actually being trees. Just as Shiva’s authority threatened because of the presence of two locks bore the impact of the waters of the Ganga symbols of modernity in the area: the Great Himalayan descending from the heavens, trees bear the onslaught National Park and the Parvati Hydro-Electric Project. The of rain and help it to percolate into the earth. film is a study on how local traditions negotiate with contemporary discourses on scientific conservation and Director: Mandakini Mathur national development. Producer: Mandakini Mathur
Director: Sanjay Barnela Contact Details: Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Mandakini Mathur Production Company: Moving Images Devrai, Panchgani Co-Op Housing Society Satara/Panchgani 412 805, Maharashtra P: 02168-241220, M: 09422604440 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Anjali Khosla/Sanjay Barnela D-3, 3425, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26893384, M: 09818299212 E: [email protected] W: www.movingimagesindia.com
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English Title: Doon Valley Ecosystem English Title: Drought in Desert
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Language: English Duration: 21 min 17 sec Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Format: VHS Subject Focus: Countering drought in the desert Subject Focus: Impact of limestone quarrying on Himalayas Synopsis: The film features the grim battle waged by the people of the Thar to overcome recurrent drought and Synopsis: The film shows the impact of limestone famine. It focuses on the the traditional practices and the quarrying on the Himalayan ecosystem. new technology in this field.
Contact Details: Production Company: EJOD Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Contact Details: P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) E: [email protected] NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cseindia.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Drosophila — The Fruit Fly English Title: Earth Charmers Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1996 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Duration: 18 min 21 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 31 min 55 sec
Subject Focus: The fruit fly’s sense of smell Subject Focus: Traditional Indian systems in agriculture and ecosystem management Synopsis: This programme deals with a study on the Synopsis: Earth Charmers is a 13-episode series that sense of smell of the fruit fly, and the relevance of its attempts to profile efforts by individuals, organizations and findings for everyday life and future research. communities to restore and popularize ecologically sound traditional practices. Through these, the series tries to Production Company: CEC highlight the fact that possibly these very practices have the potential to offer solutions to not just Indian, but global Contact Details: problems too. Some of the features in this series are ‘Seed Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) yatra in the Deccan for preservation of traditional multi- NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 cropping system’; ‘Pongal, the harvest festival’; ‘Neem for P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 pesticide-intensive cotton crop’; ‘Water harvesting through W: www.cec-ugc.org community initiative in Ralegan Siddhi’; ‘Emitter, a cost- effective innovation in irrigation’; and ‘Narayan Reddy, the master of herbs for tackling pests’. Directors: H. B. Muralidhara, Seema Muralidhar & Sunayana Sadarangani Producer: Zee Network Contact Details: H. B. Muralidhara Beacon Television, A-1/103, Siddhartha Nagar, Off Western Express Highway, Borivali (E), Mumbai P: 022-28864761; F: 022-28845978 E: [email protected], [email protected]
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English Title: Earth is Worth English Title: Earth Report VI: Hands On — Out of the Woods Original Title: Earth is Worth Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Original Title: Earth Report VI: Hands On — Out of the Language: English Woods Duration: 2 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Format: AVI Language: English Duration: 24 min Subject Focus: Saving the Earth from wars and Format: VHS/VCD & DVD environmental decay Synopsis: This film portrays a war zone, and a soldier Subject Focus: Community practices in conservation who is desperate to wipe out whatever comes in his way — including the Earth’s natural resources and Synopsis: Razing the world’s tropical forests makes no environment. Finally, the soldier realizes the folly of his long-term economic sense. In Out of the Woods,stories actions: the Earth shows him that protecting nature — from Africa, Latin America and South East Asia are and not destroying it — is the key to our survival. featured, where local communities are voluntarily Director: K. Thulasi Raman safeguarding their trees for their own welfare. Producer: K. Thulasi Raman Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: K. Thulasi Raman Contact Details: Quarter No. 6, 4th Street, Thimmiah Road, Barathi Nagar, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Bangalore 560 001, Karnataka 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 080-25545623 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Earth Report VI (Hands On): Pure Geneeous English Title: Earth Report VI: Paradise Regained
Original Title: Earth Report VI (Hands On): Pure Original Title: Earth Report VI: Paradise Regained Geneeous Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Language: English Duration: 26 min Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Regenerating tropical forests
Subject Focus: Community practices in conservation Synopsis: It is estimated that over 50% of world’s tropical forests have been lost or degraded over the last 20 years. But are they gone forever, or is it possible to recreate a Synopsis: This film provides an antidote to the depressing complex ecosystem like a rainforest? On the Philippine coverage of wildlife destruction in the world’s tropical island of Leyte, local people are involved in an experiment countries. It profiles communities from Africa, Asia and to do just that. Leyte’s natural tropical forest was cleared Latin America who have their own strategies for saving for coconut plantations. But as the plantations have local biodiversity. They are doing it for a simple reason: become uneconomic, a German-funded project is the start there’s more money to be made out of development of the plan to recreate a natural tropical forest. without destruction. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 E: [email protected] P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Earth Report VI: Timber Mafia Part-1 English Title: Easter Island: The Mystery
Original Title: Earth Report VI: Timber Mafia Part-1 Original Title: Easter Island: The Mystery Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2002 Language: English Language: English Duration: 26 min Duration: 4 min 12 sec Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Timber mafia in Indonesia Subject Focus: Ecological balance Synopsis: Indonesia is home to 10% of the world’s surviving tropical forest. In Kalimantan province on the Synopsis: This is a clay stop animation song about Easter island of Borneo, illegal felling is going out of control, Island, near South America, which tells the story of threatening the environment and the habitat of endangered achieving a secure ecological balance to prevent species. Almost three-quarters of Indonesia’s timber trade destruction of the earth. is reported to be illegal, but the problem is not confined to South East Asia. It is estimated that 80% of the tropical Producer: Praveen Raja Chripugg hardwood in the worldwide trade comes from illegal sources in Indonesia and elsewhere in Asia, South Contact Details: America and Africa. This film uncovers the brutal trade in Praveen Raja Chripugg stolen timber from Indonesia that’s ending up in Europe, Painter, Animator & Director, 33/1A Shalom Avenue USA, China, Australia and Japan. It also reveals that the Vidyalakshmi Street, Rajeswari Nagar, Selaiyur post-Suharto government in Jakarta is unable to control Chennai 600 073, Tamil Nadu hundreds of timber barons, who terrorise not only P: 044-22275218 environmental campaigners and journalists but also the E: [email protected] police and government ministers. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) English Title: Eco-Dharma Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Original Title: Eco-Dharma 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 E: [email protected] Language: English W: www.cseindia.org Duration: 30 min Format: DVD
Subject Focus: The Bishnois of Rajasthan English Title: Earth Report VI: Timber Mafia Part-2 Synopsis: This film tells the story of the dedication and Original Title: Earth Report VI: Timber Mafia Part-2 sacrifice of the Bishnoi community of western Rajasthan, Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 the oldest practising environmentalists of India to whom Duration: 26 min the preservation of wildlife and forests is no less than a Format: VHS/VCD & DVD faith.
Subject Focus: Timber mafia in Indonesia Director: Malgorzata Skiba Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Synopsis: See previous entry. Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected], [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.psbt.org W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Ecological Modelling English Title: Ecosystems and Interactions
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Language: English Duration: 13 min 16 sec Duration: 15 min Format: U-Matic Format: 16 mm
Subject Focus: Ecological models for predicting the future Subject Focus: Man and nature; energy cycles
Synopsis: Ecologists are often called upon to predict the Synopsis: The films demonstrates how energy moves future of the earth. This programme focuses on the through a food chain and how nutrient cycles function. mathematical and statistical models which ecologists use Drawing together the concepts of populations and in their prediction, and their validation. communities, it explains how the delicate web of life can be radically altered, particularly by the actions of man. Production Company: EJOD Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Contact Details: Technology (CIET) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) W: www.cec-ugc.org Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 English Title: Ecology and Pollution in Wetland E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in Duration: 45 min
Subject Focus: Conservation of wetlands English Title: Eden of Hope
Contact Details: Priyabrata Mukharji Language: English Zilla School More, P.O. Dulmi Ralita, Pumlia 723 102, Orissa Duration: 25 min P: 03252-225022 Subject Focus: Mumbai
Synopsis: This film is on the history and development of the city of Mumbai — in view of the imbalance in nature which the rising towers of civilization and influx of millions into the city has occasioned. The city’s ‘lung’ is the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, which remains in constant conflict with the forces of development.
Producer: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS)
Contact Details: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Hornbill House, Dr. Sálim Ali Chowk, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai 400 023 India P: 022-22821811; F: 022-22837615 E: [email protected] W: www.bnhs.org
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English Title: Einthinayude Naalvazhikal English Title: Environment & Bio-Diversity Part-I
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Original Title: Environment & Bio-Diversity Part-I Language: Malayalam Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Duration: 63 min Language: Hindi Duration: 23 min 19 sec Subject Focus: Forests and biodiversity of Kerala Format: Betacam SP
Synopsis: This film unveils the beauty, vitality, richness Subject Focus: Biodiversity and the need for its and variety of the forests in Kerala, which is home to two conservation biological hotspots: Silent Valley in central Kerala and Agasthyakoodam in the southern part of the state. The Synopsis: This film is an attempt to sensitize people film presents the various conservation strategies — such towards the urgent need for protection and conservation as joint forest management projects — and movements of our biodiversity. It would take hundreds of years to to preserve this heritage. restore what we have destroyed; but if we don’t start now, it might be too late to save planet. Director: E. Unnikrishnan Producer: Department of Forests and Wildlife, Director: Mike H. Pandey Government of Kerala Producer: NOC-YCA, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India Contact Details: Production Company: Riverbank Studios Principal Chief Conservator of Forests Forest Headquarters, Thiruvananthapuram 695 014 Contact Details: P: 0471-2321610, 2529241; F: 0471-2338806 NOC-YCA, Department of Science and Technology (DST), E: pccf@ keralaforest.org Government of India W: www.keralaforest.org 306, Vigyan Sadan, Sector X, R K Puram, New Delhi 110 022 P: 011-26195312-13; F: 011-26195312 E: [email protected] W: www.ysa2004.org English Title: Ek aur Nazaria — Maiti Andolan
Original Title: Ek aur Nazaria — Maiti Andolan Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1998 English Title: Environment & Bio-Diversity Part-II Language: Hindi Duration: 23 min 16 sec Original Title: Environment & Bio-Diversity Part-II Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: Hindi Subject Focus: Conservation in Uttarakhand and the Maiti Duration: 27 min 30 sec movement Format: Betacam SP
Synopsis: This is part of a series called Ek aur Nazaria, Subject Focus: Biodiversity and its conservation about alternative views taken by individuals on social issues. The episode Maiti Andolan is about the alternative Synopsis: This film highlights the importance of all life forms, view of Kalyan Singh Rawat, who focused on the problem their interactions with each other and with the rest of the of decreasing forest cover and rapid denudation of environment, and the role of biodiversity as a source of a mountains in the Uttarakhand region. Rawat’s views and large number of products and services that sustain our lives. actions resulted in the Maiti Andolan, which has since become a mass movement. Director: Mike H. Pandey Producer: NOC-YCA, Department of Science and Producer: Zee News, Zee Telefims Ltd. Technology (DST), Govt. of India Production Company: Riverbank Studios Contact Details: Zee News, Zee Telefims Ltd. Contact Details: FC-19, Sector 16A, Noida 201 301, Uttar Pradesh NOC-YCA, Department of Science and Technology (DST), P: 0120-24511064-78; F: 0120-24515240 Government of India E: [email protected] 306, Vigyan Sadan, Sector X, R K Puram, New Delhi 110 022 P: 011-26195312-13; F: 011-26195312 E: [email protected] W: www.ysa2004.org
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English Title: Environmental Science English Title: Facing a Battle for Survival (Coastal Elusion) Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1999 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Language: English Duration: 24 min 10 sec Duration: 17 min 36 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Coastal ecosystems Subject Focus: The environmental crisis in the Thar
Synopsis: The life and environment of coastal ecosystems Synopsis: The Thar is the most populous desert in the are controlled by various abiotic and biotic factors. Coasts world. The biodiversity of this arid region is influenced by are dynamic environments, involving mass and energy man, his livestock and his agricultural activities, and transFormations of waves and currents. Shorelines are traditional desert flora and fauna is slowly giving way to subjected to both continental and oceanic processes. Dr. species which are unsuited to its ecology. A. Balasubramanian of the University of Mysore, explains the geomorphology of coasts, causes of erosion and its Production Company: EJOD impact on the environment. Contact Details: Production Company: AMYS Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Fate of 1988 National Forest Policy
Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1998 English Title: Expedition to an Ancient Jungle Duration: 19 min 8 sec Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Language: English Subject Focus: India’s forest policy Duration: 21 min 52 sec Synopsis: This film explains how India’s forest policy has Subject Focus: The Eturu Nagaram Wildlife Sanctuary, been implemented and the amendemnts made to make it India more people-oriented.
Synopsis: The Eturu Nagaram Wildlife Sanctuary in India Production Company: EPUN houses some of the few remaining ancient forests in the country. This is a place which has yielded stone age tools Contact Details: and fossils. Now, human encroachments and unchecked Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) exploitation of natural resources are threatening its very NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 existence. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Director: G. Sankar Producer: Andhra Pradesh Forest Department
Contact Details: Mr. G. Shankar Shankar Films, Plot No. 2, Venkatapuram Colony, Walker Town, Secunderbad 500 025, Andra Pradesh P: 040-750 2943
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English Title: Fate of the Forests English Title: Finding the Link
Original Title: Fate of the Forests Subject Focus: The Nagarahole National Park Language: English Duration: 26 min Director: Krupakar Senai Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Producer: Karnataka Forest Department
Subject Focus: The use of forests Contact Details: Conservator of Forests (Wildlife), Karnataka Forest Synopsis: For over 20 years, the shrinkage of the world’s Department, Aranyabhavana, 2nd Floor, Malleswaram 18th tropical forests has been at the forefront of environmental Crs., Bangalore 560 003, Karnataka concerns. Yet the forests continue to be cleared. The key E: [email protected] /[email protected] word is ‘cleared’ for — as the film finds — while commercial logging contributes to deforestation in the tropics, terms like ‘destruction’ and ‘devastation’ are too simple. Forests have always been used by local people. Stories from Peru English Title: Fire of the Forest and Indonesia show how forest ‘farmers’ ingeniously imitate the natural productivity of the rainforest. In Uganda, Original Title: Fire of the Forest agro-forestry techniques are helping to keep a watershed Language: Chhattisgarhi reserve intact. Guyana’s president argues that timber concessions have been made to Asian companies to pay Director: Tejendra Tamrakar off Guyana’s huge national debt. Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi Contact Details: P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: Fires in National Park — A Case Study
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 English Title: Fighting for a Future Duration: 13 min 27 sec Format: U-Matic Language: English Duration: 52 min Subject Focus: Forest fires Format: DVD Synopsis: In this programme, Mark S. Boyce talks about Subject Focus: Natural disaster management strategies fires in National Parks with special reference to the fire of 1988 in the Yellowstone National Park. He explains the Synopsis: This programme, filmed on location in Ethiopia, impacts of such fires on wildlife and the complex relation India, China and Botswana, examines strategies to combat between fires, wildlife and vegetation. natural disasters. Production Company: EJOD Director: Octavio Bezerra Producer: Octavio Bezerra Contact Details: Production Company: UNEP/Cinematografics/BBC Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Development Alternatives W: www.cec-ugc.org 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Fisheries-5 (Culture Fisheries) English Title: Forest
Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1999 Original Title: Dhanwa Lama Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2001 Duration: 20 min 10 sec Language: Hindi Format: Betacam Duration: 12 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Culture fisheries Subject Focus: Deforestation Synopsis: Culture fishery or aqua culturing is like agriculture, and aims at getting increased fish production Synopsis: The film tells the story of two small boys who to improve the quality of fish. It can be done on land. are rescued from a landslide by a folk character called ‘Dhanwa Lama’. The children learn about the importance Production Company: EPUN of trees from this character, and realise how disastrous deforestation can be. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Producer: Children’s Film Society NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Children’s Film Society, India Films Division Complex, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23526798, 23516136 English Title: Fisheries-6 (Fisheries-Port — F: 022-23522610 Ratnagiri) E: [email protected] W: www.cfsindia.org Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1999 Language: English Duration: 12 min English Title: Forest Fires: Prevention & Control Format: Betacam Original Title: Forest Fires: Prevention & Control Subject Focus: The fishing port of Ratnagiri Language: English Duration: 22 min Synopsis: In this episode of the fisheries series, the focus Format: 35 mm is on the fishing port of Ratnagiri. In the process, the programme also provides information on the fishing Subject Focus: Forest fires and their control industry, its spread, and its scope. Synopsis: This film looks at the reasons behind forest Production Company: EPUN fires and covers the entire range of forest fire control programmes in use. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Producer: Films Division P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Forest Policy ‘88 English Title: Forestry in India-7 (Forest Policies and Man) Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Duration: 13 min Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1999 Format: U-Matic Duration: 11 min 31 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Indian Forest Policy Subject Focus: Community management of forests Synopsis: The film provides a brief history of the evolution of the forest policy in India, and the best roadmaps for Synopsis: Communities and forest authorities have achieving the goals set in the policy resolution. always had a massive communication gap between them, which has been largely nurtured by the notion that the Production Company: AOSM rural poor are responsible for destroying our forests. The film explores the history of this alienation, in the Contact Details: perspective of the new forest policy which is trying to Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) involve the people in forest management. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Production Company: AROO W: www.cec-ugc.org
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) English Title: Forest Settlements in Gir NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1993 Duration: 23 min 59 sec Format: U-Matic English Title: Forests Subject Focus: Forest settlements of India Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1996 Synopsis: Forest settlements are common all over India; Language: English they are established for managing forest-related work like Duration: 3 capsules, 4.5 min each raising plantations, conserving soil, extinguishing forest fires etc. This programme looks at the forest settlements Subject Focus: Jute, biodiversity and bamboo in Gir, their problems, and the steps being taken by the forest department to solve them. Synopsis: These three Terraview capsules highlight a tribal community’s efforts at preserving bamboo, a Production Company: EAHM precious resource which is under threat due to demand from the paper industry; the importance of and strategies Contact Details: to preserve India’s biodiversity; and experiments to use Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) jute as an environment-friendly replacement for plastic NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 and wood packaging. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Director: Tata Energy Reseach Institute (TERI)
Contact Details: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 India P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 E: [email protected] W: www.teriin.org
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English Title: Forests — The Last Stand English Title: Forests in Peril-1
Original Title: Forests — The Last Stand Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Duration: 22 min 25 sec Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Deforestation
Subject Focus: Sustainable management of forests Synopsis: The programme shows the various causes and impacts of deforestation, and how important it has become Synopsis: Two-thirds of the earth’s virgin forests have for us to save our forests. been wiped out. This Earth Report looks at forestry management around the world and the attempts to make Production Company: AROO it more sustainable. In Hands On, reports from Mexico talk about intermediate technology developing tractors Contact Details: adapted to local loggers’ needs. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Director: Luke Gawin P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) W: www.cec-ugc.org
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) English Title: Forests in Peril-2 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 W: www.cseindia.org Duration: 19 min 4 sec Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Forests English Title: Forests & Us Synopsis: This part of the series is on forest types and Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1997 their biomass. It also discusses various indigenous Duration: 10 min 4 sec methods of protecting forests used by tribals and people Format: Betacam living among mountains.
Subject Focus: Forests Production Company: AROO
Synopsis: This film — which also features Sunderlal Contact Details: Bahuguna — discusses the importance of forests for the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) survival of the earth. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Production Company: AROO W: www.cec-ugc.org
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Forests in Peril-3 English Title: Forests of the Gods
Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1990 Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2001 Duration: 29 min 19 sec Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 28 min 54 sec
Subject Focus: Destruction of forests Subject Focus: The sacred groves of Kerala
Synopsis: The film exposes the role man has played in Synopsis: This is a documentary on the temple groves of destroying our forests, particularly in India. Kerala, known as Kavus. The filmmakers enter the grove of Iringole, listen to folk legends of disasters that have Production Company: AROO befallen those who dared violate the sanctity of the forest, witness the practice of serpent worship, and learn about Contact Details: the ecological significance of these groves. They also Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) capture the spectacular teyyam ritual dance, performed NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 annually in many sacred groves of north Kerala, during P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 which the spirit of the deity is believed to visit the kavu for W: www.cec-ugc.org a brief while in the incarnation of the performer.
Director: Christopher Rego English Title: Forests of Reverence Producer: Zee Telefilms
Original Title: Forests of Reverence Contact Details: Christopher Rego Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2006 Ultra Film and Video, A-10, Sagar Sanjog, 50/C, JP Road, Language: English Versova, Mumbai 400 061 Format: DV CAM P: 022-26360793; F: 022-26312861 E: [email protected] Subject Focus: Sacred groves Synopsis: Thousands of sacred forests are spread across India. Revered by local communities, these sacred groves English Title: Forgotten Villages have been preserved for generations and are home to many rare and endangered plant and animal species. Original Title: Forgotten Villages Today, many of these groves are fading away because of Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2002 increasing modernization. The film tells the story of two Language: English (conversations in Kannada with native communities in Karnataka and Maharashtra, who English subtitles) have withstood the forces of the modern world to protect Duration: 38 min 35 sec their faith and their forests. Format: Betacam Director: Rishu Nigam Producer: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Subject Focus: Resettlement of villagers from the Bhadra Production Company: The Energy Resource Tiger Reserve, Karnataka Institute (TERI) Commissioning Agency: Swiss Agency for Development Synopsis: Thirty kilometres from the town of Chikmagalur & Cooperation in Karnataka lies the Bhadra Tiger Reserve. Besides wildlife, the reserve holds 16 hamlets, whose inhabitants Contact Details: are mostly peasants and forest-produce gatherers. The The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) film documents the process of resettlement of these Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road people: the stress in this process is on human welfare New Delhi 110 003 India and its end result is effective conservation of a rich P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 E: [email protected] biodiversity, as well as protecting the catchments of the W: www.teriin.org Bhadra river.
Producer: Krupakar Senani Features
Contact Details: Krupakar Senani Features No. 1, 12th Cross, V. V. Mohalla, Mysore, Karnataka 570 002 P: 0821-2519211 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Ghonsla English Title: Green Medicines
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 52 min Duration: 10 min Format: DVD Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS Subject Focus: Conservation of medicinal plants Subject Focus: Tree felling and conservation Synopsis: Tropical rainforests are home to thousands of Synopsis: The story begins with children of a medicinal plant species. Between 70-90% of the world’s neighbourhood rescuing a young bird that had fallen from rural population relies on traditional herbal medicines for its nest and putting it back in its home in the trees. But primary healthcare. Shot in Thailand, Western Samoa, they find out that a large number of such trees were being Borneo, Costa Rica, Papua New Guinea and Brazil, the axed down by the father of one among them. So they get film shows the different initiatives being taken to conserve together to persuade their elders not to cut the trees for and promote traditional knowledge of plant-based temporary financial gains. medicines.
Director: S. Nazim Hussain Production Company: Scandinature Films Producer: S. Nazim Hussain Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives The Secretary 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road E: [email protected] New Delhi - 110 003 W: www.devalt.org P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in English Title: Green Signals – The Environment in India English Title: Grassroots Original Title: Green Signals – The Environment in India Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Original Title: Grassroots Language: English (with English subtitles; dubbed in Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2001 English) Language: English Duration: 30 min 23 sec Duration: 30 min Format: Digital beta Format: Betacam Subject Focus: India’s contribution in environment Subject Focus: Individual grassroot initiatives to preserve protection and conservation of natural resources environment and wildlife Synopsis: With only 2.4% of the world’s land area, India Synopsis: The programme features stories of ordinary accounts for as much as 7.31% of the global fauna. Not people who, with their sheer determination and initiative, surprisingly, it is recognized as one of the 12 mega-diverse managed to bring about change. It contains five stories countries in the world. The film travels to various parts of — those of Rattan Chand of Chamba, Laxman Singh of the country and outlines some important environmental Rajasthan, the Van Suraksha Samiti, the Dana-Paani initiatives that clearly suggest that economic growth and Yojana and the Sacred Forest. environmental protection are not opposed to each other.
Producer: Umesh Aggarwal Directors: Partha Sarkar & Raman Mann Commissioning Agency: Doordarshan India Producer: Navtej Sarna, Joint Secretary (XP)
Contact Details: Contact Details: News & Entertainment Television Ministry of External Affairs 994, 1st Floor, Laxmi Commercial Complex, Nehru Road, XP Division, Shashtri Bhavan, New Delhi 110 001 Arjun Nagar, Kotla Mubarakpur, New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-23383371; F: 011-23384319 P: 011-24644494/24658384; F: 011-24631408 E: [email protected] E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.mea.gov.in
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English Title: Green Warriors of Thar English Title: Greening the Mining Mess
Original Title: Green Warriors of Thar Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2001 Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2006 Language: English Language: English Duration: 17 min 13 sec
Subject Focus: The Bishnois of Rajasthan Subject Focus: Afforestation programmes on overburden of open cast mines; reclamation practices Synopsis: Amidst the arid Thar desert, where survival itself is tough, there exists a community which reveres nature Synopsis: This film examines an afforestation effort in all its forms and can even kill to protect an animal or carried out on land left over after open-cast coal mining in tree. This film takes you to the Bishnois of western West Bengal. The Social Forestry Division of Durgapur Rajasthan, probably the world’s first conservationists. has procured fallow land from the Eastern Coalfield Limited and Bharat Coking Coal Limited, and has planted trees Director: Rishu Nigam on these overburdens. The attempt has led to a revival of Producer: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) greenery on these erstwhile desolate stretches. Production Company: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Director: Ashijit Ganguli, Educational Research Centre, Commissioning Agency: Air India Kolkata
Contact Details: Contact Details: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Ashijit Ganguly Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road 50, Circus Avenue, Kolkata 700 017, West Bengal New Delhi 110 003 India P: 033-2474869 P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 E: [email protected], [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.teriin.org
English Title: Greening the Waste Land
English Title: Greening the Char Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2000 Duration: 7 min 3 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Wasteland development Subject Focus: Reforesting a river bank in Assam Synopsis: This programme deals about the restoration Synopsis: Initiatives to protect the environment can of environment and ecological balance by greening emerge from all kinds of sources. In Dibrugarh, Assam, degraded and waste. the government and the people have joined hands in an unusual collaboration to green the char, the long bank of Production Company: AOSM the Brahmaputra river. Contact Details: Producer: Development Alternatives Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Production Company: Doordarshan NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Greenline and Greening of Delhi English Title: Habitat
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2003 Duration: 30 min Duration: 9 min 52 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Corporate contribution to environmental revival Production Company: AIND
Synopsis: Greenline, launched in 1992, is providing an Contact Details: excellent outlet and platform to industrial houses to Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) demonstrate their ‘green thinking’ by becoming sponsors NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 for planting trees and maintaining greenery on roadsides, P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org parks and roundabouts. In return, Greenline allocates various lengths and stretches of roads for strategic advertising. English Title: Halting the Fires Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Language: English Duration: 53 min Contact Details: Format: DVD Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Subject Focus: Environmental crisis in the Amazon P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Synopsis: In 1964, Brazil’s military government W: www.devalt.org announced Operation Amazon — a project intended to “flood the Amazon with civilization” by building new roads, hydroelectric dams and cities, and developing mines and cattle ranches in the Amazon rainforest. In this film, Octavio English Title: Grow More & More Trees Bezerra shows how cattle ranchers, industrialists and multinationals were encouraged to clear the forest with Original Title: Grow More & More Trees huge subsidies and tax concessions. Todate, 10% of the Language: English Amazon has been cleared, with tax incentives and cash Duration: 16 min grants totaling US $6 billion. Each year, for the last three Format: 35 mm years, some eight million hectares of forest have gone up in smoke. Halting the Fires looks at the disastrous legacy Subject Focus: Trees and forests of Brazil’s development policy for the Amazon, current attempts to stop the burning of the forest – and alternative Synopsis: The film emphasizes the importance of trees ways of exploiting the resources of the world’s greatest in general, examines social forestry and farm forestry, and rainforest. highlights the activities of the forest department. Director: Octavio Bezerra Producer: Herbie Girardet Producer: Films Division Production Company: Nexus TV, Channel Four
Contact Details: Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Development Alternatives Government of India 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 E: [email protected] F: 022-23515308, 23511008 W: www.devalt.org E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Hands On — Out of the Forest English Title: How Plants Help Us?
Original Title: Hands On — Out of the Forest Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Duration: 11 min Language: English Format: 16 mm Duration: 24 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Plants and what they give us Subject Focus: Environmentally sound forest products Synopsis: This film shows how we are dependent upon Synopsis: While most media images dwell on forest fires, plants for food, clothing, wood, paper, rubber and many indiscriminate logging and the resulting loss of species, other common articles of importance in our daily lives. Out of the Forest checks out a range of environmentally sound forest products. Not only are the products good for Production Company: Central Institute of Educational the trees, but they’re also good for the pockets of the forest- Technology (CIET) dwellers — generating jobs in regions where there are few other ways to earn money. Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Contact Details: Research and Training (NCERT) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Hymn of Herbs English Title: Healers for All Reasons Original Title: Onshadi Sukhtam Original Title: Healers for All Reasons Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Language: Malayalam (dubbed in English) Language: English, Hindi and Gujarati (with English Duration: 27 min subtitles) Duration: 28 min Subject Focus: Medicinal plants and their conservation Format: DV CAM Synopsis: Sustainability of biological diversity can be Subject Focus: Village healers and traditional medicinal ensured only if traditional knowledge is also sustained knowledge and perpetuated along with medicinal plant conservation. Synopsis: Healers for All Reasons is a portrait of Rehmat Based on this premise, this documentary reiterates the Khan Solanki and Karimbhai Sumra – two village healers need for conservation. of Gujarat, whose lives and work embody respect for biodiversity, Gandhian selfless service and promotion of Director: E. Unnikrishnan communal harmony at the grassroots. Rehmat Khan Producer: Kerala Agriculture University Solanki of Chur village uses traditional and eco-friendly Production Company: Centre for Development of methods to cure animals, while Karimbhai Sumra of Imaging Technology (C-DIT) Virampur village uses herbs to treat humans as well as animals. He has also gone to the extent of creating a forest Contact Details: of 12,000 plant varieties that have great medicinal value. Manoj Krishnan P. C-DIT, Gorki Bhavan, Vanross Junction Director: Vijay S. Jodha Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, Kerala Producers: Prasar Bharati Corporation and Public Service P: 0471-2330081; M: 09447886486 F: 0471-2333735, 2328659 Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) E: [email protected] Production Company: Prasar Bharati Corporation and W: www.cdit.org Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT)
Contact Details: Vijay S. Jodha E-58, II Floor, G K-I Enclave, New Delhi 110 048 M: 9810068930; F: 011-26241559 E: [email protected]
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English Title: In the Jungles of Rajasthan English Title: Invocations to the Mountain Goddess Original Title: In the Jungles of Rajasthan Language: English Original Title: Invocations to the Mountain Goddess Duration: 21 min Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Format: 35 mm Language: English (with English subtitles) Duration: 1 hr 3 min 50 sec Subject Focus: Rajasthan’s forests and wildlife Format: DV, Beta SP
Synopsis: The film documents the reserved forests and Subject Focus: Biosphere reserve conservation and sanctuaries of Rajasthan and the animals that abound in management in the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve; park- them. people conflict Synopsis: The Niti valley in the Garhwal Himalayas has Producer: Films Division been declared a protected area by the government for conserving its natural biodiversity. This has been a setback Contact Details: for the pastoral Bhotiya community, which lives in mountain Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India settlements scattered throughout the Nanda Devi 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra Biosphere Reserve. Deprived by new laws of access to P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 the alpine pastures where their flocks once grazed, this F: 022-23515308, 23511008 tribe has been forced to sell off the livestock that formed E: [email protected] the bedrock of its traditional way of life. Ironically, the W: www.filmsdivision.org Bhotiyas are not opposed to the conservation ethic itself – in fact, it was from their villages that the famous Chipko movement began. English Title: Indonesia: Palm Oil, Primates and Pyromania Awards Received by the Film: Best Documentary Film Award, CMS VATAVARAN 2005 in Forest for Life Category Original Title: Indonesia: Palm Oil, Primates and Director: Christopher Rego Pyromania Producer: Christopher Rego Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Production Company: Ultra Film and Video Language: English Duration: 26 min Contact Details: Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Christopher Rego Ultra Film and Video, A-10, Sagar Sanjog, 50/C, J P Road Subject Focus: Forest fires of Indonesia Versova, Mumbai 400 061 P: 022-26360793/26321629, M: 09820426048 Synopsis: At the end of 1997, forest fires in Indonesia E: [email protected] blanketed much of the country and its neighbours in South East Asia in a choking haze. This documentary investigates the causes of the catastrophe and asks if the concern it catalysed will be translated into action to save Indonesia’s remaining tropical forests.
Director: Peter Cannon Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Irony English Title: Jack aur Jill ki Kahani
Original Title: Irony Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2004 Language: Hindi Language: No spoken Language (with music and sound Duration: 13 min 26 sec effects) Duration: 50 sec Subject Focus: Environmental degradation Format: Computer-generated animation Synopsis: This is a programme on environmental Subject Focus: Saving trees degradation, conveyed through graphics, animated visuals and nursery rhymes. Synopsis: The movie starts with a view of a sylvan forest, whose peace is shattered by the sounds of tree felling. Director: P. K. Sai Prakash The chirping of birds gives way to industrial sounds. The Producer: Audio Visual Research Centre (AVRC) movie underlines the need to look out for alternate ways in awareness generation, particularly on environmental Contact Details: issues. Audio Visual Research Centre (AVRC) Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, Andhra Pradesh Awards Received by the Film: Best Documentary Film P: 040-7098659 Award, CMS VATAVARAN 2005 in Animation Category E: [email protected]
Director: R. Sathya Narayanan Producer: Ramanujam Foundation English Title: Jal, Jungle aur Jeevan Production Company: Ramanujam Foundation Original Title: Jal, Jungle aur Jeevan Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 R. Sathya Narayan Language: Hindi 27, III Street, Kumaran Colony, Vadapalani, Chennai 600 026 Tamil Nadu Duration: 12 min P: 044-55439240, M: 09841298729 Format: Betacam SP E: [email protected] Subject Focus: Indigenous management of resources in Rajasthan English Title: It’s Our Future Too Synopsis: The tribes of southern Rajasthan’s Aravalli region — though illiterate — are repositories of immense Language: English knowledge on the region’s resources — its plants, forests Duration: 30 min and water. The practice of sustainable use of these resources has been in vogue for years. The message is Subject Focus: Protected areas reinforced through folk festivals like the Gavri, when the use of certain endangered vegetables is prohibited. Synopsis: This film on conservation covers the problems and prospects of three protected areas: the Sanjay Gandhi Producer: Manohar Lalas National Park in Mumbai, the Keoladeo National Park in Production Company: Educational Multimedia Research Rajasthan and Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary in Tamil Centre Nadu. The film also provides an introduction to the Bombay Natural History Society and its activities. Contact Details: Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) Producer: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Faculty of Engg, JNV University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan P: 0291-2513734; F: 0291-2513733 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Hornbill House, Dr. Sálim Ali Chowk, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Mumbai 400 023 India P: 022-22821811; F: 022-22837615 E: [email protected] W: www.bnhs.org
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English Title: Joint Forest Management English Title: Jungle Tales: Surviving Development in Uttara Kannada Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2003 Duration: 21 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Format: Betacam Language: English Subject Focus: JFM and participatory management of Duration: 52 min resources Subject Focus: Environmental issues in Uttara Kannada Synopsis: In 1970, Dr. Ajit Kumar Banerjee, a forest officer in West Bengal, recognized the symbiotic relationship Synopsis: Uttara Kannada in Karnataka is one of the most between people and forests and the need to tap it for densely forested districts in India. Development projects managing resources: he suggested alliances with local in the district have displaced one out of its every 10 user communities, and started experimenting at Arabari, in the district of Midnapore. In 1990, the government inhabitants. The film examines the livelihood and survival ordered other state governments to adopt the idea, which issues of the forest-dependent communities, against the was referred to as joint forest management or JFM. backdrop of the destruction of a fragile and versatile ecosystem in the Western Ghats region, and state Production Company: EPUN interventions towards joint forest management. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Directors: K. P. Jayasankar, Anjali Monteiro NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Producer: Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Unit for Media Communication, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) English Title: Jungle Pharmacy Deonar, Mumbai 400 088 P: 022-55632289; F: 022-5562912 E: [email protected] Language: English Duration: 53 min Format: DVD English Title: Kahani Peepal Wali Gali ki Subject Focus: Medicinal plants and their sustainable use Original Title: Kahani Peepal Wali Gali ki Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2002 Synopsis: Over a quarter of Western medicines today Language: Hindi contain plant toxins — half of which come from tropical forest Duration: 50 sec species. Forest plants have been the source of some of the Format: DVC most effective drugs in the history of pharmacology, but so far only 2% of forest flora has been screened for its Subject Focus: Environment and trees making way for pharmaceutical potential. Jungle Pharmacy looks at research urbanization into the commercial potential of plant remedies in Brazil and the United States, and explores the traditional knowledge of Synopsis: The film is based on a true story. The Pipal the shaman, the tribal healers of Peru and Brazil who use Waali Gali is no different from any other alley or small- plant remedies to cure a variety of ills. The anthropologist town neighbourhood. If you visit the historical city of Jaipur, Dr. Darrell Posey believes Indians have developed a perfect you will find it in one of the city’s numerous meandering model for sustainable development, managing the forest in a way that actually increases its biological diversity. lanes. The film covers a period of 50 years, over which the pipal tree has been slowly, but surely mowed down to make way for modern conveniences. It depicts how Director: Jamie Hartzell mercilessly the environment has been butchered in the Producer: Herbie Girardet Production Company: Central TV, TVE, Better World name of progress. Society Producer: Zee News, Zee Telefims Ltd. Contact Details: Development Alternatives Contact Details: 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Zee News, Zee Telefims Ltd. P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 FC-19, Sector 16A, Noida, Uttar Pradesh 201 301 E: [email protected] P: 0120-24511064-78; F: 0120-24515240 W: www.devalt.org E: [email protected]
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English Title: Kaise Aag English Title: Kanha – Protecting a Paradise
Original Title: Kaise Aag Original Title: Kanha – Protecting a Paradise Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: Hindi Language: English Duration: 05 mins Duration: 17 min, 30 sec Format: Mini DV Synopsis: The film highlights the majestic deciduous tree – Chinar, the very symbol of Kashmir. Come autumn and Subject Focus: The role of forest guards in protecting the entire valley is aflame with hues of reds and orange - wildlife reserves and the hardships they face the beauty of the Chinar is seen to be believed. Woven intrinsically in to the psyche of the valley people, mighty Synopsis: Kanha National Park, in Madhya Pradesh, is Chinar unfortunately is on the verge of disappearance due one of the most well known Project Tiger reserves in India. to illegal felling. It is a veritable wildlife paradise, visited by about 50,000 people every year. The reserve’s star attractions are its Director: Rajesh Jhala tigers. But what does it take to protect Kanha’s tigers and other wildlife? In a country of one billion people and Contact Details: innumerable pressures, how does a reserve like Kanha Rajesh Jhala manage to thrive? M: 9811011685 Director: Shekar Dattatri Producer: Shekar Dattatri English Title: Kalpavriksha — Legacy of Forests Production Company: Shekar Dattatri
Original Title: Kalpavriksha — Legacy of Forests Contact Details: Shekar Dattatri Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2000 Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur, Language: English Chennai 600 041, Tamil Nadu Duration: 26 min 55 sec P: 044-24415744, 2491 4802; M: 9841015997 Format: Betacam F: 044-2491 0910, 24918747 E: [email protected], [email protected] Subject Focus: Medicinal plants and the need for W: www.shekardattatri.com integration of tribal wisdom with modern science
Synopsis: This film traces the evolution of the use of English Title: Kanha National Park medicinal plants and tribal wisdom in India to show how, historically and culturally, they have been an integral part Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 of India. About 80% of the developing world still relies on Language: Hindi age-old medicinal practices based on the curative Duration: 16 min 28 sec properties of plants. Today, the modern world too is returning to these traditional practices. Subject Focus: Kanha National Park Awards Received by the Film: ‘Silver Tree Award’ CMS Synopsis: This is a documentary on Kanha National Park VATAVARAN 2003 in Madhya Pradesh and its wildlife. Producer: Mike H. Pandey Commissioning Agency: UNESCO Producer: Usha Natula
Contact Details: Contact Details: River Bank Studios, C-18, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi 110 048 Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) P: 011-26216508; M: 9810029247; F: 011-26216508 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education E: [email protected], [email protected]; Research and Training (NCERT) [email protected], [email protected] Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 W: www.riverbankstudios.com P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Kareem and his Forest English Title: Kerala: A Green Chronicle
Original Title: Kareem and his Forest Original Title: Einthinayude Naalvazhikal Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2000 Language: English Language: Malayalam Duration: 11 min 50 sec Duration: 1 hr 3 min Format: Betacam SP Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Abdul Kareem’s initiative in Kasaragod, Subject Focus: The forests of Kerala Kerala Synopsis: This film unveils the beauty, vitality, richness and variety of the forests of Kerala. Kerala is home to two Synopsis: In Kasaragod, Kerala, drinking water is scarce biological hotspots which are repositories of endangered everywhere except in the village of Puliyamkulam — flora and fauna: Silent Valley in the centre of the state thanks to the sustained efforts of Mr. Abdul Kareem, who and Agasthyakoodam in south Kerala. The film documents has raised and maintained a forest here. Twenty-five years attempts towards conservation of forests, such as the Joint ago, he purchased 32 acres of barren land, planted Forest Management projects. saplings of wild trees and nursed them. What was once a barren land, metamorphosed into a deciduous forest. This Director: E. Unnikrishnan turned the soil fertile and increased its water-retention Producer: Department of Forests and Widllife capacity. Production Company: Centre for Development of Imaging Technology (C-DIT) Director: Abdu Raoof, A. I. Producer: Abdu Raoof, A. I. Contact Details: Manoj Krishnan P. Contact Details: C-DIT, Gorki Bhavan, Vanross Junction, Thiruvananthapuram Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) 695 034, Kerala University of Calicut, Malappuram 673 635, Kerala P: 0471-2330081; M: 09447886486 P: 0494-2401143, M: 09847292788; F: 0494-2401143 F: 0471-2333735, 2328659 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cdit.org
English Title: Khajoor
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Language: Hindi Duration: 16 min
Subject Focus: Date palm
Synopsis: Starting with a look at trees mentioned in various Indian scriptures and ancient literature, the programme moves to the date palm (khajoor) and its medicinal properties.
Producer: Usha Narula
Contact Details: National Council of Education Research and Training, (NCERT) NIET, Chacha Nehru Bhawan, Sri Aurobindo Marg New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803 F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: http://www.ciet.nic.in/welcome
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English Title: Know Their Land English Title: Latvia’s Rich Wetlands
Original Title: Know Their Land Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Duration: 50 min Language: English (with English subtitles) Format: DVD Duration: 27 min 31 sec Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: Environment vs development in Latvia
Subject Focus: Management and revival of natural Synopsis: Latvia, on the eastern edge of the Baltic Sea, resources and wastelands boasts of a wide diversity of habitats and wildlife — white- backed woodpeckers, black and white storks, otters, Synopsis: The film focuses on issues of degradation of beavers, lynx and wolves. Thousands of birds and bats natural resources and their revival. The efforts of the stop over at Lake Pape, in the north, on their annual Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development migration route south. But this rich biodiversity is now (SPWD), an NGO engaged in halting and reversing under threat as Latvia begins to introduce new farming degradation, have been showcased. The film also holds practices to develop its economy. The film shows how up some success stories — such as the development of drainage ditches in wetlands are being widened and the pastures and joint forest management with local tribal marshes are starting to dry up. communities in Sabarkantha, Chittaurgarh and Udaipur. Another case study that finds a mention is that of Dalion Director: Anders Gissla ka Dagadia (Friends of Trees), a local group in Tehri Producer: Anders Gissla Garhwal, which has turned the practice of girls in the region Production Company: Scandinavian Films planting a tree before their wedding, into a ritual. Contact Details: Director: Faiyaz Dilbar Development Alternatives Producer: Faiyaz Dilbar 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Production Company: Studio Nine P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Faiyaz Dilbar Producer/Proprietor, Studio Nine, 323 D, Shipra Suncity, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad 201 010, Uttar Pradesh P: 95120-2912026, M: 9811922521 English Title: Learning from Nature-3 E: [email protected] (Serene Supremacy)
Original Title: Learning from Nature-3 (Serene Supremacy) English Title: Kudrat ki Den Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1991 Language: English Original Title: Kudrat ki Den Duration: 17 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Format: U-Matic Language: Hindi Duration: 20 sec Subject Focus: Ecology of the Little Rann of Kutch Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: Man and nature Synopsis: The programme documents the ecology of the Little Rann of Kutch. Though not a true desert, the Little Synopsis: This PSM conveys the message that nature is Rann is a vast desolate area with a unique ecosystem. the basis of our existence and we have to protect it. Director: Naazish Hussaini Production Company: EAHM Producer: NOC-YCA, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India Contact Details: Production Company: Tassavur Films Pvt. Ltd. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NOC-YCA, Department of Science and Technology (DST), W: www.cec-ugc.org Government of India 306, Vigyan Sadan, Sector X, R K Puram, New Delhi 110 022 P: 011-26195312-13; F: 011-26195312 E: [email protected] W: www.ysa2004.org
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English Title: Learning to Dream Again English Title: Lecture Series on Environmental Science (Ecology of Terrestrial Habitat) Original Title: Learning to Dream Again Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2005 Language: English & Hindi Language: English Duration: 22 min Duration: 18 min Format: DV CAM Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Joint forest management Subject Focus: Terrestrial ecology
Synopsis: The film traces the relationship communities Synopsis: This lecture-based programme covers topics have with their forests. Numerous stories from various like the limiting factors of terrestrial life, terrestrial parts of India underline the fact that forests cannot be communities, types of terrestrial ecosystems, forest biome saved by force and regulations. The way out is to involve and some extreme terrestrial environments. local people to protect and nurture them. Production Company: AMYS Director: Rishu Nigam Producer: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Contact Details: Production Company: The Energy Resource Institute Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) (TERI) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Commissioning Agency: Swiss Agency for Development P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 & Cooperation W: www.cec-ugc.org
Contact Details: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) English Title: Let Live Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-24682100; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 E: [email protected] Original Title: Let Live W: www.teriin.org Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Language: No spoken language Duration: 1 min 34 sec English Title: Leave Nature Alone Subject Focus: Man and nature
Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1995 Synopsis: The film tells a story of how three characters Language: English chase and destroy some beautiful objects, and then realize Duration: 3 min 14 sec the futility of their actions. Format: U-Matic Director: Pinkal Patel Subject Focus: Man and nature Contact Details: Synopsis: By cutting down forests, says this film, we not Pinkal Patel only denude the land and expose it to other natural forces, ZICA, Essel World, Gorai Island, Borivali, Mumbai 400 091 but also reduce its water-holding capability. By conserving M: 098198972341 forests, we recharge the earth’s — and our — capacity to survive.
Production Company: AOSM
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Life English Title: Living on Thy Land
Original Title: Life Original Title: Living on Thy Land Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2005 Language: English (with English subtitles) Language: English (with English subtitles) Duration: 15 sec Duration: 32 min Format: 35 mm to Digital beta Subject Focus: Park-people conflicts Subject Focus: Nature’s self-healing capacity Synopsis: The film highlights conservation and livelihood Synopsis: The Public Service Message (PSM) message is issues that involve dwellers of reserve forest areas, and their that nature can always find a way to prosper if we let it — conflicts with forest laws. The location is Lakhimpur Kheri even on the very instrument which is used to destroy it. The district of Uttar Pradesh. The declaration of a forest area as film’s key image is that of an old and rusty axe, which has a a reserve forest renders people here as encroachers on a green sapling jutting out from a crack in its wooden grip. land inhabited by them for decades. Their dependency on the forests for livelihood now becomes an unlawful pursuit. Director: Sameer Puri The film does not undermine the importance of establishing Producer: Bilawal S. Thakar reserve forest areas, but highlights the importance of taking Production Company: Vivid Motion Pictures care of the people who are affected in the process.
Contact Details: Directors: Mr. Anirudh Rastogi, Ms. Vanshaja Shukla and Sameer Puri Mr. Vikas Upadhyay Proprietor, Raja House 61, Waroda Road (Off Hill Road), Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050 Producers: Mr. Anirudh Rastogi, Ms. Vanshaja Shukla P: 022-56820073, M: 09821073375 and Mr. Vikas Upadhyay E: [email protected] Contact Details: Anirudh Rastogi C/o Mr. Arvind Rastogi, 20 A/3, Nehru Nagar (West), English Title: Life Under Gondola Bhilai 490 020, Chhattisgarh P: 0788-2392018, M: 09826272782; F: 0788-2392753 E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Duration: 18 min English Title: Looking at Forests Synopsis: Gulmarg - the Meadows of flowers is nestled among fir and pine covered slopes and has magnetic Language: Englihs & Hindi attraction for the rich as well as the poor. Due to the latest Duration: 15 min addition of aerial ropeway - Gondola it has received more Format: U-Matic, VHS attraction. The discovery of Gondola trip is the spectacle of a nomadic hill tribe. Their ethereal lifestyle is the best bit of experience at hand. The film revolves around this Subject Focus: Re-growing natural forests village called as Hakarpathri where Khans of far of village reside during summer months. The hutments in which they Synopsis: The Prakriti Samrakshana Samiti (PSS) is live are constructed in an intricate way, made up of rare involved in studying indigenous trees, plants and forest wood. Here we can see nature, wildlife and human undergrowth, and replanting them with the help of local beings: the fusion is queer yet alluring. With their tribals in an attempt to regrow a natural forest. The film indigenous traditions, the people here tend a special tang looks at these efforts. of secluded area they inhabit. Simple living is their hallmark. Besides men of his tribe, women also are very Production Company: Council for Advancement of hard working. Their life is arduous, yet gratifying and People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) peaceful. The ecosystem of area has not only been disturbed because of them but also due to Gondola, which Contact Details: has stabbed a chest of majestic pine covered terrain. Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) Director: Shahid Rasool Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 Contact Details: F: 011-24648607, 24625822 Shahid Rasool E: [email protected] The University of Kashmir, Hazratbal, Srinagar 190 006 J&K W: www.capart.nic.in E: [email protected]; [email protected]
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English Title: Man and Environment-1 English Title: Man Made Misery (What on Earth are We Doing to Our Environment?) Original Title: Man Made Misery Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1989 Duration: 20 min Language: English Format: 35 mm Duration: 17 min 56 sec Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Man and nature
Subject Focus: Man and environment Synopsis: The film shows how man, by ruthlessly exploiting the gifts of nature, has created misery for Synopsis: This is an introductory programme to a series himself. that talks about the constant interaction between man, animals, birds and the environment — natural as well as Producer: Films Division man-made. Displacement of a single element from the web of life disturbs this delicate balance between man Contact Details: and environment. Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 Production Company: EAHM P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.filmsdivision.org NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Mangrove — Facts and Policies
English Title: Man and Environment-2 Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1995 Duration: 14 min 57 sec (What on Earth are We Doing to Our Land?) Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1989 Subject Focus: Mangroves Language: English Duration: 17 min 29 sec Synopsis: The word ‘mangrove’ derives from the Format: U-Matic Portuguese word ‘mangue’ and the English word ‘grove’. The film uncovers similar facts about mangroves. Subject Focus: Land and wasteland development Production Company: EMKU Synopsis: This episode focuses on a specific issue — land, its different geographical classifications, wastelands Contact Details: and their development. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Production Company: EAHM P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Mangroves — Life on the Margin English Title: Mangroves of Sundarban
Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1995 Original Title: Mangroves of Sundarban Duration: 21 min Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2001 Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 24 min Subject Focus: Threats to mangroves Format: 35 mm
Synopsis: Mangrove and their swamps harbour distinctive Subject Focus: Mangroves of the Sunderbans ecosystems and are important land builders, helping to form islands, and protecting and extending shorelines. Synopsis: This is a documentary film on the mangroves Today, mangroves are being over-exploited for fuelwood, of the Sunderbans, the world’s largest delta; 65% of India’s charcoal, aquaculture and other purposes. mangrove forests lie in the districts of North and South 24 Parganas in this region. Production Company: EPUN Director: K. G. Das Contact Details: Producers: Bankim & A.K. Bhattacharya Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting W: www.cec-ugc.org Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 English Title: Mangroves and the Man E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2000 Duration: 15 min 53 sec Format: Betacam English Title: Mangroves of Sundarbans Subject Focus: The mangroves of Krishna and Godavari Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1999 deltas in Andhra Pradesh Language: English Duration: 22 min 12 sec Synopsis: Mangroves are salt-tolerant forest ecosystems of intertidal regions near river mouths. Due to various Subject Focus: Mangroves of the Sunderbans reasons (mainly economic), these critical habitats are being degraded and denuded. The programme depicts the present status of the mangroves of Krishna and Synopsis: This programme takes us to the estuarine Godavari deltas in Andhra Pradesh. deltaic forests — mangroves — of the Sunderbans. It identifies the different mangrove species, tells the viewers about their unique characteristics, and urges their Production Company: EHYD protection from destruction caused by human interference. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Director: Ashijit Ganguli, Educational Research Centre, NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Kolkata P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Ashijit Ganguly 50, Circus Avenue, Kolkata 700 017, West Bengal P: 033-2474869 E: [email protected], [email protected]
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English Title: Marine Parks English Title: Mere Desh ki Dharti Part-I
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Original Title: Mere Desh ki Dharti Part-I Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Duration: 28 min 45 sec Language: Hindi Format: U-Matic Duration: 26 min Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: Marine parks Subject Focus: Deforestation and soil conservation Synopsis: American marine park experts Dr. John Reynolds, Dr. John Clark and Ms. Cindy Nielson, and Dr. Synopsis: The film is on the environmental devastation Peter Maginnity of Australia share their views on national wrought by mankind’s unsustainable practices, and the parks for protecting marine lifeforms. The film also features scientific methods of conserving soil, which is affected by Prof. V. R. Muthukaruppan of Madurai Kamaraj University, deforestation. who discusses the first marine park, to be set up in the Gulf of Mannar off Tamil Nadu. Director: Arun Kaul Producer: NOC-YCA, Department of Science and Production Company: EMKU Technology (DST), Government of India Production Company: Arun Kaul Productions Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NOC-YCA, Department of Science and Technology (DST), P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Government of India W: www.cec-ugc.org 306, Vigyan Sadan, Sector X, R K Puram, New Delhi 110 022 P: 011-26195312-13; F: 011-26195312 E: [email protected] W: www.ysa2004.org English Title: Medicinal Plants through Scientoon
Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2004 Language: English English Title: Mere Desh ki Dharti Part-II Duration: 25 min 24 sec Format: Betacam Original Title: Mere Desh ki Dharti Part-II Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Subject Focus: Medicinal plants and the biodiversity of Language: Hindi the Asia-Pacific region Duration: 28 min 5 sec Format: Betacam SP Synopsis: The programme deals with medicinal plants and the biodiversity of the Asia-Pacific region. Subject Focus: Soil and its conservation SCIENTOON, a new class of science cartoons started in India in 1998, has been used in the lectures. Synopsis: This part of the two-part series focuses on the important role played by soil in our sustenance. It also Production Company: AIMP talks about how India has traditionally looked after soil.
Contact Details: Director: Arun Kaul Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Producer: NOC-YCA, Department of Science and NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Technology (DST), Government of India P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Production Company: Arun Kaul Productions W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: NOC-YCA, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India 306, Vigyan Sadan, Sector X, R K Puram, New Delhi 110 022 P: 011-26195312-13; F: 011-26195312 E: [email protected] W: www.ysa2004.org
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English Title: Mobile Bio-diversity Festival English Title: Monsoon Flowers
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Original Title: Monsoon Flowers Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: November 2001 Duration: 11 min Language: English Duration: 17 min Subject Focus: Biodiversity, importance of traditional Format: Betacam SP crops and the need to empower women in agriculture Subject Focus: Monsoon flowers Synopsis: The Deccan Development Society (DDS) has launched an interesting strategy: the Mobile Diversity Synopsis: The film provides botanical information about Festival, in which bullock carts go around villages ‘monsoon flowers’. demonstrating traditional seeds, explaining their value, and interacting with farmers, scientists, farm workers, Director: Balkrishna Damle policy planners and people. The film has been shot by Producer: Balkrishna Damle non-literate women belonging to the Community Media Production Company: Educational Multimedia Research Trust of DDS. Centre (EMRC)
Director: Emani Krishna Rao Contact Details: Producer: Doordarshan Kendra, Hyderabad Educational Multi Media Research Centre (EMRC) University of Pune, Pune 411 007, Maharashtra P: 020-25690701; F: 020-25690315 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Doordarshan Kendra Ramanthapur, Hyderabad 500 013, Andhra Pradesh P: 040-7038761; F: 040-7038790 E: [email protected] English Title: Mujhe Bachao Nainital
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 English Title: Mobile Bio-diversity Festival 2002 Language: Hindi Duration: 36 min 10 sec Original Title: Mobile Bio-diversity Festival 2002 Date/month/year of Production: 2002 Subject Focus: Environmental degradation in Nainital Language: Telegu (with English subtitles) Duration: 13 min Synopsis: The film depicts the massive environmental costs Nainital is paying for its ‘development’ and for un- Subject Focus: DDS’s 2002 Mobile Biodiversity Festival sustainable tourism.
Synopsis: In January 2000, the Deccan Development Awards Received by the Film: International Adventure Society (DDS) embarked on a unique conservation and Film Festival award, 1996 cultural campaign called the Mobile Biodiversity Festival. Beyond the specially decorated caravan of bullock carts, Director: Shiv Painuli traditional musical bands, dancing, singing and exhibits of varieties of traditional seeds, the most important part of the Contact Details: festival was that it converted itself into a forum for the farmers Shiv Painuli in the region to voice their personal concerns about the future TV-Giridoot, 82, Krishan Nagar, Dehradun 248 001 of farming in India. Since then, the festival has been Uttaranchal illustrating what communities can do to reflect the rich P: 0135-2754157; M: 09412009947; F: 0135-759466 agricultural diversity of their region in a celebratory fashion. E: [email protected]; [email protected]
Directors: Vijendra Patil and P. V. Satheesh Producers: DDS Community Media Trust, Ms. Chinna Narsamma
Contact Details: Vijendra Patil C/o Bars & Tone, 17, Sarvadarshan, Opp. Saraswat Cooperative Bank, Karve Road, Pune 411 004, Maharashtra P: 020-5444750
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English Title: Mystery within Gulf of Kutch English Title: National Marine Parks of America
Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1995 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Language: English Language: English Duration: 16 min 20 sec Duration: 14 min 45 sec Format: Betacam Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Biodiversity of the Gulf of Kutch Subject Focus: Protecting marine habitats
Synopsis: This programme is on the biodiversity of the Synopsis: Dr. Cindy Neilsen, Chief Naturalist, Glaciar Gulf of Kutch — an area which shelters animals like National Park, discusses the various aspects of marine starfish, jellyfish, lobsters, sea-slugs, crabs, conches, parks and the protection of marine habitats in this film. seaweeds, corals and barral fish. Production Company: EMKU Production Company: EAHM Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Natural Hertiage of Gujarat English Title: Nagarhole: Tales from an Indian Jungle Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1999 Language: English Original Title: Nagarhole: Tales from an Indian Jungle Duration: 42 min Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1997 Language: English Subject Focus: Wildlife and the protected areas of Gujarat Duration: 52 min Format: 16 mm Synopsis: Gujarat, in western India, has a diverse ecosystem: a mix of dry, moist, thorny and semi-deciduous Subject Focus: Ecosystem of the Nagarhole National forests, large grasslands (Banni near the Rann), the Park longest coastline in the country, two gulfs (the Gulf of Kutch and the Gulf of Khambhat), and mountain ranges (Vindhya, Synopsis: The film captures the changing seasons of the Satpura, Western Ghats and Aravallis). It has 21 forest, and the hidden dramas that go on within it. sanctuaries and four national parks, which cover 8.6% of its geographical area. The Asiatic lion and the Asiatic wild Awards Received by the Film: ‘Jury Special Mention ass are found only in Gujarat. But this immense heritage Award’—CMS VATAVARAN 2003; Special Jury Award, needs careful conservation, says the film. International Wildlife Film Festival, Monthana, 1998; Sondrio International Festival on Parks & Protected Areas, Directors: Ashok N. Mewada, Nam Communication 1998; Arlette Vincent Prize, Valvert International Wildlife Film Festival, Brussels, 1999 Contact Details: Ashok Mewada Producers: Shekar Dattatri/Eco Media (P) Ltd. Gujarat University, Ahmedabad 380 009, Gujarat Commissioning Agency: MC Arthur Foundation P: 079-6302409
Contact Details: Shekar Dattatri Eco Media (P) Ltd. Director, Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600 041, Tamil Nadu P: 044-24415744, 2491 4802; M: 9841015997 F: 44-2491 0910 E: [email protected], [email protected]
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English Title: Nature and Man English Title: Neem: The Green Gold Mine
Original Title: Nature and Man Original Title: Neem: The Green Gold Mine Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1995 Duration: 19 min Language: English Format: 35 mm Duration: 18 min 30 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Man and nature Subject Focus: The neem tree and its importance Synopsis: The film presents the delicate balance and inter-relationship between the two in life and creation. Synopsis: The film educates viewers on the importance of the neem (Azadirachta Indica), which grows everywhere Producer: Films Division on the Indian sub-continent. The most important compounds the tree has are its oil and limonoids. Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Producer: Vinod Sati Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 Contact Details: P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Jai Narayan Vyas University, MBM College Campus, Jodhpur E: [email protected] Rajasthan W: www.filmsdivision.org P: 0291-2513734; F: 0291-2513733 E: [email protected]
English Title: Nature’s Care English Title: New Forest Policy Language: English Duration: 23 min Language: English Format: 16 mm Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Life and nature Subject Focus: India’s forest policy
Synopsis: The film gives an insight into the continuity of Synopsis: The Government of India’s Forest Policy has life in various living beings and nature’s role in this. raised a lot of debate. This story discusses the implications of this new policy for the industrial sector. Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Development Alternatives Research and Training (NCERT) 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Nimiya ka Ped English Title: No Title
Original Title: The Neem Tree Original Title: No Title Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Language: No spoken language Language: English Duration: 2 min 58 sec Duration: 56 sec Format: DV CAM Format: DV
Subject Focus: Tree-felling and its impacts Subject Focus: Protecting the environment
Synopsis: Rampant deforestation is eating up the green Synopsis: In this fast changing world and rat-race for cover of our country. It is easy to point at the forest dwellers survival, environmental issues are put on the back-burner. and villagers who still depend on forest produce, but we The PSM sends out the message of protecting the forget that the forests had been safe in their hands while environment and the delicate fabric of nature. they were the custodians. Director: Girish A. V. Director: Kavita Bahl Producer: A. K. Venugopal Producer: Nandan Saxena Production Company: Single Knight Production Company: Top Quark Productions Contact Details: Contact Details: Girish A. V. Kavita Bahl Gopa Nivas, Kudavechoor PO, Kottayam, Kerala C-227, Anand Vihar, Vikas Marg Extn., New Delhi 110 092 M: 09895546808 P: 011-22152787; M: 9868805077 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]
English Title: Once There was a Forest English Title: No More Tigers in the Yard Original Title: Once There was a Forest Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1989 Duration: 28 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 57 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Tribals and their relationship to forests Subject Focus: Regenerating the Usambara forests of Synopsis: This film is a testimony to the struggle of the Tanzania tribals of Gujarat to retain their cultural identity and their forests in the face of modern development. In a series of interviews, the tribal people relate the history of the great Synopsis: Not 100 years ago, the Usambara Mountains forests which once surrounded their villages. They are in north-eastern Tanzania abounded in all kinds of tropical highly critical of the Forest Societies who, they say, have flora and fauna. The Samba tribals grew their gardens in not come up with effective policies for managing the the heart of these forests without hampering the ecological forests. balance. But as people’s needs increased, exploitation began. But the film brings forth an exhilarating view: Director: Mira Tanna traditional agricultural techniques and plantation of trees Producer: Suresh Kumar Awasthi have been revived.
Contact Details: Director: Lars Johannessen Development Alternatives Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) W: www.devalt.org 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Once Upon a Time English Title: Only an Axe Away
Original Title: Once Upon a Time Original Title: Oru Mazhuvinte Dooram Mathram Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Language: Malayalam Language: Malayalam (with English subtitles) Duration: 3 min 42 sec Duration: 39 min 50 sec Format: Betacam SP Format: Digital Video (DV)
Subject Focus: Environmental destruction — man and Subject Focus: The campaign to save the Silent Valley nature and the threats it faces today
Synopsis: This film is a sarcastic comment on man’s Synopsis: This film narrates the story of the unique continuous attempts at building material comforts at the campaign to save the Silent Valley from destructive expense of nature. This desire for material comforts has development. Silent Valley was declared a National Park been seen in the film in synchrony with receding forest in 1984, but the threats to it have not ceased to exist. The cover. The happy wife and husband have succeeded in Kerala State Electricity Board plans to build a dam on the creating a luxurious lifestyle out of forest wealth, but soon fringes of the Park at Pathrakadavu, across the river face the inevitable fury of nature; all that they had amassed Kunthi. Nature lovers are concerned that the proposed are lost to nature itself. dam will harm the pristine evergreen forests in the Valley.
Awards Received by the Film: ‘Jury Special Mention Directors: P. Baburaj and C. Saratchandran Award’—CMS VATAVARAN 2005 Producers: C. Saratchandran, Third Eye Communications Production Company: Third Eye Communications Director: Girish A. V. Producer: Department of Forests and Wildlife Contact Details: Production Company: Centre for Development of P. Baburaj and C. Saratchandran Imaging Technology (C-DIT) Third Eye Communications, 101, North Fort Garden NF Gate, Tripunithura, Ernakulam 682 301, Kerala Contact Details: P: 0484-2784333, M: 09349259321 Manoj Krishnan P. E: [email protected] C-DIT, Gorki Bhavan, Vanross Junction, Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, Kerala P: 0471-2330081; M: 09447886486 F: 0471-2333735, 2328659 English Title: Orchids of Manipur E: [email protected] W: www.cdit.org Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Language: English Duration: 22 min
Subject Focus: Orchids of Manipur
Synopsis: The forests of Manipur are the home of beautiful varieties of orchids, some of them endemic to the state.
Director: Aribam Shyam Sharma
Contact Details: Aribam Shyam Sharma Thangmeiband, opposite ABC Godown Imphal 795 001, Manipur P: 0385-2413310
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English Title: Origin of Life English Title: Our Jungle Our People
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Duration: 1 hr 5 min Language: Oriya Format: 16 mm Duration: 20 min
Subject Focus: Origins of life on earth Contact Details: D. Samanathey Synopsis: The film explains the basis of plant and animal Orissa Social Service Institute At/Po. Baramba Post Box 1, Cuttack 754 031, Orissa life on earth, and probes the history of ancient man. P: 06721-273276; F: 06762-243120
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) English Title: Out of the Blue Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Language: English NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Duration: 24 min P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Subject Focus: Biodiversity and life on the Otago Peninsula in New Zealand
English Title: Our Earth Synopsis: This is a film about the Otago Peninsula on the fringes of Dunedin in New Zealand. The rich fishing Original Title: Our Earth grounds around the Peninsula, owing to the proximity of Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 the continental shelf and deep canyons, make it a priced Language: No dialogues piece of real estate for its inhabitants — from the Royal Duration: 5 min 13 sec Albatrosses to the Yellow-eyed Penguins — to breed. A Format: 35 mm land of wild extremes, it is home to a fascinating mix of life across its sandy dunes, estuaries and rugged volcanic Subject Focus: Environmental degradation cliffs.
Synopsis: This film illustrates how Earth gets disfigured Director: Humphrey Tauro in the name of industrial development and progress, and Production Company: Centre for Science and ends on the note that children could help restore its beauty Environment (CSE) and greenery. Contact Details: Director: Sanjay Jadhav Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Producer: Arun Gongade, Films Division P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.cseindia.org Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Panchghani: Fire on the Mountain English Title: Parks or People
Original Title: Panchghani: Fire on the Mountain Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Duration: 39 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 27 min Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Rainforest conservation
Subject Focus: The practice of burning down hill slopes Synopsis: The Korup National Park and the Kilum in Panchgani, Mahabaleshwar Mountain Forest are two rainforest projects in Cameroon: the film explores the relative merits of the two approaches Synopsis: The film documents the wanton burning of the to forest conservation that they represent. Kilum, set up Western Ghats in the Panchgani-Mahabaleshwar region. by the International Council for Bird Preservation, is small- What pushes the villagers to consciously light a match, scale and relies on local expertise. Korup, a more which sets a whole hillside aflame, destroying precious ambitious project by the World Wide Fund for Nature and fragile saplings, and murdering ground-dwelling (WWF), has begun moving people out of the forest animals on an unimaginable scale? reserve. Kilum, on the other hand, actively encourages local people to move back in to practise the sustainable Producer: Mandakini Mathur use of forest resources. The film argues that in the long run, rainforest conservation can only work if it involves Contact Details: local people in the protection of their own rainforests. Mandakini Mathur Dr. Nivsarkar’s Bunglow, Mahabaleshwar Road Awards Received by the Film: Wildscreen Golden Panda Panchgani 412 805, Maharashtra Award P: 02168-241220; M: 09422604440 E: [email protected] Director: Damien Lewis Producer: Damien Lewis Production Company: Forest Films English Title: Papeeha Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Development Alternatives Language: Hindi 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Duration: 30 min E: [email protected] Format: VHS W: www.devalt.org
Subject Focus: Environmental awareness
Synopsis: This feature film attempts to enlighten its viewers about the environment and forests.
Producer: M/s Sai Paranjpye Films Pvt. Commissioning Agency: Partly supported by Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India
Contact Details: The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in
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English Title: Partners in Peril English Title: Pen vs Pen
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Original Title: Pen vs Pen Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Duration: 30 min Language: No spoken language Duration: 2 min Subject Focus: The ecology of the Sundarbans and the Format: DV dangers it faces Subject Focus: Environmental depredations of man Synopsis: The Sundarbans delta, the world’s largest mangrove forests, is an attractive tourist destination. But Synopsis: This is an animated representation of how what is the greater fear for the three million people living human beings discover the beauty of nature and wildlife, in the periphery of these forests — the tiger or the floods but fight to own it using their powers, which results in the which regularly inundate their land? Prawn farms are destruction of the beautiful environment. turning the waters of the region barren, and endangering the delicate ecosystem. People have turned to prawn Director: Avinash Patil farming because the forest can no longer meet their Producer: Avinash Patil livelihood demands. Contact Details: Director: Johar Kanungo Avinash Patel Producer: Doordarshan 115, Shaktinagar, Gupteshwar, Jabalpur 482 002, Madhya Pradesh Contact Details: P: 0761-2425335 Jahar Kanungo E: [email protected] 1143/D-1, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi P: 011-26890758, 4692087; F: 011-24625170 E: [email protected] English Title: Penguin Island
Language: English English Title: Pastures in the Heaven Duration: 6 min Format: 16 mm Original Title: Kurinhithinayilude Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2001 Subject Focus: Penguins Language: Malayalam (dubbed in English) Duration: 37 min 54 sec Synopsis: The film shows penguins on their breeding Format: Betacam SP grounds on Dessen Island, near Cape Town.
Subject Focus: The Western Ghats Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Synopsis: The Western Ghats is one of the 18 biological hotspots of the world. The film documents the biodiversity Contact Details: of this region, and the lifestyles of people co-inhabiting Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) with the region’s wildlife. Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Director: K. Mohan Kumar Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Producer: C-DIT P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803 F: 011-26864141 Production Company: Centre for Development of E: [email protected] Imaging Technology (C-DIT) W: www.ciet.nic.in
Contact Details: Manoj Krishnan P. C-DIT, Gorki Bhavan, Vanross Junction Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, Kerala P: 0471-2330081; M: 09447886486 F: 0471-2333735, 2328659 E: [email protected] W: www.cdit.org
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English Title: People’s Agenda for Biodiversity: English Title: Phosphogypsum as Wood Mobile Fesivals of the D.D.S. Substitute
Original Title: People’s Agenda for Biodiversity: Mobile Language: English Fesivals of the D.D.S. Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Language: English (with English subtitles) Subject Focus: Eco-friendly alternative to wood Duration: 26 min Format: Betacam SP Synopsis: The destruction of our forests for wood is responsible for the vast tracts of degraded land that we are left with today. Phosphogypsum can be an eco-friendly Subject Focus: The Mobile Biodiversity Festivals of the substitute for wood used in the interiors of buildings. Deccan Development Society Producer: Development Alternatives Synopsis: Medak district of Andhra Pradesh, where the Production Company: Doordarshan Deccan Development Society (DDS) works, has thousands of women farmers who have kept alive a vibrant Contact Details: agro-biodiversity on their farms and fields. This is the Development Alternatives tradition that inspired the biodiversity festivals of the DDS 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 — called the Mobile Biodiversity Festivals. P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Directors: P. V. Satheesh and Vijendra Patil W: www.devalt.org Production Company: Deccan Development Society (DDS) English Title: Plant Succession Contact Details: P. V. Satheesh and Vijendra Patil Language: English Deccan Development Society, 101, Kishan Residency, H. No. 1-11-242/1, Street No. 5, Begumpet, Duration: 15 min Hyderabad 500 016, Andhra Pradesh Format: 16 mm P: 022-28576119; F:044-27764722 E: [email protected] Subject Focus: Plant succession W: www.ddsindia.com Synopsis: This film demonstrates the stages of theoretical primary succession — from bare rock to hardwood forests, English Title: People’s Participation: as each stage prepares the soil for the next and paves Bandhavgarh and Jhabua the way for its own destruction.
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Language: English Technology (CIET) Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Participatory management of forests Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Synopsis: Many reserve forests and sanctuaries are in Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education the midst of a ‘man versus nature’ struggle. The issues Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 are conservation of forests and displacement of human P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 habitation. In Bandhavgarh and Jhabua, people’s E: [email protected] participation in the campaign to conserve is witnessing a W: www.ciet.nic.in harmony between man and nature.
Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Poetry of Nature English Title: Pride of Nature
Language: English Language: English Duration: 8 min Duration: 20 min Format: 16 mm Format: 16 mm
Subject Focus: Animals of California Subject Focus: Plants and trees of eastern India
Synopsis: This film documents animals in their natural Synopsis: This film gives an introduction to the different environments in redwood country in California, and their types of plants and trees of eastern India. constant struggle for survival. Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Research and Training (NCERT) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Research and Training (NCERT) P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 E: [email protected] P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 W: www.ciet.nic.in E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
English Title: Private Life of Plants English Title: Prickly Profit Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Language: English Duration: 292 min Duration: 26 min Format: DVD Format: Betacam SP, DVD Director: David Attenborough Subject Focus: Sustainable agriculture in the arid regions Producer: Keith Scholey
Contact Details: Synopsis: Three thousand years ago, the Sumerians British Council Library started a trend that the great civilizations in the arid and 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 semi-arid regions have followed ever since: they planted P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 crops that had to be irrigated. But to irrigate crops, some E: [email protected] countries are forced to pump water from underground supplies, much faster than nature can replace it. In a radical re-think, farmers in Israel are being encouraged to abandon water-guzzling crops and to plant species that are adapted to shortage of water.
Production Company: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Rang English Title: Registani Kalpavriksha — Khejari
Original Title: Rang Original Title: Registani Kalpavriksha — Khejari Date/Month/Year of Production: November 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2002 Language: Hindi Language: Hindi Duration: 17 min Duration: 13 min 51 sec Format: DV Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: The khejari tree Subject Focus: Interpretation of colours by nature and human beings Synopsis: The khejari tree grows in the harsh conditions of deserts, and is very useful for farmers. The Bishnois of Synopsis: This film deals with how nature and human Rajasthan have a legend: 363 members of the community beings interpret the colours orange and green in marigold sacrificed their lives in Khejarli village 150 years ago to flowers — differently. save the khejari.
Director: Vijay Kalamkar Producer: Manohar Lalas Production Company: Spandan Pariwar Contact Details: Contact Details: Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) Vijay Kalamkar Faculty of Engineering, Jai Narayan Vyas University, MBM 7, Gulab Kondi Chawl, Dayas Complex, Natwar Nagar, College Campus, Jodhpur, Rajasthan Road No. 1, Jogeshwari East, Mumbai 400 060 P: 0291-2513734; F: 0291-2513733 P: 022-28263960; M: 09821036497 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]
English Title: Romance of Life English Title: Ravages of Drought Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 14 min Duration: 27 min Format: 16 mm Format: VHS Subject Focus: Origins of life on earth Subject Focus: Deforestation and drought Synopsis: This film records the origin of life on earth, and Synopsis: The film examines the connection between traces its course from the amoeba to reptiles, and to deforestation and drought, and shows the problems of flowers, forests and primates. drinking water and fodder shortage faced by humans and livestock in Gujarat. Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Production Company: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Research and Training (NCERT) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Sacred Grove-1 (The Rare Islands English Title: Sahayak: Species in Partnership of Greenery) Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1993 Language: English Language: English Duration: Approx. 30 min Duration: 21 min 12 sec Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Partnership and interrelationship of species Subject Focus: Sacred groves of Maharashtra Synopsis: This video explores the relationship that exists Synopsis: In many villages of Maharashtra, forests are between the peasant, the herbalist and biodiversity — protected in the names of deities — as sacred groves. which ensures successful conservation. Traditional This programme looks at the need to conserve these societies relate to biodiversity through the concept of the groves. ‘sahayak’ — of species in partnership with each other. Plants are not merely food for humans, but also a source Production Company: EPUN of medicines. This is in total contrast to the emerging world view of Intellectual Property Rights, which denies the Contact Details: intrinsic worth of lifeforms. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Directors: Navdanya & South View Productions P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Dr. Vandana Shiva Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology (RFSTE) and Navdanya, A-60, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016 English Title: Sacred Groves P: 011-26968077 E: [email protected] Original Title: Sacred Groves Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2000 Language: English Duration: 10 min Format: 35 mm
Subject Focus: Sacred groves and their conservation
Synopsis: A sacred grove is a miniature forest located within areas of human settlement and nurtured by myths and traditions. In modern times, we must protect these ‘lungs’ of civilization.
Director: Suresh Menon Producer: Kuldeep Sinha Production Company: Films Division
Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022 23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Sahyadris — Mountains of the English Title: Sandesh Ek Log Anek Monsoon Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2005 Original Title: Sahyadris — Mountains of the Monsoon Duration: 5 min 34 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2002 Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 45 min Subject Focus: Planting trees for environmental Format: Digital conservation
Subject Focus: Biodiversity of the Western Ghats Synopsis: The message this programme carries is: save trees and plant trees for the benefit of our children and Synopsis: On the Malabar coast of southern India, along our environment. the Arabian Sea, lies the Western Ghats, one of the most Production Company: CDEL biodiverse regions on the planet. The film follows the wildlife of these mountains during monsoons — from the Contact Details: peaks of the Sahyadris to the thick shola forests, home to Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) the highly endangered Lion-tailed Macaque, and to the NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 dry deciduous forests at the foothills of the mountains, W: www.cec-ugc.org where elephants and other wildlife wait in expectation of the coming deluge.
Awards Received by the Film: Young Achiever of the English Title: Savage Strikes Back: Parts I, II & III Year Award, Infosys, 2005; Finalist at WildSouth Festival, New Zealand, 2005; Special Jury Award for Wildlife Original Title: Savage Strikes Back: Parts I, II & III Conservation—CMS VATAVARAN Film Festival, 2003; Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 Gold REMI Award for Creative Excellence, Houston Language: English Worldfest, 2003; Nominated for the BBC Newcomer of Duration: 3 x 52 min the Year Award, Wildscreen Wildlife Film Festival, 2002; Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Merit Award for Cinematography, International Wildlife Film Festival, Montana, 2002 Subject Focus: Indigenous peoples’ role in protecting environment Director: Sandesh V. Kadur Producer: Sandesh V. Kadur Synopsis: Many anthropological series portray indigenous Production Company: Gorgas Science Foundation/ peoples as exotic curiosities. In sharp contrast, Nexus University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost Feature’s five-part series explores the crucial role they play College in protecting wilderness and scarce resources, and their Commissioning Agency: Goras Science Foundation case for self-determination. Flames in the Forest focuses on the Eucadorian Indians’ fierce resistance to multinational Contact Details: oil companies invading and polluting their forests. Hunters Sandesh V. Kadur and Bombers looks at the conflicting interests of the Inuit Producer/Director, 503, 4th Main, 6th Cross, Kengeri Satellite people of Labrador-Quebec and the neighbouring Goose Town, Bangalore 560 060, Karnataka Bay base’s low-level bomber aircraft training. Rebels of the P: 080-8483828; F: 080-6602909 Forgotten World investigates the West Papuan peoples’ E: [email protected] armed resistance to Indonesia’s transmigration policy; The Kimberly Mob examines moves to rebuild aboriginal culture on traditional lands in Australia; and Follow the Rainbow tells the story of the Ho tribe’s opposition to two massive dams planned in south Bihar, India. Directors: Hugh Brody, Luke Holland, Alan Hayling, Graham Chase, and Nigel Markham Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Save Bhitarkanika English Title: Save Trees, Trees Save
Original Title: Save Bhitarkanika Original Title: Save Trees, Trees Save Date/Month/ Year of Production: 1996 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 40 min Duration: 30 sec Format: Betacam Format: 16 mm
Subject Focus: Olive Ridley turtles and mangrove forests Subject Focus: Saving trees of Bhitarkanika Synopsis: In a flooded Indian village, the waters are Synopsis: This is a documentary on the Bhitarkanika washing away homes, people and cattle. But one villager Sanctuary in Orissa. has saved his life by clinging on to the branches of a tree. The film depicts how trees can save us, if we save them Director: Krishnendu Bose from the axe. Producer: Krishnendu Bose Production Company: Earthcare Films Director: Lowe Team Commissioning Agency: Doordarshan Producer: Lowe Team Production Company: Lowe Team Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Contact Details: Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony Milind Lanjekar New Delhi 110 024 Lowe Team, 15th Floor, Express Towers P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021 E: [email protected] P: 022-56361577, M: 9892277430 W: www.earthcarefilms.com F: 022-22043135/36 E: [email protected]
English Title: Save Trees English Title: Seasons in the Sun Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Language: English Original Title: Seasons in the Sun Duration: 45 sec Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Subject Focus: Saving trees Duration: 22 min Format: DVD/VHS Synopsis: This is a message on saving trees to save the environment. Subject Focus: The Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan Synopsis: This is a visual journey through the Keoladeo Director: Reena Ashok National Park through different seasons, beginning with the monsoons. The film begins with an introduction to the Contact Details: Park, its history and goes on to talk about the amazing Crest Communication, A-1/307, Safdurjung Enclave bird diversity the Park supports. New Delhi 110 029 P: 011-26183478 E: [email protected] Director: Himanshu Malhotra Producer: Himanshu Malhotra Production Company: Multi Media
Contact Details: Multi Media C-50 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-24330000, 24330005; F: 011-24330090 E: [email protected], www.wildlifefilms.com
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English Title: Securing India’s Future: On the Trail English Title: Seeds of Hope of the National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Language: English, Tamil and Telugu Original Title: Securing India’s Future: On the Trail of the Duration: 30 min National Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan Format: 16 mm Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2003 Language: English Subject Focus: Tree nurseries Duration: 46 min 26 sec Format: Betacam Synopsis: This film demonstrates how tree nurseries can be established and maintained — and explains the entire Subject Focus: India’s National Biodiversity Strategy & process from seed selection to soil preparation and Action Plan (NBSAP) germination.
Synopsis: Planning processes in India are usually top- Awards Received by the Film: National Award (India) down, with a handful of ‘experts’ and decision-makers for Best Agricultural Film, 1988 preparing plans that the rest of the country has to follow. For once, however, a planning process showed that things Directors: Shekar Dattatri and Romulus Whitaker could be done differently. This film documents the process Producers: Shekar Dattatri and Romulus Whitaker of evolution of India’s National Biodiversity Strategy & Production Company: Swedish International Action Plan (NBSAP) through foot-marches, biodiversity Development Agency (SIDA) festivals, etc. Commissioning Agency: Trust for Environmental Education Producer: Vijendra Patil Commissioning Agency: United Nations Development Programme Contact Details: Shekar Dattatri Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur Contact Details: Chennai 600 041, Tamil Nadu Vijendra Patil P: 044-24415744, 2491 4802, M: 9841015997 Bars and Tome Television Pvt. Ltd., 17 Sarvadarshan, Nal Stop F: 044-2491 0910, 24918747 Chowk, Karve Road, Opp. Saraswat Co-operative Bank, Pune E: [email protected], [email protected] 411 004, Maharashtra W: www.shekardattatri.com P: 020-5444750, 5443309; F: 020-5439790 E: [email protected]
English Title: Sehjan
Language: Hindi Duration: 14 min 45 sec
Subject Focus: Drumsticks (sehjan) and its medicinal properties
Synopsis: Sehjan or drumsticks is a common tree found in most parts of India. The programme highlights the medicinal uses of the various parts of sehjan.
Producer: Ms. Usha Narula
Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Service of Trees English Title: Shatavari
Original Title: Service of Trees Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 11 min Duration: 9 min 30 sec Format: 35 mm Producer: Ms. Usha Narula
Subject Focus: The uses of trees Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Synopsis: This film describes the different services that Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) trees provide to humanity. Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Producer: Films Division E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 English Title: Shrimp Fever P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Language: English, Spanish E: [email protected] Duration: 52 min W: www.filmsdivision.org Format: DVD
Subject Focus: Environmental impacts of shrimp farming English Title: Shadows of Tehri in Ecuador
Original Title: Shadows of Tehri Synopsis: In Ecuador, hundreds of miles of tidal Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2003 mangrove, the breeding ground for much of the fish and Language: Hindi and English (with English subtitles) shellfish of the Pacific Ocean, have been burned to make Duration: 44 min 32 sec way for commercial shrimp farms. Running in a fringe Format: Betacam SP down the coasts of Africa, Asia and Latin America, mangroves are the ocean’s equivalent of the tropical Subject Focus: History of the submerged town of old Tehri rainforest, vital to the preservation of the coastline and in Uttaranchal the ecological balance of the region. But today, the 800 km of Ecuador’s Pacific coastline — once densely forested Synopsis: Shadows of Tehri is an attempt to capture the — are largely bare. Shrimp farming has become the essence of old Tehri town in Tehri Garhwal, Uttaranchal, second largest export business in the country, and is fast before it is lost forever under the swirling waters of the destroying the very ecosystem that created the conditions world’s highest dam, built over the rivers Bhilangana and for this gold rush. Bhagirathi. Director: Nick Davidson Director: Anirban Datta Producer: Ron Orders Producer: Department of Culture, Government of Production Company: Central TV Uttaranchal Production Company: Metamorphosis Film Junction Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Contact Details: P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Anirban Dutta E: [email protected] E-316, Anandlok Housing Society, Mayur Vihar, Phase I W: www.devalt.org New Delhi 110 091 P: 011-30933259, M: 9891770500, 9811557259 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Silent Valley — An Indian Rainforest English Title: Social Insects: Ants Biology, Social Organization Date/Month/Year of Production: 1990 Language: English, Tamil, Malayalam Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1986 Duration: 53 min Language: English Format: 16 mm Duration: 17 min 5 sec Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Indian rainforests Subject Focus: The social behaviour of ants Synopsis: The film takes the viewer through the heart of south India’s mysterious and little known rainforests. It is Synopsis: The programme explains the social behaviour the first comprehensive documentation of the wildlife of of ants, and the biology and organization of their social the grassland and ‘shola’ forest ecosystem of the Western structures within the colonies. Ghats. Production Company: AROO Awards Received by the Film: National Award for Best Film on Ecology and Environment, 1991; National Award Contact Details: for Best Cinematograpy (Non Feature category), 1991; Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Special Jury Award, Jackson Hole Festival, 1991; Citta NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 de Sondrio Award, Italy 1991; Best Nature Film, P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Earthvision Festival, Japan, 1992 W: www.cec-ugc.org
Director: Shekar Dattatri Producers: Shekar Dattatri and Romulus Whitaker English Title: Socotra: Island of Dragon’s Blood Production Company: Eco Media (P) Ltd. Commissioning Agency: NORAD, Misereor Language: English Duration: 15 min Contact Details: Format: DVD Shekar Dattatri Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai 600 041, Tamil Nadu Subject Focus: Biodiversity of the Socotra islands P: 044-24415744, 2491 4802, M: 9841015997 F: 044-2491 0910, 24918747 Synopsis: The island of Socotra, off the Yemeni coast, is E: [email protected], [email protected] home to over 750 plant and tree species – 250 of them W: www.shekardattatri.com endemic. In 1992, an international team of scientists and botanists visited the island. Edward Milner’s documentary follows the expedition, recording its effort to catalogue and English Title: Social Forestry evaluate Socotra’s extraordinary genetic wealth, including the bizarre-looking Dragon’s Blood tree. All botanic specimens found on the island are highly resistant to Original Title: Social Forestry drought, a genetic quality ideal for habitat restoration with Language: English enormous potential for other drought-prone parts of the Duration: 14 min world. Format: 35 mm Director: Edward Milner Subject Focus: Social forestry Producer: Edward Milner Production Company: Acacia Productions Synopsis: The film showcases the uses of social forestry. Contact Details: Producer: Films Division Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Contact Details: P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting E: [email protected] Government of India W: www.devalt.org 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Song of the Forest: Yanomamo English Title: Suits and Savages — Why the World Bank Won’t Save the World Language: English Duration: 54 min Original Title: Suits and Savages — Why the World Bank Format: DVD Won’t Save the World Date/month/year of Production: 2000 Subject Focus: The Amazon rainforest and its devastation Language: English & Kannada (with English subtitles where Kannada is spoken) Synopsis: Yanomamo is a musical which tells the story Duration: 38 min of the Amazon rainforest, the Indians who live there, and the destruction of the forest brought about by reckless Subject Focus: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) development. Written by two teachers from St. Augustine’s and its ecodevelopment agenda High School in Lancashire, UK, it is performed by the school’s choir and musicians together with the rock-singer Synopsis: The Global Environment Facility (GEF) looks Sting, an old pupil from the school. The musical is a promising on paper: with US $2.5 billion dollars from the powerful plea for preserving the Yanomamo’s land and world’s governments to spend on global green aid, and traditional way of life. an inclusive, democratic model of governance. But does this newest of the international financial institutions live Director: Richard Keefe up to its own rhetoric? The film looks at a GEF/World Bank Producer: Richard Keefe ecodevelopment project from the ground up — traveling Production Company: North South Productions, Central between one remote tribe in India and another, more Independent TV powerful, in Washington DC, spanning the gulf between their environments with a video letter from the forest to Contact Details: the Bank. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Directors: Zoe Young & Dylan Howitt P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Producers: Conscious Cinema, Zoe Young & Dylan Howitt E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Zoe Young & Dylan Howitt 100, Bayswater Rd, London W2, UK English Title: State of the Planet P: 44-207-7232875
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Language: English English Title: Swaran Patri Duration: 147 min Format: DVD Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Director: David Attenborough Language: Hindi Producer: Rupert Barrington Duration: 9 min 43 sec
Contact Details: Subject Focus: Medicinal plants British Council Library 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 Synopsis: The programme is a part of a series on E: [email protected] medicinal plants targeted at secondary-level students, and highlights the medicinal values of the plant called Swaran Patri.
Producer: Ms. Usha Narula
Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Swarming Hordes English Title: Taru
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 Duration: 45 min Language: English Format: 16 mm Duration: 19 min Format: 35 mm Subject Focus: Insects Subject Focus: Man and nature Synopsis: The film explores the history of insects and their interdependence and coevolution with the plants that Synopsis: This is a story of a man and a tree and their support them. life-long relationship. At a subtle level, Taru points to man’s wanton exploitation of nature and its grim consequences, Production Company: Central Institute of Educational which could be avoided only if man treats his environment Technology (CIET) with care and concern.
Contact Details: Director: Ram Mohan Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Contact Details: Research and Training (NCERT) Children’s Film Society, India Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Films Division Complex, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Mumbai 400 026 India E: [email protected] P: 022-23526798, 23516136; F: 022-23522610 W: www.ciet.nic.in E: [email protected] W: www.cfsindia.org
English Title: Symphony in Green English Title: Tensions — Maharashtra Social Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1996 Forestry Programme Duration: 26 min Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Duration: 22 min Subject Focus: Participatory management of forests Format: U-Matic
Synopsis: Forests, our national wealth, are being Subject Focus: Deforestation and social forestry destroyed at a rapid rate. The government has initiated programmes to stop this destruction. This film takes a look Synopsis: The programme deals with the causes of at two of these programmes: Joint Forest Management deforestation in India, and showcases the reforestation (JFM) and the Village Ecodevelopment (VED) measures adapted by the Maharashtra state forest programmes as part of the Social Forestry Scheme. These department. programmes aim to save the forests by involving the local communities in their management. Production Company: EPUN
Production Company: EPUN Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Thar Registan — Ek Jeevant English Title: The ‘Savage’ Strikes Back Series Paridrashya (Prog. I: Flames in the Forests)
Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2003 Language: English Duration: 17 min 42 sec Duration: 53 min Format: Betacam Format: DVD
Subject Focus: The Thar desert Subject Focus: Amazon’s indigenous communities’ fight for control over their resources Synopsis: The film depicts the ecology of the Thar desert and the lifestyles and culture of the people who inhabit it. Synopsis: The episode tells the story of the Amazonian Indians’ resistance to multinational oil companies’ invasion Production Company: EJOD of their traditional forest lands in Ecuador.
Contact Details: Directors: Alan Hayling, Luke, Holland, Hugh Brody, Nigel Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Markham, Claudio van Planta, Graham Chase, Vasudha NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Joshi and Ranjan Paiit P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Producers: Alan Hayiing/Luke Hoiiand W: www.cec-ugc.org Production Company: Nexus Features
Contact Details: English Title: Thar Registan — Jeevan Vividhata Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2003 E: [email protected] Duration: 14 min 53 sec W: www.devalt.org Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: The Thar desert English Title: The ‘Savage’ Strikes Back Series Synopsis: Like deserts elsewhere in the world, Indian (Prog. Ill: Rebels of the Forgotten World) deserts too are shrinking because of environmental reasons. The film documents the beauty and variety of Language: English the Thar, and the necessity for preserving it. Duration: 53 min Format: DVD Production Company: EJOD Subject Focus: Indigenous communities’ fight for control Contact Details: over their resources — West Papua Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Synopsis: This episode is filmed in the tropical forests of P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 West Papua, in the western half of the island of New W: www.cec-ugc.org Guinea. It looks at the armed tribal opposition by guerrilla leaders of the Free West Papua Movement (OPM) to Indonesia’s controversial transmigration project, which involves relocating thousands of peasants from the over- populated islands of Java and Bali to West Papua.
Directors: Alan Hayling, Luke, Holland, Hugh Brody, Nigel Markham, Claudio van Planta, Graham Chase, Vasudha Joshi and Ranjan Paiit Producers: Alan Hayiing/Luke Hoiiand Production Company: Nexus Features
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: The Blue Mountains: Land of English Title: The Changing Nature of a Wetland Biodiversity Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2001 Duration: 18 min 3 sec Duration: 19 mins 16sec Format: U-Matic Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Wetlands of Ujjaini, Maharashtra Subject Focus: The biodiversity of the Nilgiris Synopsis: The programme depicts successional changes Synopsis: The Blue Mountains – known as Nilgiris — over the last five years in the plant and animal life in the preserved by the people of the hills over the centuries, is backwaters of the Ujjani irrigation project in Maharashtra. now threatened by degradation because of improper land These changes will progressively modify environmental use and environmental mismanagement. Frequent conditions in this area. landslides, soil erosion and flooding of rivers have been the results. The programme looks at these issues, as also Production Company: EPUN the initiatives to save the Niligris. Contact Details: Production Company: AMAD Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: The Decision
Original Title: The Decision English Title: The Bounties of Nature Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Language: English (dubbed in English) Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Duration: 4 min 13 sec Language: English Format: Video Duration: 38 min Format: VHS Subject Focus: Saving the environment Subject Focus: Biodiversity Synopsis: A father decides to leave the Earth and settle Synopsis: The film covers biodiversity in general, focusing in new colonies on the Moon so that he can bring up his on the Himalayas, the flood plains of Brahmaputra in son in a clean environment. The son, on the other hand, Assam, and some estuarine ecosystems. is confident that the present situation on the Earth can be changed and that he can do it with the support of his father. Producer: G. Hari The son’s optimism forces the father to change his mind. The film demonstrates the despair faced by people when Contact Details: it comes to the deteriorating environment, and its antidote: The Secretary the hope and promise held out by the young. Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road Director: Harold Raichur New Delhi - 110 003 India Producer: Akhlaque Shaikh P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.envfor.nic.in Harold Raichur RH-81, Shrinivas Society, Flat No 17, Shahu Nagar Pune 411 033, Maharashtra M: 09850894075 E: [email protected]
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English Title: The Fine Balance English Title: The Guardian of Nature
Original Title: The Fine Balance Original Title: Nidhi Pedakanghalude Kaavalkkaran Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Language: English Language: Malayalam (with English subtitles) Duration: 30 min Duration: 27 min 34 sec Format: DVD Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Park-people coexistence Subject Focus: The life of Bhaskara Pillai
Synopsis: This is a portrayal of the collective efforts by Synopsis: This documentary portrays the life of 63-year- forest officers and NGOs to attain an eco-balance between old Bhaskara Pillai, who safeguards the biggest teak tree the last surviving gene pool of the Asiatic lion, and the in Asia in the deep forests of Edamalayar, Kerala. He has Maldhari and Siddi communities. spent 16 years of his life here, protecting the forest and its resources. Director: Darshan Dave Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Director: Biju Pankaj Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Producer: Surya TV Trivandrum (PSBT) Production Company: Surya TV, Trivandrum Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Contact Details: Bureau Chief, Surya TV Contact Details: 41/2969, Kacheripady, Chittor Road, Cochin Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Ernakulam 682 018, Kerala A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 0424-2397977/8, M: 09895721732 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected] E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org English Title: The Landscape
English Title: The Greening of Thailand Original Title: The Landscape Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2000 Original Title: The Greening Of Thailand Language: Only music Date/Month/Year of Production: 1990 Duration: 4 min Language: English Format: 35 mm Duration: 53 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Nature and its degradation by man
Subject Focus: The environmental movement in Thailand Synopsis: Nature has given us so much, but our greed is tearing it apart. We are digging our own grave through Synopsis: The great flood of 1988 was the starting point this attitude, says the film. of an environmental movement in Thailand. People were rudely awakened to the fact that the devastating flood was Producer: Bankim due to excessive logging and was entirely man-made. A spontaneous surge of protest led to the formation of Contact Details: several environmental groups. The film details some Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting examples where the power of people’s protests led to Government of India environmental protection in Thailand. 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Director: J. Edward Milner E: [email protected] Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) W: www.filmsdivision.org
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: The Last Show on Earth English Title: The Lifeline of Pocharam
Original Title: The Last Show on Earth Original Title: The Lifeline of Pocharam Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1999 Language: English Language: English Duration: 102 min Duration: 21 min 10 sec Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Conservation Subject Focus: The Pocharam Wildlife Sanctuary and its revival Synopsis: Over the last few centuries, more than 400 known animal species and an unknown number of plant Synopsis: The film demonstrates the inherent capacity species have become extinct. More are on their way to of nature to rejuvenate, provided sufficient protection is extinction. But the conservation of these species is accorded to it. Detailing the rich floral and faunal diversity inextricably linked, claims Philip Cayford, with the survival of Pocharam Wildlife Sanctuary, it also covers the role of the human race. From the plains of South Dakota with played by the local community in protection and their protected buffalo herds to the snake stalls of Taiwan’s management of the forest. markets, he travels the globe filming rare and endangered animals, interviewing well-known conservationists, and Producer: D. N. Reddy going undercover to observe illegal wildlife traffickers. Commissioning Agency: The Chief Conservator of Forests (C.C.F.)-Wildlife Director: Philip Cayford Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: D. N. Reddy Contact Details: View Point , F. No. 303, Block III, C.B.R. Estates, Deepthisri Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Nagar, Madinaguda, Hyderabad 500 050, Andhra Pradesh 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 040-23041617 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: The Man Who Planted Mangroves
English Title: The Last Wilderness Original Title: Kandal Pokkudan Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English, Malyalam (with English voiceover) Language: English Format: Digital Duration: 20 min 4 sec Subject Focus: Conserving mangroves — the life and Subject Focus: Hyderabad’s green belt work of Sri Pokkudan
Synopsis: A Park, named after Kasu Brahmananda Synopsis: The Man Who Planted Mangroves is a Reddy, a former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, has biographical documentary about Sri Pokkudan, who has come up in the stately Chiran Palace of the former Nizam planted about one lakh mangroves. It talks about his of Hyderabad. Situated well within the City, the Park acts experiences as a dalit, his political life, his inspiration to as Hyderabad’s ‘lung’ — preventing pollution, replenishing plant mangroves, and his philosophy of life. the air and recharging groundwater. The Park is also envisaged as a centre for spreading environmental Producer: M. N. Surendran awareness among citizens. Contact Details: Director: G. Sankar M. N. Surendran Producer: Andhra Pradesh Forest department Owner, ‘Nirbhinna’, Mundur, Thrissur 680 541, Kerala P: 95487-2277268 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Mr. G. Shankar Shankar Films, Plot No. 2, Venkatapuram Colony, Walker Town, Secunderbad 500 025, Andra Pradesh P: 040-750 2943
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English Title: The Mud Island English Title: The Spirits of Forest
Original Title: The Mud Island Original Title: The Spirits of Forest Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: English Language: English Duration: 3 min 30 sec Duration: 23 min Format: Digital beta Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Environmental degradation and its Subject Focus: Sacred groves impacts Synopsis: Sacred groves are social practices, the cultural Synopsis: The film’s story begins with a group of refugees codes which are embedded through years of practice and fleeing war, who escape to a beautiful island which has ritual. They preach prudence in the use of resources in lots of trees. They re-settle on this island, and cut the the long term interest of communities. Sacred groves are trees for making their houses. Nature takes revenge: in a found thoughout India, though they are known by different night of torrential rains and landslides, the settlement is names.The purpose of a sacred grove is to manage and destroyed and the island subsides into the seas. protect forests in the name of god. There are no fences or guards here; there is only faith and the community will. Director: Anish P. Soman But these days, these forests are disappearing. If they are to remain, two things need to be done — local Contact Details: community control must be strengthened, and we have Anish P Soman to rebuild faith in the wealth that our forests provide. 601, Gaurav Shikhar, Akash – C Wing, Thakkur Village Kandivali (E), Mumbai 400 101 Director: Pradeep Saha M: 09892621878 Producer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) E: [email protected]
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) English Title: The Revival 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Original Title: Sanjeevanam W: www.cseindia.org Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Language: Malyalam (with English subtitles) Duration: 22 min 16 sec Format: Digital Video English Title: The Story of a Kaththa Forest
Subject Focus: Regeneration of forests Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1998 Duration: 11 min 17 sec Synopsis: Sanjeevanam is the true story of a man — Format: Betacam Kareem — and his mission: regeneration of a forest in Kerala. Today, Kareem’s forest is a treat and an inspiration Subject Focus: Forests for all nature lovers. Synopsis: This film begins with the protagonist’s discovery Director: Jobin Thomas that Kaththa (catechu) comes from a tree. He then visits Producer: Ajish Jacob George the jungle where these trees grow and discovers that the Production Company: Aliens Kaththa forest was not a natural forest, but a man-made plantation which in this case was suffering from fungal Contact Details: diseases. The programme ends with a monkey, who turns Ajish Jacob George out to be the protagonist, preferring his natural forest to E B No 6, Young Group Estate, Perintalmanna the man-made plantation. Malappuram 679 325, Kerala P: 04933-270397, M: 09846190497 Production Company: AROO E: [email protected]
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: The Thin Framework English Title: The Tidal Rhythm
Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1998 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Language: English Language: English Duration: 58 min Duration: 10 min
Subject Focus: The mangrove ecosystem of Bhitarkanika Subject Focus: Tidal ecosystems in Orissa Synopsis: This film examines the influence of the tidal Synopsis: This documentary is a venture to generate cycle on life forms in the tidal ecosystem. It focuses on awareness about the uniqueness of a dynamic mangrove the life in the inter-tidal zone – the coastal area between ecosystem and its symbiotic relationship with the people, the low and high tides. The regular alteration between and to solicit public participation for its preservation and submergence and emergence and the extreme variations conservation. The film also talks about endangered in temperature and salinity make it an exacting species like the Olive Ridley Sea turtles and their environment. But this zone has witnessed the ability of protection. organisms to adapt — the most wonderful instance being their adaptation to the rhythm of the tides. Director: Bijaya Kumar Nanda Director: Sanjay P. K. Contact Details: Producer: Centre for Development of Imaging Bijaya Kumar Nanda Technology (C-DIT) Sandhan Foundation, D / 62, Block-11, Jayadev Vihar Production Company: Centre for Development of Bhubaneswar 751 015, Orissa Imaging Technology (C-DIT) P: 0674-550699, 3204212; F: 0674-553637 Commissioning Agency: Centre for Development of E: [email protected] Imaging Technology (C-DIT)
Contact Details: English Title: The Tidal Life of Krishna Manoj Krishnan P. C-DIT, Gorki Bhavan, Vanross Junction Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, Kerala Original Title: The Tidal Life of Krishna P: 0471-2330081; M: 09447886486 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2000 F: 0471-2333735, 2328659 Language: English E: [email protected] Duration: 17 min 40 sec W: www.cdit.org Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Conservation of the endangered English Title: The Tragedy mangroves of the Krishna estuary Original Title: The Tragedy Synopsis: The film brings out the importance of conserving Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1995 the highly endangered and threatened mangrove forest Language: Only music ecosystems. It also highlights how mangroves form Duration: 7 min nurseries and breeding grounds for large number of fish Format: 35 mm and prawn species, and how they shelter the villages and human settlements along the coasts from the fury of nature. Subject Focus: Man and nature
Producer: D. N. Reddy Synopsis: This film documents man’s devastation of Commissioning Agency: The Chief Conservator of nature, which fuels his own demise. Forests (C.C.F.)-Wildlife Producer: Arun Gongade Contact Details: D. N. Reddy F. No. 303, Block III, C.B.R. Estates, Deepthisri Nagar Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Madinaguda, Hyderabad 500 050, Andhra Pradesh Government of India P: 040-23041617 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 E: [email protected] P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: The Tree English Title: The Way
Original Title: Maram Original Title: The Way Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Language: Visual film with no spoken Language Language: English Duration: 2 min 15 sec Duration: 4 min 58 sec Format: MINI DV Format: Digital Camera 102 A, Panasonic
Subject Focus: Social consciousness about environment Subject Focus: Saving animal life
Synopsis: The film is aimed at provoking social Synopsis: The film shows how different people react consciousness about saving environment and trees — differently to animals and environment. A two-wheeler by talking about a tree that stood for 60 years before being driver wantonly runs over a frog trying to cross a road, relegated to memories. while a boy witnessing the event tries to save the creature.
Director: Omar Chakkarvarthy M. Director: J Ram Producer: Amirtha Jagan Contact Details: Production Company: Spectrum Film Makers Omar Chakkaravarthy M. 8868, Thirumayam Road, Opp Rose Land Contact Details: Pudukkottai 622 001, Tamil Nadu J Ram P: 04322-265891 S/o D. Jagadeesan, No.13, Ganesh Nagar, II Cross, E: [email protected] Pathrikuppam, Cuddalore 607 002, Tamil Nadu, P: 04142-570564; M: 09345401874 E: [email protected] English Title: The Wake Up Call
Original Title: The Wake Up Call English Title: The Woodcutter Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Duration: 2 min 44 sec Language: English Format: AVI Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Subject Focus: Environmental conservation Subject Focus: Man and nature
Synopsis: This film is about a character who symbolizes Synopsis: A short animation on the importance of trees, Man. He leads a peaceful existence on earth, protected the film begins with a cheerful picture of a jungle where by a tree, which is symbolic of Nature. But in his greed animals, birds and trees co-exist in peace. But their and arrogance, Man wants to dominate over all creatures peaceful life is soon upset by the appearance of a and thinks he can exist without the tree. So he uproots it. woodcutter who wants to chop down a tree. The tree runs But his pride turns to despair when he is left helpless before to save itself and is followed by the woodcutter brandishing the vagaries of nature and climate. his axe. Exhausted by the chase in the hot sun, the woodcutter stops to catch his breath. The fleeing tree offers Directors: Leslie Dias & Vinayak D. Naik him shade and fruits to eat — and it transforms the Producer: Mr. Sreedhar V. T. woodcutter into a friend of the trees. Production Company: ANTS (Animation Training School) Directors: Prabhash Bhatnagar, Atul K. Garg Contact Details: Producer: Image Indrani G th ANTS, II Floor RD Complex, 8 Main Basavesh Waranagar Contact Details: Bangalore 560 079, Karnataka Prabhash Bhatnagar, Atul K. Garg P: 080-51287127-128; M: 09886550638 B-91/2, East of Kailash, New Delhi 110 065 E: [email protected] P: 011-26250105; F: 011-26251832 W: www.antsindia.com E: [email protected]
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English Title: …There is a Fire in your Forest English Title: Tinku Lives in Heaven
Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2001 Original Title: Tinku Lives in Heaven Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2004 Duration: 58 min Language: English Duration: 75 min Subject Focus: Displacement of indigenous people from Format: Betacam SP Kanha National Park Subject Focus: Ethical treatment of animals and Synopsis: Who does the forest belong to? Who should it environmental degradation be conserved for? In the film, wildlife photojournalist Sanjay Sharma travels into the Park with Anita Pawar, Synopsis: In the film, the protagonist — a 13-year-old who works with the displaced adivasis of Kanha. He girl named Vani — and her friends try to save the interacts with the villagers of Mawala on the buffer of environment and its innocent creatures from the cruelty Kanha, who have clear-felled 100 acres of prime forest of man. for farming, unable to survive the choking off of their nistar (collection of MFP) rights. Director: J Dayanand Reddy Producer: Ms. Sangita Deshmukh Director: Krishendu Bose Production Company: STEP (Society for Training and Empowerment for People) Contact Details: Krishendu Bose Contact Details: Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony Sangeeta Deshmukh New Delhi 110 024 203, Sweta Appartment, Himayat Nagar, Hyderabad 500 029 P: 011-24625896, 24636021; F: 011-24647310 Andhra Pradesh E: [email protected] P: 040-27661465, M: 09849131645 W: www.earthcarefilms.com E: [email protected]
English Title: Threatened Ecosystems in India English Title: Traditions — Bio-diversity in Indian Agriculture Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1988 Duration: 20 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Format: U-Matic Language: English Duration: 24 min Subject Focus: Ecosystems of India Subject Focus: Biodiversity and community-based Synopsis: This film discusses the various ecosystems in conservation in Indian agriculture India which are at the threshold of extinction. In the process, it attempts to answer questions like what is an Synopsis: The film is a comprehensive study of age-old ecosystem and how has mankind affected natural wisdom and biodiversity in Indian agriculture. It traces the ecosystems in India. similarities between various regions in their efforts in conservation of traditional knowledge — a field in which South Production Company: EPUN Asia is fast emerging as a pioneer. Communities here are digging deep into their past and reviving powerful traditions Contact Details: of communal decision-making, as also adjusting to new Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) circumstances and challenges. On the other side, the region’s NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 countries are revamping their planning and policy framework P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 to facilitate community-based conservation. W: www.cec-ugc.org Director: Emani Krishna Rao Producer: Doordarshan Kendra, Hyderabad
Contact Details: Doordarshan Kendra Ramanthapur, Hyderabad 500 013, Andhra Pradesh P: 040-703 8761; F: 040-703 8790 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Trees Give Life English Title: Unearthed Hell
Original Title: Jhad e to Jeevan Original Title: Unearthed Hell Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1993 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2005 Language: Gujarati/Hindi/English (subtitles) Language: Hindi (dubbed in English) Duration: 23 min Duration: 24 min 52 sec Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Degradation of forests and its impact on Subject Focus: Ecological awareness and conservation humans
Synopsis: Trees Give Life is a programme to educate Synopsis: The story of the film is based on the spread of and inspire children and adults to preserve this beautiful a deadly disease — fluorosis — in Jharkhand. More than earth. Presented through Bhavai (the traditional folk 70 villages in the state have reported very high fluoride dance-drama of Gujarat) and puppetry, the programme content in their water. Studies indicate that deforestation challenges all to act in favour of ecological preservation has led to a decrease in underground water levels — and and restoration. to the disease.
Director: Rappai Poothokaren, SJ Director: Sudhir Pal Producer: Rappai Poothokaren, SJ Producer: Sudhir Pal Production Company: Gurjarvani, Ahmedabad Production Company: Manthan Yuva Sansthan
Contact Details: Contact Details: Rappai Poothokaren, SJ Sudhir Pal Gurjarvani, St. Xavier’s College Campus Mathan Yuva Sansthan, Hindpiri, 3rd Street, Ranchi 834 001 Ahmedabad 380 009, Gujarat Jharkhand P: 079-26300127, 26303114 P: 0651-2202202, M: 09431325249 E: [email protected] E: [email protected]
English Title: Trials of Life: The Complete Series English Title: Van aur Hum
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 358 min Duration: 13 min 34 sec Format: DVD Subject Focus: Environment conservation Director: David Attenborough Producer: BBC Synopsis: The programme focuses on the importance of forests. Contact Details: British Council Library Producer: Usha Narula 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Van Laxmi English Title: Vanishing Forests
Date/month/year of Production: 1993 Language: English Language: English (voiceover) Duration: 29 min Duration: 12 min 32 sec Format: DVD Format: PAL, U-Matic, Colour Subject Focus: Deforestation and the future of rainforests Subject Focus: Wasteland development by women Synopsis: Tropical rainforests, covering one-sixth of the Synopsis: This film depicts how women in Ganeshpura, earth’s land and home to half of all the living species, are Mehsana district, regenerated wasteland by organizing being destroyed at an alarming rate. Half of the rainforests themselves into a cooperative society and working have been cleared this century and, by the middle of the together to re-green the land. next century, there may not be any rainforests left. The film explores various issues involved with the problem of deforestation in Third World countries. Contact Details: SEWA Producers: Robert Lamb and Bruno Sorrentino Krushna Bhavan, Opp Sakar-II, Ellisbridge Production Company: TVE, Jordan Radio and TV Corp. Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Development Alternatives W: www.sewa.org 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] English Title: Van Patra W: www.devalt.org
Original Title: Van Patra Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 English Title: Vanishing Forests Language: Nagpuri Duration: 26 min 38 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1988 Format: Betacam SP Duration: 10 min 4 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Saving forests Subject Focus: Environmental degradation Synopsis: The programme aims at sending out a message against deforestation and exhorting people to adopt Synopsis: Natural forests have vanished; man has plantation to save forests. The programme was produced converted them into plantations. Population growth, in the local Nagpuri Language of Jharkhand to increased urbanization, industrialization and consumption communicate the intended message effectively. are all leading to the depletion of forests. Conservation is the only way out, says the film. Producer: Lalit Kumar Production Company: AROO Contact Details: Doordarshan Kendra Contact Details: Ratu Road, Ranchi 834 001, Jharkhand Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 0561-282 192 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Vasundhara (Forest Trees and English Title: Vasundhra Mangroves People) (Vasundhara)
Date/Month/Year of Production: Septmber 1997 Date/Month/Year of Production: February 1998 Language: English Language: English Duration: 11 min 4 sec Duration: 11 min 14 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam
Production Company: CDEL Production Company: CDEL
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Vasundhra (Sacred Grove) English Title: Vatavaran (Tree Conservation)
Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1997 Original Title: Vatavaran (Tree Conservation) Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Duration: 9 min 11 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 1 min 50 sec Format: Animation Movie Production Company: CDEL Subject Focus: Afforestation Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Synopsis: The protagonist of the film, a Robot, is NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 destroying the forest and building houses in the area. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Animals too, of course, make way for the houses. While destroying the forest, the Robot finds the Green Forest Book, which tells him that forests should be preserved. He stops destroying them and starts afforestation.
Director: M. Bala Mohana Vivek Producer: M. Bala Mohana Vivek
Contact Details: M. Bala Mohana Vivek 390, Jawahar Bazar, Karur 639 001, Tamil Nadu P: 04324-261823, 261528 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Vatsi 1: A Boat with a Difference English Title: Vriksha Mapak Yantra
Language: English & Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1995 Duration: 16 min Duration: 15 min 6 sec Format: VHS Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Eco-friendly boats for fishermen Subject Focus: The DSC, an instrument to measure trees
Synopsis: The scarcity of wood for making boats has hit Synopsis: This film showcases an instrument, known as the fishermen of Tamil Nadu very hard. But help is at hand: the DSC, to measure a tree. The DSC helps researchers a boat made from high density polythene pipes. CAPART find out information like circumference of the main stem, is facilitating the extension of this technology to other and the height, weight and age of the tree. states. Production Company: EJOD Production Company: Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Technology (CAPART) W: www.cec-ugc.org Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 F: 011-24648607, 24625822 English Title: Vrikshamitra E: [email protected] W: www.capart.nic.in Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Language: Hindi Duration: 2 min 47 sec English Title: Vriksh Lagao Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Saving trees Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1995 Language: Hindi Synopsis: A small girl plants a seedling and helps it grow into a tree. When a woodcutter comes to cut it, she makes Subject Focus: Benefits of tree plantation every effort to save the tree. Through this story, the film attempts to inspire young viewers to save trees. Synopsis: The film points out that deforestation could trigger droughts. The only way to stop it is by saving trees Director: Master Darpan for a sustainable future. Producer: Mayur Vaishnav Director: Kamal Sharma Contact Details: Hemant Nanavati Contact Details: Rupayatan, Giri Taleti, Bhavnath, Junagadh 362 004, Gujarat Kamal Sharma P: 0285-2627573 Stuti Films, 1903, Gali Mata Wali, Chira Khana, Chandni E: [email protected] Chowk, Delhi 110 006 P: 011-23254195
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English Title: Vrksamitra — A Friend of Trees English Title: Where The Tallest Grass Grows
Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2002 Language: English Duration: 16 min 4 sec Duration: 29 mins Format: Betacam Format: Beta
Subject Focus: Uses of trees and nature Synopsis: In the land of Assam, bamboo grows tall and figures ubiquitously in life and beliefs, in legends and Synopsis: Herbal medicines have played a major role in history. This film portrays man’s intimate bond with traditional healthcare systems courted by indigenous bamboo, the tallest grass species, without which life at peoples and tribals. This programme is an attempt to show the grassroots is impossible even for a single day. Shot that nature has tremendous powers which, if tapped and across the hills and plains of the Brahmaputra Valley of utilized properly, can give miraculous results. Assam, the film not only highlights man’s bond with bamboo, but also covers 13 rare and easily available Production Company: ECAL species of the tallest grass found in Assam. In portraying the age-old tradition of bamboo culture the film suggests Contact Details: the possibilities of developing the tradition for the benefit Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) of those at the grassroots keeping the culture alive since NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 long. W: www.cec-ugc.org Awards received by Film: the Best Cinematography Award in the 2001 UGC – CEC Festival of Educational Films. This film was also screened as a part of a Special English Title: Ways and Words Package on North-east in MIFF, 2006. Original Title: Ways and Words Director: Mauleenath Senapati Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Production Company: EMPC - IGNOU, New Delhi Language: Malayalam (dubbed in English) Duration: 26 min Format: HD MINI DV Contact Details: Mauleenath Senapati K-202, Arunodoy Apartment, 3, Basisthapur by-lane, Beltola Synopsis: In this film, narrow alleys and rural by-lanes Guwahati 781 028 Assam evoke nostalgia and memories in Malayalees. P: 361-2263092, M: 9435017554
Director: R G Gopanarayanan Producer: Dinesh Melekkamalasseri Production Company: Chrisalis
Contact Details: Gopanarayanan R G Sreevalsam, Vaidyanangadi P O, Ramanattukar (Via) Kozhikode 673 633, Kerala P: 0495-2440033; M: 09895434022 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Wilderness Lost and Drying English Title: Wood for the Tree-1 Watershed Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1990 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Language: English Language: English Duration: 19 min 2 sec Duration: 3 min Format: U-Matic Format: VHS Subject Focus: Link between forests and the rural poor Subject Focus: Impacts of deforestation Synopsis: The film discusses the crucial link between Synopsis: The film studies the impact of deforestation on forests and the rural poor. It also highlights the impact of the environment and economy of a hill station located in the degradation of forests on peoples’ lives. Tamil Nadu. Production Company: MDEL Production Company: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: Wooden Wonder
Original Title: Wooden Wonder English Title: Wings of Change Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1999 Language: Gujarati/Hindi/English (subtitles) Original Title: Wings of Change Duration: 19 min Date/Month/ Year of Production: 1996 Format: DV/VCD, DVD Language: English Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Recycling Format: Betacam Synopsis: This is a programme on people who recycle Subject Focus: People-park conflict wood. Discarded wood from packing cases is converted into good household furniture, which are used by the poor. Synopsis: The film is on the people-park conflict at Keoladeo National Park (Bharatpur) and its resolution. Director: Rappai Poothokaren, SJ Producer: Rappai Poothokaren, SJ Director: Krishnendu Bose Production Company: Gurjarvani, Ahmedabad Producer: Krishnendu Bose Production Company: Earthcare Films Contact Details: Commissioning Agency: Bombay Natural History Rappai Poothokaren, SJ Society (BNHS) Gurjarvani, St. Xavier’s College Campus Ahmedabad 380 009, Gujarat P: 079-26300127, 26303114 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com
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English Title: Woods Were Lovely Dark and English Title: Worship with a Difference Deep…. Original Title: Worship with a Difference Original Title: Woods Were Lovely Dark and Deep…. Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2002 Language: English Language: English Duration: 12 min 30 sec Duration: 30 min 30 sec Format: Betacam SP Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Conservation and environmental Subject Focus: Conservation of biodiversity — access awareness to traditional knowledge and benefit sharing Synopsis: About 10 lakh people travel on foot from Alandi Synopsis: An indigenous Indian tribe, the Kanis of to Pandharpur with the Palkhi of Sant Tukaram and Sant Agsthayar Hills in Kerala, has been awarded the Dyaneshwar from Maharashtra. Using this opportunity, Intellectual Property Rights to the active ingredients of a National Service Scheme students of Pune University plant long known to it, which helps combat stress. This travelled along with the Warkaris, spreading the message move, the government hopes, will end the ‘piracy’ of tribal of tree plantation and soil and water conservation. knowledge by drug companies. While tracing the history of the case itself and trying to understand the issue of Director: Vivek Harihar Nabar access to traditional knowledge and benefit sharing, the Producer: Educational Multimedia Research Centre film probes an equally larger issue of biodiversity Production Company: Educational Multimedia Research conservation, IPR regimes and patent debates. Centre (EMRC)
Producer: Dinesh Lakhanpal Contact Details: Commissioning Agency: IUCN Mr. S D Walvekar EMMRC, University of Pune, Pune 411 007, Maharashtra P: 020-25690701; F: 020-25690315 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Dinesh Lakhanpal Producer/Director, Lakhanpal Productions, 48/C-I, Areshwar Mhada, S.V.P. Nagar, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400 053 P: 022-26391666; M: 098201 81979; F: 022-26391666 E: [email protected]
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English Title: A Tribute to Himalaya English Title: Baraka
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Original Title: Baraka Language: Sanskrit Date/month/year of Production: 1992 Duration: 5 min 8 sec Duration: 92 min Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: Man and nature Subject Focus: The Himalayas Synopsis: Shot in 24 countries, Baraka is a journey to Synopsis: This film is based on Sanskrit hymns from show the beauty of nature and how man has destroyed it. Kalidas’ Kumarsambhavam, depicting the glorious The stunning shots are coupled with a rich soundrack Himalayas. The hymn refers to these mountains as the which includes onsite recordings of the monks of the Dip “unique creation of God”, whose rivers, trees and forests Tse Chok Ling Monastery. motivate man to meditate and live. Saluting the “majestic Himalayas”, the hymn exhorts Indians not to destroy its Director: Ron Fricke pristine beauty. Producer: Magidson Films
Director: Biyot Projna Tripathy Contact Details: Producer: Biyot Projna Tripathy Janice Evans E: [email protected] Contact Details: Biyot Projna Tripathy 1, Narmada Road, Nildih, Jamshedpur 831 003, Jharkhand P: 0657-2270951; M: 9334814751 English Title: Hands On — Think Global, Act E: [email protected] Natural
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 English Title: Ayyappa Poongavanom Language: English Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Language: English Subject Focus: Eco-tourism involving local communities Duration: 33 min Format: Betacam SP Synopsis: The film introduces six stories on eco-tourism. These include stories about the Maasai in Kenya, who Subject Focus: A message to pilgrims of Lord Ayyappa have switched from being warriors to eco-warriors and temple about their duty towards forests the Ese’Eja indigenous people in Peru, who function as guides for intrepid tourists who want the authentic ‘jungle’ Synopsis: The shrine of Lord Ayyappa and his experience. mountainous abode of Poongavanom at Sabarimala lies inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve. The shrine attracts Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) millions of devotees. Over the years, the biotic pressure on the surrounding forests has increased and the Contact Details: environmental impact has become manifold. The film Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) attempts to showcase to pilgrims the richness of the 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 biodiversity that Lord Ayyappa’s Poongavanom holds, and P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 the importance of protecting it. E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Director: Suresh Elamon Producer: Suresh Elamon
Contact Details: Suresh Elamon Birdwing, CIT Road, Karamana P.O. Trivandrum 695 002, Kerala P: 0471-2343505, M: 09447020059 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Ladakh, the Land of Mystery English Title: Nepal Roadshow
Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2003 Original Title: Nepal Roadshow Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Duration: 43 min 58 sec Language: English Format: Betacam SP Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Ladakh Subject Focus: Environmental issues in Nepal; recycling Synopsis: Ladakh, the land of many passes, is a in Denmark civilization and a world on its own. Nowhere in India is man so dependent on nature as he is in Ladakh. The film Synopsis: The Nepal Roadshow visits a park high up in documents the beauty of this land, with the extraordinary the eastern Himalayas, which is now to be protected as a Nubra valley and the Pengyong-so Lake. But isolated as ‘Gift to the Earth’. It also shows how the National Park they are amidst the Himalayan ranges, are Ladakhis at a provides refuge for sloth bears and a recovering rhino safe distance from the complexities of the modem survival population. The team looks at the harmful impacts of process? tourism on the fragile economy of the Himalayas — and on Kathmandu’s ancient water system. The Hands-On Director: Biyot Projna Tripathy feature shows how recycling has become a way of life for Producer: Biyot Projna Tripathy the people of Frederica in Denmark.
Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Biyot Projna Tripathy 1, Narmada Road, Nildih, Jamshedpur 831 003, Jharkhand Contact Details: P: 0657-2270951; M: 9334814751 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) E: [email protected] 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: Ladakh, Unraveling an Enigma (Moosa Ali’s Camel, ‘Enroute to Karakorams’)
Original Title: Ladakh, Unraveling an Enigma (Moosa Ali’s English Title: Ocean’s Vengeance – Digha, Camel, ‘Enroute to Karakorams’) West Bengal Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 19 min 3 sec Duration: 30 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Digha and the hazards of unplanned Production Company: ASRI tourism
Contact Details: Synopsis: An example of how the indiscriminate growth Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) of travel trade is wreaking havoc on our environment is NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 the sea resort of Digha on the West Bengal coast. This P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 magnificent beach is now eroding at a rapid pace. W: www.cec-ugc.org Mushrooming hotels on the seaside have destroyed the natural barrier – the sea. And now the ocean is seeking vengeance that may cause Digha to go under water forever.
Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Perspectives on Mountain Tourism-2 English Title: The Green Brigade (Badrinath Zone: Impacts and Implications) Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1995 Duration: 30 min Language: English Duration: 15 min 25 sec Subject Focus: Initiative to stop degradation brought Format: Betacam about by unplanned tourism
Subject Focus: Mountain tourism and its environmental Synopsis: Most hill stations in India have lost their forest implications cover to commercialisation and tourism. A new initiative has been launched in Mussourie by four battalions of ex- Synopsis: The programme deals with the various impacts servicemen to undo this damage. and implications of tourism on environment, local infrastructure and community development. Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Production Company: AROO Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 E: [email protected] W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.devalt.org
English Title: The Earthworkers English Title: The Hanjees Livelihood at (Paradise Lost and Found) Crossroad
Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2000 Original Title: The Hanjees Livelihood at Crossroad Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2004 Duration: 19 min 44 sec Language: English (with subtitles) Format: Betacam Duration: 41 min Format: Sony DV CAM (PD-170) Subject Focus: Eco-tourism Subject Focus: The community of ‘Hanjees’ and Synopsis: Whenever we want to take a break, out comes environmental degradation of the Dal Lake a set of glossy tourist guides. Over the years, the much publicised destinations have received so many tourists Synopsis: In Kashmir, shikaras (house boats) have lost that today, they are gasping for breath. But tourism is a their glory and their owners have been suffering for the flourishing industry, and alternatives are needed. Which last 15 years because of militancy. Tourist inflow has is where the new perspective of eco-tourism steps in. This almost stopped. Environmental degradation of lakes and is not just tourism, but responsible nature-based travel rivers is reaching alarming levels. Giving special attention that conserves the environment and also improves the to the community of Hanjees, the film tracks a few welfare of the local people. members to find out how they sustained their livelihoods during the troubled years. Production Company: ECAL Director: Snehasis Das Contact Details: Producer: Snehasis Das Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Production Company: Snehasis Das NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Snehasis Das 1478, Lodhi Road Complex, New Delhi 110 003 M: 9811156383 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Tourism in Andaman & Nicobar
Language: English Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Eco-tourism in the Andamans
Synopsis: The film highlights an effort by a hotel chain to educate local people and tourists on eco-tourism. In its day-to-day affairs, the hotel has introduced measures which help in conserving water and preventing land degradation.
Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: 15 Points for Drivers to Save Diesel English Title: A Return to Nature
Language: English/Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1986 Duration: 21 min Language: English Duration: 19 min 15 sec Subject Focus: Heavy vehicle maintenance Format: U-Matic
Synopsis: The film is a guide to maintaining buses and Subject Focus: Alternative sources of energy trucks. Synopsis: The programme is on alternative sources of Producer: Executive Director, PCRA energy, such as solar energy, biogas and wind energy. Production Company: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Production Company: MDEL
Contact Details: Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011- 26198809; F: 011-26109668 W: www.cec-ugc.org E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org
English Title: An Area of Darkness
English Title: A Burning Issue Original Title: An Area of Darkness Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Original Title: A Burning Issue Language: English & Hindi Language: English Duration: 22 min Duration: 8 min Format: DV CAM Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Energy Subject Focus: Initiative to stop land degradation Synopsis: The film focuses on life in rural India after Synopsis: The film documents an innovative aid project sunset, as millions of homes sink into darkness without trying to relieve pressure on grazing lands by introducing electricity. It highlights how villagers who have waited for a new fuel-efficient stove that uses less wood. decades to see light at the end of the tunnel have finally been able to turn night into day, by generating electricity Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) through renewable energy. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the film drives home a point: the best reason to Contact Details: think that ‘a happier energy future awaits the world’s poor’ Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) comes from the grassroots. 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Director: Richa Arora W: www.cseindia.org Producer: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Production Company: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Commissioning Agency: Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation
Contact Details: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 E: [email protected] W: www.teriin.org
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English Title: Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 English Title: Bio Urja ki Ujali Kiran (Solar Energy Appliances) Original Title: Bio Urja ki Ujali Kiran Original Title: Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 (Solar Energy Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Appliances) Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1985 Duration: 15 min 23 sec Duration: 17 min 42 sec Format: Betacam SP Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Bio-diesel Subject Focus: Solar energy appliances Synopsis: The film aims to promote the use of bio-diesel Synopsis: This programme gives details of various solar to save our environment. energy appliances which can be used in regions where solar radiation is available in abundance. Director: R. S. Sharma Producer: Executive Director, PCRA Production Company: EAHM Production Company: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place W: www.cec-ugc.org New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org English Title: Ashtak — The Achievement
Original Title: Ashtak — The Achievement English Title: Bio-Diesel Resurrection of Honge Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2003 Duration: 7 min 47 sec Oil Format: Betacam Original Title: Bio-Diesel Resurrection of Honge Oil Subject Focus: Harnessing renewable energy resources Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1999 in Auroville Duration: 13 min 17 sec Format: Betacam
Synopsis: This documentary talks about the renewable Subject Focus: Initiative to generate power from local energy resource systems — to harness solar and wind oilseeds energy — in Auroville, and explains the optimal use of natural sources of energy available to us. Synopsis: Ungra village, 100 km from Bangalore, is getting electricity for lighting and for pumping drinking water using Production Company: AMAD oil from locally available Honge seeds. Honge oil, when throughly cleaned, can be directly used in diesel engines. Contact Details: The initiative is a part of a pilot project called SUTRA Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) managed by the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Production Company: AMYS
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Biogas English Title: Biogas, a Blessing
Original Title: Biogas Original Title: Biogas, a Blessing Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Language: English Language: English Duration: 20 min Duration: 23 min Format: 35 mm Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Biogas Subject Focus: Biogas Synopsis: Biogas can be a boon for any household. On Synopsis: In parts of India today, biogas provides a more one hand, it provides for a cleaner, healthier and happier reliable source of power than the national grid. Long life; while on the other, it saves our forest wealth and keeps promoted as the solution to the energy crisis of poor rural the environment pollution-free. communities who had exhausted their available resources of biomass — like fuelwood — biogas is now gaining ground in urban areas too: powering generators, cooking Producer: Films Division stoves and even factories. Modern biogas digestors are becoming an efficient supplementary power supply, Contact Details: helping to lessen dependence on expensive fossil fuels. Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India And with India’s abundant supply of labour, biogas is finally 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 proving a viable energy source in paper and pulp industry, P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 distilleries, food process units and various other industries. F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] Director: Michèle Maillet W: www.filmsdivision.org Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: English Title: Biogas — Gair-Paramparik Urja ka Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Srota P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Original Title: Biogas — Gair-Paramparik Urja ka Srota W: www.cseindia.org Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2002 Language: Hindi Duration: 12 min 31 sec English Title: Biogas — Wealth & Waste Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Biogas Original Title: Biogas — Wealth & Waste Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Duration: 18 min Synopsis: Biogas uses animal excreta and agricultural Format: U-Matic waste to produce energy. The residue of this process is used as fertilizer for the soil. Non-traditional sources of generating energy — such as biogas — are today making Subject Focus: Biogas an important contribution to the total energy reserves of the country. Synopsis: The programme focuses on different types of biogas plants. Production Company: EJOD Production Company: ECAL Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Bio-mass Gasifier, Odonthadai English Title: Box Solar Cooker
Original Title: Bio-mass Gasifier, Odonthadai Original Title: Box Solar Cooker Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2005 Language: Hindi Duration: 13 min 34 sec Duration: 4 min 5 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: The box solar cooker — using renewable Subject Focus: Bio-mass use energy to cook
Synopsis: The film aims to promote the use of bio-mass Synopsis: The film demonstrates the use of the box solar for replacing conventional fuels. cooker for cooking food.
Directors: Asrar Shamse & Kailash Bhutani Production Company: AIND Producer: Executive Director, PCRA Production Company: Superads Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place W: www.cec-ugc.org New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org English Title: Burning Bright — Sun, a Viable Energy Option
Original Title: Burning Bright — Sun, a Viable Energy English Title: Black Gold Option Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1994 Original Title: Black Gold Duration: 14 min 35 sec Language: English/Hindi Format: Betacam Duration: 22 min Subject Focus: Solar energy Subject Focus: Petroleum and the Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Synopsis: This programme presents the case for solar energy, especially for a developing country like India. It Synopsis: The film documents the energy scenario and shows the different methods of harnessing solar energy the activities undertaken by the Petroleum Conservation and how they have been integrated in a village near Delhi. Research Association (PCRA) in different sectors of the economy. Production Company: MDEL
Contact Details: Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 W: www.cec-ugc.org E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org
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English Title: Car Pool System English Title: Clean Drive – CNG Cars
Original Title: Car Pool System Original Title: Clean Drive – CNG Cars Language: Hindi Language: English Duration: 20 min Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Saving fuel Subject Focus: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
Synopsis: The film features comedian Jaspal Bhatti, and Synopsis: CNG gives more kilometres per rupee and presents a case for saving fuel through car-pooling. reduces pollution. CNG-run vehicles have 80-90 per cent less carbon monoxide emissions and 50 per cent less Contact Details: hydrocarbon emissions compared to petrol-run vehicles. Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place Producer: Development Alternatives New Delhi 110 066 Production Company: Doordarshan P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 English Title: Changing Climates: The Future E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Original Title: Changing Climates: The Future Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English English Title: Coal-1 (The Captive Sun) Duration: 27 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Original Title: Coal-1 (The Captive Sun) Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1992 Subject Focus: New technologies to generate power from Duration: 15 min 3 sec clean and renewable sources Format: Betacam
Synopsis: Hands-On brings information on what Subject Focus: Coal entrepreneurs and individuals around the world are doing in the fields of sustainable enterprise and appropriate Synopsis: This programme deals with the formation of technology. In this film, it takes a look at some of the new coal, its different types (peat, lignite, bituminous and technologies that generate power from clean and anthracite), and the main deposits in India. renewable sources. Production Company: ECAL Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 W: www.cec-ugc.org E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Coal-2 (From Pithead to Blast English Title: Concentrator Solar Cooker Furnace) Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2005 Original Title: Coal-2 (From Pithead to Blast Furnace) Duration: 18 min 2 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1992 Format: Betacam Duration: 19 min 18 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Alternative energy-efficient methods of cooking Subject Focus: Coal mining Synopsis: This programme discusses an alternative, Synopsis: This episode on coal deals with the process of energy-efficient technology for cooking — the concentrator extraction of coal, as well as the various uses of coal. solar cooker. Methods such as underground mining and surface mining have been focused on. Production Company: AIND
Production Company: ECAL Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Deenbandhu
English Title: Coal-3 (Earth on Fire) Language: Hindi Duration: 12 min Original Title: Coal-3 (Earth on Fire) Format: VHS Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1992 Duration: 19 min 3 sec Subject Focus: Biogas Format: Betacam Synopsis: This is a technical film demonstrating the Subject Focus: Impact of coal mining on environment process of construction of a low-cost biogas plant for meeting the fuel requirements of a family. The plant also Synopsis: This third episode on coal deals with the provides fertilizers for use in agricultural fields. implications of coal mining for the environment. It looks into the Environmental Management Plans which are put Production Company: Council for Advancement of into practice for countering this impact, the measures and People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) precautions taken by mining companies, and the problem of technology and economic constraints. Contact Details: Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Production Company: ECAL Technology (CAPART) Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 Contact Details: P: 011-24642391, 24642393, 24642395 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) F: 011-24648607, 24625822 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected] P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.capart.nic.in W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Domestic Energy Management English Title: Earth Report V: Water in Your Tank
Original Title: Domestic Energy Management Original Title: Earth Report V: Water in Your Tank Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1998 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Duration: 21 min 39 sec Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 24 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Using solar energy in households Subject Focus: Eco-friendly (hydrogen-powered) cars Synopsis: There are many simple ways with which we Synopsis: Transport accounts for more than 20% of global can save energy as well as money. This programme emissions of carbon dioxide — and the proportion is provides some guidelines on saving energy in the growing rapidly. Cleaning up the internal combustion domestic sector — especially with respect to electricity, engine or replacing it altogether is now an urgent priority LPG and petroleum, the three main household energy to combat climate change. This video looks into the cars sources. Solar energy is the answer, and the programme of the future and asks why they aren’t widely available tells us how to instal and use solar-powered equipments today. They look normal, but under the bonnet is a in the house. remarkable technology — the fuel cell, which makes electricity from hydrogen. While all the world’s big car Production Company: EPUN manufacturers are working on hydrogen-powered cars, how quickly they can be introduced is still a matter of Contact Details: contentious debate between environmentalists, Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) governments and the car industry. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 English Title: Driving for Diesel Economy P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Original Title: Driving for Diesel Economy Language: English/Hindi Duration: 18 min English Title: Earth Report VI (Hands-On): Subject Focus: Fuel efficiency Fuel for Thought
Synopsis: The film offers tips to drivers on saving diesel. Original Title: Earth Report VI (Hands-On): Fuel for Thought Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Language: English Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place Duration: 24 min New Delhi 110 066 Format: VHS/VCD & DVD P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 Subject Focus: Renewable energy initiatives E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org Synopsis: In this film on renewable energy, Italian engineers make a breakthrough in tapping energy from hot springs; in the Dominican Republic, solar energy has put slum dwellers on the grid for the first time; in the UK, ASDA — a major supermarket chain — is running its fleet of lorries on used cooking oil; villagers in Kenya are benefiting from mini-hydro stations; and in Bangladesh, solar-powered fridges are ensuring that vaccines are conserved. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Earth Report VIII: Smokeless in China English Title: Energising – India
Original Title: Earth Report VIII: Smokeless in China Original Title: Energising – India Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 23 min Duration: 35 min 45 sec Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: Digital beta Subject Focus: Energy crisis in China and initiatives to surmount it Subject Focus: Indian corporate sector’s efforts towards Synopsis: China is the world’s fastest growing industrial conservation and sustainable development power-house. But the vast amount of energy needed to drive this economy comes at a price. China has suffered Synopsis: The Third World’s appetite for energy is some of the worst environmental disasters in the world, constantly on the rise. Reduction of energy consumption due in part, to the over-exploitation of its natural resources. can reduce costs and control pollution, thus improving As demand for energy grows, the government is investing profit levels across industries. This reduction has been in large-scale energy projects like the Three Gorges Dam. achieved in India by improving the efficiency of industrial These projects may be a short-term solution for delivering operations and equipment — some of the notable cases energy to people in cities, but there are over 600 million this film documents are INDAL in the aluminium sector, people living in rural areas who need energy to survive. In Reliance in the petrochemicals sector and Raymond in one such area in Yunnan, new efforts are underway to the textile sector. The film also highlights the role of GTZ provide people with alternative, low-impact forms of energy. (German Technical Coorperation) for facilitating technical Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) support and know-how to these industries.
Contact Details: Director: Mr. Jyoti Sarup Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Producers: Ms. Pampash Bhat and Dr. Albrecht Kaupp 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Production Company: German Technical Cooperation P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.cseindia.org GTZ, A-33, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 110 049 P: 011-26611021; F: 011-26537673 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.asemindia.com English Title: Embig
Original Title: Embig Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Duration: 24 min 52 sec Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Gasification systems
Synopsis: This programme throws light on the technology for gasification and the various types of gasification systems — especially the Dual Fuel System, which aims to achieve energy conservation.
Production Company: EMKU
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Energy and Environment English Title: Energy & Environment-2
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1996 Original Title: Energy & Environment-2 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1993 Duration: 3 capsules — 4.5 min each Duration: 12 min 5 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Renewable energy and energy conservation Subject Focus: Impact of energy generation on the environment Synopsis: Divided into three capsules, the film discusses various options of renewable energy and its different Synopsis: There is an interrelationship between energy, applications: energy from wind, which is increasingly development and environment. There are certain risks for becoming commercially viable; co-generation plants in the environment from each of the energy options that industries that can generate excess electricity and be a mankind has today — this series of programmes explores source for decentralised power; the technology of solar these risks in the case of a developing country like India. photovoltaics that converts sunlight into electricity; and compact fluorescent lamps that are an energy-saving Production Company: EJOD alternative. Contact Details: Director: Tata Energy Reseach Institute (TERI) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) W: www.cec-ugc.org Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 E: [email protected] English Title: Energy & Environment-3 W: www.teriin.org Original Title: Energy & Environment-3 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1993 Duration: 16 min English Title: Energy & Environment-1 Format: Betacam
Original Title: Energy & Environment-1 Subject Focus: Environment and development Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1993 Duration: 12 min 58 sec Synopsis: Mankind must plan carefully to prevent Format: Betacam environmental degradation. At the same time, it should give equal weightage to development. The film discusses Subject Focus: Impact of energy generation on the this necessary balance. environment Production Company: EJOD Synopsis: There is an interrelationship between energy, development and environment. There are certain risks for Contact Details: the environment from each of the energy options that Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) mankind has today — this series of programmes explores NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 these risks in the case of a developing country like India. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Production Company: EJOD
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Energy and its Forms English Title: Energy Conservation
Language: English Original Title: Energy Conservation Duration: 11 min Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1985 Format: 16 mm Language: Duration: 26 min 2 sec Subject Focus: Energy and its various forms Format: U-Matic
Synopsis: The film explains the basic concepts of energy Subject Focus: Energy conservation and presents examples of its principal forms, including nuclear energy. It also illustrates how energy is converted Synopsis: The importance of energy conservation is dealt from one form into another (for example, solar into with in this programme. Industries can conserve energy chemical by photosynthesis in plants). by recycling energy that is wasted. An example of how energy wasted by a diesel generator can be used, has Production Company: Central Institute of Educational been documented. Technology (CIET) Production Company: EPUN Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Research and Training (NCERT) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 W: www.cec-ugc.org E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
English Title: Energy Conservation English Title: Energy Consciousness in the Original Title: Energy Conservation Commercial Sector Language: Hindi Duration: 30 min Original Title: Energy Consciousness in the Commercial Sector Subject Focus: Energy conservation Language: Hindi Duration: 30 min Synopsis: This programme deals with energy conservation. Subject Focus: Energy conservation Contact Details: Synopsis: This programme focuses on energy Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) conservation. Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066 Contact Details: P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) E: [email protected] Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place W: www.pcra.org New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org
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English Title: Energy Flow in Eco-System English Title: Energy for Rural Development
Original Title: Energy Flow in Eco-System Original Title: Energy for Rural Development Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2001 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1988 Duration: 11 min 40 sec Duration: 42 min 4 sec Format: Betacam Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Energy flows in an ecosystem Subject Focus: Energy for rural development
Synopsis: This programme shows how energy flows in Synopsis: The poverty of developing countries is mainly an ecosystem. Sun is the only source of energy in the due to the lack of energy. The programme explains how universe. Energy flowing from the sun is trapped on earth poverty in rural India can be eradicated by generating by green plants, which use it to make food. enough energy. The story it recounts is that of technical cooperation between a young group of scientists, Production Company: AIND engineers and technicians, and agriculturists.
Contact Details: Production Company: EPUN Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.cec-ugc.org NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Energy for All
Original Title: Energy for All English Title: Energy from Wind, Water and Sun Date/Month/Year of Production: December Duration: 19 min 25 sec Original Title: Energy from Wind, Water and Sun Format: U-Matic Language: English Duration: 15 min Subject Focus: Using energy Format: 35 mm
Synopsis: The film shows how man has constantly tried Subject Focus: Renewable sources of energy to evolve easier and more efficient ways of doing his work — for instance, from muscular power to electricity. Synopsis: The film demonstrates the importance of renewable sources of energy such as wind, water and Production Company: EPUN sun.
Contact Details: Producer: Films Division Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting W: www.cec-ugc.org Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Energy Management English Title: Environment Shapes National Culture-2 (Biogas-2) Original Title: Energy Management Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Original Title: Environment Shapes National Culture-2 Duration: 16 min (Biogas-2) Format: U-Matic Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1986 Duration: 20 min 3 sec Subject Focus: Energy auditing and use Format: U-Matic
Synopsis: The programme talks about the concept of Subject Focus: Biogas technology energy auditing. It tells us how energy consumption can be reduced, and gives guidelines on using energy and Synopsis: In this part, an expert talks about the technology energy sources. of biogas plants in Rome, Italy.
Production Company: EPUN Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Environment Shapes National English Title: Environmental Science Series Culture-1 (Biogas-1) (Energy Resources)
Original Title: Environment Shapes National Culture-1 Original Title: Environmental Science Series (Energy (Biogas-1) Resources) Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1986 Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2005 Duration: 21 min 41 sec Duration: 24 min 26 sec Format: U-Matic Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Biogas plants Subject Focus: Forms and sources of energy
Synopsis: The film demonstrates the working processes Synopsis: This video lecture has been delivered by Prof. of a biogas plant. A. Balasubramanian of the University of Mysore, and discusses several forms of energy — including energy Production Company: EPUN from fossil fuels, solar and wind energy, hydropower, energy from biomass, nuclear energy, etc. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Production Company: AMYS NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Fluorescent Lamps as Energy English Title: Fuel Economy in 2/3 Wheelers Conservers Original Title: Fuel Economy in 2/3 Wheelers Original Title: Fluorescent Lamps as Energy Conservers Language: English/Hindi Language: English Duration: 18 min Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Fuel economy Subject Focus: Fluorescent lamps Synopsis: The film shows how petrol can be saved by Synopsis: Conventional bulbs require more electricity to better driving habits and maintenance practices. produce light. Replacing thm with fluorescent lamps can save a lot of electricity. Contact Details: Producer: Development Alternatives Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Production Company: Doordarshan Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Development Alternatives W: www.pcra.org 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org English Title: Future – 2040 AD
Original Title: Future – 2040 AD English Title: Fuel Briquettes Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Original Title: Fuel Briquettes Duration: 58 sec Language: English Format: Betacam SP Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Fuel convervation Subject Focus: Alternative sources of fuel Synopsis: This Public Service Message is to promote Synopsis: Non-renewable fuels are disappearing, even conservation of fuel. as the demand for them increases every day. The way out is alternatives like fuel briquettes made of fast-growing Producer: Executive Director, Petroleum Conservation biomass, waste products etc. Research Association (PCRA) Production Company: Petroleum Conservation Producer: Development Alternatives Research Association (PCRA) Production Company: Doordarshan Contact Details: Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Development Alternatives Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.pcra.org
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English Title: Geothermal Energy Sources English Title: Good Cooking Habits
Original Title: Geothermal Energy Sources Original Title: Good Cooking Habits Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1987 Language: English / Hindi Duration: 19 min 9 sec Duration: 10 min Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Saving energy in cooking Subject Focus: Geothermal energy Synopsis: The film shows how adopting good cooking Synopsis: The programme deals with the sources of practices can save on cooking gas and kerosene. geothermal energy, how this form of energy can be used, its potential for the future etc. Contact Details: Production Company: EHYD Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place Contact Details: New Delhi 110 066 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected] P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.pcra.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Good Earth – Build with Mud English Title: Gharat Original Title: Good Earth – Build with Mud Original Title: Gharat Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Duration: 30 min Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Duration: 42 min Subject Focus: Energy-efficient and eco-friendly building Format: Mini DV material
Subject Focus: Using Gharats, traditional watermills, to Synopsis: This capsule introduces us to the TARA Balram, generate power the machine which produces Compressed Earth Blocks – an eco-friendly and energy-efficient building material. Synopsis: This is a film about decentralized sustainable development. Gharats (watermills used by people living Producer: Development Alternatives in the mountains) could be a vehicle for overall rural Production Company: Doordarshan development, without any of the ecological hazards associated with big dams. In the backdrop of the larger Contact Details: developmental issues that plague the Garhwal Himalayas Development Alternatives with the building of dams like the Tehri Hydro Project, the 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 film relates the story of Tau upgrading his Gharat, which P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] brings electricity to his house for the first time. W: www.devalt.org
Director: Pankaj Rishi Kumar Producer: Rajeev Mehrotra Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT)
Contact Details: Pankaj Rishi Kumar B –103, Gokul Tower, Thakur Complex, Kandivli (E) Mumbai 400 101 P: 022-28547585 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Good Family English Title: Green Fuel – Unleaded
Original Title: Good Family Original Title: Green Fuel – Unleaded Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2003 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 30 min Duration: 40 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Unleaded fuel
Subject Focus: Saving fuels in cooking Synopsis: April 1, 1995 was a landmark in the annals of vehicular pollution in India: on that day, around 154 retail Synopsis: Most serials we see today on television are outlets of government-owned oil companies initiated the based on family feuds. This film uses the same concept, sale of unleaded petrol in the country. with the aim of spreading the message of ‘save cooking gas’ among domestic sector users of LPG. Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Producer: Jaspal Bhatti Productions Commissioning Agency: Petroleum Conservation Contact Details: Research Association (PCRA) Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Contact Details: P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) E: [email protected] Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place W: www.devalt.org New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org English Title: Hands On-2 — It’s a Gas
Original Title: Hands On-2 — It’s a Gas Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 English Title: Green Architecture Language: English Duration: 24 min Original Title: Green Architecture Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Language: English Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Renewable energy initiatives
Subject Focus: Eco-friendly architecture Synopsis: While those living in the ‘developed’ world take light, heat and TV for granted, millions of people living in Synopsis: A new form of architecture has emerged in the rural areas have no ‘flick of a switch’ solution to their energy post-industrial age, which believes in a blend of renewable needs. It’s a Gas looks at how the latest in solar, wind and energy resources and innovative alternatives with energy biogas technologies provide answers where there is no modification properties of the building fabric. Such sources national grid. And in Austria we see how woodchips of energy are the elements of nature — the sun, sky, air, generate enough heat to power an Alpine village. earth and water. It aims to put a greater control back into the hands of people. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Producer: Development Alternatives Contact Details: Production Company: Doordarshan Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Contact Details: P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Development Alternatives E: [email protected] 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 W: www.cseindia.org P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Hands On: Fuel for Thought English Title: Interdependence of Plant and Animal Life Original Title: Hands On: Fuel for Thought Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Language: English Duration: 15 min Duration: 26 min Format: 16 mm Format: Betacam SP, DVD Subject Focus: Energy flow and interdependence of all Subject Focus: Renewable energy initiatives life on earth
Synopsis: Italian engineers make a breakthrough in Synopsis: The film depicts the sun as a source of all tapping energy from hot springs. In the Dominican animal and plant energy. It points out the relations between Republic, solar energy has put slum dwellers on the grid plant and animal growth, and the role of bacteria in for the first time. In the UK, ASDA – a major supermarket decomposing animal wastes and making them available chain – is running its fleet of lorries on used cooking oil; for use by plants. villagers in Kenya are benefiting from mini-hydros; and in Bangladesh, solar-powered fridges are used to preserve Production Company: Central Institute of Educational vaccines. Technology (CIET)
Production Company: Television Trust for the Contact Details: Environment (TVE) Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Contact Details: Research and Training (NCERT) Development Alternatives Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in W: www.devalt.org
English Title: IREDA English Title: Hands On: Power to the People Original Title: IREDA Original Title: Hands On: Power to the People Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Duration: 30 min Language: English Duration: 24 min Subject Focus: The Indian Renewable Energy Format: Betacam SP, DVD Development Authority
Subject Focus: Solar power Synopsis: The potential of new and renewable sources of energy in India is enormous. But what has the Synopsis: Power to the People checks out the latest in government done to tap these sources? Has the Ministry solar power technology. In Austria, passive energy is being of Non-conventional Energy really performed? The film used to save money, and the environment. In a town in documents its most potent arm — IREDA, or the Indian Germany, everything from swimming pools to parking Renewable Energy Development Authority. metres is powered by the sun. In Kenya, the ‘Glowstar lamp’ is replacing kerosene and candles. In Peru, the film travels Producer: Development Alternatives up the Amazon to discover how a new river turbine converts Production Company: Doordarshan the current to produce energy to recharge batteries Contact Details: Production Company: Television Trust for the Development Alternatives Environment (TVE) 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.devalt.org Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Kahani Har Ghar Ki English Title: Kitchen ki Nounk-Jhonk
Original Title: Kahani Har Ghar Ki Original Title: Kitchen ki Nounk-Jhonk Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2001 Language: Hindi Language: Hindi Duration: 20 min Duration: 10 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Good cooking habits
Subject Focus: Fuel conservation in the domestic sector Synopsis: Based on the Hindi serial Tu-Tu Main-Main, the film provides tips on good cooking habits. Synopsis: While our fuel consumption habits have changed over time, fuel conservation habits have failed Contact Details: to keep pace. Even though users are more aware and Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) conscious than before about the need, importance and Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place benefits of saving fuel, the tendency is to consider it New Delhi 110 066 everybody else’s responsibility rather than one’s own. P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org Producer: New Fields Advertising Pvt. Ltd. Commissioning Agency: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) English Title: Know Them by Dialogue-1 Contact Details: (A Talk with Claude Carrigues) Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place Original Title: Know Them by Dialogue-1 (A Talk with New Delhi 110 066 Claude Carrigues) P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1993 W: www.pcra.org Language: English Duration: 16 min 31 sec Format: U matic
English Title: Kisan ka Dost Subject Focus: Energy conservation in industries
Original Title: Kisan ka Dost Synopsis: In this programme, Claude Carrigues, an expert Language: Hindi in energy conservation, talks about energy audit of Duration: 10 min industries — particularly the textile industry. Format: Betacam Production Company: EAHM Subject Focus: Saving fuel in agriculture Contact Details: Synopsis: Through the story of a farmer named Matadin Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) and an oil drop, the film aims to highlight the methods of NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 conserving diesel in lift irrigation pumpsets. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Commissioning Agency: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA)
Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org
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English Title: Know Them by Dialogue-1 English Title: Know Them by Dialogue: (A Talk with Eric Larson) A Talk with Claude Carrigues-II
Original Title: Know Them by Dialogue-1 (A Talk with Eric Original Title: Know Them by Dialogue: A Talk with Claude Larson) Carrigues-II Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1993 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1991 Language: English Duration: 15mins 32sec Duration: 21 min 23 sec Format: U matic Format: U matic Subject Focus: Energy conservation in industries Subject Focus: Energy conservation Synopsis: This is the second part of the interview with Synopsis: The film present programme about energy Claude Carrigues. conservation and technological menu, the concept of which is given by Dr. Larson. He is interviewed by Vijoy Production Company: EAHM Vihari, Director of the National Productivity Council. Contact Details: Production Company: EAHM Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.cec-ugc.org NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Kuch aur Kadam Original Title: Kuch aur Kadam English Title: Know Them by Dialogue-2 Subject Focus: The Ladakh Ecological Development (A Talk with Eric Larson) Group Synopsis: The film is on the Ladakh Ecological Original Title: Know Them by Dialogue-2 Development Group, which explores the possibilities of (A Talk with Eric Larson) using alternative energy sources in Leh and the Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1993 surrounding hills. It has successfully experimented with Language: English solar energy in Leh, and makes everything — solar Duration: 23 min 57 sec cookers, stoves etc — in its own workshop. It has also Format: U matic developed an insulating wall, which keeps the room warm during winters. The Group’s other initiatives include Subject Focus: Energy conservation greenhouses, a vocational training center, using a river’s energy to run a turbine and grind grain, gobar gas plants Synopsis: The film present programme about energy for providing cooking fuel, etc. conservation and technological menu, the concept of which is given by Dr. Larson. He is interviewed by Vijoy Production Company: CNN/Turner Broadcasting Vihari, Director of the National Productivity Council. System
Production Company: EAHM Contact Details: Development Alternatives Contact Details: 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected] P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.devalt.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: LPG Saving Tips English Title: Management Control on Energy
Original Title: LPG Saving Tips Original Title: Management Control on Energy Language: Hindi / Punjabi / Urdu Date/Month/Year of Production: February 1994 Duration: 11 min Duration: 16 min 52 sec Format: U matic Subject Focus: Saving cooking fuel (LPG) Subject Focus: Energy management in industry Synopsis: The film provides tips for saving LPG in the domestic sector. Synopsis: The programme demonstrates how proper coordination and management of energy and its use in Contact Details: an industry can bring down energy consumption levels, Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) without affecting production. Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place, New Delhi 110 066 Production Company: EPUN P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 English Title: Mahaan Driver W: www.cec-ugc.org
Original Title: Mahaan Driver Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2001 English Title: Meal Maker: Solar Cooker Language: Hindi Duration: 6 min Original Title: Meal Maker: Solar Cooker Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Fuel conservation in the transport sector Subject Focus: Energy-efficient cooking Synopsis: The film depicts the effects of good and bad driving habits through two characters — Ujjagar, a braggart Synopsis: Convinced of the potential of harnessing the whose driving skills are abysmal, and Meher, who shows energy of the sun, entrepreneur Raghunathan’s Solker how careful driving habits can make a world of difference. Enterprise has sought to replace the solar cooking box with an improvised product called the ‘Mealmaker’. Producer: Jaspal Bhatti Productions Commissioning Agency: Petroleum Conservation Producer: Development Alternatives Research Association (PCRA) Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Development Alternatives Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.pcra.org
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English Title: Message from Film Actor English Title: Micro Hydro Power Plant: Need of (Akshay Kumar) the Hour-1
Original Title: Message from Film Actor (Akshay Kumar) Original Title: Micro Hydro Power Plant: Need of the Hour-1 Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2003 Duration: 10 sec Duration: 16 min 12 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Oil conservation Subject Focus: Using micro hydro power plants in the hills Synopsis: Celebrity endorsements are extremely effective in communicating a message. This approach has been Synopsis: In mountainous regions, the use of renewable, used by PCRA to drive home the message of oil eco-friendly energy resources such as biogas and solar conservation. and wind energy has met with little success because of the high financial investment they entail. The film Producer: Petroleum Conservation Research Association advocates Micro Hydro Plants as the most suitable energy (PCRA) resource for meeting the requirements of remote hilly Commissioning Agency: Petroleum Conservation settlements. These plants are small power generating units Research Association (PCRA) that operate on the basis of converting water pressure energy first into mechanical and then to electrical energy. Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Production Company: AROO Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066 Contact Details: P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) E: [email protected] NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.pcra.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Message from Film Actress (Priyanka Chopra) English Title: Nature of Energy
Original Title: Message from Film Actress (Priyanka Language: English Chopra) Duration: 10 min Language: Hindi Format: 16 mm Duration: 10 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Energy and its forms
Subject Focus: Saving LPG and kerosene in households Synopsis: While clarfying the scientific concept of energy, this film shows the relationship of atomic energy to the Synopsis: The PCRA uses another celebrity to endorse other forms of energy. and communicate its message on conserving cooking fuels — LPG and kerosene. Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Producer: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Contact Details: Commissioning Agency: Petroleum Conservation Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Research Association (PCRA) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Contact Details: Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Sanrakshan Bhawan, 10, Bhikaji Cama Place E: [email protected] New De lhi 110 066 W: www.ciet.nic.in P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org
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English Title: New and Renewable Sources of English Title: Non-Conventional Energy Sources-1 Energy (Solar Energy)
Original Title: New and Renewable Sources of Energy Original Title: Non-Conventional Energy Sources-1 (Solar Language: English Energy) Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: February 1991 Format: 35 mm Language: English Duration: 23 min 54 sec Subject Focus: Renewable energy Format: U matic
Synopsis: The film documents research and development Subject Focus: Solar energy in new and renewable sources of energy. Synopsis: The programme’s focus is solar energy and Producer: Films Division its applications (as in solar cookers, heaters etc).
Contact Details: Production Company: EHYD Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India Contact Details: 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 E: [email protected] W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.filmsdivision.org
English Title: Non-Conventional Energy Sources-2 English Title: Non-Conventional Energy (Wind Energy) Resources Original Title: Non-Conventional Energy Sources-2 (Wind Original Title: Non-Conventional Energy Resources Energy) Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: February 1991 Duration: 14 min Language: English Format: 35 mm Duration: 23 min 49 sec Format: U matic Subject Focus: Non-conventional energy resources for rural India Subject Focus: Wind energy
Synopsis: The film informs and motivates rural women Synopsis: The film is devoted to issues like ways of to adopt new energy resources, like biogas and solar harnessing wind energy, wind monitoring, generation of energy, for cooking. electricity using wind, and the limitations and advantages of wind energy. Producer: Films Division Production Company: EHYD Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Contact Details: Government of India Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 W: www.cec-ugc.org E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Non-Conventional Energy Sources English Title: Nuclear Energy: The Question (Solar Energy — An Answer to Energy Crisis) before Us
Original Title: Non-Conventional Energy Sources (Solar Language: English Energy — An Answer to Energy Crisis) Duration: 25 min Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1996 Format: 16 mm Language: English Duration: 14 min 32 sec Subject Focus: Nuclear energy Format: Betacam Synopsis: In this film, experts talk about how a nuclear Subject Focus: Solar energy generating plant works, the pros and cons of nuclear energy, and the problems of cost and waste disposal. Synopsis: The programme provides a guide to generation of solar energy, and to its application in various fields. Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Production Company: AOSM Contact Details: Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Research and Training (NCERT) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
English Title: Nuclear Energy in India English Title: Operation Prakriti (Biogas from Fuit Original Title: Nuclear Energy in India Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1988 & Vegetable Waste) Duration: 29 min 54 sec Format: U matic Original Title: Operation Prakriti (Biogas from Fruit & Vegetable Waste) Subject Focus: Nuclear energy in India Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1996 Language: English Duration: 4 min 54 sec Synopsis: In this film, Prof. V. G. Bhide, former Vice- Format: Betacam Chancellor of Poona University, interviews Dr. Srinivasan on the nuclear power and its use in India. Subject Focus: Energy from waste — a new initiative Production Company: EPUN Synopsis: An innovative technology has been developed Contact Details: to produce biogas from fruit and vegetable wastes, by the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Microbiology Department of CFTRI, Mysore. This NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 technology generates energy from these wastes, reduces P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 pollution and produces nutrient-rich manure for crops. W: www.cec-ugc.org Production Company: EHYD
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Pawan Urja English Title: Petroleum Story
Original Title: Pawan Urja Original Title: Petroleum Story Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1999 Date/Month/Year of Production: February 1999 Language: Hindi Duration: 3 min 5 sec Duration: 4 min 36 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam Production Company: AROO
Production Company: AIND Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Phir Bhi Dil Hain Hindustani
English Title: Pawan Urja: Ek Saabhark Vikalpa Original Title: Phir Bhi Dil Hain Hindustani Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Original Title: Pawan Urja: Ek Saabhark Vikalpa Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1998 Duration: 1 min 7 sec Language: Hindi Format: Betacam SP Duration: 14 min 12 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Conservation of diesel Production Company: AIND Synopsis: The film aims to highlight the message of Contact Details: conservation of diesel. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Director: Arnab Chatterjee P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Producer: Executive Director, Petroleum Conservation W: www.cec-ugc.org Research Association (PCRA) Production Company: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) English Title: Petrol Saving Tips Contact Details: Original Title: Petrol Saving Tips Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place Language: Hindi/Punjabi/Urdu New Delhi 110 066 Duration: 15 min P: 011- 26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] Subject Focus: Fuel conservation W: www.pcra.org
Synopsis: The film provides tips for saving petrol.
Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org
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English Title: Power to the People English Title: Printer
Original Title: Power to the People Original Title: Printer Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Language: English (with subtitles for the Hindi bytes) Language: English Duration: 28 min 30 sec Duration: 30 sec Format: Digital Format: 35 mm
Subject Focus: Small hydro offers a ray of hope to the Subject Focus: Saving trees by using less paper villages that the grid does not reach or where the grid supply is only for the namesake. A UNDP-GEF project in Synopsis: Though every one working in an office has association with the MNES explores the feasibility of this access to a computer and email today, a paperless office environmentally begin concept with 20 demonst remains a distant dream. In this PSM, the printer is portrayed as a chainsaw, chopping a tree with every page Synopsis: At the Tawang Gompa, in a tradition unbroken it prints. for more than 600 years, the community kitchen prepares breakfast for the novitiates and the Lamas, use logs of wood, as fuel. From every house, one can see a wisp of smoke Directors: Umang Pahwa, Mahendra Bheda rising – as if a thousand prayers were sent heavenwards. Producer: Umang Pahwa For a region, which is under snow cover for seven months, Production Company: Collage Communications survival takes precedence over ecological concerns. Little wonder then if a forest without trees shocks none at Tawang. Contact Details: Umang Pahwa Mudra Communications, Shree Ram Mills, Mumbai 400 013 Producer: Nandan Saxena P: 022-30408001, M: 0987025252; F: 022-24964809 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.mudra.com Nandan Saxena Director, Top Quark Productions, C-227, Anand Vihar Delhi 110 092 P: 011-22152787, 95120-2490628; F: 95120-2490627 English Title: Pump Chalao, Diesel Bachao E: [email protected]
Original Title: Pump Chalao, Diesel Bachao Language: English / Hindi English Title: Power to the People Duration: 20 min
Original Title: Power to the People Subject Focus: Saving fuel in agriculture Language: English Duration: 7 min Synopsis: A film on diesel economy in lift irrigation Format: DVD pumpsets, it depicts how diesel can be saved by farmers by proper selection, operation and maintenance of Subject Focus: Local power generation initiatives in India pumpsets and diesel engines.
Synopsis: The film’s subject is the energy crisis in India Contact Details: and the need for affordable and reliable sources of power. Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) It projects small, independent power production units as a Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place solution to the problem; the example given is of DESI New Delhi 110 066 POWER in Orchha, a power station which runs on ipomea, P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 a weed. The film also explains the process of electricity E: [email protected] production from renewable sources like bio-mass and the W: www.pcra.org economics of setting up independent power producing units.
Director: Aparajita Gogoi Production Company: FREND
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Renewable Energy Sources: Anoxic English Title: Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi Bio-Degradation Original Title: Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi Original Title: Renewable Energy Sources: Anoxic Bio- Language: Hindi Degradation Duration: 20 min Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1984 Duration: 14 min 4 sec Subject Focus: Fuel economy and car maintenance Format: U matic Synopsis: The film, featuring comedian Jaspal Bhatti, is Subject Focus: Methane as a renewable energy source on the importance of good car maintenance habits.
Synopsis: The programme explains the production of Contact Details: methane by anoxic biodegradation, and shows how this Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) biogas produced from biological wastes can be used as a Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place renewable source of energy. New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] Production Company: EAHM W: www.pcra.org
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 English Title: Safar ka Sabak P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Original Title: Safar ka Sabak Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 Language: Hindi English Title: Role of Energy Management Centre Duration: 10 min in Improving Energy Efficiency Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Fuel conservation in the transport sector Original Title: Role of Energy Management Centre in Improving Energy Efficiency Date/Month/Year of Production: February 1995 Synopsis: This animation film with its two characters, Mr. Duration: 19 min 50 sec Cool and Mr. Bhool, focuses on mankind’s carelessness Format: Betacam and greed and how they have put undue pressure on natural resources. Subject Focus: Energy Management Centre, New Delhi Producer: Airads Ltd. Commissioning Agency: Petroleum Conservation Synopsis: The film is on the activities of the Delhi-based Research Association (PCRA) Energy Management Centre, which advocates energy- efficient appliances like slim light tubes (the country can save Rs 100 crore just by using them). Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place, Production Company: EPUN New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.pcra.org NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Santa Banta aur Diesel ki Bachat English Title: Save Every Drop
Original Title: Santa Banta aur Diesel ki Bachat Original Title: Save Every Drop Language: Hindi/Punjabi/Urdu Language: English Duration: 10 min Duration: 20 min
Subject Focus: Fuel conservation Subject Focus: Energy conservation
Synopsis: The film provides some tips on saving diesel. Synopsis: This film on energy conservation presents some success stories on saving energy. Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Contact Details: Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place, Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) New Delhi 110 066 Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 New Delhi 110 066 E: [email protected] P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 W: www.pcra.org E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org
English Title: Saur Urja — Gair-Paramparik Urja ka Amit Srota English Title: Save Petrol in Cars
Original Title: Saur Urja — Gair-Paramparik Urja ka Amit Original Title: Save Petrol in Cars Srota Language: English / Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2002 Duration: 18 min Duration: 19 min 33 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Fuel conservation in transport sector
Subject Focus: Solar energy Synopsis: The film shows how petrol can be saved by better driving habits and maintenance practices. Synopsis: The total capacity of non-traditional sources of energy in India is around 1,95,000 megawatts — which Contact Details: can only generate 31% of the energy we need. It is Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) possible to generate 15,000 megawatts of energy from Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place the sun — which is a perennial, clean and environment- New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 friendly source. Using solar energy can give us a new E: [email protected] perspective towards rural development, economic W: www.pcra.org prosperity and industrial growth.
Production Company: EJOD
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Save Petrol Save Money English Title: Smokeless Chullah
Original Title: Save Petrol Save Money Original Title: Smokeless Chullah Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1984 Language: English Language: Gujarati and English Duration: 60 sec Duration: 17 min 33 sec Format: Betacam SP Format: PAL, U-Matic, colour
Subject Focus: Conservation of petrol Subject Focus: The smokeless chullah
Synopsis: The idea of the film came from how people go Synopsis: The smokeless chullah is a fuel-saving device to ridiculous lengths to save their hard-earned money, and for cooking where the smoke escapes through a long pipe end up wasting it because of their careless driving skills. instead of collecting in the house and causing domestic For example, precious fuel is wasted by driving too slowly air pollution and health hazards. The tape demonstrates or speeding up unnecessarily, or by incorrect use of the how to construct a smokeless chullah. It proved very clutch. The film uses actor Boman Irani to drive home the effective in SEWA’s drive towards promoting such devices message. among its rural members. It has been widely used to inform village communities and policy makers. Producer: Executive Director, PCRA Production Company: Gray World Wide Contact Details: SEWA Contact Details: Krushna Bhavan, Opp. Sakar-II, Ellisbridge Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 New Delhi 110 066 E: [email protected] P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 W: www.sewa.org E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org English Title: Solar Concentrator
English Title: Sewage Gas: The Initiative in Okhla Original Title: Solar Concentrator Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Original Title: Sewage Gas: The Initiative in Okhla Language: Hindi Language: English Duration: 5 min 10 sec Duration: 30 min Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Energy from waste — biogas from Subject Focus: Solar energy sewage Synopsis: The film promotes pollution-free solar power. Synopsis: A sewage treatment plant at Okhla, New Delhi, is generating energy from biogas — which is created in Directors: Asrar Shamse & Kailash Bhutani the process of treatment of domestic sewage. Producer: Executive Director, PCRA Production Company: Superads Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Contact Details: Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place Development Alternatives New Delhi 110 066 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Solar Cooker English Title: State of India’s Environment (II): The Kilowatt Question Original Title: Solar Cooker Date/month/year of Production: 1986 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Language: Gujarati Language: English Duration: 19 min 35 sec Duration: 27 min Format: PAL, U-Matic, colour Format: U-matic & VHS
Subject Focus: Solar cookers Subject Focus: Energy and development
Synopsis: This film is an introduction to a cooker, which Synopsis: What is the relationship between energy and operates using energy from the sun. development? What do we understand by energy needs of people and how is energy generated? The film examines Contact Details: these questions in the light of alternative technologies SEWA being developed to meet energy needs. Krushna Bhavan, Opp Sakar-II, Ellisbridge Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 Production Company: Centre for Science and E: [email protected] Environment (CSE) W: www.sewa.org Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 English Title: Solar Passive House-1 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 (The Principles) E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Original Title: Solar Passive House-1 (The Principles) Date/Month/Year of Production: May 1998 Language: English English Title: Tap Energy Unlimited Duration: 27 min 18 sec Format: U matic Original Title: Tap Energy Unlimited Language: English Subject Focus: Climate-friendly architecture Duration: 7 min Format: 35 mm Synopsis: The primary purpose of a house is to provide comfortable living for its residents. In arid regions, summer Subject Focus: Renewable energy heat takes a heavy toll — even indoors. Solar Passive Houses, which provide thermally comfortable indoor Synopsis: The film talks about utilization of energy from climates, are the solutions. The programme explains the the sun, wind and water in various industrial, agricultural principles of Passive Architecture and the advantages of and domestic applications. living in Solar Passive Houses. Producer: Films Division Production Company: EJOD Contact Details: Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Government of India NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 W: www.cec-ugc.org F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: TERI, Uttam Urja English Title: The Scientist
Original Title: TERI, Uttam Urja Original Title: The Scientist Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2003 Language: English & Hindi Language: Hindi Duration: 21 min Duration: 40 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Local initiative in energy efficiency and development Subject Focus: Saving fuel in households
Synopsis: The film is a documentation of TERI Uttam Synopsis: Comedian Jaspal Bhatti is the ‘scientist’ in this Urja, an initiative aimed at giving power to the people. It is show. The characterisation implies that education does an umbrella brand developed under the project on not necessarily mean good sense. In fact, good old ‘Implementation of Renewable Energy Technologies in common sense goes a long way in saving precious fuel Rural India through NGOs’, and aims at achieving and gas. economic, environmental, and social sustainability. The film shows how better-lit homes lead to better performance Producer: Jaspal Bhatti Productions by school children, greater productivity, diversification of Commissioning Agency: Petroleum Conservation business, and better health. Research Association (PCRA)
Director: Richa Arora Contact Details: Producer: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Production Company: The Energy Resource Institute Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place, (TERI) New Delhi 110 066 Commissioning Agency: Swiss Agency for Development P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] & Cooperation W: www.pcra.org
Contact Details: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, New Delhi 110 003 English Title: The Solar Passive House-2 P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 (A House for all Seasons) E: [email protected] W: www.teriin.org Original Title: The Solar Passive House-2 (A House for all Seasons) Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1990 English Title: The Breezy Boon: Wind Power Language: English Duration: 15 min 58 sec Format: U matic Original Title: The Breezy Boon: Wind Power Language: English Subject Focus: Climate-friendly architecture Duration: 30 min Synopsis: This film is a continuation of Solar Passive House Part-1, and deals with the construction of such Subject Focus: Wind energy houses and their seasonal benefits.
Synopsis: The past few years have given a new meaning Production Company: EJOD to the equation between wind and electricity. The Natural Energy Processing Company or NEPC was the first to Contact Details: invest in wind energy, and the film celebrates its Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 achievements in this field. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Tirkit Dheena Kala Sona English Title: Tuning of Boilers & Furnace
Original Title: Tirkit Dheena Kala Sona Original Title: Tuning of Boilers & Furnace Language: Hindi Language: English Duration: 20 min Subject Focus: Oil conservation Subject Focus: Fuel efficiency in industries Synopsis: The film is a dramatisation of the subject of saving diesel and oil conservation. Synopsis: The film shows the benefits of proper tuning and maintenance of boilers and furnaces in industries to Contact Details: improve fuel efficiency. Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066 Contact Details: P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) E: [email protected] Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place, W: www.pcra.org New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org English Title: Tractor Chalao, Diesel Bachao
Original Title: Tractor Chalao, Diesel Bachao Duration: 23 min English Title: Turning the Tide (II): Running Out of Steam Subject Focus: Diesel economy in agriculture Date/Month/Year of Production: 1986 Synopsis: This film is on diesel economy in tractors — it Language: English shows how good maintenance and selection of proper Duration: 30 min implements helps farmers to save fuel. Format: VHS
Contact Details: Subject Focus: Energy misuse Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place, New Delhi 110 066 Synopsis: The film discusses the problems posed by the P: 011-26198809; F: 011-26109668 misuse of energy. E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org Production Company: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
English Title: Trash into Cash Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Original Title: Trash into Cash P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1996 E: [email protected] Duration: 12 min 30 sec W: www.cseindia.org Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Energy from wastes
Synopsis: The programme explains the process of converting vegetable wastes into biogas, and talks about its commercial potential.
Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Urja Utsav, Energy Skills as Life Skills English Title: Whose Energy for Whom
Original Title: Urja Utsav, Energy Skills as Life Skills Original Title: Whose Energy for Whom Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: Gujarati Language: Gujarati (with English subtitles) Duration: 8 min Duration: 24 min Subject Focus: Urja Utsav, a state-level energy fair Subject Focus: Energy Synopsis: The film documents the Urja Utsav, a state- Directors: Vineeta Bhansali & Nimmi Chauhan level energy education opportunity targeted at schools. Producer: Drishti Media Collective The event was supported by the Gujarat Electricity Board, Gujarat Energy Development Agency and the Gujarat Contact Details: Video Resource Centre Secretariat Council of Science City. Centre for Environment Education, Southern Regional Cell 143, Kamala Mansion, Infantry Road, Bangalore 560 001 Director: Narayan H. K. Karnataka Producer: Centre for Environment Education P: 080-22869094/9907; F: 080-22868209 Commissioning Agency: Gujarat Energy Development E: [email protected] Agency, Gujarat Electricity Board W: www.ceeindia.org, www.kidsrgreen.org, www.ceevrc.org Contact Details: Video Resource Centre Secretariat Centre for Environment Education, Southern Regional Cell English Title: Wind is Power 143, Kamala Mansion, Infantry Road, Bangalore 560 001, Karnataka Original Title: Wind is Power P: 080-22869094/9907; F: 080-22868209 Language: English E: [email protected] Duration: 20 min W: www.ceeindia.org, www.kidsrgreen.org, www.ceevrc.org Format: 35 mm Subject Focus: Wind energy
English Title: Who’s Got the Power? Synopsis: The film talks about harnessing wind for producing electricity. Original Title: Who’s Got the Power? Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Producer: Films Division Language: English Contact Details: Duration: 28 min Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 Subject Focus: Initiatives in energy conservation and P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 generation F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] Synopsis: Only 4% of the eight million people who live in W: www.filmsdivision.org rural Peru currently have access to electricity, but all that could change if micro-hydro takes off. A pilot project in Cajamarca uses the force of running water to generate English Title: Wind Mills: from Energy to electricity — benefiting over 8000 families. In Germany, waste Electricity from farm animals generates biogas which fuels both home and farm, with enough energy left over to sell to the electricity Original Title: Wind Mills: from Energy to Electricity companies. The film also visits wind-mill businesses in the Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1998 Netherlands, and a research centre in Spain which is Duration: 15 min 29 sec investigating different ways to harness energy from the sun. Format: Betacam Finally, in China, the ‘Green Lights’ programme is promoting the use of energy efficient light bulbs. Subject Focus: Wind energy Director: Janet Boston Synopsis: The programme deals with the various aspects Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) and utilities of wind mills as alternative sources for electricity generation.
Contact Details: Production Company: AIND Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Contact Details: P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) E: [email protected] NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cseindia.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: A Day at the Zoo English Title: A Walk Through the Ridge
Language: English, Hindi Original Title: A Walk Through the Ridge Duration: 35 min Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1987 Format: 16 mm Duration: 12 min 36 sec Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Evolution Subject Focus: Delhi Ridge Synopsis: The video explains the process of evolution of man and other living beings — how it has taken millions Synopsis: A nature walk with school children through the of years for the first living creature to reach the latest stage Delhi Ridge gives them an insight into the ecology, flora on the path of evolution. and fauna of the area.
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Production Company: MDEL Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Research and Training (NCERT) W: www.cec-ugc.org Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in English Title: Abhiyan
Original Title: Abhiyan Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1998 English Title: A Journey Through Life — Language: Hindi Early Omtogeny of Fish Format: Betacam
Original Title: A Journey Through Life — Early Omtogeny Subject Focus: State of India’s ecology and citizens’ of Fish movements for its conservation Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1999 Language: English Synopsis: This is a weekly environmental series aimed Duration: 20 min 31 sec at the Hindi-speaking, non-metropolitan viewer — to Format: Betacam encourage them to join in the movement to save India’s ecology. Travelling across India, it highlights the problems Subject Focus: Nature’s wonders — mysteries of life and faced by India’s ecology and features some common birth citizens’ movements for conservation. It also offers useful tips on conservation that can be followed by all citizens. Synopsis: The film takes us on a journey through life and birth, and lets us pause a little and mull over a few Producer: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. (Niret & Nikhil J. Alva) questions: what is life? Is it the first body movements, or the formation of the heart? Contact Details: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. Producer: Vinod Sati 121, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon – 122 015, Haryana P: 0124-2397001 – 10; F: 0124-2397011 Contact Details: E: [email protected], [email protected] Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) W: www.miditech.org Faculty of Engg, JNV University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan P: 0291-2513734; F: 0291-2513733 E: [email protected]
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English Title: ACAP English Title: Aspects of Arctic Environment
Original Title: ACAP Original Title: Aspects of Arctic Environment Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: December1995 Duration: 5 min Duration: 17 min Production Company: ACAP India Format: U-Matic
Contact Details: Subject Focus: The Arctic region ACAP India Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI), S-25, Panchsheel Synopsis: The programme features Mr. Paranjpe, who Park New Delhi 110 017 D 923, New Friends Colony (2nd Floor), New Delhi 110 065 has toured the Arctic Circle extensively. P: 011-41635920, 21; F: 41635924 E: [email protected] Production Company: EPUN W: www.wpsi-india.org Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 English Title: Animation Compilation P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Duration: 96 min Format: DVD English Title: Aur Kitne Dhara: Sikudte Subject Focus: Man and environment Sansadhan, Pasarte Hum Synopsis: This is a series of abstract, animated films Original Title: Earth Report VI: Three Planet Syndrome highlighting man’s relationship with the environment. A Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 variety of themes have been taken up: the problems of Language: Hindi industrialization and waste, reliance on non-sustainable Duration: 26 min energy sources and the disparity in consumption patterns Format: VHS/VCD & DVD between the North and the South. Subject Focus: Eco-friendly building and architecture Production Company: Pannonia Films Synopsis: Until recently, if you wanted to live in a Contact Details: sustainable house, you probably had to design and build Development Alternatives it yourself. In the 1980s UK filmmaker, Ashley Bruce, did 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 exactly that. He turned his cottage into an eco-home, with P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 passive solar heating and photovoltaic cells on the roof. E: [email protected] Twenty years on, he wants to find out if more people can W: www.devalt.org live better, on less. Bruce visits two new mass housing developments in London, to see how sustainable principles can go beyond design, and begin to influence lifestyle choices — without compromising comfort.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Bandits and the Backhanders English Title: Bhoomi (Earth)
Original Title: Bandits and the Backhanders Original Title: Bhoomi Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2002 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 23 min Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Corruption in environmental management Subject Focus: Initiatives to solve environmental problems Synopsis: This video takes a look at how the degradation of values translates into degradation of nature. In a corrupt Synopsis: This television series strives to raise system, people lose respect for things. If there is large environmental consciousness by focusing on the efforts scale corruption in the nature management sector, people of the people — individuals, community groups, corporate lose respect for nature over a long time. And this can be a houses, NGOs and the government — to protect, preserve very dangerous trend. The video takes viewers to look at and enhance the quality of India’s environment. irrational policies (not based on scientific understanding, but on vested interests) in management of rivers, floods, Producer: Siddharth Kak (Cinema Vision India) forests, and urban planning. The video, through interviews Commissioning Agency: Ministry of Environment & with intellectuals and decision-makers, tries to focus on Forests, Government of India the method behind this madness. Ultimately, we meet an unassuming grassroots activist in Maharashtra to find out Contact Details: some solutions: Anna Hazare, who has launched an anti- Cinema Vision India corruption drive. 501, Adarsh Nagar, M.H.B. Colony, Jogeshwari (W) Mumbai 400 102 Director: Pradip Saha P: 022-26365946/26320739; F: 022-26366642 E: [email protected] Producer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) W: www.kftv.com
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 English Title: Buildings that Breathe P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Original Title: Buildings that Breathe Date/Month/Year of Production: Jan 2006 Language: English
Subject Focus: Environment-friendly building and architecture
Synopsis: Most traditional buildings of India were built on sustainable principles; today, many architects are reviving these techniques to reduce the burden on the environment. The film looks at the work of some of this new breed of architects who specialize in green architecture.
Director: Richa Arora Producer: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Production Company: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Commissioning Agency: Air India
Contact Details: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 E: [email protected] W: www.teriin.org
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English Title: China Roadshow English Title: Designing a Lifestyle
Original Title: China Roadshow Original Title: Designing a Lifestyle Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1998 Language: English Duration: 15 min Duration: 26 min Format: Betacam Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Product design and its environmental Subject Focus: Environmental issues in China implications
Synopsis: For centuries, China has experienced periodic Synopsis: The perspective on product design has floods; but in 1998, several river systems overflowed at changed with time. After World War II, consumer products the same time. Over one million people lost their homes, began to be designed to flatter the ego of the neo-rich. and more than 3,500 lost their lives. This video travels to This trend is going strong even today and is known as the forests of the Tibetan Plateau to investigate the role consumerist design. This craving leads to wastage of of deforestation and land degradation in the massive resources. Is it really necessary? flooding. It visits the site of the world’s largest dam, Three Gorges on the Yangtze river — a controversial project Production Company: ECAL which aims to control flood waters and generate electricity. And the Yellow River, where waters are diverted to provide Contact Details: irrigation for agriculture, industry and domestic users. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Director: Luke Gawin P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) W: www.cec-ugc.org
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) English Title: Destination Ungra 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Language: English W: www.cseindia.org Duration: 20 min Format: VHS
Subject Focus: Application of Science in Rural English Title: Cycling: A Healthy and Technology (ASTRA) Environment-Friendly Way to Travel Synopsis: The film documents the activities of the Language: English Bangalore-based Application of Science in Rural Duration: 30 min Technology (ASTRA), and the efforts being made by Subject Focus: The advantages of cycling scientists to better the lives of people in rural areas.
Synopsis: Modern sedentary lifestyle is leading to a large Production Company: Council for Advancement of number of health problems — especially in urban areas. People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Cycling is not just an eco-friendly way of traveling, but also beneficial for our health. Contact Details: Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Producer: Development Alternatives Technology (CAPART) Production Company: Doordarshan Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 Contact Details: P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 Development Alternatives F: 011-24648607, 24625822 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 E: [email protected] P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 W: www.capart.nic.in E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Development Stall at Trade Fair English Title: Earth as Witness
Original Title: Development Stall at Trade Fair Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 40 min
Subject Focus: Environment and development stall at Subject Focus: Ancient Buddhism and the modern the India International Trade Fair ecological movement
Synopsis: The India International Trade Fair in Delhi Synopsis: The film commemorates a gift from Tibet to showcased a specially designed development stall which India — a statue of the Buddha given by the Dalai Lama displayed products linked to environment and — and discusses the links between ancient Buddhism development. and the modern ecological movement.
Producer: Development Alternatives Director: Amar Kanwar Production Company: Doordarshan Contact Details: Contact Details: Mr. Amar Kanwar Development Alternatives A. K. Productions, N 14A, Saket, New Delhi 110 017 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26516088, 26534712; M: 9810216088 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 F: 011-26513556 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Earth Report II: Spain Roadshow English Title: Earth Original Title: Earth Report II: Spain Roadshow Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Duration: 10 min Language: English Format: 16 mm Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Early forms of life Subject Focus: Environmental issues in Spain; a disaster Synopsis: The film is an account of the earliest forms of management initiative in Nepal life as revealed through geology. Synopsis: This video features energy-efficient buildings Production Company: Central Institute of Educational in Granada; eco-tourism in Andalusia; an investigation into Technology (CIET) the consumption of under-sized fish; fish-farming in Donana, a threatened wetland site; and the fate of Contact Details: migratory birds caught in the blades of windmills designed Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) to boost Spain’s electricity supplies. The Hands-On slot Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education shows ‘bio-engineering,’ a technique that brings together Research and Training (NCERT) botany and civil engineering to prevent landslides in Nepal. Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] Director: Marc De Beaufort W: www.ciet.nic.in Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Earth Report VIII: Communicating English Title: Eco-Friendly Gifts for Change Original Title: Eco-Friendly Gifts Original Title: Earth Report VIII: Communicating for Language: English Change Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: English Subject Focus: Eco-friendly gifts Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: Gifts come in all shapes and sizes, but the best gifts are those which do not cost the earth. The film Subject Focus: Bridging the digital divide between North lists some eco-friendly gifts which people can give each and South other.
Synopsis: Received wisdom says that the digital divide Producer: Development Alternatives between North and South is one of the reasons why the Production Company: Doordarshan poor in the developing world are not able to practise sustainable development. With an eye to the agenda of Contact Details: the World Summit on the Information Society, this Development Alternatives programme journeys across four continents to find that 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 there are lots of people with schemes that are bridging P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 the divide. E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: English Title: Ecotoons Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Original Title: Ecotoons P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Language: English Duration: 47 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
English Title: Eco Mela – Man and Nature ’95 Subject Focus: Environmental awareness through animation Original Title: Eco Mela – Man and Nature ’95 Language: English Synopsis: This compilation of animated environmental Duration: 30 min films is part of Global View’s Earthscope series. It comprises a variety of public service announcements Subject Focus: The Man and Nature ’95 fair, in Delhi (PSA), government-sponsored shorts, campaign films by NGOs, and independent works from Canada, the US, Synopsis: In February 1995, Delhi hosted a unique fair – Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and the UK. The Man and Nature ’95 – to celebrate the symbiotic programme shows that animation is effective in explaining relationship between the two. At the mela, the effort was environmental issues. In one PSA, for instance, Popeye, to bring people and their craft together under one roof, the spinach-munching cartoon character, catches his arch- with ecological sustainability as the common thread. rival Bluto dumping plastic waste into the ocean and says: “Doesn’t he realise critters are strangulating in all this Producer: Development Alternatives plastic junk?” Production Company: Doordarshan Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Development Alternatives Contact Details: 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 E: [email protected] P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 W: www.devalt.org E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Education Through Art — Isa Vasya English Title: Environment Shapes National Culture-5 (Manchar) Original Title: Education Through Art — Isa Vasya Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1991 Original Title: Environment Shapes National Culture-5 Duration: 19 min 3 sec (Manchar) Format: U-Matic Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1986 Duration: 19 min 5 sec Subject Focus: Environmental crisis Format: U-Matic
Synopsis: In the programme, artistes convey through their Subject Focus: Rural initiatives to save the environment work that man has received this beautiful world, but is hell-bent on destroying everything that nature has given Synopsis: The programme shows what a small rural him. They urge that unless we take steps to stem the rot, college can do for the environment, without any help from we stand to lose everything. government.
Production Company: EAHM Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Ek Jivan Yatra English Title: Environmental Economics
Original Title: Ek Jivan Yatra Original Title: Environmental Economics Date/Month/Year of Production: November 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2003 Language: English Duration: 15 min 20 sec Duration: 19 min 24 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam Synopsis: Very little information is available about the Subject Focus: History of Earth and life — evolution Siberian Cranes (Feeding, Breeding etc.). This programme tries to give some information about these Synopsis: The Earth came into being some 4.6 billion birds. These birds are the threshold of extinction. years ago. It was covered with ammonia, hydrogen and methane gases initially. When its surface cooled down, Production Company: EPUN the seas were formed and vaporous gases — including water — appeared. The increasing oxegenization of the Contact Details: environment led to the birth of mono-cellular acaroids, Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) which eventually led to the appearance of life. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Production Company: EJOD
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Environmental Education — English Title: Environmental Science Series Key for Survival (Introduction to Ecology)
Original Title: Environmental Education — Key for Original Title: Environmental Science Series (Introduction Survival to Ecology) Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1997 Date/Month/Year of Production: November 2005 Duration: 18 min 29 sec Duration: 21 min 10 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Environment Subject Focus: Ecology
Synopsis: The film provides a basic backgrounder and Synopsis: Prof. A. Balasubramanian of the University of relevant information on our environment. Mysore talks on history and definition of ecology, environmental interactions, and the major subdivsions and Production Company: AIND branches of ecology.
Contact Details: Production Company: AMYS Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.cec-ugc.org NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Environmental Science Series (Ecosystems: Predator and Prey Relationship) English Title: Environmental Science Series Original Title: Environmental Science Series (On-Shore Ecosystems) (Ecosystems: Predator and Prey Relationship) Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2005 Original Title: Environmental Science Series (On-Shore Duration: 23 min 19 sec Ecosystems) Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2005 Duration: 28 min 20 sec Subject Focus: Predator-prey relationships Format: Betacam
Synopsis: Predation is an important evolutionary force: Subject Focus: On-shore ecosystems natural selection favors more effective predators and more evasive prey. ‘Arms races’ have been recorded in some Synopsis: This programme covers topics like fore-shore snails, which over time become more heavily armored ecosystems, sandy foreshores or beaches, shingle and prey, and their predators, crabs, which over time develop muddy, salt marshes and rocky fore-shores and the more massive claws with greater crushing power. Mr. K. environmental concerns related to all these. S. Arathi, Lecturer, SVV College, Mysore explains the types of predation mechanisms, role of parasites, types Production Company: AMYS of defense mechanisms, polymorphism etc in this film. Contact Details: Production Company: AMYS Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.cec-ugc.org NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Evolution and Races of Man English Title: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous
Language: English Original Title: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous Duration: 27 min Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Format: 16 mm Language: English Duration: 5 min 4 sec Subject Focus: Evolution of man Format: Betacam
Synopsis: The film outlines the process of evolution, and Subject Focus: Environment traces the history of man. The film shows that all differences which exist among human beings today are Synopsis: The film is about our environment, and the way superficial. we have abused it. The message it sends forth is: cherish the planet we have been blessed with. Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Producer: Mita Chandran, Mokshaa Commissioning Agency: Mita Chandran, Mokshaa Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Mita Chandran, Proprietor, Mokshaa Research and Training (NCERT) 1st Floor, 6-3-248/G, Road No. 1, Banjara Hills, Hyderabad Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 500 034, Andhra Pradesh P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 P: 040-23305665, 55526628, 26564101, 26969770 E: [email protected] M: 9818495925 W: www.ciet.nic.in E: [email protected]; [email protected] W: www.mokshaa.com
English Title: Fresh from Your Garden English Title: Ghas ka Prabandh Original Title: Fresh from Your Garden Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Original Title: Ghas ka Prabandh Duration: 18 min 16 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: Format: U-Matic Language: Hindi Duration: 12 min Subject Focus: Kitchen gardens Subject Focus: Local initiatives to save the environment Synopsis: The aim of the programme is to encourage viewers — particularly housewives — to maintain kitchen Synopsis: In this documentary, school children in Almorah gardens. The programme explains the various aspects of take the lead in environmental conservation. Local farmers kitchen gardening — ploughing, watering, sowing, used to let their cattle graze in the fields and forests; the weeding and applying fertilizers and pesticides. children learnt that this practice leads to soil erosion and groundwater scarcity due to run-off of rainwater. So they Production Company: EHYD initiated a better practice: cut the forage and feed the cattle by weight according to their requirements. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Producer: Padam Singh NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Giants and Dwarfs English Title: Growing Up
Language: English Language: English, French, Spanish Duration: 16 min Duration: 60 & 30 min Format: 16 mm Format: DVD
Subject Focus: The Watusi and Pygmy tribes of Congo Subject Focus: The state of the world’s children
Synopsis: The film is on the oldest inhabitants of Central Synopsis: What does the future hold for the children of Africa — the Watusi and Pygmy tribes of Congo, their the new millennium? From Brazil to China, the film follows lands, environment and lifestyles. the lives of 11 babies born in the year of the 1992 UN Earth Summit to find out. In Kenya, Erdo is the daughter Production Company: Central Institute of Educational of Turkana herders, whose lives are shattered when Technology (CIET) raiders steal their cattle and they are reduced to cutting the few remaining trees in the region to make charcoal to Contact Details: feed their children. In China’s Guangzhou city, baby Leong Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Yukkay is the first and only child her parents Liang and Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Zheng will have. Zheng works in a factory manufacturing Research and Training (NCERT) paper: effluents from the plant pollute the air and the local Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 countryside — but it’s typical of China’s wholesale drive P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 to develop and catch up with the industrialized north. And E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in in India, baby Panjarvanarn’s older sisters already work in a local match-making factory. Will she meet the same fate? Three years later, the programme returns to measure the children’s progress: some things have changed, other English Title: Green Animation: Cartoons to Save haven’t. In South Africa, where President Mandela’s the World government has replaced the old National Party regime, baby Justin’s parents welcome the changes which mean Original Title: Green Animation: Cartoons to Save the everyone working together for a better country. But in World nearby Ciskei, where baby Vusumzi lives with her single Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 mother Mavis, conditions are still very much as they were Language: English in 1992. Through their stories, the film poses a challenge Duration: 54 min to deliver on the promises made at Rio. Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Directors: Julian Ware and Bruno Sorrentino Subject Focus: Environmental issues facing the earth Producers: Julian Ware and Bruno Sorrentino Production Company: Central TV Synopsis: The supermarket clerk in Katherine Stratfield’s film not only rings up the price of the items, but their cost Contact Details: Development Alternatives to the environment as well. A package of toilet paper 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 evokes a man cutting down trees, and then sewage P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 pouring into the ocean. An aerosol spray prompts images E: [email protected] of deforestation, industrial pollution, and people coughing. W: www.devalt.org Even a humble loaf of bread conjures up scenes of clear- cutting forests for agriculture and ranching.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Hair: Cables of Information English Title: Hands Up for the Environment and the Market Original Title: Hair: Cables of Information Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1986 Original Title: Hands Up for the Environment and the Language: English Market Duration: 12 min Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 21 min Format: DVD Subject Focus: Hair Subject Focus: Environment Synopsis: Scientifically, our hair can be used to determine our nutritional status, disease symptoms and Synopsis: The film focuses on a weekly puppet show set environmental contamination. in Nigeria for promoting environmental education in Africa.
Production Company: MDEL Contact Details: Development Alternatives Contact Details: 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected] P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.devalt.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Health in the City English Title: Hands On — City Scope Original Title: Health in the City Original Title: Hands On — City Scope Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Format: DVD Language: English Duration: 24 min Subject Focus: Urban slums Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: Backed by the music of the Eurthymics, the Subject Focus: Sustainable urban management and video highlights the crisis of urban slums. planning Producers: WHO/David Jay & Jamie Hartzell Synopsis: Hands On, the regular Earth Report Production Company: TVE programme that gives would-be green consumers and entrepreneurs tips on eco-enterprise, goes downtown. Contact Details: Five stories from towns and cities from all the continents Development Alternatives show that the sustainable city is a dream some people 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 are turning into reality. P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Director: Janet Boston Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Heredity and Environment English Title: How Realistic can These Models Be? Language: English Duration: 11 min Original Title: How Realistic can These Models Be? Format: 16 mm Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Duration: 16 min 38 sec Subject Focus: Heredity and environment Format: Betacam
Synopsis: The film presents an overview of cultural Subject Focus: Ecological modelling inheritance — genetics, environmental influences and their interrelationships. Synopsis: Ecological models cannot predict the future, but they do allow us to understand ecological systems Production Company: Central Institute of Educational better. Technology (CIET) Production Company: EJOD Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Research and Training (NCERT) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 W: www.cec-ugc.org E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
English Title: Hunters and Hunted English Title: Hole in One Language: English Duration: 45 min Original Title: Hole in One Format: 16 mm Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Language: English Subject Focus: Predators and their prey Duration: 1 min 28 sec Format: DV-Sony Handycam Synopsis: The programme studies one of the driving forces of evolution — the eternal duel between hunters Subject Focus: Sports and environment and the hunted — and the tactics adopted by both. Synopsis: This film draws attention to the ethics of the Production Company: Central Institute of Educational game of golf vis-à-vis the environment. While city dwellers Technology (CIET) look at golf courses as urban greens, the city pays a heavy cost of depleting forest covers for the sake of sports. Redefining perspectives to include environmental issues Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) in sports is the film’s message. It attempts to draw attention Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education to the fact that contrary to Merriam Webster’s definition of Research and Training (NCERT) ‘Sports’ as ‘a means to amuse oneself, the repercussions Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 of sports (here, golf) are far from diverting. P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] Directors: Abbas Shamael Rizvi, Anandana Kapur, Manak W: www.ciet.nic.in Matiyani, Surabhi Saral Producers: Abbas Shamael Rizvi, Anandana Kapur Manak Matiyani, Surabhi Saral
Contact Details: Anandana Kapur 4/52, II Floor, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi 110 017 M: 9350874109 (Surabhi), 9312580794 (Manak Matiyani) E: [email protected]
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English Title: Infinite Variety English Title: Kaksha ki Safai
Language: English Original Title: Kaksha ki Safai Duration: 56 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Format: 16 mm Language: Hindi Duration: 18 min 19 sec Subject Focus: Evolution of life Subject Focus: Health and hygiene Synopsis: The beginning and evolution of life on earth is the focus of this video. Producer: Anita Gupta
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Contact Details: Technology (CIET) Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Contact Details: Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education E: [email protected] Research and Training (NCERT) W: www.ciet.nic.in Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in English Title: Khel Khel mein Badlo Duniya
Original Title: Khel Khel mein Badlo Duniya English Title: Insect Zoo Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2003 Language: Hindi Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 11 min Format: Betacam Format: 16 mm Subject Focus: Conservation Subject Focus: Insects Synopsis: The programme is based on a competition Synopsis: This film, targeted at children, talks about the between two different schools or colleges: in this, the insects in Ted and Susan’s zoo. It also instructs its viewers participants are given the liberty to choose a topic on the on how to build a simple home or a zoo for insects. theme of conservation and address it in their own special way. There are special episodes too, in which the tussle Production Company: Central Institute of Educational is between teachers and students, young and old, males Technology (CIET) and female, self-employed professionals and government- employed professionals, etc. These specials reflect the Contact Details: varied exposures and knowledge of people from different Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) sections of the society. Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Producer: Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 (DAVP) P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Commissioning Agency: Petroleum Conservation E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in Research Association (PCRA)
Contact Details: Directorate of Advertising & Visual Publicity (DAVP) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, 3rd Floor, PTI Building, Sansad Marg, New Delhi 110 001 P: 011-23353073; F: 011-23739083
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English Title: Khullam Khulla — Environment English Title: Learning from Nature-1 Special (Neglected Nectar)
Original Title: Khullam Khulla — Environment Special Original Title: Learning from Nature-1 (Neglected Nectar) Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1991 Language: Hindi Language: English Duration: 24 min Duration: 16 min 42 sec Format: Betacam Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Sensitizing a child towards the natural world and its conservation Subject Focus: Man and nature
Synopsis: Khullam Khulla is a fun-learning children’s Synopsis: This programme, the first in the series on series. The idea is to motivate and sensitise the child. Learning from Nature, explains the complex but beautiful One of the most successful and enjoyable teaching aids web of life on earth. The programme’s message is that used is the puppet. A programme comprising of colourful man should live in harmony with the ecosystem. puppet characters, live footage, animations, graphics and music, this special environmental episode of Khullam Production Company: EAHM Khulla aims to enhance the child’s knowledge of the natural world and emphasises the need for conservation Contact Details: and protection of the environment. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Director: Mike H. Pandey NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Producer: Mike H. Pandey P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Commissioning Agency: Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
Contact Details: English Title: Learning from Nature-2 River Bank Studios, C-18, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi 110 048 (Back to Nature) P: 011-26216508; M: 9810029247; F: 011-26216508 E: [email protected], [email protected]; [email protected], [email protected] Original Title: Learning from Nature-2 (Back to Nature) W: www.riverbankstudios.com Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1991 Language: English Duration: 14 min 5 sec Format: U-Matic English Title: Land of Sun and Sand — The Arid Region Subject Focus: Man and nature
Original Title: Land of Sun and Sand — The Arid Region Synopsis: The second part of the series demonstrates Date/Month/Year of Production: May 1996 how living in close proximity to nature can provide Duration: 13 min 19 sec youngsters with an opportunity to learn about it. The Format: Betacam message: we should understand the environment and learn to preserve it for our own future. Subject Focus: Arid regions Production Company: EAHM Synopsis: Based on a seminar, the programme covers topics like features of arid regions; management of Contact Details: degraded land through remote sensing; groundwater in Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) arid regions; and the use of local plants as medicines. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Production Company: EJOD W: www.cec-ugc.org
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Learning through Environment English Title: Life in a Pond
Language: English Language: English Duration: 28 min Duration: 11 min Format: 16 mm Format: 16 mm
Subject Focus: Environment education Subject Focus: Animals and habitats
Synopsis: This film provokes the audience to discover Synopsis: The film is targeted at students and showcases the various aspects of environment by themselves — and a world of microscopic animals, food-chains etc in natural explains the possible topics emerging from the as well as controlled settings. environment, the process of learning, structuring the lesson plans, directing the learning experiences etc. Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Research and Training (NCERT) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Research and Training (NCERT) P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 E: [email protected] P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 W: www.ciet.nic.in E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
English Title: Leaving No Trace – Cyclist in the City
Original Title: Leaving No Trace – Cyclist in the City, Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: Hindi & English Duration: 15 Minutes Format: Beta, DVD
Synopsis: We should all switch to ridding bicycle this is the mantra of the film. Seen through the eyes the septuagenarian Gandhian Dasharath Shah, the film emphasizes the advantage of using cycles to commute with n the city instead of the poison spewing motor vehicles. Making a fashion statement, both college student and officer goers in cities are gradually waking up to the beauty of this “2-wheeler” ride. Bicycling is the most healthy and safe mode of transport, provided the road rules are adhered to and is also being adopted by the army at AFMC, Pune.
Director: Prayas and Manjushree Abhinav Commissioning Agency: Centre for Media Studies (CMS and Star TV Film Fellowship)
Contact Details: Prayas and Manjushree Abhinav House No. 315, IIM Campus, Vastrapur Ahmedabad 380015 Gujarat M: 9227234979 E: [email protected] W: www.prayasabhinav.net
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English Title: Life Series 3 English Title: Low Cost Housing (a) The Road from Rio-27 (b) The Trade Trap-27 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1987 (c) The Perfect Famine-27 Language: English & Hindi Duration: 18 min Original Title: Life Series 3 (a) The Road from Rio-27, Format: U-Matic, VHS (b) The Trade Trap-27, (c) The Perfect Famine-27 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Subject Focus: Low-cost rural housing Language: English Duration: 3 x 27 min Synopsis: In 1983, Gandhigram, a research institute in Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Tamil Nadu, introduced a unique house design for rural areas. The film details the design and its specifications, Subject Focus: Poverty alleviation, human rights and as well as the efforts made for disseminating the governance technology to the people.
Synopsis: In the The Road from Rio, the concerns of 21- Production Company: Council for Advancement of year-old Nankie in Johannesburg — the venue for the People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) World Summit on Sustainable Development — finds a voice along with comments from the leading players like Contact Details: Maurice Strong, ex-Secretary General of the Rio Earth Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Summit, and James Wolfensohn, World Bank President. Technology (CAPART) Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road Nankie and her friends are hoping the decisions made at New Delhi 110 003 the conference will address the problems of poverty, P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 inequality and lack of basic services that are part of their F: 011-24648607, 24625822 day-to-day existence. In The Trade Trap, Augustine E: [email protected] Adongo, chief executive of the Federation of Associations W: www.capart.nic.in of Ghanaian Exporters, tries to find out whether trade is really the solution for poor countries like his. Pro- globalization lobbies say yes, but anti-globalization English Title: Maan Gaye protesters argue that trade isn’t actually working for the poorest of the poor — the one billion people round the world who live on less than a dollar a day. In The Perfect Original Title: Maan Gaye Famine, the stage shifts to Malawi, which is at the epicentre Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 of a major famine in the southern African region. While Language: Hindi there’s no outright starvation yet, families have been Duration: 18 min resorting to traditional famine strategies — abandoning villages and eating wild plants and next year’s seed corn. Subject Focus: Environmental awareness As one US journalist described it, it has all the ingredients of ‘the perfect famine’. Yet Malawi is a green land that Synopsis: This is a motivational film on environment for should be able to feed itself. Much of the problem, claim children, and depicts how children are able to convince critics, derives from poor governance, repressive policies adults to follow environment-friendly practices. and corruption. Director: Ms. Kiron Wadhera, ACORD Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Contact Details: Asian Centre for Organization Research and Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Development (ACORD) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 C-126, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-26410616, 26238495 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Magic of Life English Title: Meena: Three Wishes
Original Title: Magic of Life Original Title: Meena: Three Wishes Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Language: English Language: English Duration: 6 min 29 sec Duration: 13 min Format: Betacam Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Creation, evolution and life Subject Focus: Health and hygiene
Synopsis: Meant for children and the young, the film — Synopsis: Meena dreams of a magic genie that will grant whose key themes are compassion and love — talks about her three wishes so that everyone would be healthy and the marvelous and magical world of creation and the never again get sick from poor sanitation and unsafe water. intricate threads that bind all living beings. When Meena wakes up, she realizes that she must make her dream come true. With the help of her brother Raju, Awards Received by the Film: Best Documentry other children in the village, and Mithu, her pet parrot, Award z– CMS VATAVARAN 2003 in Newcomer Category Meena convinces people to build and use latrines, use safe water and wash their hands to ensure that they stop Director: Gautam Pandey the spread of germs and disease.
Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Riverbank Studios, C-18, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011-26216508; M: 9810449789; F: 011-26216508 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) W: www.riverbankstudios.com 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: Makkhi ki Dawat, Aap ki Afat
Original Title: Makkhi ki Dawat, Aap ki Afat Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 English Title: Nature Walk Language: Hindi Duration: 10 min 27 sec Original Title: Nature Walk Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Subject Focus: Health and hygiene Language: English Duration: 23 min 29 sec Producer: Anita Gupta Subject Focus: Environment education Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Synopsis: The programme is addressed to teachers, and Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education extols the benefits of exposing children to nature and its Research and Training (NCERT) wonders and encouraging them to learn through Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 observation and experimentation. P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in Producer: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET)
Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Our Future World English Title: Oxygen-free Radicals and Antioxidants-12 (Antioxidants in Food) Original Title: Our Future World Language: English Original Title: Oxygen-free Radicals and Antioxidants-12 Duration: 20 min (Antioxidants in Food) Format: DVD Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1995 Language: English Subject Focus: Environmental crisis and its solutions Duration: 12 min 1 sec Format: Betacam Synopsis: This is an overview programme in the BBC/ IBT series Our Global Environment, and it looks at current Subject Focus: Adverse side-effects of medicines and environmental problems and initiatives to deal with them. their cure
Production Company: BBC/international Broadcasting Synopsis: Medicines we take for our ailments — such as Trust antibiotics like Gentamicin — can have harmful side- effects. Nutritional modulations can alleviate these harmful Contact Details: effects to some extent. In the film, Dr. Sarmistha Ghosh Development Alternatives will tell us how. 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Production Company: ECAL E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 English Title: Oxygen-free Radicals and P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Antioxidants-11 (Tobacco and Oxygen Radicals) W: www.cec-ugc.org
Original Title: Oxygen-free Radicals and Antioxidants-11 (Tobacco and Oxygen Radicals) English Title: Paper Problems: Save Paper in Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1995 Your Office Language: English Duration: 18 min Original Title: Paper Problems: Save Paper in Your Office Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Tobacco and its health impacts Subject Focus: Paper-less office Synopsis: Cigarette smoking and the use of oral tobacco are common habits all over the world, even though people Synopsis: A major part of a lost forest cover feeds the are aware about their harmful effects. In the film, Dr. paper industry. In India, 30 million trees are cut down every Shakuntala Das Gupta explains the nature of the effects year for making paper, most of which ends up on our office of various chemical components of cigarette smoke on desk. This film gives tips on how to save paper in the the metabolic systems of the body. The use of oral tobacco office. also causes a lot of damage in different tissues like the liver, the heart and the kidneys — Dr. Manashi Bagchi Producer: Development Alternatives talks about smokeless tobacco. Production Company: Doordarshan
Production Company: ECAL Contact Details: Development Alternatives Contact Details: 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected] P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.devalt.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Paryavaran Shiksha Kyon English Title: Quiz on Environment
Original Title: Paryavaran Shiksha Kyon Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2001 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1997 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 25 min 23 sec Duration: 15 min 43 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Environment, wildlife and nature
Production Company: AIND Synopsis: Co-hosted by Shevendra Kundra and Suhaila Charnalia, a 13-part quiz on environment, wildlife and Contact Details: nature. Three teams — Earth, Air and Water — vie for the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) honours. Each programme consists of six rounds and is NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 devoted to a specific contemporary topic, such as P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org biodiversity, environment and health, or wetlands.
Director: Sita Nanda Producer: Doordarshan (National Network) English Title: People and the Planet Compilation Contact Details: Original Title: People and the Planet Compilation Doordarshan Kendra Language: English and other Akashwani Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi 110 001 Duration: 3 min P: 011-23715822; F: 011-23421144 E: [email protected] Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Women, empowerment and health English Title: Ruchi Synopsis: These three videos take as their theme the positive messages which emerged from the 1994 Cairo Original Title: Ruchi International Conference on Population and Development. Victory for Women illustrates how in Egypt the government Subject Focus: The activities of RUCHI in Himachal had moved away from its rigorous population control Pradesh programme to a more sensitive reproductive health approach, and how Profamilia in Colombia is involving Synopsis: Life in the mountains can be tough, more so if young people and men in its ‘people-centred’ approach you are a woman. The women of Himachal Pradesh have to family planning. Learning for Life looks at successful accepted as their fate the fact that they have to work in education initiatives for girls and women in Senegal and the fields, at home, rear the kids and deal with husbands Bangladesh. The final film, Calling the Shots, profiles two who are alcoholics. This was until a voluntary organization successful women’s communications projects — the Self called RUCHI (Rural Centre for Human Interest) came Employed Women’s Association in Ahmedabad, and the along. Over the years, it has worked with the people to Sistren Theatre Collective in Jamaica which uses popular improve their standard of living and stop further theatre to get across messages on domestic violence and degradation of the environment. Local people, with the teenage sexuality. help of RUCHI, have built schools and health centres and have improved the irrigation facilities. Directors: Richard Keefe, Rosanna Horsley Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Production Company: CNN/Turner Broadcasting System
Contact Details: Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Development Alternatives 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Saaf Rahe Tan to Khush Rahe Man English Title: Sasthrakauthukam
Original Title: Saaf Rahe Tan to Khush Rahe Man Original Title: Sasthrakauthukam Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2004 Language: Hindi Language: Malayalam Duration: 17 min 12 sec Duration: 26 min 45 sec Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: Health and hygiene Subject Focus: Environmental issues in Kerala Synopsis: The programme with special focus on cleanliness and orderliness, is meant for nine-11 year- Synopsis: Sasthrakauthukam is the first science olds. It has four distinct sequences, beginning with the magazine programme in Malayalam. The series focused disorderly habits of a child who gradually realizes the on subjects like science, environment and health. This importance of orderliness. compilation covers locally-relevant stories on rainwater harvesting, persistent organic pollutants, colas and Producer: Anita Gupta packaged drinking water, etc.
Contact Details: Director: Sreedevi Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Producer: Sreedevi Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Production Company: C-DIT, Visual Communication Research and Training (NCERT) Team Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.ciet.nic.in Manoj Krishnan P. C-DIT, Gorki Bhavan Vanross Junction Thiruvanthapuram 695 034, Kerala P: 0471-2330081; M: 09447886486 English Title: Sahi Jagah Par F: 0471-2333735, 2328659 E: [email protected] W: www.cdit.org Original Title: Sahi Jagah Par Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: Hindi Duration: 11 min 43 sec English Title: Save Paper
Subject Focus: Health and hygiene Original Title: Save Paper Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2005 Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Synopsis: Cleanliness and orderliness are considered Duration: 1 min 36 sec routine matters in schools. However, their application in Format: AVI-Flash Exe, SWF, HTML real life is still some way off. The programme tries to communicate the message of orderliness to children and Subject Focus: Saving paper motivate them to apply it. Synopsis: This animation film on saving paper reflects a Producer: Anita Gupta commitment towards preservation of the environment, through a depiction of real-life takes based on the day-to- Contact Details: day activities of employees and their use of paper. Using Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) animation saves the film from being alarmist in nature, and Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education helps create a positive awareness of an important issue. Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Director: Sameer Patil E: [email protected] Producer: Tata Interactive Systems W: www.ciet.nic.in Production Company: Tata Interactive System
Contact Details: Sameer Patil Tata Interactive Systems, Leela Business Park, Andheri Kurla Road, Andheri (E), Mumbai 400 059 P: 022-56438000; m: 098223310277; F: 022-56438800 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.tatainteractive.com
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English Title: Science for Survival English Title: Singapore Roadshow
Original Title: Science for Survival Original Title: Singapore Roadshow Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Duration: 50 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Fusion of modern science and indigenous knowledge Subject Focus: Environmental issues in Singapore; tapping wind power in Indonesia Synopsis: The film looks at a people’s movement spearheaded by Vandana Shiva, against the perceived Synopsis: Earth Report travels to Singapore to look at a threat of ‘reductionist Western science’. In India, argues Shiva, the introduction of high yielding crop varieties has cheap, quick, clean and efficient public transport system, failed to take women’s knowledge of seeds into account. which has made the city run like clockwork. In Bukit Timah, Is there a meeting point, the film asks, between western we follow a group of volunteers who are helping out the science and indigenous knowledge? Silk technologist environment by planting trees. Singapore is becoming Prabha Shekar claims that, if done sensitively, the fusion more and more dependent on migrant workers — we of modern science with indigenous knowledge can provide examine the problems this is causing and how they can a powerful way forward for poor communities. be addressed. Singapore is a regional hub for environmental technology; we follow one such project — Director: Ani King-Underwood an engineer whose air conditioning system cuts energy Producer: Ani King-Underwood use by 80%. Hands-On visits Indonesia to know how wind Production Company: International Broadcasting Trust pumps are making a big difference.
Contact Details: Director: Luke Gawin Development Alternatives Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.devalt.org Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] English Title: Signs of Hope W: www.cseindia.org
Language: English Duration: 22 min Format: VHS
Subject Focus: Environmental crisis
Synopsis: The film discusses global environmental problems and challenges faced by people in working towards a secure common future.
Production Company: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Skinning Mother Nature...!? English Title: Songs and Tears of Nature
Original Title: Skinning Mother Nature...!? Original Title: Songs and Tears of Nature Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1998 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 Duration: 13 min 40 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 55 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Man and nature Subject Focus: Man and environment — seen through Synopsis: The impact of human activity on the physical indigenous beliefs and cultures and biological environment has a consequential effect on life forms due to changes in their immediate habitat. Many Synopsis: See previous entry. of the large-scale human activities tend to alter the natural balance of living organisms in an ecological system. Such Directors: Marie-Clemence Blanc and Cesar Paes disturbances can affect human socities in a number of Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) ways. The close interdependence between resources, development population and environment seems obvious Contact Details: on examination, but we tend to ignore the risk factors and Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) population pressures that are involved in the 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 developmental process. The programme throws light on P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 these deteriorations in habitats. E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Production Company: AMYS
Contact Details: English Title: Source of Life (I) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1986 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Language: English Duration: 26 min Format: VHS
English Title: Some People Subject Focus: Environmental crisis
Original Title: Some People Synopsis: The film shows how environmental degradation Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 affects all of us and states why environmental concern is Language: Hindi and English so crucial for a country like India. Duration: 2 min Production Company: Centre for Science and Subject Focus: Environment and its conservation Environment (CSE)
Synopsis: Looking at people who care for the environment Contact Details: and those who don’t, the film tries to provoke viewers to Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) be more caring towards nature and its resources. 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Director: Paritosh Kumawat W: www.cseindia.org
Contact Details: Paritosh Kumawat Flat No. 603, Aakash ‘C’ Wing, Gaurav Shikhar, Kandivli (E) Mumbai 400 101 M: 09819689227 E: [email protected]
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English Title: State of India’s Environment (VII): English Title: Sundara Vasundara (Baldoot) In and Out of School Original Title: Sundara Vasundara (Baldoot) Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1998 Duration: 30 min Language: Hindi Format: VHS Duration: 14 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Environment education Subject Focus: Environment conservation Synopsis: The film brings to light voluntary attempts at a different sort of education, which helps children develop Synopsis: This is an introductory episode of CFSI’s in harmony with their environment. environmental teleserial Baldoot. The film, through its theme song based on Rabindranath Tagore’s poem, Production Company: Centre for Science and stresses on protecting the environment. Environment (CSE) Producer: Children’s Film Society, India Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Children’s Film Society, India P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Films Division Complex, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg, E: [email protected] Mumbai 400 026 W: www.cseindia.org P: 022-23526798, 23516136; F: 022-23522610 E: [email protected] W: www.cfsindia.org
English Title: Sting in the Tale
Original Title: Sting in the Tale English Title: Teaching of Science through Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Environment: Rock and Soil Language: English Duration: 24 min Language: English Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Duration: 17 min Format: 16 mm Subject Focus: Environmental initiatives from across the world Subject Focus: Understanding rocks and soils
Synopsis: Hands On — the regular Earth Report Synopsis: The film shows how a teacher can make the programme that gives tips on green enterprise — starts best use of environment by taking the children on field this programme in a laboratory in Belgium where we find trips for on-the-spot study of various objects, making that bees are the latest recruits in the battle against learning interesting and more purposeful. Various pollution. In Sweden, there is more animal magic — sniffer formations of rocks and soils and their stratification are dogs trained to detect mercury. In Bangladesh, sari cloth shown through models from available resources within is being used as a cheap and simple filter to help prevent the school compound. the spread of cholera. In China, coalbed methane is a peril for miners. It has to be vented safely into the Production Company: Central Institute of Educational atmosphere. But methane is a greenhouse gas many Technology (CIET) times more potent than carbon dioxide. Through a new method being tried out in the mining town of Yangquan, Contact Details: it’s being used to meet household energy needs for 20,000 Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) people. Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.ciet.nic.in Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Terraquiz — A Televised Quiz English Title: The Dinosaur-1 Programme Original Title: The Dinosaur-1 Original Title: Terraquiz — A Televised Quiz Programme Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1991 Language: English Language: English Duration: 25 min Duration: 20 min 3 sec Subject Focus: A quiz programme on environment Format: U-Matic Synopsis: Every year, the Green Olympiad culminates Subject Focus: Dinosaurs into the Terraquiz, a multi-episode national environment quiz programme for television. Top-performing schools are Synopsis: Dinosaurs are fascinating. They reigned on selected to take part in this quiz. The questions emanate earth — it is said — 160 million years, and suddenly from topics of daily concern, local and global; attractive vanished. The film is a guide to these ancient giant reptiles. audiovisuals impart a unique flavour to this quiz, which is an interesting pedagogical tool and an effective medium to convey messages in a short period of time. Production Company: ECAL
Director: Tata Energy Reseach Institute (TERI) Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road, W: www.cec-ugc.org New Delhi 110 003 India P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 E: [email protected] W: www.teriin.org English Title: The Dinosaur-2
Original Title: The Dinosaur-2 Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1991 English Title: The Circles of Distortion Language: English Duration: 20 min 2 sec Original Title: The Circles of Distortion Format: U-Matic Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Language: English Subject Focus: Dinosaurs Duration: 3 min 44 sec Format: MINI DV Synopsis: This part of the series discusses how scientists reconstruct the structure of a dinosaur. Subject Focus: Man and nature Production Company: ECAL Synopsis: The film is based on a first person narrative of an artist. It is an allegory where an artist and his artistic Contact Details: expressions represent desires of human beings — a desire Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) for the kind of world they want to live in. Our behaviour NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 towards the environment is similar. Our desires and P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 ambitions dominate our ability to see the reality. We always W: www.cec-ugc.org impose our colours on the environment and ignore whatever nature is giving us. The film says that we must stop this distortion in the interest of the future of mankind.
Director: Suchitra Varma Producer: Rammohan Khanapurkar
Contact Details: Rammohan Khanapurkar C1/701, Valley Tower, Aggarwal Estate, S V Road, Manpada, Thane 400 670, Maharashtra P: 022-55777769; M: 09820040066; F: 022-25890008 E: [email protected]
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English Title: The Dinosaur-3 English Title: The Dinosaur-5 — The Extinction of Dinosaur Original Title: The Dinosaur-3 Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1991 Original Title: The Dinosaur-5 — The Extinction of Language: English Dinosaur Duration: 14 min 5 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1991 Format: U-Matic Language: English Duration: 20 min 3 sec Subject Focus: The Mesozoic era Format: U-Matic
Synopsis: This episode deals with the Mesozoic era, Subject Focus: Dinosaurs which is also called the Dinosaur era. It looks at the three sub-divisions of the Mesozoic era and the development Synopsis: The programme is on the birth of the dinosaurs of dinosaurs in each of these. in early Mesozoic era, their evolution and their sudden disappearance from the world. Production Company: ECAL Production Company: ECAL Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: The Dinosaur-4 (The Dinosaur with Wings) English Title: The Earth
Original Title: The Dinosaur-4 (The Dinosaur with Wings) Original Title: Bhoomi Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1991 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2002 Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 16 min Format: Mini DV Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Initiatives to protect the environment Subject Focus: Birds and dinosaurs Synopsis: The film looks at positive efforts made by Synopsis: This programme tells us how birds descended individuals and groups to preserve and protect the from dinosaurs, and compares modern birds with the flying environment. dinosaurs. One of its highlights is its documentation of the fossil found in Texas, USA, which is closely related to Director: Nitin Nandan the modern crow. Producer: Siddharth Kak Production Company: CinemaVision India, Mumbai Production Company: ECAL Commissioning Agency: Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Cinema Vision India P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 501, Adarsh Nagar, MHB Colony, Jogeshwari (W) W: www.cec-ugc.org Mumbai 400058 P: 022-26365946, 26320739; M: 09324476425 E: [email protected]
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English Title: The Fragile Web English Title: The State of the Planet
Original Title: The Fragile Web Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Duration: 1 min Language: English Format: VHS Duration: 30 min Format: DVD Subject Focus: State of the world’s environment Subject Focus: Interdependence of all life forms on earth Synopsis: The film covers the proceedings of the hearing Synopsis: An exploration of the interdependence of all on world environment, organised by the United Nations life forms on earth, the film looks at the fragile web of life in 1992. which binds us together in a unique relationship, each strand dependent on the other for survival. Production Company: Centre for Science and Director: Mike H. Pandey Environment (CSE) Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Contact Details: (PSBT) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Trust (PSBT) P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.cseindia.org Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] English Title: The Voice of the Children W: www.psbt.org Original Title: The Voice of the Children Language: English English Title: The Girl Who Saw the World from Duration: 16 min Above Format: DVD Original Title: The Girl Who Saw the World from Above Language: English, Spanish Subject Focus: Children and their concerns on Duration: 60 min environment Format: DVD Synopsis: In this film, children voice their concerns to Subject Focus: Man and nature — environmental politicians about the future of the planet. degradation and the need to stop it Contact Details: Synopsis: Eight-year-old Adriana has one dream — to Development Alternatives be able to fly. In this film from Guatemala, her dream 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 comes true when a mysterious stranger carries her off in P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 a balloon to visit the ancient Mayan temples of Mexico E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org and explore the tropical forests of Peten. Confronting evil tomb robbers and exploring the emerald depths of the Caribbean Sea, Adriana is witness to man’s destructive powers in a fragile world. Combining adventure and fantasy as an educational tool, the film attempts to provide information on the threats to global environment, and the inspiration to conserve and protect it.
Director: Maria-Cristina Rosales Producer: Maria-Cristina Rosales Production Company: CREA
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Third Eye English Title: UGC Lecture Series in Environmental Science-1 (Environmental Original Title: Teesari Aankh Protection and Youth) Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Language: Hindi Original Title: UGC Lecture Series in Environmental Duration: 21 min 10 sec Science-1 (Environmental Protection and Youth) Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2005 Language: English Subject Focus: Deforestation Duration: 17 min 10 sec Format: Betacam Synopsis: This programme was conceived for Doordarshan to bring about a sense of awareness in the Subject Focus: Environmental conservation and the society on issues of relevance — inclusing the youth environment. Synopsis: The programme is a part of a series of lectures Producer: Prabhu Jhingran on environmental sciences, delivered by Prof. Ramesh Commissioning Agency: Doordarshan Kendra Sharma of the Garhwal University in Uttranchal. Environmental protection and the role the youth can play Contact Details: in it is the focus, and the film looks at various movements Doordarshan Kendra like Chipko, Silent Valley etc to make its point. 24-Ashok Marg, Lucknow 226 001, Uttar Pradesh P: 0522-2205752; F: 0522-2287268 Production Company: ASRI
Contact Details: English Title: Torch Cactus: A Natural Ionizer Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Original Title: Torch Cactus: A Natural Ionizer W: www.cec-ugc.org Language: English Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Problem of ions in air — the Torch Cactus English Title: UGC Lecture Series in Environmetal Science-2 (Natural Resource Management) Synopsis: Natural phenomenon and electronic goods release millions of ions into the atmosphere, which affect Original Title: UGC Lecture Series in Environmetal our health. Especially, in workplaces, our work gets Science-2 (Natural Resource Management) affected due to the presence of ions in the air. The film Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2005 tells about a plant called Torch Cactus, nature’s own Language: English ionizer. Duration: 22 min 58 sec Format: Betacam Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Subject Focus: Conservation and management of natural resources Contact Details: Development Alternatives Synopsis: The importance of natural resources, the 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 causes behind their depletion, goal of resource P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 management etc have been dealt with in the film, whose E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org underlying message is conservation of natural resources for ecological balance.
Production Company: ASRI
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Unnatural Destiny English Title: Vasundhra-2 (Ecoquest-2)
Original Title: Unnatural Destiny Original Title: Vasundhra-2 (Ecoquest-2) Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1997 Language: Tamil (with English subtitles; dubbed in Language: English English) Format: Betacam Duration: 4 min Format: Betacam SP Production Company: CDEL
Subject Focus: Environmental conservation Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Synopsis: This is a movie on societal responsibility: the NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 importance of environment for the continued well-being W: www.cec-ugc.org of the earth.
Director: J. Ramesh Producer: J. Ramesh English Title: Vigyan Ashram, Pabal Production Company: Avinaash Visuals Language: English & Hindi Contact Details: Duration: 13 min J Ramesh Format: VHS 50/2, Marar Apartment, 1 Main Road Shenoy Nagar Chennai 600 030, Tamil Nadu Subject Focus: Educational initiatives for improving rural M: 09841053626 lifestyles
Synopsis: This is about a unique educational experiment English Title: Vasundhra-1 (Ecoquest-1) aimed at imparting simple technical skills and the use of science in day-to-day life. The Ashram’s philosophy of Original Title: Vasundhra-1 (Ecoquest-1) learning by doing is exemplified in the work done by the Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1997 students in water prospecting and other technologies Language: English designed to improve the life of rural people. Format: Betacam Production Company: CDEL Production Company: Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Technology (CAPART) W: www.cec-ugc.org Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-24642391, 24642393, 24642395 F: 011-24648607, 24625822 English Title: Vasundhra-1 (Ecoquest-2) E: [email protected] W: www.capart.nic.in Original Title: Vasundhra-1 (Ecoquest-2) Language: English Format: Betacam
Production Company: CDEL
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Vivekanand Research and Training English Title: When the Bough Breaks Centre Original Title: When the Bough Breaks Language: English & Gujarati Date/Month/Year of Production: 1990 Duration: 25 min Language: English Format: VHS Duration: 52 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: The Vivekanand Research and Training Centre and its work Subject Focus: Impacts of degrading environment on children Synopsis: The film documents and analyses the work done by the Centre, and looks at aspects like peoples’ Synopsis: This documentary, produced for the World participation, cost-benefit ratios of new technologies etc. Environment Day in 1990, explores how the lives of children are affected by environmental problems all over Production Company: Council for Advancement of the world. People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Directors: Moore And Robbie Stamp Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Contact Details: Technology (CAPART) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-24642391, 24642393, 24642395 E: [email protected] F: 011-24648607, 24625822 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected] W: www.capart.nic.in
English Title: What on Earth are We Doing
Original Title: What on Earth are We Doing Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Duration: 17 min Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Environmental crisis and its solutions
Synopsis: The film gives the viewer an overall perspective on the state of the environment — ecosystems, deforestation, pollution, the depleting Ozone layer etc — and provides suggestions on how the viewer can help save the planet.
Production Company: EHYD
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Wildlife Plus (Discovering the English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Animal Diversity Nature of Art) and Classification
Original Title: Wildlife Plus (Discovering the Nature of Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Animal Diversity and Art) Classification Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 28 min 13 sec Duration: 30 min Format: Betacam SP Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Relationship of children and performing Production Company: ZOOL arts with nature Contact Details: Synopsis: Animals and dance, music and nature — is Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) there a thread that runs through them? These are some NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 of the questions a group of kids try and find the answers W: www.cec-ugc.org to, as they spend a summer learning the classical arts. As they sing, dance, play and fight through the summer, they also learn about nature. Helping them in their journey of discovery are eminent performers Gopal Sharman and English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Animal Nutrition Jalabala Vaidya. Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Animal Nutrition Directors: Ajay Shetty and Anasuya Vaidya Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Language: English Production Company: Saa Ree Gaa Productions Duration: 30 min Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting Format: U-Matic Trust (PSBT) Production Company: ZOOL Contact Details: Ajay Shetty and Anasuya Vaidya Saa Ree Gaa Productions, 11-B, Baba Kharak Singh Marg, Contact Details: New Delhi 110 001 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-32102117, 30920725; M: 9313009524; F: 011-23742083 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected], P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 [email protected] W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Animal Behaviour English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Animal Reproduction Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Animal Behaviour Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Animal Reproduction Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Duration: 30 min Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Production Company: ZOOL Production Company: ZOOL Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Aquatic Mammals English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Asexual and their Adaptations Reproduction in Non-Chordates
Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Aquatic Mammals and Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Asexual Reproduction in their Adaptations Non-Chordates Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Format: U-Matic
Production Company: ZOOL Production Company: ZOOL
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Asexual and English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Sexual Reproduction Behaviour and Development Biology — Biotic Potential Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Asexual and Sexual Reproduction Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 and Development Biology — Biotic Potential Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Duration: 30 min Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Production Company: ZOOL Production Company: ZOOL Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour and Development Biology Behaviour and Development Biology: Ecological (Population) Principles and Biotic Community
Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour and Development Biology (Population) and Development Biology: Ecological Principles and Biotic Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Community Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Duration: 30 min Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Production Company: ZOOL Production Company: ZOOL Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.cec-ugc.org NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour and Development Biology: Basic English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Features of Production, Consumption and Behaviour and Development Biology: Hormones Decomposition and Behaviour
Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour and Development Biology: Basic Features of Production, and Development Biology: Hormones and Behaviour Consumption and Decomposition Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Format: U-Matic Production Company: ZOOL Production Company: ZOOL
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Fertilization Behaviour and Development Biology: Learning Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Fertilization Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 and Development Biology: Learning Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Duration: 30 min Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Production Company: ZOOL
Production Company: ZOOL Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Food Chain and Food Webs English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Evolution of Man Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Food Chain and Food Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Evolution of Man Webs Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Format: U-Matic
Production Company: ZOOL Production Company: ZOOL
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Feeding English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Forest Mechanisms in Animals Communities
Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Feeding Mechanisms in Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Forest Communities Animals Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Format: U-Matic Production Company: ZOOL Production Company: ZOOL Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Zoology (UVLC) The Circulatory English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Types of Eggs in System of Birds and Mammals Animals
Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) The Circulatory System Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Types of Eggs in Animals of Birds and Mammals Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1998 Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Format: U-Matic Production Company: ZOOL Production Company: ZOOL Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Variation — English Title: Zoology (UVLC) The Circulatory Its Nature and Resources System of Reptiles Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Variation — Its Nature and Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) The Circulatory System Resources of Reptiles Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1998 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1998 Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Format: U-Matic Production Company: ZOOL Production Company: ZOOL Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Zoology (UVLC)-1 — English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Tissue Culture Natural Selection-1
Original Title: Zoology (UVLC) Tissue Culture Original Title: Zoology (UVLC)-1 — Natural Selection-1 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1998 Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Format: U-Matic
Production Company: ZOOL Production Company: ZOOL
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Zoology (UVLC)-2 — English Title: Zoology (UVLC)-3 — Feeding Natural Selection-2 Nutrition and Digestion in Invertebrates-3
Original Title: Zoology (UVLC)-2 — Natural Selection-2 Original Title: Zoology (UVLC)-3 — Feeding Nutrition and Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1998 Digestion in Invertebrates-3 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1998 Duration: 30 min Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Production Company: ZOOL Production Company: ZOOL Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Zoology (UVLC)-2 — Feeding Nutrition and Digestion in Invertebrates-2
Original Title: Zoology (UVLC)-2 — Feeding Nutrition and Digestion in Invertebrates-2 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1998 Language: English Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic
Production Company: ZOOL
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: A Second Hand Life English Title: Apathy – The Indifference
Original Title: A Second Hand Life Original Title: Apathy – The Indifference Date/Month/Year of Production: November 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Language: Hindi and English (with English subtitles) Language: English Duration: 26 min 26 sec Duration: 2 min 55 sec Format: DV Beta Format: MPEG2, AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2-VCD Subject Focus: Apathy towards environmental issues Subject Focus: Electronic waste business Synopsis: The film tells the story of a protagonist who Synopsis: This investigative film brings to light the murkier successfully agitates to shut down a polluting factory, but side of information technology: e-waste. Tonnes of has his face blackened by smoke emitted from passing electronic waste from obsolete computers and televisions cars. And to all this, the common man remains completely are being exported to poor countries like India from the indifferent. Western world. Asif, the film’s central character, is a worker in the e-waste recycling business. His life reveals how Directors: Manjunath Jambe, Vibin Vijayan this global e-waste business is engulfing us and shows Producer: ANTS (Animation Training School) how dangerous are the working conditions in these Production Company: ANTS (Animation Training School) recycling ghettos. We see how blue chip MNCs sell e- waste as second hand computers to Indian traders and Contact Details: how unscrupulous agents import dangerous waste under ANTS, II Floor RD Complex, 8th Main Basavesh Waranagar, the guise of ‘charitable donations’. We get a peep into Bangalore 560 079, Karnataka P: 080-51287127-128; M: 09886550638 the sweat shops where thousands of labourers, including E: [email protected] children, burn, smash and tear apart electronic waste to W: www.antsindia.com scavenge for heavy metals such as copper and iron, precious metal such as gold and platinum. The methods of disposal are rudimentary. It results in heavy metal poison affecting the entire food chain. English Title: Aviation and Environment
Awards Received by the Film: ‘Delhi Chief Minister’s Language: English Award’, CMS VATAVARAN 2005 Duration: 24 min
Director: Nutan Manmohan Subject Focus: Polluted environment affects air travel Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) and the aviation sector Production Company: All Time Production Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting Synopsis: A deteriorating environment has enormous Trust (PSBT) implications on aviation activities. Degradation of environment, like proliferation of abattoirs in areas close Contact Details: to airports, can lead to bird hits. The film also deals with Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) the implications of human habitation close to the airport A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 boundaries, a safety hazard for aviation. P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org Director: Aparajita Gogoi Production Company: Development Alternatives Productions
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Avoiding Eye Strain in Electronic English Title: Building with Mud Factories Language: Hindi, English Duration: 23 min Language: English Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Mud as a building material Subject Focus: Occupational health — saving the eyes Synopsis: The film is meant for NGOs, architects, builders while working in electronics and people involved in exploring the possibility of mud as a viable building material. The Balram mud block press, Synopsis: People working in electronic factories undergo designed and marketed by Development Alternatives, is severe eye strain due to the kind of work they do. This a simple manual device, which makes easy the tedious story suggests some preventive measures to avoid such job of mud block making. harmful eye-exposure. Director: Safina Uberoi Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Productions
Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Chaliyar — The Final Struggle English Title: Brickmaster Original Title: Bakkiipathram Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1999 Language: English Language: Malayalam Duration: 30 min Duration: 35 min Format: Beta Subject Focus: Laurie Baker, the architect Subject Focus: Industrial pollution and human rights — Synopsis: The film is a tribute to the British-born architect the case of Grasim rayon in Mavoor, Kerala Laurie Baker, who became the messiah of low cost, eco- friendly housing in India. Synopsis: In 1958, the government of Kerala persuaded the Birlas to open a factory in Mavoor, north Kerala. The Grasim rayon pulp factory has been operating since then. Director: Priya Krishnaswamy Here, thousands of workers earn their living trading their Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting futures for the present. Fumes from the factory wing their Trust (PSBT) way into the neighbourhood, spreading disease and death. Effluents gurgle into the Chaliyar river poisoning everything Contact Details: on its way to the sea. At a time when environmentalism Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) was unheard of, a man led his people to save their river A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 and their lives from the killer factory. P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org Awards Received by the Film: ‘Bronze Tree Award’, CMS VATAVARAN 2002; Special Jury Citation Award, MIFF 2000
Directors: P. Baburaj & C. Sarathchandran Producer: C. Sarathchandran Production Company: Third Eye Communications
Contact Details: C. Sarathchandran Third Eye Communications, 101, North Fort Garden, North Fort, Tripunithura, Ernakulam 682 301, Kerala P: 0484-784333 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Chemicals in Cosmetics English Title: Closure of Industries in Delhi
Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Use of dangerous chemicals in cosmetics Subject Focus: Polluting industries of Delhi and their relocation Synopsis: The multi-billion dollar cosmetic industry survives by selling dreams in tubes and bottles. The film Synopsis: Delhi, today, is more congested, populated and exposes the use of dangerous chemicals in cosmetics. polluted than ever before. The claustrophobic atmosphere has been further heightened by the presence of various Producer: Development Alternatives industrial units that have mushroomed here. The situation Production Company: Doordarshan has forced the Supreme Court to intervene, and on its direction, the Central Pollution Control Board is attempting Contact Details: to relocate polluting industries operating in non-conforming Development Alternatives areas. 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Producer: Development Alternatives E: [email protected] Production Company: Doordarshan W: www.devalt.org
Contact Details: Development Alternatives English Title: Cities under Siege 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Original Title: Cities under Siege W: www.devalt.org Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Language: English Duration: 28 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD English Title: Corporate Cooperate: Seminar on Industry and Environment Subject Focus: Urban management and planning Language: English Synopsis: The film is an attempt to look at the world’s Duration: 30 min mega cities — those with populations over 10 million — most of which are in the developing world, in poorer Subject Focus: Corporate environmental responsibility countries less able to deal effectively with the vast problems of massive urban expansion. Cities under Siege Synopsis: The growing realisation of the need for looks at innovative urban management efforts which are occupational safety, environmental protection and waste being backed by the Asian Development Bank: tackling minimisation inspired JK Corp to organise its first Inter- urban poverty in New Delhi, India; improving traffic company Safety and Environment Managers’ Conference congestion in Bangkok, Thailand; and the ‘clean and in April, 1995. The film is a record of the event. green’ movement in the Philippines. Producer: Development Alternatives Director: Matthew Westfall Production Company: Doordarshan Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Costing the Earth English Title: Earth Report IV (Hands On): Back in Business Original Title: Costing the Earth Date/Month/ Year of Production: 1996 Original Title: Earth Report IV (Hands On): Back in Language: English Business Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 24 min Subject Focus: Conflict between development and Format: VHS/VCD & DVD environment Subject Focus: Innovative entrepreneurs Synopsis: This is a pilot episode for a weekly environment programme for Business India Television. Synopsis: Who would imagine that mobile phones are a good business proposition for illiterate women in rural Bangladesh, or that peanut butter producers could help Director: Krishnendu Bose families survive Zimbabwe’s economic crisis? Back in Producer: BITV Business learns the tricks of the trade from entrepreneurs Production Company: Earthcare Films around the world as they use a combination of innovative ideas and business acumen in their quest to make a profit. Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) W: www.earthcarefilm.com 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: Death of a Community Foretold
Original Title: Death of a Community Foretold English Title: Earth Report V: The Nature of Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2004 Business Language: English (with English subtitles) Duration: 20 min 23 sec Format: DV CAM Original Title: Earth Report V: The Nature of Business Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Subject Focus: Industrial pollution and people’s struggles Duration: 27 min — the case of SIPCOT in Cuddalore Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Synopsis: This film looks at what it is like to live alongside Subject Focus: Environment and Industry factories that produce the chemicals that society is addicted to. It’s the story of a pollution-impacted Synopsis: Global economic development has taken a community in SIPCOT Industrial Estate, Cuddalore, Tamil heavy toll on nature. But now, some corporations are Nadu and its ongoing struggle for survival. After waiting beginning to wake up to the fact that if they continue to 20 years in vain for the government or the judiciary to plunder natural resources, pollute air and water and intervene on their behalf, the residents of Cuddalore damage ecosystems they will not be in business much decided to take matters in their own hands. The film is an longer. In this film, corporate leaders who have committed attempt to mobilize support for them. to a sustainable approach, and the President of the World Bank, give their views on how global business can take Production Company: Media for Conservation and Social care of the environment — and profits — at the same time. Change Trust Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Dharmesh Shah Contact Details: Media for Conservation and Social Change Trust Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) H 19/4, Gangai Street, Kalakhshetra Colony 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Basant Nagar, Chennai, 600 090, Tamil Nadu P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 044-24463763; M: 09444416546 E: [email protected] E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Eco Mark: Environment Labelling English Title: Eicher Group’s Initiatives
Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Environment-friendly production and Subject Focus: Environment-friendly initiatives of the products Eicher Group
Synopsis: Evaluation of consumer products and awarding Synopsis: This story traces the growth of environmental an eo-mark to those which pass environmental safety concerns in the Eicher Group of Industries. A number of norms can provide the much needed incentive to industry measures adopted to conserve resources and treat to manufacture items which are environment-friendly. effluents are in place today, which also help in saving money. Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Contact Details: Development Alternatives Contact Details: 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Development Alternatives P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 E: [email protected] P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 W: www.devalt.org E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Effluent Treatment Plant of Dabur English Title: Environmental Audits in India Language: English Duration: 30 min Language: English Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Effluent Treatment Plant of Dabur Subject Focus: Environmental audits in India Synopsis: The Dabur group has traditionally had its roots in Ayurveda, the ancient Indian science of life. Today, the Synopsis: In 1992, the Government of India made it group has eight manufacturing units producing over 450 mandatory for industries to provide annual reports of usage products. This capsule profiles an effluent treatment plant of water, raw materials and energy, as also of the waste at Dabur’s Sahibabad unit. generated and the waste-disposal mechanisms. This film takes a look at the fate of this decree. Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Contact Details: Development Alternatives Contact Details: 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Development Alternatives P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 E: [email protected] P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 W: www.devalt.org E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Environmental Impact — English Title: Flying Shuttle (Assessment of a Soapstone Mine) Language: English Original Title: Environmental Impact — (Assessment of Duration: 16 min 30 sec a Soapstone Mine) Format: DVD Date/Month/Year of Production: February 1992 Duration: 16 min 33 sec Subject Focus: The TARAloom, a modern loom Format: U-Matic Synopsis: The TARAloom is a modern loom which Subject Focus: Environmental impact assessment — enables traditional weavers to compete with the soapstone mining powerloom and its products in open market. TARAloom is being used by rural weavers, state-run craft centres Synopsis: Environment impact assessment has become and entrepreneurs. Users can use this film as an a part of any development activity — and India holds instruction manual in assembling and maintenance of the immense potential in this area. This programme on the loom. environmental impact assessment of a soapstone mine, provides a complete checklist of parameters for evaluation. Director: A. Sahni Production Company: Development Alternatives Production Company: AROO Productions
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Development Alternatives NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 W: www.cec-ugc.org E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Floundering Foundries English Title: Hands On — Fair Trade, Fair Profit Language: English Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Subject Focus: Industrial pollution control Duration: 26 min Format: Betacam SP, DVD Synopsis: The crackdown on industrial pollution is a long awaited and welcome step that is sure to ease the pressure Subject Focus: Eco-friendly business on our environment. But has anyone thought of the plight of small industrial units? The film visits Howrah district, Synopsis: From toothpaste to coffee, and babassu nuts off Kolkata, where scores of iron foundries are threatened to mosquito nets, Fair Trade, Fair Profit finds out what with closure for violating air pollution norms. makes green enterprises work and bring in a fair price for the producer. The movie looks into what the economists Producer: Development Alternatives call ‘externalities’ as the catalysts. In Mexico, it’s about Production Company: Doordarshan ownership of land; in Tanzania, a campaign to prevent malaria; and in Brazil, it’s all about getting products to the Contact Details: supermarkets. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Production Company: Television Trust for the P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Environment (TVE) E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Hangover English Title: Health Food Shops
Original Title: Hangover Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Duration: 30 min Language: English (with English subtitles) Duration: 24 min 26 sec Subject Focus: The organic food business Format: DV CAM
Subject Focus: The youth, their lifestyles and their Synopsis: Growing and selling organic foods and ecological footprints vegetables is becoming a big business in Mumbai. Large organic farms around the city feed this growing business Synopsis: Campus festivals are not extravagant, less — the film examines one such farm in Umergaon. wasteful of resources, and more reflective of a youth culture wherever the young are in control. Where once support Producer: Development Alternatives was sought from small entrepreneurs, students, local Production Company: Doordarshan businesses and alumni, today’s festivals are almost totally sponsored and controlled by multinational corporations. Contact Details: This film looks at the relevance of current youth lifestyles Development Alternatives and their ecological footprint. 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Director: R. Vydianathan E: [email protected] Production Company: Green Festival Initiative & We Feel W: www.devalt.org Responsible
Contact Details: English Title: Hero Honda: An Environment- Dharmesh Shah Media for Conservation and Social Change Trust Friendly Initiative H 19/4, Gangai Street, Kalakhshetra Colony Basant Nagar, Chennai 600 090, Tamil Nadu Language: English P: 044-24463763; M: 09444416546 Duration: 30 min E: [email protected], [email protected] Subject Focus: Hero Honda’s environment-friendly vehicles English Title: Hazards in Electroplating Synopsis: Hero Honda produces a range of four-stroke Language: English motorcycles from its Dharuhera plant in Haryana. The unit Duration: 30 min produces 700 vehicles per day. These vehicles are much less polluting than the average two-wheeler on Indian Subject Focus: Industrial pollution — the electroplating roads. industry Producer: Development Alternatives Synopsis: Today’s urban centers are littered with small Production Company: Doordarshan and tiny industrial units, which do not conform to any laws and are highly polluting. One such sector is the Contact Details: Development Alternatives electroplating industry. This film provides a glimpse of its 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 hazards. P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Producer: Development Alternatives W: www.devalt.org Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Hides of Death – Leather in Calcutta English Title: Industrial Waste Water Treatment
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: November 2003 Duration: 30 min Duration: 13 min 20 sec Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Industrial pollution — Kolkata’s leather Production Company: AMAD industry Contact Details: Synopsis: The leather industry in Kolkata is infamous for Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) its unhygienic and polluting maufacturing process. People NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 living in the nearby areas are getting affected due to the P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 dumping of the wastes and effluents. W: www.cec-ugc.org
Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan English Title: Insult to Civilization Original Title: Insult to Civilization Contact Details: Development Alternatives Language: English 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Duration: 14 min P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Format: 35 mm E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Subject Focus: Environment vs development
Synopsis: The film looks at the age-old debate of English Title: Industrial Pollution in Medak environment vs development. Progress does not mean industrial advancement at all costs, it says. It is the quality of life that has to be preserved and enhanced. Language: English Duration: 30 min Producer: Films Division
Subject Focus: Industrial pollution — the case of Medak Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Synopsis: Medak, in Andhra Pradesh, has been laid to Government of India waste. Years of unplanned industrialization and so-called 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 ‘development’ have led to the destruction of almost P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 everything that was natural here. F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Khurja Pottery: The Tale behind the English Title: Love, Women and Flowers Gloss Original Title: Love, Women and Flowers Date/Month/Year of Production: 1987 Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 56 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Industrial pollution — pottery units of Khurja Subject Focus: The cut-flower industry in Columbia and Synopsis: The beautiful pottery that adorns our tables and its polluting ways shelves does not even give a hint about its polluting process Synopsis: Cut flowers are Columbia’s third largest export of manufacture. Khurja is a town whose people have borne industry. But to produce the perfect blooms required for the brunt of its famous, but polluting, pottery kilns. the international market, the flowers are sprayed with lethal pesticides and fungicides affecting the health of 40,000 Producer: Development Alternatives women who work in these glass houses. The film gives Production Company: Doordarshan voice to these women. Directors: Jorge Silva and Marta Rodrigues Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Contact Details: P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) E: [email protected] 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 W: www.devalt.org P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Life II: City Life English Title: Mindless Mining – The Tragedy of Original Title: Life II: City Life Kudremukh Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Original Title: Mindless Mining – The Tragedy of Duration: 26 min Kudremukh Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Subject Focus: Urban planning and management Duration: 12 min Format: Mini DV
Synopsis: By 2007, more people will live in cities and Subject Focus: Iron ore mining in the Kudremukh National towns than in the countryside. For the first time in history, Park, Karnataka human experience will be predominantly urban rather than rural. It’s a shift that took over two centuries in the Synopsis: In the Western Ghats of Karnataka, right in the industrialised world, but has taken less than half that time heart of the Kudremukh National Park, a huge iron ore mining in developing countries — bringing massive social operation has been destroying the hills for over 20 years. transformation to billions of people’s lives, often with no Every year, heavy monsoon rains wash the loose soil on the infrastructure or services to support them. The result is all mined slopes into the Bhadra river, leading to erosion and siltation on a massive scale. Floods caused by this leave a too evident in the sprawling shanty-towns and slums that thick sludge of iron ore on the fields of farmers cultivating have sprung up in and round cities from Kingston to along the banks of the Bhadra, reducing the fertility of the Kolkata, from Lagos to Sao Paolo. In 1996, leaders soil. While the hills have been stripped bare, a 100-metre meeting at the Istanbul City Summit pledged themselves deep valley has been filled to the brim with the tailings left to a programme designed to improve the lives of the urban over from iron ore extraction. This disastrous mining project poor. This Life programme asks how cities can organise is one of the worst examples of the rape of India’s wild areas. themselves to take advantage of the new globalized economy to benefit all their inhabitants — rich and poor. Director: Shekar Dattatri Producer: Shekar Dattatri Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Production Company: Shekar Dattatri Contact Details: Contact Details: Shekar Dattatri Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Chennai 600 041, Tamil Nadu P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 044-24415744; M: 9841015997 E: [email protected] F: 044-2491 0910, 24918747 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.shekardattatri.com
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English Title: Money on Trees English Title: Pearls of Enterprise
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2000 Duration: 30 min Language: English Duration: 10 min 20 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Business schemes to re-green the earth
Subject Focus: The pearl harvesting industry Synopsis: The film is an investigation into a host of attractive investment schemes floated by some companies, which promised to re-green the earth by Synopsis: Pearls, once harvested from oysters, can also selling “teak units” to environmentally-conscious investors. be ‘created’ in laboratory conditions from mussels found Were these schemes genuinely environment-friendly or in rivers and creeks. The frontrunners in today’s cultured a big hoax? pearl industry are China and Japan. India needs to move ahead and catch up. The Ratnagiri college of fisheries, Konkan Krishi Vidyapith, is one of the few centres that Producer: Development Alternatives has been successfully doing that. Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Production Company: EPUN Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Contact Details: P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) E: [email protected] NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.devalt.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Occupational Health Hazards in Industry English Title: Polluters Pay: Gujarat Industries
Language: English Language: English Duration: 14 min Duration: 30 min Format: 35 mm Subject Focus: Fighting industrial pollution in Gujarat Subject Focus: Occupational safety of workers Synopsis: Gujarat is one of the most industrialized regions Synopsis: The film highlights the effect chemical in India. The environment has paid the price for this substances have on the health of industrial workers, and industrial growth. Vast tracts of land in the state have the preventive measures that can be taken. become repositories of toxic chemicals due to wanton dumping of effluents. But the government is now finally clamping down on polluting industries. Producer: Films Division
Contact Details: Producer: Development Alternatives Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Production Company: Doordarshan Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 Contact Details: P: 022-22 - 23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 Development Alternatives F: 022-23515308, 23511008 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 E: [email protected] P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 W: www.filmsdivision.org E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Retrofitting for Indian Industries English Title: Sanghi Industries
Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Pollution control in Indian industry Subject Focus: Corporate environmental responsibility — the case of Sanghi Industries Synopsis: Pollution prevention should be a front-end approach, attacking the source of waste by adjusting Synopsis: A few industries have learnt to expand their process technologies and controls, cleaning and handling corporate bottom line without causing major distress to practices, packaging and even transporting practices. But ecosystems. One such company is Sanghi Industries in the Indian approach hinges on end-of-the pipe Andhra Pradesh. This is a report on how they set about technologies — that merely remove or detoxify waste making their township, Sanghi Nagar, a better place to without fundamentally affecting the industrial processes live in. that produce them. Producer: Development Alternatives Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Production Company: Doordarshan Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Sriram Group of Industries English Title: Rubbish from the Information Superhighway Language: English Duration: 30 min Original Title: Rubbish from the Information Superhighway Subject Focus: Corporate environmental responsibility Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 — the case of Sriram Group Language: English Duration: 26 min Synopsis: The Sriram Group of Industries has adopted a Format: VHS/VCD & DVD number of environment-friendly measures in the day-to- day management of its factories. These measures have Subject Focus: E-waste also led to considerable savings in monetary terms.
Synopsis: Hazardous substances like mercury, lead and Producer: Development Alternatives cadmium can leak from computers and TVs when they Production Company: Doordarshan are dumped as waste in landfill sites. As consumers we are throwing away huge quantities every year, and the Contact Details: health hazards are considerable when these toxins enter Development Alternatives the food chain. Recycling of these electronics goods is 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 urgently needed to reinvent this waste as a valuable P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 resource, and some companies are rising to the challenge. E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Director: Luke Gawin Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Steering Away Losses English Title: The Black Triangle
Language: English Original Title: The Black Triangle Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1989 Language: English Subject Focus: Corporate environmental responsibility Duration: 52 min — the case of Sona Steering Systems Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Synopsis: Sona Steering Systems is another company Subject Focus: Industrial pollution which has tried to move with the times and has introduced new innovations to cut down on waste generation. To Synopsis: The border region between former reduce the use of water in the manufacturing process, it Czechoslovakia and East Germany, known as the Black has adopted measures for treatment and recycling of Triangle, is one of the most polluted and environmentally water. devastated regions in the world. To the south, in erstwhile Czechoslovakia, are coal mines and on the other side, in Producer: Development Alternatives former East Germany are the biggest concentrations of Production Company: Doordarshan uranium mines. The radiation levels here are four to 10 times higher than normal. The film exposes the Contact Details: unregulated industrial activity going on in the region. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Director: Nick Davidson P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 English Title: TARAcrete: A Roof for the Millions P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Language: Hindi, English Duration: 18 min Format: DVD English Title: The Black Valley Subject Focus: Ecofriendly construction material Original Title: Karimukal Synopsis: The film is on affordable and quality roofing Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 material — offered by the MCR technology and TARAcrete Language: Malayalam tiles. The film also explains the process of manufacturing Duration: 33 min TARAcrete tiles and the economics of setting up an MCR Format: Digital enterprise selling these tiles. Subject Focus: People’s struggle against a polluting Director: Aparajita Gogoi carbon black factory Production Company: Development Alternatives Productions Synopsis: The film is about the struggle of the people of Karimukal against a carbon black factory that has been Contact Details: polluting the air and water in the region. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Producer: Manilal P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Commissioning Agency: Manilal E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Manilal Director, 172-CSM Nagar, Edappazhanji, Trivandrum 695 010, Kerala M: 9447380651 E: [email protected]; [email protected]
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English Title: The Broken Flight English Title: The Greening of GATT
Original Title: The Broken Flight Original Title: The Greening of GATT Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 Language: English Language: English Duration: 28 min Duration: 11 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Environmental crisis triggered by industry Subject Focus: GATT and its attitude towards environment and sustainable development Synopsis: Between 1949 and 1952, Kazakhstan played host to more than 500 nuclear test explosions. Over Synopsis: In June 1992, the world’s leaders attending 100,000 citizens of the republic were exposed to harmful the Rio Earth Summit resolved to “make trade and radiation as Stalin sought to gain nuclear parity with the environment policies mutually supportive in favour of USA. More than 40 years later, soil and air are still so sustainable development”. This film examines how far the heavily polluted that habitation is no longer an option in General Agreements on Tariff and Trade (GATT) has many areas for the citizens of the newly independent strayed from this resolution — by scrapping, for example, republic of Kazakhstan. In Senegal, deadly industrial the tarriffs that the European Union had imposed on accidents are a grim reminder of the price paid by working imported bananas grown on massive industrial plantations people and the environment, and in parts of Venezuela, too, the people have become refugees in a war waged by in Costa Rica, to favour those produced on sustainable others against the environment. Here, the Warao tribe small farms in the Caribbean. bears silent witness to the destruction of its lands and forests by logging and mining interests. Director: Adrian Pennink Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: The Green Show
Original Title: The Green Show Date/Month/ Year of Production: 1995 Language: English Duration: 30 min Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Corporate responsibility towards environment; green businesses
Synopsis: This is a weekly television magazine on environment.
Director: Krishnendu Bose Producer: Krishnendu Bose Production Company: Earthcare Films
Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com
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English Title: The Many Faces of Madness English Title: The TARA Advantage
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Language: English Duration: 12 min 30 sec Duration: 19 min Subject Focus: The TARA loom, an initiative to help Subject Focus: Destruction and appropriation of the weavers commons in India Synopsis: The Industrial Revolution brought powerlooms Synopsis: The film, with its images of contemporary into the market. It spelt disaster for traditional weavers. ecological destruction in India, brings people face to face The need, since then, has been to find an alternative to with the intensity and impact of globalization and get the weavers back into the market. The TARAloom, an industrialization. It is a tale of destruction and appropriation upgraded version of the traditional loom, can accomplish of the commons in India, and covers a range of issues this. The modifications and upgradation enable the including traditional water management, mining, chemical TARAloom to produce as much cloth as the powerloom pollution, community forest protection, displacement, without using power. deforestation and biopiracy. Director: Aparajita Gogoi Awards Received by the Film: ‘Best of the Festival Production Company: Development Alternatives Golden Tree Award’—CMS VATAVARAN 2002 Productions
Director: Mr. Amar Kanwar Contact Details: Commissioning Agency: Foundation for Ecological Development Alternatives Security c/o NITGCF, NDDB Campus 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.devalt.org Mr. Amar Kanwar A. K. Productions, N 14-A, Saket, New Delhi 110 017 P: 011-26516088; M: 9810216088 ; F: 011-26513556 E: [email protected] English Title: The Way to Dusty Death
Original Title: The Way to Dusty Death English Title: The Pathetic Story of Patencheru Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: English and Hindi (with English subtitles) Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2001 Duration: 28 min Language: English Format: DV Duration: 7 min 50 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Victims of silicosis in the agate grinding industry in Khambath in Gujarat Subject Focus: Industrial pollution Synopsis: Gujarat has played host to a thriving agate Synopsis: Patancheru, located 40 km from Hyderabad industry — and to the killer disease, silicosis. During in Andhra Pradesh, is a study in industrial pollution. Very grinding and polishing of agate, workers are exposed to few measures have been taken to check pollution in dangerous amounts of dust containing silica, which Patancheru, which lies ravaged by industrial development. triggers this incurable lung disease. An estimated 30,000 people or more are believed to be affected. Production Company: AOSM Director: Syed Fayaz Contact Details: Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Trust (PSBT) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org
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English Title: Tiling Right – Micro Concrete English Title: Toxic Trespass Roofing Tiles Original Title: Toxic Trespass Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2005 Duration: 30 min Language: English Duration: 22 min 54 sec Subject Focus: Alternative and eco-friendly building Format: Digital beta technologies Subject Focus: Hazardous waste management Synopsis: Development Alternatives, a non-profit organization working on alternative technologies for Synopsis: Hazardous waste is generally disposed off via sustainable development, has attempted to plug the gap sewage systems or by uncontrolled dumping, thus posing in roofing materials with its Micro Concrete Roofing an imminent risk to environment and human health. One technology. The production of Micro Concrete roofing tiles industrial estate which has pioneered environmental requires neither any sophisticated technology, nor highly protection and hazardous waste management is the skilled labour. Ankleshwar Industrial Estate in Gujarat, which houses more than 1,000 industries. The film documents the estate Producer: Development Alternatives and its achievements, and also sends out the message Production Company: Doordarshan that industrialization is required, but with it comes the responsibility to save the environment. Contact Details: Development Alternatives Director: Mr. Jyoti Sarup 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Producers: Ms. Pamposh Bhat, Mr. Trilok Negi P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Production Company: German Technical E: [email protected] Cooperation (GTZ) W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Naman Gupta English Title: Tomorrow We Will Finish GTZ, A-33, Gulmohar Park, New Delhi 110 049 P: 011-26611021; F: 011-26537673 E: [email protected], [email protected] Original Title: Tomorrow We Will Finish W: www.asemindia.com Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Language: English Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD English Title: VSBK: A Technology for the Millennium Subject Focus: Child labour in Nepal Language: English Synopsis: Over 150,000 girls between the ages of five Duration: 9 min 30 sec and 16 work in Nepal’s 2,000 carpet factories. The stories portrayed in this programme are based on cases compiled Subject Focus: Eco-friendly brick-making by ‘Child Workers in Nepal’, a children’s labour organisation. Synopsis: Traditional brick-making is an extremely polluting process. The search for a cleaner alternatives Director: Frode Pederson led Development Alternatives to the VSBK technology – Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) which enables improved fuel efficiency over existing kilns and conforms to all environmental norms. Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director: Aparajita Gogoi 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Production Company: Development Alternatives P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Productions E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Welcom Group Hotels and Their English Title: Whose Children Conservation Efforts Original Title: Whose Children Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1987 Duration: 30 min Language: English Duration: 28 min Subject Focus: Corporate environmental responsibility Format: VHS/VCD & DVD — the case of Welcom Group Subject Focus: Occupational Health Hazards Synopsis: The efforts of the Welcom Sheraton to recycle and reuse resources, including water, is just a part of the Synopsis: The film looks at the plight of child workers in Group’s campaign to be eco-friendly. The Group has found the industrial town of Firozabad. Respiratory diseases, out that it is not only fashionable to be eco-friendly, but an accidents and burns are common in this ‘the Belgium of economically viable proposition as well. the East’.
Producer: Development Alternatives Director: Meera Dewan Production Company: Doordarshan Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: White Smoke Rising
Original Title: White Smoke Rising Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: English Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Industrial and urban pollution
Synopsis: The town of Kunda, on Estonia’s Baltic coast, is dependent on one factory — a cement plant. For decades, Kunda has been almost a byword for pollution, with tonnes of brown dust thrown out of its kilns every hour. The streets, fields, people and animals of the surrounding area are often covered with a layer of dust, and at times the air is thick with it. Telling the story of Kunda through the words of those who live and work there, this film follows their changing fortunes as this ex-Soviet factory is taken over by foreign managers, and the transition to a liberal economy begins.
Director: Luke Gawin Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: (In)Visible City English Title: 3..2..1..0..? Who Can Change Me?
Original Title: (In)Visible City Original Title: 3..2..1..0..? Who Can Change Me? Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: Tamil Language: Bengali Duration: 48 min Subject Focus: Urban poverty and crisis of livelihoods Format: Mini DV — the case of a rickshaw-puller
Subject Focus: Urban encroachments; right to land and Synopsis: This film is based on a true story of an old livelihoods rickshaw-puller in the city of Chennai. As the name of the film suggests, the rickshaw-puller’s life has progressively Synopsis: This is a documentary on the life and struggles degenerated. With a decreasing demand for this eco- of 4,000 families of the Gobindopur Rail Colony, who have friendly mode of transport, the rickshaw-puller has become been living for decades along a stretch of railway tracks unwanted and practically jobless. Can he survive in this in south Kolkata. They are encroachers in the eyes of the pathetic condition? law. In 2002, an environmental group filed a petition in the Kolkata High Court, claiming that these people were Director: Biju K. C. polluting a lake called Robindra Sarovar. The Court ordered their eviction, but these people have launched a Contact Details: legal and political struggle to resist their eviction without Father Biju K. C. any alternative plan for rehabilitation. Pastoral Centre, 25, Rosary Church Road, Santhome, Chennai, 600 004 Tamil Nadu Director: Pramod Gupta M: 9840120610 Producer: Pramod Gupta
Contact Details: Pramod Gupta English Title: A Cooperative for Snake Catchers 2, Deshbandhu Road (West), Kolkata 700 035, West Bengal P: 033-25778061, M: 9830411525 E: [email protected] Language: Englihs & Hindi Duration: 17 min Format: VHS Synopsis: The film demonstrates how the special skills English Title: …and Nomads Took Root of the Itulas tribe can be used to meet modern needs and also provide means of livelihood for them. Original Title: Aur Ghumantu Thahar Gaye Language: Hindi Production Company: Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Subject Focus: Nomadic peoples of India Contact Details: Synopsis: Ghumantu is the name given to wanderers and Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural nomads. Independent India denies theses nomads Technology (CAPART) citizenship rights — simply because their lifestyles have Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 India never allowed them to belong to a place which they can P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 call their own. The film addresses the struggles of F: 011-24648607, 24625822 culturally-rich nomads in this era of globalization and E: [email protected] industrialization. It brings to light the efforts of a lawyer, W: www.capart.nic.in Ratan Katyayni, towards settling these groups, and questions the viability of the Habitual Offender Act, still in force in many states.
Director: Meenakshi and Vinay Rai
Contact Details: Vinay Rai & Meenakshi Rai Leoarts Communication, A-103, LGF, Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar–IV, New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-26488898; F: 011-26216536 E: [email protected]
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English Title: A Life of Motion and Commotion English Title: A New Deal
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Subject Focus: Women’s empowerment Language: English Format: DV CAM Synopsis: Barbara Pyle travels to a rural Filipino village to see innovative loan programmes that enable women Subject Focus: Urban livelihoods — the case of auto to overcome poverty and powerlessness. She meets a rickshaw drivers of Vadodara young mother, Lala, who uses her loan to raise and sell pigs. Earning her own income has given Lala new Synopsis: This documentary film takes a closer look at confidence. Her husband now values her opinion on the lives of auto rickshaw drivers in the city of Vadodara. everything from finances to family size. It highlights the tedium of their daily toil, looks at the obstacles, which the local road transport bureaucracy puts Production Company: CNN/Turner Broadcasting System in their way, and at the control exercised over them by traffic police — and salutes the indomitable spirit of these Contact Details: auto rickshaw drivers. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Director: Nimesh Desai P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 English Title: A Page from the Red Data Book W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Duration: 15 min English Title: A Magic Mystic Marketplace Format: DV
Language: English Subject Focus: Urban livelihoods — hand-pulled Duration: 9 min 20 sec rickshaws of Kolkata Director: Vasudha Joshi Synopsis: The hand-pulled rickshaw, a heritage vehicle Production Company: Vasudha Joshi of Kolkata, would be abolished soon from the city. The documentary explores the emotions of one rickshaw- Contact Details: puller, Rambahadur, and examines whether the ideological Vasudha Joshi principle behind the abolition — ‘man carrying man is Top Floor, 189 Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata 700029, unacceptable’ — holds true for the people who do it West Bengal themselves. Is it a mere loss of occupation that Rambahadur is afraid of, or will the ‘abolition’ have a much greater psychological impact on his being? The Red Data English Title: A Maritime Livelihood Book keeps an account of all the endangered species of the world — the rickshaw-puller is on the brink of entering its pages. Original Title: A Maritime Livelihood Language: Koli, Marathi Director: Saurav Dey Subject Focus: Fishermen Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society Synopsis: This is a film on a maritime fishermen’s K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi community in Mumbai. P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Director: Rosalyn Fiona D’Mello
Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org
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English Title: A Question of Tomorrow English Title: A Win-Win Solution
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Language: English Duration: 15 min Subject Focus: The tribe of Brogpas in the Himalayas Format: Mini DV
Synopsis: This is a story of the vanishing tribe of Brogpas Subject Focus: Resettlement of people from protected of the Himalayas, whose members claim descent from forests Alexander the Great’s army — its threatened lifestyle and future prospects in the modern world. Synopsis: Dozens of families marooned deep inside the Bhadra Tiger Reserve and the Nagarahole National Park Director: Mohi-ud-Din Mirza have elected to move out of the parks and settle in land provided to them by the government. This film documents Contact Details: how government officers and NGOs such as Wildlife First Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) collaborated to ensure that the people opting for A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 resettlement got the best deal possible. P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] Director: Shekar Dattatri W: www.psbt.org Producer: Shekar Dattatri Production Company: Trust for Environmental Education Commissioning Agency: Wildlife Conservation Society English Title: A Season Outside Contact Details: Original Title: A Season Outside Shekar Dattatri Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur Language: English Chennai 600041 Tamil Nadu Duration: 30 min P: 044- 24415744, 2491 4802; M: 0 9841015997 F: 044-2491 0910, 2491 8747 Subject Focus: Conflict, violence and non-violence E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.shekardattatri.com Synopsis: There is, perhaps, no border outpost in the world quite like Wagah, where this film begins its exploration about conflict, violence and non-violence. This is an outpost where everyday, divided people are drawn to a thin white line, a fait accompli bequeathed to them by history. A Season Outside is a personal and philosophical journey through the shadows of past generations, conflicting positions, borders and time zones — a nomad wandering through lines of separation, examining the scars of violence and dreams of hope scattered among nameless people, communities and nations.
Awards Received by the film: Golden Gate Award, 1999 — Golden Spire Trophy, 41st San Francisco International Film Festival; Golden Conch, Best Film/Video, Mumbai International Documentary Film Festival, 1998; Best Programme, Script, Camera & Sound, All India CEC UGC Film Festival, 1998
Director: Amar Kanwar Producer: Amar Kanwar
Contact Details: Amar Kanwar A K Productions, N-14A, Saket, New Delhi 110 017 P: 011-26516088; M: 9810216088; F: 011-26513556 E: [email protected]
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English Title: A World of Her Own English Title: Aamchi Kasauti
Original Title: A World of Her Own Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Date/Month/ Year of Production: 2005 Language: Hindi, Marathi Language: English Duration: 12 min Duration: 29 min Format: DV Format: DVD/VCD Subject Focus: Dust scavengers of Pune Subject Focus: Women and their right to livelihoods Synopsis: Aamchi Kasauti or ‘Our Test’ is the story of the Synopsis: In India, 80 percent of rural women are dust scavengers of Pune, a rare breed of traders. They engaged in livelihoods based on natural resources. This scavenge dust from daybreak to dusk and take their harvest intense relationship throws up a whole range of issues at the end of the day to the gold traders, who mark it against and questions. Does policy recognize it? Do we value the a kasauti or a testing stone to evaluate the harvest. knowledge systems which may have developed among these women? How have women coped with coercion from Director: Rrivu Laha, Film and Television Institute of India, State in their accessing of natural resources? The film Pune tries to explore these questions through four focused Production Company: Rrivu Laha engagements: with fisherwomen of Karnataka, the Apatani women of Arunachal Pradesh, and the adivasi and dalit Contact Details: women of Orissa. Film and Television Institute of India Law College Road, Pune 411 004 Maharashtra Director: Krishnendu Bose T: 020-25431817,25433016, 25430017 Producer: Krishnendu Bose E: [email protected] W: www.ftiindia.com Production Company: Earthcare Films Commissioning Agency: UNDP, DFID and MOEF
Contact Details: English Title: Aftershocks: The Rough Guide to Krishnendu Bose Democracy Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111; F: 011- 24334068 Language: Gujarati, Kutchi, Hindi and English E: [email protected] Duration: 66 min W: www.earthcarefilms.com Subject Focus: Displacement
English Title: Aahad Sanskriti Sthal – Ojhiana Synopsis: A devastating earthquake strikes Gujarat; the toll is 20,000 dead and over 100,000 homes destroyed. A Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2001 government-controlled mining company — the Gujarat Mineral Language: English Development Corporation (GMDC) — sees the quake as a Duration: 18 min 41 sec God-sent opportunity to acquire two quake-hit villages to further Format: Betacam its mining operations. The film documents this process of acquisition and displacement and its impact. It engages in Subject Focus: The Ojhian civilization/habitation the ongoing debate of environment vs. development and examines the fate of marginal citizens in a welfare state making its transition into the new economy of the new millenium. Synopsis: The Ojhian civilization is believed to have lasted some 1,500 years. Excavations indicate that the people Awards Received by the Film: Le Prix Da Le Presse lived in mud houses and used utensils of painted black- Politique Award for Best Film, 16th Fribourg Film Festival, red mud in the early stages; in the second stage, they Switzerland built houses of stones — remains of a granary stand testimony to the skills of these people. Director: Rakesh Sharma
Production Company: EJOD Contact Details: Rakesh Sharma Contact Details: Lighthouse, Sita Niwas, 12th Road, Khar, Mumbai 400052, Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Maharashtra NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 044-26485604; F: 26485604 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 E: [email protected] W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.rakeshfilm.com
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English Title: Aleesha English Title: Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh Original Title: Aleesha Language: Konkani Original Title: Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh Duration: 118 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Format: 35 mm Language: English Duration: 60 min Subject Focus: Environment vs development Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Synopsis: Aleesha is an artist and photographer and an Subject Focus: Development; traditional resource ardent environmentalist. Married into the family of an management industrialist, she finds herself in a situation where her beliefs are in contradiction to the business interests of Synopsis: Perched in the Himalayas on the edge of the her family. The film shows how Aleesha achieves a Tibetan plateau, Ladakh has one of the harshest climates balance, overcoming all odds. on earth. For over 1,000 years, Ladakhis have managed to survive and prosper by husbanding resources and by Director: Rajendra Talak protecting their land from overuse. But the Ladakh’s culture Producer: Rajendra Talak Creations and environment are being systematically eroded now in the pursuit of Western-style progress. Shops are filled with Contact Details: luxury goods but the water is contaminated by pesticides, Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting sanitation is almost non-existent, and squalid housing Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 colonies sprawl towards the desert from the overcrowded P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 capital Leh. What is happening in Ladakh, claims John F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Page, is a microcosm of social and environmental E: [email protected] breakdown in the West. It challenges assumptions about W: www.filmsdivision.org the nature and value of progress.
Director: John Page Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: And the Bamboo Blooms English Title: Aruvacode Diary
Language: English Original Title: Aruvacode Diary Duration: 20 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Format: 35 mm Language: English/Malayalam Duration: 28 min Subject Focus: Bamboo flowering and its impacts Format: Beta/Digital
Synopsis: The film is a study on the relationship between Subject Focus: Women and empowerment tribals in northeast and bamboo. The flowering of bamboo which occurs once in a 40-120 year life span depending Synopsis: This is a story of grit and determination of the on the species, is a time of devastation. The rodent women of Aruvacode, a small village near Kozhikode in population multiplies uncontrollably (bamboo seeds are Kerala. This erstwhile community of potters had struggled presumably aphrodisiacs), devouring crops and leaving hard to find a foothold in the modern world — and women the farmer bereft of a livelihood. had suffered the most. Economic deprivation had forced them to sell their bodies. These women have now Director: Joshy Joseph reorganized themselves into a co-operative, and are making beautiful pottery and other clay items that have Contact Details: found new markets in major cities in India. An earlier Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India attempt to document their condition had ended 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 disastrously: the co-operative was shut down, family P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 members refused to allow their women to continue work. F: 022-23515308, 23511008 This film attempts to do things differently — without E: [email protected] jeopardizing the on-going process of rehabilitation. W: www.filmsdivision.org Directors: Sanjay Maharishi and Anuradha Maharishi
English Title: Arrows Against the Wind Contact Details: Sanjay Maharishi and Anuradha Maharishi Language: English FA-338, Mansarover Garden, New Delhi 110 015 P: 011-25431627, 25534890; F: 011-25437230 Duration: 53 min E: [email protected]; Format: DVD [email protected] Subject Focus: Indigenous peoples — Papua New Guinea
Synopsis: Known as ‘The Amazon of Asia’, West Papua, a part of the largest island in the Asia-Pacific region, is home to some of the world’s most ancient cultures. In 1963, when the Dutch colonists finally left, Indonesia seized control of the territory, declared West Papua its 26th province, and launched a controversial transmigration policy to move Indonesians into West Papua. Outlawing cultural individualism, the Indonesian government instead promotes the forced assimilation of indigenous groups to make “one kind of mankind” and ruthlessly suppresses any opposition. The result is that the 70,000 Asmat people who inhabit the world’s largest alluvial swampland have had their territory confiscated by the state, while the 200,000 strong Dani people face extinction as the government presses ahead with road development.
Director: Tracey Groome Producer: Tracey Groome Production Company: Land Beyond Productions
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: At the Distant Horizon English Title: Ban on Ragpickers by MCD Delhi
Original Title: Door Digante Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 Duration: 30 min Language: Oriya Duration: 2 hr Subject Focus: Urban livelihoods — ragpickers of Delhi Format: 35 mm to VCD/Beta
Subject Focus: Environment vs development — in the Synopsis: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has context of the fishing industry imposed a ban on ragpicking. For lakhs of peole, their only source of livelihood is threatened. Synopsis: The film is about the conflict between modernization and human existence, set in the backdrop Producer: Development Alternatives of traditional fishermen’s resistance to mechanized fishing. Production Company: Doordarshan The protagonist Manua, a young deaf and dumb fisherman, fights against all odds as mechanized trawlers Contact Details: throw him out of his traditional professional and force him Development Alternatives into the big, bad world of the city. 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Director: Santanu Mishra E: [email protected] Producer: A. K. Rath W: www.devalt.org Production Company: Smruti Productions
Contact Details: Santanu Mishra English Title: Baphlimali 173 Plot No. 656, Nayapali (near Mangala Temple), Behera Sahi Bhubaneswar 751 012, Orissa Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 M: 9861013867, 9861013867, 9337112386 Language: English, Hindi and Oriya E: [email protected] Duration: 28 min Format: VCD
English Title: Backstage Boys Subject Focus: Resistance of Kashipur tribals against bauxite mining and aluminum companies Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Synopsis: This is a film about globalization and tribal Duration: 30 min consciousness, a brief glimpse into an eight-year long Format: Beta struggle that is pushing out powerful Indian and international companies from the tribal lands in the Eastern Subject Focus: Migration — the case of Punjabi farmers Ghats in Orissa.
Synopsis: The film reflects the impact of globalization on Director: Amar Kanwar immigration from Punjab to the West. Marginal Punjabi farmers, unable to survive on small land holdings, are Contact Details: lured by the promise of plenty abroad. Despite the Amar Kanwar increasingly tough immigration laws there and the inherent A K Productions, N-14A, Saket, New Delhi 110 017 P: 011-26516088; M: 9810216088; F: 011-26513556 risks involved in illegal international travel, there is a E: [email protected] constant stream of brave, adventurous and perhaps foolhardy young man willing to take chances. The film maps this journey, fraught as it is with danger, deportation and even death.
Director: Meera Dewan
Contact Details: Meera Dewan South View Productions, 73 Poorvi Marg, Vasant Vihar New Delhi 110 057 P: 011-26144782; F: 011-26151908 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Because of Our Rights English Title: Beijing Shorts
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 Original Title: Beijing Shorts Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Duration: 42 min Language: English Format: U-Matic, VHS Duration: 6 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Forest dependent communities and their struggles Subject Focus: Women and their empowerment
Synopsis: The film documents the struggle of the baan Synopsis: In Andra Pradesh, rural women attending a rope workers of Utter Pradesh for their rights. Over the literacy class discovered they all suffered from their years, these people have been denied the right of entry husband’s addiction to arak, the local alcohol. So they and use of forests. launched a campaign to ban it. In Guatemala, 45,000 women widowed as a result of decades of political violence Production Company: Centre for Science and joined forces to campaign against human rights violations. Environment (CSE) And in the Carribbean, a new movement using drama and ‘rap’ music has sprung up to combat widespread domestic Contact Details: violence.These are just three of six inspirational stories in Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) this series made to mark the 1996 Beijing Conference on 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Women. Filmed entirely on location by women directors, P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 they feature women from five different continents who are E: [email protected] fighting environmental neglect, discrimination, poverty, W: www.cseindia.org illiteracy and violence — and learning to take control of their own lives.
English Title: Behind the Glitter Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Language: English Contact Details: Duration: 45 min Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Format: P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Subject Focus: Mining and its impact on environment and livelihoods
Synopsis: Narsipatnam was a non-descript small town English Title: Bhuj 40 in Vizag district of Andhra Pradesh. In it were the predominantly tribal villages of Karaka, Kasimi, Original Title: Bhuj 40 Donepalem and K. Yellavaram — remote, surviving by Language: Hindi-Kutchhi selling their produce in the small market at Narsipatnam. Alexandrite, the precious stone, was unearthed in Karaka Subject Focus: Mining and its impact on livelihoods hill — and the entire region underwent a transformation. With modernization has come its attendant malaise, such Synopsis: In Kutch, Gujarat, mining is one of the biggest as AIDS. Behind the Glitter tells the story of how in a bid industries — almost 2,000 truckloads of bauxite leave the to gain control on the mining areas, mining syndicates region every day. And most of these trucks are driven by have played havoc with the lives of innocent villagers. Debariya Rabaris, a sub-group of the Rabari nomadic community, which resides in and around this region. Inner- Director: Saraswati Kavula city Debars have left their traditional herding occupation for Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) other forms of work, the most common being truck driving. Production Company: Key Lite Studio, Hyderabad Director: Dhanya Pilo Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Contact Details: A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 Centre for Civil Society P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi E: [email protected], [email protected] P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.psbt.org W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org
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English Title: Blowpipes and Bulldozers English Title: Breathing Without Air
Language: English Original Title: Breathing Without Air Duration: 52 min Language: Oriya/English Format: DVD Subject Focus: Indigenous communities — the Subject Focus: Indigenous peoples and their rights over Mundapotas of Orissa resources — the Penan tribe of Malaysia Synopsis: The Mundapotas, a nomadic group in south Synopsis: The Penan tribe of Malaysia is among the few Orissa, survive by collecting honey and capturing animals remaining nomadic forest people left in Asia. Now their like snakes, porcupines and rats etc., which menace way of life is threatened by the relentless encroachment granaries. Another source of their livelihood is the rustic of logging companies, clear-felling the Sarawak forests roadshow called Mundapota, the most thrilling item of to provide hardwood for luxury goods in Japan and the which consists in a performer burying his head under the West. This Australian film tells the story of Bruno Manser, ground to provide macabre entertainment. Breathing a young Swiss shepherd and artist who went to live with Without Air is the tale of a father-son duo of this community. the Penan — and was forced to become an outlaw in the The son buries his head, while the father accompanies forest as a result of his campaign to save the forest, and the show beating his drum. The film is a metaphor for the the Penan people, from extinction. soul-killing deprivation of the working children of India.
Directors: Jeni Kendell & Paul Tait Director: Kapilas Bhuyan Producers: Jeni Kendell & Paul Tait Production Company: National Geographic Society Contact Details: Channel Four Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi Contact Details: P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 Development Alternatives W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org English Title: Bugyal (Pastures)
Original Title: Bugyal Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2001 English Title: Brazil Roadshow Language: Hindi Duration: 8 min Original Title: Brazil Roadshow Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: English Subject Focus: Traditional systems of conservation in Duration: 26 min the Himalayas — the bugyal grasslands of Uttaranchal Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Environmental issues in Brazil Synopsis: The lush green pastures of Uttaranchal, known locally as bugyal, have been preserved and cared for by Synopsis: The Earth Report goes to Curitiba, local communities for years. These communities, environmental city of the future; onto the set of ZaZa, the equipped with traditional knowledge about the importance latest soap opera; to the Amazonian floodplains to see and fragility of the ecosystem, have developed ways and community action helping the fisheries regenerate; and means to conserve them. onto the football pitch where youngsters find an escape from their shanty towns. In 1992, TVE visited a fisherman Producer: Sandeep Bhatt and his family in Rio’s slums — the Earth Report also returns to see how they are faring five years on. Contact Details: Directors: Janet Boston, Marc De Beaufort Sandeep Bhatt Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) 563A, Sector 3, R. K. Puram, New Delhi 110 022 P: 011-23782018 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Burdened Existence English Title: Centre for Science for Villages, Wardha Original Title: Burdened Existence Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Language: English & Hindi Duration: 8 min Duration: 13 min Format: Betacam Format: VHS
Subject Focus: Life and struggles of the girl-child in Subject Focus: The Centre for Science for Villages, Garhwal Gujarat
Synopsis: For a Garhwali girl, life is fraught with difficulty Synopsis: The film surveys the wide spectrum of work and despair. She goes to school, but also has to trudge carried out at the Centre for Science for Villages — this three-five kilometres in the hills to collect fuelwood and includes paper made from banana pulp, biogas water. technologies, mud-brick making, earthenware pottery etc.
Producer: Plan India Production Company: Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Contact Details: Plan India Contact Details: B 4/161, Gulmohar House, 5th Floor, Gautam Nagar Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural New Delhi 110 049 Technology (CAPART) P: 011-26962605, 26968432-34; F: 011-26863417 Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road E: [email protected] New Delhi 110 003 W: www.planindia.org P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] W: www.capart.nic.in English Title: Call of the Forest
Language: English Duration: 25 min English Title: Changing Destiny – Best Practices
Subject Focus: Women’s initiatives to save the Original Title: Changing Destiny – Best Practices environment Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Synopsis: This film documents the successful struggle Duration: 25 min of the tribal women of Bastar — led by the middle-aged Format: Betacam SP Mitkbai — to save their traditional sal forests from the state government’s commercial forestry programme. Subject Focus: Government initiatives in eco- development, health and information management
Contact Details: Synopsis: In the film, case studies from different parts of Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural the country illustrate how the government’s initiatives and Technology (CAPART) people’s participation can bring about dramatic change Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road in the quality of life. New Delhi 110 003 India P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 Director: Chandromouli Basu F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] Producers: Niret Alva and Nikhil J. Alva W: www.capart.nic.in Production Company: Miditech Pvt. Ltd.
Contact Details: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. 121, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon – 122 015, Haryana P: 0124-2397001 – 10; F: 0124-2397011 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.miditech.org
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English Title: Changing Destiny – Best Practices II English Title: Chhakda
Original Title: Changing Destiny – Best Practices II Original Title: Chhakda Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: English Language: Hindi, English and Gujarati Duration: 25 min Duration: 25 min Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: The Chhakda, a local public transport Subject Focus: Access to resources option
Synopsis: Access to land and water resources is vital for Synopsis: The Chhakda is a source of livelihood for its improving the economic status of the poor and the owner, the driver, the mechanic and even the police — marginalized. Several Indian states have launched and an indispensable means of transport for the urban innovative programmes in partnership with development commuter in the absence of anything more efficient. The agencies to provide this access. The film highlights three film suggests that completely banning the Chhakda, which case studies: the Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Management is illegal, is not the solution — instead, its potential should Mission in Jhabua, the waste management system in be harnessed for the benefit of the common man. Ludhiana, and Swajal Dhara, a programme, in which the community takes care of its water needs near Dehradun. Director: Ipsit Patel
Director: Tanusree Banerjee Contact Details: Producer: Manira Alva Centre for Civil Society Production Company: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Contact Details: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. 121, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon – 122 015, Haryana P: 0124-2397001 – 10; F: 0124-2397011 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.miditech.org
English Title: Changing Winds
Language: English Duration: 2 hr 30 sec Format: 16 mm
Subject Focus: The Aravallis
Synopsis: The film highlights the barren, dry and desolate environs of the Aravalli ranges, the result of excessive denudation by man and beast. It also shows how new agricultural practices and improved water management are making this landscape greener.
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET)
Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Climb Every Mountain English Title: Co-Existence
Date/Month/Year of Production: March-August 2001 Original Title: Co-Existence Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Duration: 39 min 12 sec Language: English Duration: 2 min 10 sec Subject Focus: Women’s empowerment — activities of Format: DV PEDO in Bicchiwara, Rajasthan
Synopsis: Dungarpur district in south Rajasthan is a hilly Subject Focus: Man and nature region where more than 80% of the population comprises of Bhil tribals. Environmental degradation has compelled Synopsis: The film talks about how killing a tree can the tribals — who used to depend on forests — to turn to threaten our own extinction. agriculture and animal husbandry for survival. The area is drought-prone, and these conditions made the tribals Directors: Shravan Hegde & Prathamesh Desai fair game for moneylenders; women suffered the most. Producer: Swati Chandgadkar But now the efforts of the People’s Educational and Developmental Organization (PEDO) has brought about Contact Details: seeds of change, beginning with Bicchiwara block, one of Shravan Hegde the five administrative blocks in the district. Some of the 5/157, Bhagyalaxmi, Sir Bhalchandra Road, Dadar major developmental activities initiated by PEDO here Mumbai 400 014 have been the eradication of guineaworm, installation of P: 022-24143500; M: 09869086908 the hand-pumps, schools for tribal children, soil E: [email protected] conservation work and the women’s programme, a highlight of which is the Women’s Savings Groups. This programme is aimed at developing the land resources to English Title: Colours of the Earth fulfill community needs for fuel, fodder and timber and to make the villagers aware of their rights. Original Title: Colours of the Earth Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2002 Directors: Shivendra Singh & Karan Bali Language: English Producer: Shivendra Singh Duration: 28 min Format: Mini DV Contact Details: Shivendra Singh/Karan Bali Subject Focus: Empowerment of dalit women — Medak Dungarpur Films, A-5, Ananta Apts., Dr. Rajabali Patel Road, Breach Candy, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-235 19715/ 2352 0519 Synopsis: The film travels to villages of dalit women in E: [email protected] Medak, Andhra Pradesh, where these women are in control of their own lives with the help of a local NGO, Deccan Development Society. Their Alternative Public Distribution System is ensuring access to subsidized foodgrains at village-level grain banks. Completely decentralized, this system is managed entirely by women.
Producer: Krishnendu Bose Commissioning Agency: Winrock International India
Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111 F: 011- 24334068 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com
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English Title: Common Property Resources English Title: Cry of the Forest
Original Title: Common Property Resources Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1995 Duration: 18 min 17 sec Subject Focus: Displacement — people-animal Format: Betacam coexistence
Subject Focus: Common property resources Synopsis: The film examines the life of adivasis displaced by a tiger sanctuary in Kanha, Madhya Pradesh, and Synopsis: Dr. Vijay Paranjpye and Dr. Rajendra Jagdale explores a more holistic approach to conservation, where discuss common property resources in this film, and people are a part of the environment. whether village communities are getting marginalised in today’s world. Director: Krishnendu Bose
Production Company: EPUN Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony Contact Details: New Delhi 110 024 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 F: 011- 24334068 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 E: [email protected] W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.earthcarefilms.com
English Title: Coping to Survive English Title: Dance with Hands Held Tight
Original Title: Coping to Survive Original Title: Dance with Hands Held Tight Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Language: English Language: Local Indian languages (with English subtitles) Duration: 20 min Duration: 62 min Format: Betacam Format: DV CAM Subject Focus: Women and the politics of their natural Subject Focus: Responses of women and communities resouce-based livelihoods to environment protection Synopsis: Eighty-six per cent of rural women are engaged Synopsis: This film looks at micro-level coping strategies in agriculture. In 92 per cent of rural households, energy used by women to counter degrading of the environment needs are met by firewood. The landless and the poor — in Meghalaya. mostly women among them — procure 90 per cent of this firewood from the forest commons. The sea supports Director: Krishnendu Bose livelihoods of 400,000 women just along the short 300 km Producer: Krishnendu Bose coast of Karnataka. This intense relationship of women and Production Company: Earthcare Films natural resources across the country throws up a whole range of issues and questions. Does policy recognize this intensity? Do we at all value the knowledge systems which Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose may have developed among these women? How have Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony women coped with coercion from State in their accessing New Delhi 110 024 of natural resources? The film tries to find answers. P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111 F: 011- 24334068 Director: Krishnendu Bose E: [email protected] Producer: Earthcare Films W: www.earthcarefilms.com Production Company: Earthcare Films
Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111 F: 011- 24334068 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com
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English Title: Dawn to Dusk Further… A Story of English Title: Desounen: Dialogue with Death Horse-cart Pullers Language: English, French, Spanish Duration: 50 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Format: DVD Language: English Duration: 13 min Subject Focus: Environmental crisis and turmoil in Haiti Format: DV Synopsis: Years of economic and political chaos in Haiti, Subject Focus: Horse-cart pullers of Delhi the Caribbean’s poorest country, have led to environmental devastation, crushing poverty and mass exodus of Haitians Synopsis: This film, produced by students, is about the trying to reach United States. The documentary takes the dying profession of Tangawalas on the roads of Delhi. form of journey through Haiti. Guiding the viewer along the way is the narrator — a fictional, wise old countryman Director: Anshul A. Ojha who draws on his ancestral knowledge of life and death to provide a running commentary on the plight of the Contact Details: Haitians he encounters on his travels. Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi Director: Raoul Peck P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 Production Company: KS Vision for TVE/BBC for the W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org One World Group of Broadcasters
Contact Details: English Title: Delta Force Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Original Title: Delta Force E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 W: www.devalt.org Language: English Duration: 52 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD English Title: Development at Gun Point Subject Focus: The struggle of the Ogoni in Nigeria Original Title: Development at Gun Point Synopsis: Made before the judicial murder of the Nigerian Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 writer and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa in November Language: English (with English subtitles) 1995, Delta Force tells the story of the non-violent efforts of Duration: 36 min the Ogoni people to halt 30 years of environmental damage, Format: DV suffering and inequality on the Niger delta. The Ogoni have been paying a terrible price for their opposition to the Nigerian military regime and to the policies of the petrochemical giant Subject Focus: Bauxite mining in Orissa — its impacts Shell. This film opens with the arrest of Saro-Wiwa and the and people’s protests subsequent implementation of ‘Operation Restore’ in Ogoniland — the military’s campaign of terror against the Synopsis: India has opened up its mining sector to global Ogoni to suppress their environmental movement. capital. Investments are flowing in, but pollution, deforestation and displacement have been the results. In Director: Glen Ellis this context, this documentary talks about the social and Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) environmental impacts of bauxite mining in Kashipur, Orissa, and the struggle of the adivasis against it. Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Director: K. P. Sasi P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Producer: K. P. Sasi E: [email protected] Production Company: K. P. Sasi W: www.cseindia.org Contact Details: K. P. Sasi 103, May Flower Laxmi Apartment, 63, Sulthan Palya Main Road, R T Nagar, Bangalore 560 032, Karnataka P: 080-26553117, 23650916; M: 09945282056 E: [email protected] W: www.visualsearch.org
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English Title: Development Flows from the Barrel English Title: Doodhatoli of the Gun Original Title: Doodhatoli Original Title: Vikas Bandook ki Naal se Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2003 Language: Hindi Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Duration: 31 min 26 sec Duration: 54 min Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: State-sponsored violence on people Subject Focus: Womens’ empowerment through affected by development projects environmental regenaration and sustainable development
Synopsis: This is a film on human right violations Synopsis: Doodhatoli is the story of the village women of committed on indigenous people in India. It documents Pauri Garwhal, who over the years have organized the violence the State perpetrates on people affected by themselves to protect local forests. The remarkable thing development projects, and calls for a more sustainable about this effort is that the movement is entirely led and development that is “not at the cost of people”. managed by local — mostly illiterate — women. They are primarily guided by their own experiences and traditional Awards Received by the Film: ‘Star Award’, CMS wisdom about local resources and environment. VATAVARAN 2005 in Forest for Life category
Directors: Biju Toppo/Meghnath Producer: K. Bikram Singh Producer: Meghnath (Akhra) Commissioning Agency: Council for Advancement of Production Company: Akhra People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART)
Contact Details: Contact Details: AKHRA Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Sastri Nagar, Kanke Road, Ranchi 834 008, Jharkhand Technology (CAPART) P: 0651-2231693 Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road E: [email protected] New Delhi 110 003 India P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] English Title: Discovery of God W: www.capart.nic.in
Original Title: Discovery of God Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2003 English Title: Down the Drain Language: English Duration: 28 min Original Title: Down the Drain Format: Betacam Language: Tamil, English Subject Focus: Conservation Subject Focus: Sanitary workers of Chennai Synopsis: This film makes an attempt to attract the Synopsis: This is a film on manual sanitary workers of attention of people towards conservation through Chennai. mythology: by trying to prove the oneness of Nature and God, as propounded in global mythology. Director: Gayathri N. Producer: Jagdish Vasant Kulkarni Commissioning Agency: Yashwantrao Chavan Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society Maharashtra Open University K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 Contact Details: W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) Dhyan Gangotri, Gangapur Road, Nasik 422 222, Maharashtra P: 0253-2231481/2231714/15; F: 0253 2231716 E: [email protected] W: www.ycmou.com
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English Title: Down to Earth English Title: Earth Report V (Hands On): On the Move Language: English & Hindi Duration: 26 min Original Title: Earth Report V (Hands On): On the Move Format: VHS Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Subject Focus: Mud as a viable construction material Duration: 27 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: The work of an NGO, Development Alternatives (DA), offers mud as a practical solution for housing Subject Focus: Transportation — green alternatives problems. The film shows a mud-based building under construction and the various methods devised to Synopsis: As world populations grow, so does pressure overcome any necessity of concrete. on local transport. This Hands On looks at a variety of solutions to the transport problem. It investigates Production Company: CENDIT hydrogen-powered vehicles in Germany, rent-a-bike Production Company: Council for Advancement of schemes in the Netherlands and electric car hire People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) alternatives in France. We visit rural road-building projects in Mozambique where local communities are redeveloping Contact Details: transport links destroyed during the civil war. Finally, the Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural camera comes to Nepal where there has been an boom Technology (CAPART) in the electric tempo market. Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 India P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.capart.nic.in Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] English Title: Drops of Hope W: www.cseindia.org
Original Title: Boond Director: Nila Madhab Panda
Contact Details: Nila Madhab Panda Filmmaker, 12,Uday Park, 2nd floor, Khelgaon Marg New Delhi 110049 P: 011-5164 5940/ 3991, 011-26520491, M: 9811320557 E: [email protected] W: www.eleanoraimages.org
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English Title: Earth Report VI: Uphill Struggle — English Title: Exodus Where Families and Mountains Meet Language: English Original Title: Earth Report VI: Uphill Struggle — Where Duration: 50 min Families and Mountains Meet Format: DVD Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Subject Focus: Global refugee policy Duration: 27 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: In April 1994, 250,000 people fleeing Rwanda’s bloody war set up camp across the border in Tanzania. Almost overnight, Bamako refugee camp had effectively Subject Focus: Environmental issues and livelihoods in become Tanzania’s second largest city. With 50,000 families Kyrgistan and Tajikistan requiring fuelwood and drinking water, this ‘city’ soon began to have a devastating effect on the surrounding forests and Synopsis: Eking a living on the slopes is never easy at local water supply. Facing a catastrophe, representatives the best of times. For the people of the former Soviet of the aid charity CARA ordered an environmental impact republics of Kyrgistan and Tajikistan, economic collapse assessment to find ways to reduce the destruction and meant that food and fuel subsidies have gone. One result establish a blueprint for future refugee policy. has been the stripping bare of the once thickly forested hillsides for fuel. An intimate portrait of three families Producer: Mick Rhodes documents their hardships. But aid from the Aga Khan’s Production Company: TV 6 for the BBC/TVE foundation is getting through in the form of soil conserving farming methods and rural hydro schemes. Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.devalt.org Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] English Title: Expressway W: www.cseindia.org Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2004 Language: English, Hindi and Marathi (with English subtitles) Duration: 10 min Format: Mini DV
Subject Focus: The Mumbai-Pune Express Highway
Synopsis: The Mumbai-Pune Expressway is touted as one of the major achievements in the development chart of Maharashtra. But the story which villagers, ecologists, doctors and economists narrate, is quite different. The film, an exploration of the fallouts of the Expressway, questions the politics of development.
Director: Sanju Surendran Producer: Mr. Tripurari Sharan, Director, Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Production Company: Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)
Contact Details: Film and Television Institute of India, (FTII) Law College Road, Pune 411 004 Maharashtra T: 020-020-25457037, 25431817, 25433016, 25430017 M: 09422351508 E: [email protected] W: www.ftiindia.com
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English Title: Fight for Survival English Title: Fish Tales
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Language: Gujarati-Hindi Language: English Duration: 20 min Duration: 30 min Format: Mini DV Subject Focus: Traditional fishing industry of Kerala Subject Focus: Livelihoods — the case of the Madaris of Gujarat Synopsis: This film explores developmental and environmental issues by focusing on traditional fishery in Synopsis: Gujarat has approximately three lakh members Kerala. Thirty years of top-down development policies have of the nomadic Madari community. The Madaris’ are failed to address the needs of fisherfolk and their special traditional snake catchers and charmers. They follow their relationship with the sea. Today, fishing communities are faced own Panchayat system, which lays down strict rules about with the crisis of declining fish stocks. Fish Tales is cautionary catching, keeping, performing with and releasing snakes — it underlines the need to initiate development policies that back into the jungle. Now, the Animal Cruelty Act and other are sustainable and beneficial to the communities involved. laws have outlawed the Madaris’ traditional profession and placed their survival at stake. Directors: Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam
Director: Dakxin Nandlal Bajarange Contact Details: Production Company: Dakxin Nandlal Bajarange The Foundation for Universal Responsibility, Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, UGF, Core 4 A Contact Details: India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003 Centre for Civil Society T: 0 11-24648450; F: 011-24648451 K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi E: [email protected] P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.furhhdl.org W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org
English Title: Fish Wars English Title: First Harvest/Changing Valleys
Language: English Language: English Duration: 58 min Duration: 46 min Format: DVD Format: DVD
Subject Focus: Rejuvenating rural economy Subject Focus: Commercial fishing
Synopsis: In north Pakistan, the inhospitable mountain Synopsis: This film presents an examination of the impact terrain has kept local villages isolated for centuries. To feed of commercial fishing operations in British Columbia. their growing populations, villagers have cut down the trees and overgrazed the land. First Harvest looks at the remarkable success of a scheme initiated by the Agha Khan Contact Details: Development Alternatives Rural Support Programme which is helping local village 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 organizations in over 800 villages in the region. Farmers P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 meet to formulate common policies, build roads and E: [email protected] irrigation channels, and start a programme of tree-planting, W: www.devalt.org while women gain confidence and status as they learn how to process and market fruit and vegetables. The film shows how village organizations can become the driving force not just for economic but also for social change.
Directors: Nicholas Kendall & Jack Silberman Producer: David Yager Production Company: Northern Lights Media Corp. & The Agha Khan Foundation
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Fishing in the Sea of Greed English Title: Freedom
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Original Title: Freedom Language: Marathi, Hindi, Tamil and English Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2001 Duration: 47 min Language: Multiple Indian languages (with English subtitles) Subject Focus: The fishing industry and fishing rights Duration: 58 min Format: Digital Synopsis: This is a film on fishermens’ fight against large foreign factory ships that are depleting the seas, and Subject Focus: Local communities’ control over natural shrimp aquaculture that is destroying coastal lands. Led resources by the National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), fishermen across India are uniting to fight these twin problems. But Synopsis: This is a documentary film about protection and the crisis in the fisheries is worldwide and so must be the conservation of natural resources, and about communities fight of the fishermen. resisting an onslaught on their livelihoods. In a journey that traverses several states in India, the film documents attempts Director: Anand Patwardhan by local people to protect and control their natural resources.
Contact Details: Director: Amar Kanwar Anand Patwardhan Producer: A K Productions 2nd Floor, 27, Lokmanya Tilak Colony Marg, No. 2 Dadar (East), Mumbai 400 014 Contact Details: P: 022-24143782; F: 022-24142946 Amar Kanwar E: [email protected], [email protected] A K Productions, N-14A, Saket, New Delhi 110 017 P: 011-26516088, 26534712; M: 9810216088 F: 011-26513556 E: [email protected] English Title: Five Realities of the Future
Language: English Duration: 42 min English Title: Gadia Lohar: A Life and Livelihood Format: DVD in Question?
Subject Focus: Community initiatives for control over Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 resources Language: English Duration: 24 min Synopsis: The five vignettes that make up Damien Rea’s Format: Mini DV film together demonstrate the power of community action in helping people take control of their own lives. In Costa Subject Focus: Gadia lohars of Rajasthan Rica, the Bribri people have fought a successful battle to win back the ancestral lands wrested from them by Spanish Synopsis: This film is an effort to understand the reasons settlers. On the Japanese island of Ishigaki, the villagers behind the failures of government initiatives in providing of Shiraho staged a campaign to stop the government better life and livelihood to Gadia lohars, a nomadic building an airport which would destroy their priceless coral community of Rajasthan. The film clearly brings out that reef. In India, the villagers of Dhanawas have built their understanding the culture context is vital before formulating own gas generators to provide cheap energy. And in policies for any segment of the society. Hungary, a local group on the outskirts of Budapest has set up a community scheme to monitor and cleanup the heavy metal contamination of the soil that is the legacy of Director: Meenakshi and Vinay Rai 40 years of unregulated industrial development. Contact Details: Director: Damien Rea Leoarts Communication Producer: Damien Rea A-103, LGF, Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar–IV New Delhi 110 024 Production Company: TVE P: 26488898; F: 26216536 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Galleria Sepultura English Title: Gene Hunters
Original Title: Galleria Sepultura Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Language: English Language: English Duration: 54 min Duration: 35 min Format: DVD Format: Digital Subject Focus: Rights of indigenous peoples Subject Focus: The tribal spirit and its imminent death at the hands of society Synopsis: Could DNA from the blood of indigenous people hold the secret of new drugs to treat ravaging human Synopsis: The indigenous people depicted in this film diseases like AIDS or motor neurone disease? Genetic are from the forests of Kerala, the hills of Nagaland, scientists working on the worldwide Human Genome Myanmar and the river islands of Assam. Though Biodiversity Project believe it’s possible, and in the remote seemingly diverse, they share the fate of enforced rainforests of northern Colombia they’re collecting blood disassociation from their traditional legacy of water and from the Ahuaco and Asario Indians to get the DNA for spirit. In doing so, our larger society is shown to their labs. They aim to gather the genetic blueprint of 700 metaphorically assume the role of a modern cannibal, the pure-blooded tribal people before they become extinct or worst hunter — one that feeds upon its own. lose their unique genetic make-up through intermarriage. But, as the film underlines, there is a dilemma. New drugs Producer: Switchblade & Silverspoon can earn massive profits and, community leaders ask, who will benefit? Contact Details: Switchblade & Silverspoon, Director: Ian Taylor A-11 B, 2nd Floor, Sanwal Nagar, New Delhi 110 049 Producer: Luke Holland M: 9811122060 Production Company: ZEF Productions, TVE for channel 4 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Development Alternatives English Title: Gavari-Samajik Prasthabhoomi 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Original Title: Gavari-Samajik Prasthabhoomi W: www.devalt.org Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1999 Language: Hindi Duration: 16 min 54 sec Format: Betacam English Title: Guardians of the Forest Subject Focus: Tribal folk theatre of Rajasthan Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Synopsis: The film celebrates the form of tribal folk theatre Duration: 18 min of south Rajasthan which conveys a message of keeping Format: Digital the environment healthy. Director: Ahmad Azeem Producer: Manohar Lalas Contact Details: Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi Faculty of Engg, JNV University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 P: 0291-2513734; F: 0291-2513733 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org E: [email protected]
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English Title: Hands On — Out of Asia English Title: Hands On: Do it Herself
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Original Title: Hands On: Do it Herself Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Duration: 26 min Language: English Format: Betacam SP, DVD Duration: 25 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Credit initiatives to empower people Subject Focus: Women entrepreneurs using alternate Synopsis: The movie recounts stories of how credit technologies initiatives can boost more than just incomes, and how innovative fishing methods combined with new practices Synopsis: This is a part of a worldwide series of 52 five- can improve people’s livelihoods and safeguard the minute programmes featuring the use of appropriate environment. In Maharashtra, a group of women technologies. Introduced by Annie Lennox, Do it Herself entrepreneurs are benefiting from a new credit scheme, features five stories looking specifically at the solutions which has helped them out of poverty and introduced them which women are using to tackle environmental problems, to the thriving business world. Meanwhile, in Thailand, set up sustainable enterprises and adapt to a changing fishing communities are working to restore depleted fish world. stocks by replanting mangrove and sea grass beds to act as spawning grounds, and by phasing out the destructive Director: Janet Boston push nets. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Development Alternatives P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 E: [email protected] P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Hands On: Cash – No Question
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Duration: 26 min Format: Betacam SP, DVD
Subject Focus: Innovative micro-credit schemes
Synopsis: Banking with a difference: this is what this movie is all about, with stories on innovative micro-credit schemes that are putting profits from green enterprise back into the community.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Hell in the Pacific English Title: Highway to the Hidden Valleys
Original Title: Hell in the Pacific Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Duration: 52 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 55 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Development and its impacts
Subject Focus: Environmental conflicts in Papua New Synopsis: When China and Pakistan cemented their Guinea strategic alliance in the early 1970s by building the Karakorum highway, centuries of isolation in the valleys Synopsis: Defending land has always been a way of life of northern Pakistan came to an end. Ruled for decades in Papua New Guinea. But today, it’s not just quarrelsome by the Mirs, or feudal princes, the people had survived by neighbours the Pacific islanders are having to fight off, a precarious agricultural system which began to but multinational predators keen to cash in on their rich disintegrate after 1972. The Aga Khan Rural Support tropical forests and mineral resources. Hell in the Pacific Programme has now helped set up over 2,000 village investigates three separate conflicts between local Papuan organizations to oversee new projects from irrigation to landowners and subsidiaries of the mining conglomerate, food preservation. But, as the film makes clear, progress Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ). Clashes between police and villagers has also brought tensions. The road is exacting demands over gold extraction rights in one remote region led to from the people of Gilgit, Hunza and Narag as surely as RTZ’s abrupt departure — together with most of the gold. their feudal lords once did, remorselessly changing Pollution from RTZ’s copper mine on the island of patterns of life established over centuries. Bougainville has been a focus of seething resentment since 1988. And now, overriding local objections, Director: Paul Cleary extractors have moved in, unannounced, to develop a new Producer: Paul Cleary island gold mine using cyanide. Production Company: Farthest North Productions, TVE
Director: Glen Ellis Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Contact Details: P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) E: [email protected] 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 W: www.devalt.org P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Honey Hunters of the Blue Mountains English Title: I AM
Language: English Language: English Duration: 33 min Subject Focus: Youth Subject Focus: Kurumba tribals of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve Synopsis: This is a look at the lives of some young people from different backgrounds – the privileged, the not-so Synopsis: One of the last havens of untouched forest privileged, and the tribal artisan — as they explore their land – the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in south India — is roles, identities and their own sense of self. home to the hunter-gatherer Kurumba tribals. These tribals scale precipitous cliffs using ladders made from vines, to Director: Puneeta Roy collect honey. This film is the first to document their extraordinary livelihood. Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Awards Received by the Film: Second prize, Earth A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 Vision, Santacruz, USA P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] Director: Mike H. Pandy W: www.psbt.org
Contact Details: Riverbank Studios, C-18, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011- 5163 2890, 2641 0684; F: 011- 26216508 English Title: I, Fisherman E: [email protected], [email protected]; [email protected], [email protected] Original Title: Mee Koli W: www.riverbankstudios.com Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Language: Hindi and Marathi (with English subtitles) Duration: 31 min 30 sec English Title: Humanitas — The Disappeared, Format: Betacam SP Refugees and the Prior Nations Subject Focus: Indigenous fishing community’s efforts Original Title: Humanitas — The Disappeared, Refugees to preserve its traditional livelihood and the Prior Nations Date/Month/Year of Production: 1987 Synopsis: This is a story of an indigenous fishing Language: English community: the Kolis, the original inhabitants of Mumbai, Duration: 75 min and today, a community pushed to the fringes of India’s Format: VHS/VCD & DVD commercial capital. From here, they wage their brave war to protect the resources of the sea and their livelihood. Subject Focus: Global humanitarian issues — Refugees Fierce environmentalists, they are the conscience of a and indigenous peoples city hell bent on shortsighted urbanization.
Synopsis: The film is in three instalments, covering global Director: Miriam Chandy Menacherry humanitarian issues: how indigenous communities are Producer: PSBT and Prasar Bharati Corporation finding a new pride in their culture, how ‘disappearance’ Production Company: Filament Pictures Pvt. Ltd. is used as a technique of terror and repression, and the Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting plight of 13 million refugees all over the world. Trust (PSBT)
Director: Bruno Sorrentino Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Miriam Chandy Menacherry, Filament Pictures Pvt. Ltd. 6/5 Hillside D, Raheja Vihar, Powai, Mumbai 400 072 P: 022-28576119, M: 9892644163 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Images of Development English Title: In the Forest Hangs a Bridge
Original Title: Images of Development Original Title: In the Forest Hangs a Bridge Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1999 Language: English Language: Bengali (with English subtitles) Duration: 39 min Duration: 25 min Original Format: 16 mm (available in Digibeta/Betacam/ Format: Mini DV DVD/VCD)
Subject Focus: Urban poor and their displacement Subject Focus: The Adi tribals of Arunachal Pradesh
Synopsis: The film examines the process of urban Synopsis: The film is about the building of a 1,000-feet planning and development and what it means to the poor, suspension bridge by the people of an Adi village, an powerless and marginalized sections of a metropolitan evocation of the tribal community that makes it possible, city like Kolkata. Through its portrayal of the eviction of and a reflection on the strengths — and fragility — of the idea of community. Located deep in the forested hills of slum dwellers on 10 December (ironically, the World Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh, these elegant Human Rights Day), the film shows how the process of structures of cane and bamboo are the distinctive mark urban environment planning and development works by of the Adi tribe. Sometimes as long as 1,500 feet, these excluding the poor and marginalized. bridges have traditionally been built by the community members. Their only tool is the dao, a machete. Director: Pramod Gupta Producer: Pramod Gupta Awards Received by the Film: Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) for Best Documentary Film, 1999 National Film Contact Details: Awards; Asian Gaze Award, Pusan Short Film Festival, Korea Pramod Gupta 2, Deshbandhu Road (West), Kolkata 700 035, West Bengal Director: Sanjay Kak P: 033-25778061; M: 9830411525 Producer: Sanjay Kak E: [email protected] Production Company: Octave Communications Pvt Ltd Commissioning Agency: Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART)
English Title: In Search of Greener Pastures Contact Details: Sanjay Kak Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Octave Communications, C4/4048, Vasant Kunj Language: English & Hindi New Delhi 110 070 Duration: 35 min P: 011-26893893; M: 9820139960; F: 011-26123828 Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS E: [email protected]
Subject Focus: Gaddis of Himachal Pradesh
Synopsis: The film covers the lifestyle and struggles of the nomadic Gaddis of Himachal Pradesh.
Producer: Praveen Kumar Production Company: M/s Andaaz Communications
Contact Details: The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in
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English Title: Islands of Individuality English Title: Jagriti
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS
Subject Focus: Man-nature coexistence — the case of Subject Focus: Women and environment conservation the Nicobar Islands Synopsis: This docu-drama shows how women can Synopsis: This is a film on the unique success story of contribute to environment conservation in rural areas. Nicobar Islands. In addition to the protection of aboriginal tribes by restricting entry of non-tribals into the Nicobars, Producer: M/s Vibhor Video Vision the tribal ethos of respect for nature and coexistence with flora and fauna has created a life in harmony with the sea Contact Details: and forests for the Nicobaris. The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Producer: Mrs. Ranjana Kaul Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road Production Company: M/s Leburnum Communications New Delhi - 110 003 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.envfor.nic.in The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 English Title: Jardhar Diary P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in Original Title: Jardhar Diary Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2002 Language: English Duration: 29 min English Title: It can be Done Format: Mini DV
Language: English & Hindi Subject Focus: Community control over natural resources Duration: 20 min Format: U-Matic, VHS Synopsis: The film is about a village called Jardhar tucked away in the hills of the Garhwal Himalayas. The villagers Subject Focus: Tribal rehabilitation have revived their forests, are fighting limestone mining on their hill slopes, staving off power lines which will Synopsis: The tribal rehabilitation programme conducted decimate their pine and sal cover, and reclaiming by the Banvasi Seva Ashram forms the main content of traditional seeds and putting them back into circulation. this film. In this programme, indigenous irrigation systems were used to rejuvenate drought-prone areas. Producer: Krishendu Bose Commissioning Agency: Winrock International, India Production Company: Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Contact Details: Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) New Delhi 110 024 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111 Research and Training (NCERT) F: 011- 24334068 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 E: [email protected] P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 W: www.earthcarefilms.com E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Jeevika — Struggle for Existence English Title: Jungle Pharmacy
Original Title: Jeevika — Struggle for Existence Original Title: Jungle Pharmacy Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Language: English Subject Focus: Livelihood problems — Palamau Duration: 52 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: This documentary is about the livelihood struggles of the people of Palamu district in Jharkhand. Subject Focus: Traditional medicine
Director: Kumar Yugant Synopsis: This film explores the commercial potential of plant remedies in Brazil and the United States. It also Contact Details: explores the traditional knowledge of the Shamans — the Centre for Civil Society tribal healers of Peru and Brazil. The film suggests that K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi an amalgamation of traditional medicine and modern P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 scientific development can bring in a breakthrough in W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org modern healing systems.
Director: Jamie Hartell English Title: Jhilmili’s Story Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Original Title: Jhilmili ki Kahani Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Language: English & Hindi 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Duration: 22 min P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Format: VHS E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Subject Focus: Empowerment of women
Synopsis: It is an account of the transformation of Jhilmili English Title: Kandal Pokkudan village in West Bengal through empowerment of its women. The film depicts how women, democratically organized and given the power of decision-making access Original Title: Kandal Pokkudan to resources, can become catalytic agents for Language: English development. Subject Focus: Kandal Pokkudan, the ecological activist Production Company: Cine Arts India Commissioning Agency: Council for Advancement of Synopsis: This is a biographical film about Kandal People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) Pokkudan, an ecological activist.
Contact Details: Director: Sanju Surendran Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) Contact Details: Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road Centre for Civil Society New Delhi 110 003 India K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 F: 011-24648607, 24625822 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org E: [email protected] W: www.capart.nic.in
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English Title: Khamoshi ke Swar English Title: Kora Rajee
Subject Focus: The handicapped and their welfare Duration: 51 min
Synopsis: There are nearly one crore handicapped people Director: Biju Toppo in India, a large number of whom are deaf and dumb. Production Company: AKHRA ‘Silence’ is an organization in Kolkata, which is training these people in self-promoted income generation activities Contact Details: like making greeting cards, wax lamps, screen prints and AKHRA paintings. The film touches on sensitive issues like how Sastri Nagar, Kanke Road, Ranchi 834 008, Jharkhand attitudes towards the deaf and dumb affect their families P: 0651-2231693 and marriage. E: [email protected]
Production Company: CNN/Turner Broadcasting System English Title: Ladhakh – A Fragile Heritage Contact Details: Development Alternatives Original Title: c – A Fragile Heritage 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Language: English W: www.devalt.org Duration: 21 min Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Wetland conservation in Tibet English Title: Kipdow Synopsis: This is a documentation of a conservation Language: English initiative by the World Wide for Nature-India in the Ladakh Duration: 19 min region: the focus of these initiatives is on the high altitude Format: VHS wetlands of the Tibetan steppe region. The film explores the natural heritage of the region, and describes the Subject Focus: Watershed development and the various conservation strategies that are being activities of MYRADA implemented in cooperation with various stakeholders like the army, the nomadic Changpas, the local administration, Synopsis: The film is an account of the work done by schools, tour operators etc. The film also highlights the MYRADA, a voluntary organization, in the field of relationship that the local community shares with the watershed development, leading to all-round progress of environment. an impoverished area. Director: Himanshu Malhotra Production Company: Council for Advancement of Producer: Himanshu Malhotra People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Production Company: Multi Media Commissioning Agency: World Wide Fund for Nature Contact Details: (WWF)-India Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) Contact Details: Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road Freshwater & Wetlands Conservation Programme New Delhi 110 003 India World Wide Fund for Nature-India P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 172-B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110003 F: 011-24648607, 24625822 P: 011-4150 4815; F: 011-4150 4795 E: [email protected] W: www.wwfindia.org W: www.capart.nic.in
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English Title: Ladhakh — Desert in the Skies English Title: Life II: Patently Obvious
Original Title: Life II: Patently Obvious Subject Focus: Life in the Chang Thang plateau Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Synopsis: The film is a documentation of the harsh life of Duration: 27 min nomads and the rare wildlife of their lands — the Tibetan Format: VHS/VCD & DVD black-necked cranes, Ladakhi wild dogs and wolves, etc. Subject Focus: Benefits of intellectual property protection Production Company: Bedi Ji Productions Pvt. Ltd. Synopsis: Protection of intellectual property is the Contact Details: lifeblood of the new knowledge economy. But while the Bedi Films, E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 benefits to the multinational pharmaceutical or P: 011- 25439939, 25441864, 51444332, F: 011-25430850 telecommunication giants are plain, what relevance do E: [email protected]; [email protected] W: www.bedibrothers.com World Trade Organization patent regulations have for developing countries? Patently Obvious explores the benefits of intellectual property protection in the Indian state of Gujarat. Karimbhai practises herbal medicine from English Title: Lakshmi and Vishwakarma his home. Ten years ago, he lived in a tiny hut, charged nothing for treating patients, and — as his sons had no Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 interest in learning his skills — his knowledge looked likely Language: Oriya to die with him. By contrast, Karimbhai today makes a Duration: 2 min 21 sec good living — with people travelling for miles for treatment and advice. He even has a patent application out for one Synopsis: The film explores a folktale about the goddess of his medicines. His change of fortune came about after of wealth and artisans struggling for survival. he joined the Honeybee Network, which protects and strengthens rural innovators and traditional knowledge Director: Vasudha Joshi keepers by documenting their work and protecting its Production Company: Vasudha Joshi patents.
Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Vasudha Joshi Top Floor, 189 Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata 700029 West Bengal Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 English Title: Life & Livelihood E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Language: English Duration: 14 min
Director: Snehasis Das
Contact Details: Snehasis Das 1478, Lodhi Road Complex, New Delhi 110 003 M: 9811156383 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Life II: Pavements of Gold English Title: Life on Four Wheels
Original Title: Life II: Pavements of Gold Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English, Hindi Language: English Duration: 37 min 32 sec Duration: 30 min Format: DV Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Mumbai’s taxi drivers Subject Focus: Migration and urban poverty Synopsis: Life on Four Wheels is a first hand account of Synopsis: Urban poverty is one of the biggest challenges the lives of Mumbai’s taxi drivers. It reveals how very few facing the world today. The figures are stark: in 1950, the of these men are actually living the life they once aspired number of people living in urban areas amounted to 300 to. Through a series of interviews, the documentary delves million. At the start of the new century, that figure had deeper not just into their existence but also gives the multiplied almost 10-fold, to 2.85 billion. And the flow of viewer a sense of Mumbai as seen through the eyes of rural migrants arriving in the world’s megacities shows no these people. signs of slowing down. With the backdrop of the growing urban slums surrounding Lima, capital of Peru, this programme examines the enduring magnetism of big cities Director: Anshuman Jha — and asks whether the migrants who’ve moved here Production Company: August 6th Productions now feel that city life is the answer to their dreams. Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 Contact Details: W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: Manhole Workers Union
Original Title: Manhole Workers Union Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 English Title: Life IV: Helping Ourselves Language: Gujarati-Hindi-English Duration: 20 min Original Title: Life IV: Helping Ourselves Format: VCD Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: English Synopsis: They are called manhole workers; they work Duration: 24 min below the manhole, invisible. With the haphazard ways Format: VHS/VCD & DVD our gutter system has built, Ahmedabad may have to be evacuated if the manhole stopped work! Yet they get a Subject Focus: Empowerment initiatives in India very raw deal. Most of them belong to the so – called ‘outcastes’. Indian constitution not with standing, they are Synopsis: This programme explores changes in two still very much ill-treated and discriminated against. Their Indian states that have succeeded in giving previously working conditions are terrible. Sometime they have to powerless people some control over their lives. In drive into the filthy gutters, with no protective gear. They Karnataka, the IT revolution has allowed farmers to access are exposed to all kinds of diseases; the threat of death the land deeds so vital to obtaining the credit with which from poisonous gas is ever present. they can sow next year’s harvest. In Andhra Pradesh, women’s self-help groups have enabled rural women to KSSM (Kamdar Swasthya Surakhsa Mandal) the union - change aspects of their lives they were unhappy with, and has enhanced their self – respect and self – confidence. given them a voice in local government. They have a long way to go, but the journey has begun. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Director: Rappai Poothokaren Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Centre for Civil Society P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi E: [email protected] P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.cseindia.org W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org
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English Title: Of Hawks and Hawkers English Title: Sea City
Original Title: Of Hawks and Hawkers Original Title: Sea City Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: English Language: English Duration: 3 min Duration: 30 min Format: DVD Format: DVD
Synopsis: For over two decades, the pavements of Subject Focus: Coastal ecology Calcutta were the lifeline for hawkers. Most of them oper- ated through structures, though technically temporary, de Synopsis: The film takes a look at the life of the Kolis, the facto permanent. Then towards the end of 1996 came original inhabitants of the islands that constitute Mumbai, and ‘Operation Sunshine’. All structures were bulldozed to their relationship with the city that has grown around them. clean up the city. And there was more sunshine… Sun- shine for whom? Director: Lalitha Krishna Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Post Operation Sunshine the hawkers used to come and Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting go but were always on their toes. There were only two Trust (PSBT) colours dominating the locale, brown and grey. In the year Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting 2005 the hawkers appear to have come up with new colour Trust (PSBT) and dimension which goes to show that “Sunshine or no Sunshine, survive we must” Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Director: Shankar S. A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 Contact Details: E: [email protected], [email protected] Centre for Civil Society W: www.psbt.org K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org English Title: Streetwise — A View from the People English Title: Pretty Dyana Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Original Title: Pretty Dyana Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Duration: 24 min Language: Serbia Format: Betacam SP, DVD Duration: 45 min Format: DV Subject Focus: Urban poor and their initiatives to better their lives Synopsis: An intimate look at gypsy refugees in a Belgrade suburb who make a living by transforming Citroen’s classic Synopsis: Today, more than half the world’s population 2cv and Dyana cars into Mad-Max-like recycling vehicles, lives in towns and cities — and billion urban residents are which they use to collect cardboard, bottles and scrap metal. poor. The film takes to the streets and goes ‘down and These modern horses are much more efficient than the out’ in some of the world’s most deprived city districts — cart- pushing competition, but even more important – they to find that the urban poor are very far from seeing also mean freedom, hope and style for their crafty owners. themselves as ‘down’ or ‘out’. Across the world, it’s clear Even the car batteries are used as power generators in that poor people are far from helpless. Where order to get some light, watch TV and recharge mobiles! government’s are lacking, grassroots cooperatives are Almost an alchemist’s dream come true! But the police finding solutions. doesn’t always find these strange vehicles funny… Production Company: TVE Director: Boris Mitic Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives Centre for Civil Society 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 E: [email protected] W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: The Desert’s Edge English Title: The Prior Nation
Language: English Original Title: The Prior Nation Duration: 60 min Language: English Format: VHS Duration: 29 min 13 sec Format: DVD Subject Focus: Desertification and its impact on nomads Subject Focus: Indigenous peoples Synopsis: In western Sudan, Egypt and Libya, the desert is turning drier and lifestyles are changing because of Synopsis: This film deals with key issues concerning ongoing ‘development’. The film records the problems indigenous people, whose existence is being threatened faced by nomads due to the disappearance of whatever by the dominant cultures. There are over 200 million little natural green that is available in the desert. indigenous people all over the world. Tourism, consumerism, big dams and evangelism have been used Production Company: Centre for Science and against them in an effort to civilize them. They have been Environment (CSE) displaced from their land, robbed of their forests and exploited for money. But now the indigenous cultures are Contact Details: fighting back. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Producers: Bruno Sorrentino/Robert Lamb & Zira Rizvi P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Production Company: TVE & Jorden Radio and TV Corp. E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 English Title: The Fire Within P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Original Title: Buru Sengal Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2002 Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Duration: 57 min English Title: The Village Republic Format: Digital Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Subject Focus: Impact of the exploitation of natural Language: English resources on the Oraon tribe Duration: 50 min Format: VHS Synopsis: The Fire Within draws a portrait of the transformation of the land of the ‘Tana Bhagats’, a sect of Subject Focus: Community initiatives to manage envi- the Oraon tribe, who were believers of non-violence and ronment Gandhian philosophy, into a land which is enduring the violent Naxalite movement today. The film also talks about Synopsis: This film is about a few villages of India where the corruption, mafia, energy politics, displacement and villagers have dared to take control of their own issues of tribal identity in an area where coal mining has environment. Through selected examples, the film been going on for more than 100 years. demonstrates how to face the challenge of meeting high productivity needs sustainably. Producer: Shriprakash Commissioning Agency: Ramnika Foundation Production Company: Centre for Science and Environ- ment (CSE) Contact Details: Shriprakash Contact Details: C/o Ramnika Foundation, A-221, Defence Colony Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) New Delhi 110 024 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 and P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 KRITIKA, 30, Randhir Pd. Street, Upper Bazaar E: [email protected] Ranchi 834001, Jharkhand W: www.cseindia.org P: 0651-2317461; M: 9835327661, 9811565551 E: [email protected]; W: www.misatoya.net
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English Title: Treacling Down English Title: Virus in the Antidote
Original Title: Treacling Down Original Title: Virus in the Antidote Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: Sinhalese Language: Virus in the Antidote Duration: 14 min Duration: 42 min Format: DV Format Synopsis: The remote village “Meemure” surrounded by a range of mountains is a place famous for the production of Synopsis: The Dokras are one of the tradionally nomadic jaggery. This village is rural setting still retains old cultural habits tribes who have been engaged in the craft of metal casting mainly because of the poor facilities there. Meemure in certain for centuries. The dokra smiths have now settled down in respects is self sufficient, but its excess production is sold different parts of West Bengal, such as Dariapur, in the after, a tiresome journey from the village. Highly district of Burdwan. This extremely poor craft community commercialized town bags their cherished products for a mere of West Bengal are also most interesting and highly pittance and sold in luxury supermarkets at exorbitant prices. creative. In the recent years, because of the pressures of all embracing industrialization and changing social values, This production attempts to generate a total feeling on they have been forced, by the loss their art is facing. the Meemure villager using only a combination of the Greedy dealers in handicrafts take advantage of this rhythm of the nature and the economic shape and the predicament. cultural angle and expression interwoven with nature. The film shows the villagers tapping the “Kithul tree” to make jaggery and the bees, wasps and butterflies collecting Director: Sukriti Saha Kolkata/ National Institute of nectar from flowers. The bee does a lot of works, an Design, Ahmedabad outsider reaps the benefit. The bee gets no honey. The bee and the Kithul taper suffer the same late. Contact Details: National Institute of Design (NID) Director: Upali Gamlath, Sri Lanka Paldi, Ahmedabad 380007, Gujarat P: 079-2662 3692; F: 079-2662 1167 E: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Contact Details: [email protected] Centre for Civil Society W: www.nid.edu K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org
English Title: Violence of the Blue Revolution
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Language: English Duration: Approx 30 min
Subject Focus: Shrimp farming and coastal ecology
Synopsis: This film documents the destruction caused to the ecology, environment and livelihoods of Third World fishermen and farmers by export-oriented aquaculture farms — the impact of intensive shrimp farming on fragile coastal ecology, people’s health and livelihoods. The film also examines the peoples’ protests aimed at protecting India’s coasts as well as the livelihoods of millions of fisherfolk and farmers who depend on the rich coastal ecosystems.
Director: Navdanya
Contact Details: Dr. Vandana Shiva Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology (RFSTE) and Navdanya, A-60, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011- 26968077, 26853772; F: 26856795 E: [email protected]
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English Title: (In)Visible City English Title: 3..2..1..0..? Who Can Change Me?
Original Title: (In)Visible City Original Title: 3..2..1..0..? Who Can Change Me? Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: Tamil Language: Bengali Duration: 48 min Subject Focus: Urban poverty and crisis of livelihoods Format: Mini DV — the case of a rickshaw-puller
Subject Focus: Urban encroachments; right to land and Synopsis: This film is based on a true story of an old livelihoods rickshaw-puller in the city of Chennai. As the name of the film suggests, the rickshaw-puller’s life has progressively Synopsis: This is a documentary on the life and struggles degenerated. With a decreasing demand for this eco- of 4,000 families of the Gobindopur Rail Colony, who have friendly mode of transport, the rickshaw-puller has become been living for decades along a stretch of railway tracks unwanted and practically jobless. Can he survive in this in south Kolkata. They are encroachers in the eyes of the pathetic condition? law. In 2002, an environmental group filed a petition in the Kolkata High Court, claiming that these people were Director: Biju K. C. polluting a lake called Robindra Sarovar. The Court ordered their eviction, but these people have launched a Contact Details: legal and political struggle to resist their eviction without Father Biju K. C. any alternative plan for rehabilitation. Pastoral Centre, 25, Rosary Church Road, Santhome, Chennai, 600 004 Tamil Nadu Director: Pramod Gupta M: 9840120610 Producer: Pramod Gupta
Contact Details: Pramod Gupta English Title: A Cooperative for Snake Catchers 2, Deshbandhu Road (West), Kolkata 700 035, West Bengal P: 033-25778061, M: 9830411525 E: [email protected] Language: Englihs & Hindi Duration: 17 min Format: VHS Synopsis: The film demonstrates how the special skills English Title: …and Nomads Took Root of the Itulas tribe can be used to meet modern needs and also provide means of livelihood for them. Original Title: Aur Ghumantu Thahar Gaye Language: Hindi Production Company: Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Subject Focus: Nomadic peoples of India Contact Details: Synopsis: Ghumantu is the name given to wanderers and Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural nomads. Independent India denies theses nomads Technology (CAPART) citizenship rights — simply because their lifestyles have Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 India never allowed them to belong to a place which they can P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 call their own. The film addresses the struggles of F: 011-24648607, 24625822 culturally-rich nomads in this era of globalization and E: [email protected] industrialization. It brings to light the efforts of a lawyer, W: www.capart.nic.in Ratan Katyayni, towards settling these groups, and questions the viability of the Habitual Offender Act, still in force in many states.
Director: Meenakshi and Vinay Rai
Contact Details: Vinay Rai & Meenakshi Rai Leoarts Communication, A-103, LGF, Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar–IV, New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-26488898; F: 011-26216536 E: [email protected]
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English Title: A Life of Motion and Commotion English Title: A New Deal
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Subject Focus: Women’s empowerment Language: English Format: DV CAM Synopsis: Barbara Pyle travels to a rural Filipino village to see innovative loan programmes that enable women Subject Focus: Urban livelihoods — the case of auto to overcome poverty and powerlessness. She meets a rickshaw drivers of Vadodara young mother, Lala, who uses her loan to raise and sell pigs. Earning her own income has given Lala new Synopsis: This documentary film takes a closer look at confidence. Her husband now values her opinion on the lives of auto rickshaw drivers in the city of Vadodara. everything from finances to family size. It highlights the tedium of their daily toil, looks at the obstacles, which the local road transport bureaucracy puts Production Company: CNN/Turner Broadcasting System in their way, and at the control exercised over them by traffic police — and salutes the indomitable spirit of these Contact Details: auto rickshaw drivers. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Director: Nimesh Desai P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 English Title: A Page from the Red Data Book W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Duration: 15 min English Title: A Magic Mystic Marketplace Format: DV
Language: English Subject Focus: Urban livelihoods — hand-pulled Duration: 9 min 20 sec rickshaws of Kolkata Director: Vasudha Joshi Synopsis: The hand-pulled rickshaw, a heritage vehicle Production Company: Vasudha Joshi of Kolkata, would be abolished soon from the city. The documentary explores the emotions of one rickshaw- Contact Details: puller, Rambahadur, and examines whether the ideological Vasudha Joshi principle behind the abolition — ‘man carrying man is Top Floor, 189 Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata 700029, unacceptable’ — holds true for the people who do it West Bengal themselves. Is it a mere loss of occupation that Rambahadur is afraid of, or will the ‘abolition’ have a much greater psychological impact on his being? The Red Data English Title: A Maritime Livelihood Book keeps an account of all the endangered species of the world — the rickshaw-puller is on the brink of entering its pages. Original Title: A Maritime Livelihood Language: Koli, Marathi Director: Saurav Dey Subject Focus: Fishermen Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society Synopsis: This is a film on a maritime fishermen’s K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi community in Mumbai. P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Director: Rosalyn Fiona D’Mello
Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org
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English Title: A Question of Tomorrow English Title: A Win-Win Solution
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Language: English Duration: 15 min Subject Focus: The tribe of Brogpas in the Himalayas Format: Mini DV
Synopsis: This is a story of the vanishing tribe of Brogpas Subject Focus: Resettlement of people from protected of the Himalayas, whose members claim descent from forests Alexander the Great’s army — its threatened lifestyle and future prospects in the modern world. Synopsis: Dozens of families marooned deep inside the Bhadra Tiger Reserve and the Nagarahole National Park Director: Mohi-ud-Din Mirza have elected to move out of the parks and settle in land provided to them by the government. This film documents Contact Details: how government officers and NGOs such as Wildlife First Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) collaborated to ensure that the people opting for A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 resettlement got the best deal possible. P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] Director: Shekar Dattatri W: www.psbt.org Producer: Shekar Dattatri Production Company: Trust for Environmental Education Commissioning Agency: Wildlife Conservation Society English Title: A Season Outside Contact Details: Original Title: A Season Outside Shekar Dattatri Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur Language: English Chennai 600041 Tamil Nadu Duration: 30 min P: 044- 24415744, 2491 4802; M: 0 9841015997 F: 044-2491 0910, 2491 8747 Subject Focus: Conflict, violence and non-violence E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.shekardattatri.com Synopsis: There is, perhaps, no border outpost in the world quite like Wagah, where this film begins its exploration about conflict, violence and non-violence. This is an outpost where everyday, divided people are drawn to a thin white line, a fait accompli bequeathed to them by history. A Season Outside is a personal and philosophical journey through the shadows of past generations, conflicting positions, borders and time zones — a nomad wandering through lines of separation, examining the scars of violence and dreams of hope scattered among nameless people, communities and nations.
Awards Received by the film: Golden Gate Award, 1999 — Golden Spire Trophy, 41st San Francisco International Film Festival; Golden Conch, Best Film/Video, Mumbai International Documentary Film Festival, 1998; Best Programme, Script, Camera & Sound, All India CEC UGC Film Festival, 1998
Director: Amar Kanwar Producer: Amar Kanwar
Contact Details: Amar Kanwar A K Productions, N-14A, Saket, New Delhi 110 017 P: 011-26516088; M: 9810216088; F: 011-26513556 E: [email protected]
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English Title: A World of Her Own English Title: Aamchi Kasauti
Original Title: A World of Her Own Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Date/Month/ Year of Production: 2005 Language: Hindi, Marathi Language: English Duration: 12 min Duration: 29 min Format: DV Format: DVD/VCD Subject Focus: Dust scavengers of Pune Subject Focus: Women and their right to livelihoods Synopsis: Aamchi Kasauti or ‘Our Test’ is the story of the Synopsis: In India, 80 percent of rural women are dust scavengers of Pune, a rare breed of traders. They engaged in livelihoods based on natural resources. This scavenge dust from daybreak to dusk and take their harvest intense relationship throws up a whole range of issues at the end of the day to the gold traders, who mark it against and questions. Does policy recognize it? Do we value the a kasauti or a testing stone to evaluate the harvest. knowledge systems which may have developed among these women? How have women coped with coercion from Director: Rrivu Laha, Film and Television Institute of India, State in their accessing of natural resources? The film Pune tries to explore these questions through four focused Production Company: Rrivu Laha engagements: with fisherwomen of Karnataka, the Apatani women of Arunachal Pradesh, and the adivasi and dalit Contact Details: women of Orissa. Film and Television Institute of India Law College Road, Pune 411 004 Maharashtra Director: Krishnendu Bose T: 020-25431817,25433016, 25430017 Producer: Krishnendu Bose E: [email protected] W: www.ftiindia.com Production Company: Earthcare Films Commissioning Agency: UNDP, DFID and MOEF
Contact Details: English Title: Aftershocks: The Rough Guide to Krishnendu Bose Democracy Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111; F: 011- 24334068 Language: Gujarati, Kutchi, Hindi and English E: [email protected] Duration: 66 min W: www.earthcarefilms.com Subject Focus: Displacement
English Title: Aahad Sanskriti Sthal – Ojhiana Synopsis: A devastating earthquake strikes Gujarat; the toll is 20,000 dead and over 100,000 homes destroyed. A Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2001 government-controlled mining company — the Gujarat Mineral Language: English Development Corporation (GMDC) — sees the quake as a Duration: 18 min 41 sec God-sent opportunity to acquire two quake-hit villages to further Format: Betacam its mining operations. The film documents this process of acquisition and displacement and its impact. It engages in Subject Focus: The Ojhian civilization/habitation the ongoing debate of environment vs. development and examines the fate of marginal citizens in a welfare state making its transition into the new economy of the new millenium. Synopsis: The Ojhian civilization is believed to have lasted some 1,500 years. Excavations indicate that the people Awards Received by the Film: Le Prix Da Le Presse lived in mud houses and used utensils of painted black- Politique Award for Best Film, 16th Fribourg Film Festival, red mud in the early stages; in the second stage, they Switzerland built houses of stones — remains of a granary stand testimony to the skills of these people. Director: Rakesh Sharma
Production Company: EJOD Contact Details: Rakesh Sharma Contact Details: Lighthouse, Sita Niwas, 12th Road, Khar, Mumbai 400052, Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Maharashtra NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 044-26485604; F: 26485604 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 E: [email protected] W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.rakeshfilm.com
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English Title: Aleesha English Title: Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh Original Title: Aleesha Language: Konkani Original Title: Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh Duration: 118 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Format: 35 mm Language: English Duration: 60 min Subject Focus: Environment vs development Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Synopsis: Aleesha is an artist and photographer and an Subject Focus: Development; traditional resource ardent environmentalist. Married into the family of an management industrialist, she finds herself in a situation where her beliefs are in contradiction to the business interests of Synopsis: Perched in the Himalayas on the edge of the her family. The film shows how Aleesha achieves a Tibetan plateau, Ladakh has one of the harshest climates balance, overcoming all odds. on earth. For over 1,000 years, Ladakhis have managed to survive and prosper by husbanding resources and by Director: Rajendra Talak protecting their land from overuse. But the Ladakh’s culture Producer: Rajendra Talak Creations and environment are being systematically eroded now in the pursuit of Western-style progress. Shops are filled with Contact Details: luxury goods but the water is contaminated by pesticides, Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting sanitation is almost non-existent, and squalid housing Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 colonies sprawl towards the desert from the overcrowded P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 capital Leh. What is happening in Ladakh, claims John F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Page, is a microcosm of social and environmental E: [email protected] breakdown in the West. It challenges assumptions about W: www.filmsdivision.org the nature and value of progress.
Director: John Page Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: And the Bamboo Blooms English Title: Aruvacode Diary
Language: English Original Title: Aruvacode Diary Duration: 20 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Format: 35 mm Language: English/Malayalam Duration: 28 min Subject Focus: Bamboo flowering and its impacts Format: Beta/Digital
Synopsis: The film is a study on the relationship between Subject Focus: Women and empowerment tribals in northeast and bamboo. The flowering of bamboo which occurs once in a 40-120 year life span depending Synopsis: This is a story of grit and determination of the on the species, is a time of devastation. The rodent women of Aruvacode, a small village near Kozhikode in population multiplies uncontrollably (bamboo seeds are Kerala. This erstwhile community of potters had struggled presumably aphrodisiacs), devouring crops and leaving hard to find a foothold in the modern world — and women the farmer bereft of a livelihood. had suffered the most. Economic deprivation had forced them to sell their bodies. These women have now Director: Joshy Joseph reorganized themselves into a co-operative, and are making beautiful pottery and other clay items that have Contact Details: found new markets in major cities in India. An earlier Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India attempt to document their condition had ended 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 disastrously: the co-operative was shut down, family P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 members refused to allow their women to continue work. F: 022-23515308, 23511008 This film attempts to do things differently — without E: [email protected] jeopardizing the on-going process of rehabilitation. W: www.filmsdivision.org Directors: Sanjay Maharishi and Anuradha Maharishi
English Title: Arrows Against the Wind Contact Details: Sanjay Maharishi and Anuradha Maharishi Language: English FA-338, Mansarover Garden, New Delhi 110 015 P: 011-25431627, 25534890; F: 011-25437230 Duration: 53 min E: [email protected]; Format: DVD [email protected] Subject Focus: Indigenous peoples — Papua New Guinea
Synopsis: Known as ‘The Amazon of Asia’, West Papua, a part of the largest island in the Asia-Pacific region, is home to some of the world’s most ancient cultures. In 1963, when the Dutch colonists finally left, Indonesia seized control of the territory, declared West Papua its 26th province, and launched a controversial transmigration policy to move Indonesians into West Papua. Outlawing cultural individualism, the Indonesian government instead promotes the forced assimilation of indigenous groups to make “one kind of mankind” and ruthlessly suppresses any opposition. The result is that the 70,000 Asmat people who inhabit the world’s largest alluvial swampland have had their territory confiscated by the state, while the 200,000 strong Dani people face extinction as the government presses ahead with road development.
Director: Tracey Groome Producer: Tracey Groome Production Company: Land Beyond Productions
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: At the Distant Horizon English Title: Ban on Ragpickers by MCD Delhi
Original Title: Door Digante Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 Duration: 30 min Language: Oriya Duration: 2 hr Subject Focus: Urban livelihoods — ragpickers of Delhi Format: 35 mm to VCD/Beta
Subject Focus: Environment vs development — in the Synopsis: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has context of the fishing industry imposed a ban on ragpicking. For lakhs of peole, their only source of livelihood is threatened. Synopsis: The film is about the conflict between modernization and human existence, set in the backdrop Producer: Development Alternatives of traditional fishermen’s resistance to mechanized fishing. Production Company: Doordarshan The protagonist Manua, a young deaf and dumb fisherman, fights against all odds as mechanized trawlers Contact Details: throw him out of his traditional professional and force him Development Alternatives into the big, bad world of the city. 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Director: Santanu Mishra E: [email protected] Producer: A. K. Rath W: www.devalt.org Production Company: Smruti Productions
Contact Details: Santanu Mishra English Title: Baphlimali 173 Plot No. 656, Nayapali (near Mangala Temple), Behera Sahi Bhubaneswar 751 012, Orissa Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 M: 9861013867, 9861013867, 9337112386 Language: English, Hindi and Oriya E: [email protected] Duration: 28 min Format: VCD
English Title: Backstage Boys Subject Focus: Resistance of Kashipur tribals against bauxite mining and aluminum companies Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Synopsis: This is a film about globalization and tribal Duration: 30 min consciousness, a brief glimpse into an eight-year long Format: Beta struggle that is pushing out powerful Indian and international companies from the tribal lands in the Eastern Subject Focus: Migration — the case of Punjabi farmers Ghats in Orissa.
Synopsis: The film reflects the impact of globalization on Director: Amar Kanwar immigration from Punjab to the West. Marginal Punjabi farmers, unable to survive on small land holdings, are Contact Details: lured by the promise of plenty abroad. Despite the Amar Kanwar increasingly tough immigration laws there and the inherent A K Productions, N-14A, Saket, New Delhi 110 017 P: 011-26516088; M: 9810216088; F: 011-26513556 risks involved in illegal international travel, there is a E: [email protected] constant stream of brave, adventurous and perhaps foolhardy young man willing to take chances. The film maps this journey, fraught as it is with danger, deportation and even death.
Director: Meera Dewan
Contact Details: Meera Dewan South View Productions, 73 Poorvi Marg, Vasant Vihar New Delhi 110 057 P: 011-26144782; F: 011-26151908 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Because of Our Rights English Title: Beijing Shorts
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 Original Title: Beijing Shorts Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Duration: 42 min Language: English Format: U-Matic, VHS Duration: 6 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Forest dependent communities and their struggles Subject Focus: Women and their empowerment
Synopsis: The film documents the struggle of the baan Synopsis: In Andra Pradesh, rural women attending a rope workers of Utter Pradesh for their rights. Over the literacy class discovered they all suffered from their years, these people have been denied the right of entry husband’s addiction to arak, the local alcohol. So they and use of forests. launched a campaign to ban it. In Guatemala, 45,000 women widowed as a result of decades of political violence Production Company: Centre for Science and joined forces to campaign against human rights violations. Environment (CSE) And in the Carribbean, a new movement using drama and ‘rap’ music has sprung up to combat widespread domestic Contact Details: violence.These are just three of six inspirational stories in Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) this series made to mark the 1996 Beijing Conference on 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Women. Filmed entirely on location by women directors, P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 they feature women from five different continents who are E: [email protected] fighting environmental neglect, discrimination, poverty, W: www.cseindia.org illiteracy and violence — and learning to take control of their own lives.
English Title: Behind the Glitter Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Language: English Contact Details: Duration: 45 min Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Format: P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Subject Focus: Mining and its impact on environment and livelihoods
Synopsis: Narsipatnam was a non-descript small town English Title: Bhuj 40 in Vizag district of Andhra Pradesh. In it were the predominantly tribal villages of Karaka, Kasimi, Original Title: Bhuj 40 Donepalem and K. Yellavaram — remote, surviving by Language: Hindi-Kutchhi selling their produce in the small market at Narsipatnam. Alexandrite, the precious stone, was unearthed in Karaka Subject Focus: Mining and its impact on livelihoods hill — and the entire region underwent a transformation. With modernization has come its attendant malaise, such Synopsis: In Kutch, Gujarat, mining is one of the biggest as AIDS. Behind the Glitter tells the story of how in a bid industries — almost 2,000 truckloads of bauxite leave the to gain control on the mining areas, mining syndicates region every day. And most of these trucks are driven by have played havoc with the lives of innocent villagers. Debariya Rabaris, a sub-group of the Rabari nomadic community, which resides in and around this region. Inner- Director: Saraswati Kavula city Debars have left their traditional herding occupation for Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) other forms of work, the most common being truck driving. Production Company: Key Lite Studio, Hyderabad Director: Dhanya Pilo Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Contact Details: A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 Centre for Civil Society P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi E: [email protected], [email protected] P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.psbt.org W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org
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English Title: Blowpipes and Bulldozers English Title: Breathing Without Air
Language: English Original Title: Breathing Without Air Duration: 52 min Language: Oriya/English Format: DVD Subject Focus: Indigenous communities — the Subject Focus: Indigenous peoples and their rights over Mundapotas of Orissa resources — the Penan tribe of Malaysia Synopsis: The Mundapotas, a nomadic group in south Synopsis: The Penan tribe of Malaysia is among the few Orissa, survive by collecting honey and capturing animals remaining nomadic forest people left in Asia. Now their like snakes, porcupines and rats etc., which menace way of life is threatened by the relentless encroachment granaries. Another source of their livelihood is the rustic of logging companies, clear-felling the Sarawak forests roadshow called Mundapota, the most thrilling item of to provide hardwood for luxury goods in Japan and the which consists in a performer burying his head under the West. This Australian film tells the story of Bruno Manser, ground to provide macabre entertainment. Breathing a young Swiss shepherd and artist who went to live with Without Air is the tale of a father-son duo of this community. the Penan — and was forced to become an outlaw in the The son buries his head, while the father accompanies forest as a result of his campaign to save the forest, and the show beating his drum. The film is a metaphor for the the Penan people, from extinction. soul-killing deprivation of the working children of India.
Directors: Jeni Kendell & Paul Tait Director: Kapilas Bhuyan Producers: Jeni Kendell & Paul Tait Production Company: National Geographic Society Contact Details: Channel Four Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi Contact Details: P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 Development Alternatives W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org English Title: Bugyal (Pastures)
Original Title: Bugyal Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2001 English Title: Brazil Roadshow Language: Hindi Duration: 8 min Original Title: Brazil Roadshow Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: English Subject Focus: Traditional systems of conservation in Duration: 26 min the Himalayas — the bugyal grasslands of Uttaranchal Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Environmental issues in Brazil Synopsis: The lush green pastures of Uttaranchal, known locally as bugyal, have been preserved and cared for by Synopsis: The Earth Report goes to Curitiba, local communities for years. These communities, environmental city of the future; onto the set of ZaZa, the equipped with traditional knowledge about the importance latest soap opera; to the Amazonian floodplains to see and fragility of the ecosystem, have developed ways and community action helping the fisheries regenerate; and means to conserve them. onto the football pitch where youngsters find an escape from their shanty towns. In 1992, TVE visited a fisherman Producer: Sandeep Bhatt and his family in Rio’s slums — the Earth Report also returns to see how they are faring five years on. Contact Details: Directors: Janet Boston, Marc De Beaufort Sandeep Bhatt Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) 563A, Sector 3, R. K. Puram, New Delhi 110 022 P: 011-23782018 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Burdened Existence English Title: Centre for Science for Villages, Wardha Original Title: Burdened Existence Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Language: English & Hindi Duration: 8 min Duration: 13 min Format: Betacam Format: VHS
Subject Focus: Life and struggles of the girl-child in Subject Focus: The Centre for Science for Villages, Garhwal Gujarat
Synopsis: For a Garhwali girl, life is fraught with difficulty Synopsis: The film surveys the wide spectrum of work and despair. She goes to school, but also has to trudge carried out at the Centre for Science for Villages — this three-five kilometres in the hills to collect fuelwood and includes paper made from banana pulp, biogas water. technologies, mud-brick making, earthenware pottery etc.
Producer: Plan India Production Company: Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Contact Details: Plan India Contact Details: B 4/161, Gulmohar House, 5th Floor, Gautam Nagar Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural New Delhi 110 049 Technology (CAPART) P: 011-26962605, 26968432-34; F: 011-26863417 Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road E: [email protected] New Delhi 110 003 W: www.planindia.org P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] W: www.capart.nic.in English Title: Call of the Forest
Language: English Duration: 25 min English Title: Changing Destiny – Best Practices
Subject Focus: Women’s initiatives to save the Original Title: Changing Destiny – Best Practices environment Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Synopsis: This film documents the successful struggle Duration: 25 min of the tribal women of Bastar — led by the middle-aged Format: Betacam SP Mitkbai — to save their traditional sal forests from the state government’s commercial forestry programme. Subject Focus: Government initiatives in eco- development, health and information management
Contact Details: Synopsis: In the film, case studies from different parts of Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural the country illustrate how the government’s initiatives and Technology (CAPART) people’s participation can bring about dramatic change Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road in the quality of life. New Delhi 110 003 India P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 Director: Chandromouli Basu F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] Producers: Niret Alva and Nikhil J. Alva W: www.capart.nic.in Production Company: Miditech Pvt. Ltd.
Contact Details: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. 121, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon – 122 015, Haryana P: 0124-2397001 – 10; F: 0124-2397011 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.miditech.org
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English Title: Changing Destiny – Best Practices II English Title: Chhakda
Original Title: Changing Destiny – Best Practices II Original Title: Chhakda Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: English Language: Hindi, English and Gujarati Duration: 25 min Duration: 25 min Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: The Chhakda, a local public transport Subject Focus: Access to resources option
Synopsis: Access to land and water resources is vital for Synopsis: The Chhakda is a source of livelihood for its improving the economic status of the poor and the owner, the driver, the mechanic and even the police — marginalized. Several Indian states have launched and an indispensable means of transport for the urban innovative programmes in partnership with development commuter in the absence of anything more efficient. The agencies to provide this access. The film highlights three film suggests that completely banning the Chhakda, which case studies: the Rajiv Gandhi Watershed Management is illegal, is not the solution — instead, its potential should Mission in Jhabua, the waste management system in be harnessed for the benefit of the common man. Ludhiana, and Swajal Dhara, a programme, in which the community takes care of its water needs near Dehradun. Director: Ipsit Patel
Director: Tanusree Banerjee Contact Details: Producer: Manira Alva Centre for Civil Society Production Company: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Contact Details: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. 121, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon – 122 015, Haryana P: 0124-2397001 – 10; F: 0124-2397011 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.miditech.org
English Title: Changing Winds
Language: English Duration: 2 hr 30 sec Format: 16 mm
Subject Focus: The Aravallis
Synopsis: The film highlights the barren, dry and desolate environs of the Aravalli ranges, the result of excessive denudation by man and beast. It also shows how new agricultural practices and improved water management are making this landscape greener.
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET)
Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Climb Every Mountain English Title: Co-Existence
Date/Month/Year of Production: March-August 2001 Original Title: Co-Existence Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Duration: 39 min 12 sec Language: English Duration: 2 min 10 sec Subject Focus: Women’s empowerment — activities of Format: DV PEDO in Bicchiwara, Rajasthan
Synopsis: Dungarpur district in south Rajasthan is a hilly Subject Focus: Man and nature region where more than 80% of the population comprises of Bhil tribals. Environmental degradation has compelled Synopsis: The film talks about how killing a tree can the tribals — who used to depend on forests — to turn to threaten our own extinction. agriculture and animal husbandry for survival. The area is drought-prone, and these conditions made the tribals Directors: Shravan Hegde & Prathamesh Desai fair game for moneylenders; women suffered the most. Producer: Swati Chandgadkar But now the efforts of the People’s Educational and Developmental Organization (PEDO) has brought about Contact Details: seeds of change, beginning with Bicchiwara block, one of Shravan Hegde the five administrative blocks in the district. Some of the 5/157, Bhagyalaxmi, Sir Bhalchandra Road, Dadar major developmental activities initiated by PEDO here Mumbai 400 014 have been the eradication of guineaworm, installation of P: 022-24143500; M: 09869086908 the hand-pumps, schools for tribal children, soil E: [email protected] conservation work and the women’s programme, a highlight of which is the Women’s Savings Groups. This programme is aimed at developing the land resources to English Title: Colours of the Earth fulfill community needs for fuel, fodder and timber and to make the villagers aware of their rights. Original Title: Colours of the Earth Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2002 Directors: Shivendra Singh & Karan Bali Language: English Producer: Shivendra Singh Duration: 28 min Format: Mini DV Contact Details: Shivendra Singh/Karan Bali Subject Focus: Empowerment of dalit women — Medak Dungarpur Films, A-5, Ananta Apts., Dr. Rajabali Patel Road, Breach Candy, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-235 19715/ 2352 0519 Synopsis: The film travels to villages of dalit women in E: [email protected] Medak, Andhra Pradesh, where these women are in control of their own lives with the help of a local NGO, Deccan Development Society. Their Alternative Public Distribution System is ensuring access to subsidized foodgrains at village-level grain banks. Completely decentralized, this system is managed entirely by women.
Producer: Krishnendu Bose Commissioning Agency: Winrock International India
Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111 F: 011- 24334068 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com
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English Title: Common Property Resources English Title: Cry of the Forest
Original Title: Common Property Resources Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1995 Duration: 18 min 17 sec Subject Focus: Displacement — people-animal Format: Betacam coexistence
Subject Focus: Common property resources Synopsis: The film examines the life of adivasis displaced by a tiger sanctuary in Kanha, Madhya Pradesh, and Synopsis: Dr. Vijay Paranjpye and Dr. Rajendra Jagdale explores a more holistic approach to conservation, where discuss common property resources in this film, and people are a part of the environment. whether village communities are getting marginalised in today’s world. Director: Krishnendu Bose
Production Company: EPUN Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony Contact Details: New Delhi 110 024 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 F: 011- 24334068 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 E: [email protected] W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.earthcarefilms.com
English Title: Coping to Survive English Title: Dance with Hands Held Tight
Original Title: Coping to Survive Original Title: Dance with Hands Held Tight Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Language: English Language: Local Indian languages (with English subtitles) Duration: 20 min Duration: 62 min Format: Betacam Format: DV CAM Subject Focus: Women and the politics of their natural Subject Focus: Responses of women and communities resouce-based livelihoods to environment protection Synopsis: Eighty-six per cent of rural women are engaged Synopsis: This film looks at micro-level coping strategies in agriculture. In 92 per cent of rural households, energy used by women to counter degrading of the environment needs are met by firewood. The landless and the poor — in Meghalaya. mostly women among them — procure 90 per cent of this firewood from the forest commons. The sea supports Director: Krishnendu Bose livelihoods of 400,000 women just along the short 300 km Producer: Krishnendu Bose coast of Karnataka. This intense relationship of women and Production Company: Earthcare Films natural resources across the country throws up a whole range of issues and questions. Does policy recognize this intensity? Do we at all value the knowledge systems which Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose may have developed among these women? How have Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony women coped with coercion from State in their accessing New Delhi 110 024 of natural resources? The film tries to find answers. P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111 F: 011- 24334068 Director: Krishnendu Bose E: [email protected] Producer: Earthcare Films W: www.earthcarefilms.com Production Company: Earthcare Films
Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111 F: 011- 24334068 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com
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English Title: Dawn to Dusk Further… A Story of English Title: Desounen: Dialogue with Death Horse-cart Pullers Language: English, French, Spanish Duration: 50 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Format: DVD Language: English Duration: 13 min Subject Focus: Environmental crisis and turmoil in Haiti Format: DV Synopsis: Years of economic and political chaos in Haiti, Subject Focus: Horse-cart pullers of Delhi the Caribbean’s poorest country, have led to environmental devastation, crushing poverty and mass exodus of Haitians Synopsis: This film, produced by students, is about the trying to reach United States. The documentary takes the dying profession of Tangawalas on the roads of Delhi. form of journey through Haiti. Guiding the viewer along the way is the narrator — a fictional, wise old countryman Director: Anshul A. Ojha who draws on his ancestral knowledge of life and death to provide a running commentary on the plight of the Contact Details: Haitians he encounters on his travels. Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi Director: Raoul Peck P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 Production Company: KS Vision for TVE/BBC for the W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org One World Group of Broadcasters
Contact Details: English Title: Delta Force Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Original Title: Delta Force E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 W: www.devalt.org Language: English Duration: 52 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD English Title: Development at Gun Point Subject Focus: The struggle of the Ogoni in Nigeria Original Title: Development at Gun Point Synopsis: Made before the judicial murder of the Nigerian Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 writer and human rights activist Ken Saro-Wiwa in November Language: English (with English subtitles) 1995, Delta Force tells the story of the non-violent efforts of Duration: 36 min the Ogoni people to halt 30 years of environmental damage, Format: DV suffering and inequality on the Niger delta. The Ogoni have been paying a terrible price for their opposition to the Nigerian military regime and to the policies of the petrochemical giant Subject Focus: Bauxite mining in Orissa — its impacts Shell. This film opens with the arrest of Saro-Wiwa and the and people’s protests subsequent implementation of ‘Operation Restore’ in Ogoniland — the military’s campaign of terror against the Synopsis: India has opened up its mining sector to global Ogoni to suppress their environmental movement. capital. Investments are flowing in, but pollution, deforestation and displacement have been the results. In Director: Glen Ellis this context, this documentary talks about the social and Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) environmental impacts of bauxite mining in Kashipur, Orissa, and the struggle of the adivasis against it. Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Director: K. P. Sasi P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Producer: K. P. Sasi E: [email protected] Production Company: K. P. Sasi W: www.cseindia.org Contact Details: K. P. Sasi 103, May Flower Laxmi Apartment, 63, Sulthan Palya Main Road, R T Nagar, Bangalore 560 032, Karnataka P: 080-26553117, 23650916; M: 09945282056 E: [email protected] W: www.visualsearch.org
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English Title: Development Flows from the Barrel English Title: Doodhatoli of the Gun Original Title: Doodhatoli Original Title: Vikas Bandook ki Naal se Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2003 Language: Hindi Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Duration: 31 min 26 sec Duration: 54 min Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: State-sponsored violence on people Subject Focus: Womens’ empowerment through affected by development projects environmental regenaration and sustainable development
Synopsis: This is a film on human right violations Synopsis: Doodhatoli is the story of the village women of committed on indigenous people in India. It documents Pauri Garwhal, who over the years have organized the violence the State perpetrates on people affected by themselves to protect local forests. The remarkable thing development projects, and calls for a more sustainable about this effort is that the movement is entirely led and development that is “not at the cost of people”. managed by local — mostly illiterate — women. They are primarily guided by their own experiences and traditional Awards Received by the Film: ‘Star Award’, CMS wisdom about local resources and environment. VATAVARAN 2005 in Forest for Life category
Directors: Biju Toppo/Meghnath Producer: K. Bikram Singh Producer: Meghnath (Akhra) Commissioning Agency: Council for Advancement of Production Company: Akhra People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART)
Contact Details: Contact Details: AKHRA Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Sastri Nagar, Kanke Road, Ranchi 834 008, Jharkhand Technology (CAPART) P: 0651-2231693 Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road E: [email protected] New Delhi 110 003 India P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] English Title: Discovery of God W: www.capart.nic.in
Original Title: Discovery of God Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2003 English Title: Down the Drain Language: English Duration: 28 min Original Title: Down the Drain Format: Betacam Language: Tamil, English Subject Focus: Conservation Subject Focus: Sanitary workers of Chennai Synopsis: This film makes an attempt to attract the Synopsis: This is a film on manual sanitary workers of attention of people towards conservation through Chennai. mythology: by trying to prove the oneness of Nature and God, as propounded in global mythology. Director: Gayathri N. Producer: Jagdish Vasant Kulkarni Commissioning Agency: Yashwantrao Chavan Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society Maharashtra Open University K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 Contact Details: W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University (YCMOU) Dhyan Gangotri, Gangapur Road, Nasik 422 222, Maharashtra P: 0253-2231481/2231714/15; F: 0253 2231716 E: [email protected] W: www.ycmou.com
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English Title: Down to Earth English Title: Earth Report V (Hands On): On the Move Language: English & Hindi Duration: 26 min Original Title: Earth Report V (Hands On): On the Move Format: VHS Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Subject Focus: Mud as a viable construction material Duration: 27 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: The work of an NGO, Development Alternatives (DA), offers mud as a practical solution for housing Subject Focus: Transportation — green alternatives problems. The film shows a mud-based building under construction and the various methods devised to Synopsis: As world populations grow, so does pressure overcome any necessity of concrete. on local transport. This Hands On looks at a variety of solutions to the transport problem. It investigates Production Company: CENDIT hydrogen-powered vehicles in Germany, rent-a-bike Production Company: Council for Advancement of schemes in the Netherlands and electric car hire People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) alternatives in France. We visit rural road-building projects in Mozambique where local communities are redeveloping Contact Details: transport links destroyed during the civil war. Finally, the Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural camera comes to Nepal where there has been an boom Technology (CAPART) in the electric tempo market. Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 India P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.capart.nic.in Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] English Title: Drops of Hope W: www.cseindia.org
Original Title: Boond Director: Nila Madhab Panda
Contact Details: Nila Madhab Panda Filmmaker, 12,Uday Park, 2nd floor, Khelgaon Marg New Delhi 110049 P: 011-5164 5940/ 3991, 011-26520491, M: 9811320557 E: [email protected] W: www.eleanoraimages.org
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English Title: Earth Report VI: Uphill Struggle — English Title: Exodus Where Families and Mountains Meet Language: English Original Title: Earth Report VI: Uphill Struggle — Where Duration: 50 min Families and Mountains Meet Format: DVD Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Subject Focus: Global refugee policy Duration: 27 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: In April 1994, 250,000 people fleeing Rwanda’s bloody war set up camp across the border in Tanzania. Almost overnight, Bamako refugee camp had effectively Subject Focus: Environmental issues and livelihoods in become Tanzania’s second largest city. With 50,000 families Kyrgistan and Tajikistan requiring fuelwood and drinking water, this ‘city’ soon began to have a devastating effect on the surrounding forests and Synopsis: Eking a living on the slopes is never easy at local water supply. Facing a catastrophe, representatives the best of times. For the people of the former Soviet of the aid charity CARA ordered an environmental impact republics of Kyrgistan and Tajikistan, economic collapse assessment to find ways to reduce the destruction and meant that food and fuel subsidies have gone. One result establish a blueprint for future refugee policy. has been the stripping bare of the once thickly forested hillsides for fuel. An intimate portrait of three families Producer: Mick Rhodes documents their hardships. But aid from the Aga Khan’s Production Company: TV 6 for the BBC/TVE foundation is getting through in the form of soil conserving farming methods and rural hydro schemes. Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.devalt.org Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] English Title: Expressway W: www.cseindia.org Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2004 Language: English, Hindi and Marathi (with English subtitles) Duration: 10 min Format: Mini DV
Subject Focus: The Mumbai-Pune Express Highway
Synopsis: The Mumbai-Pune Expressway is touted as one of the major achievements in the development chart of Maharashtra. But the story which villagers, ecologists, doctors and economists narrate, is quite different. The film, an exploration of the fallouts of the Expressway, questions the politics of development.
Director: Sanju Surendran Producer: Mr. Tripurari Sharan, Director, Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Production Company: Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)
Contact Details: Film and Television Institute of India, (FTII) Law College Road, Pune 411 004 Maharashtra T: 020-020-25457037, 25431817, 25433016, 25430017 M: 09422351508 E: [email protected] W: www.ftiindia.com
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English Title: Fight for Survival English Title: Fish Tales
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Language: Gujarati-Hindi Language: English Duration: 20 min Duration: 30 min Format: Mini DV Subject Focus: Traditional fishing industry of Kerala Subject Focus: Livelihoods — the case of the Madaris of Gujarat Synopsis: This film explores developmental and environmental issues by focusing on traditional fishery in Synopsis: Gujarat has approximately three lakh members Kerala. Thirty years of top-down development policies have of the nomadic Madari community. The Madaris’ are failed to address the needs of fisherfolk and their special traditional snake catchers and charmers. They follow their relationship with the sea. Today, fishing communities are faced own Panchayat system, which lays down strict rules about with the crisis of declining fish stocks. Fish Tales is cautionary catching, keeping, performing with and releasing snakes — it underlines the need to initiate development policies that back into the jungle. Now, the Animal Cruelty Act and other are sustainable and beneficial to the communities involved. laws have outlawed the Madaris’ traditional profession and placed their survival at stake. Directors: Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam
Director: Dakxin Nandlal Bajarange Contact Details: Production Company: Dakxin Nandlal Bajarange The Foundation for Universal Responsibility, Of His Holiness The Dalai Lama, UGF, Core 4 A Contact Details: India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110 003 Centre for Civil Society T: 0 11-24648450; F: 011-24648451 K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi E: [email protected] P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.furhhdl.org W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org
English Title: Fish Wars English Title: First Harvest/Changing Valleys
Language: English Language: English Duration: 58 min Duration: 46 min Format: DVD Format: DVD
Subject Focus: Rejuvenating rural economy Subject Focus: Commercial fishing
Synopsis: In north Pakistan, the inhospitable mountain Synopsis: This film presents an examination of the impact terrain has kept local villages isolated for centuries. To feed of commercial fishing operations in British Columbia. their growing populations, villagers have cut down the trees and overgrazed the land. First Harvest looks at the remarkable success of a scheme initiated by the Agha Khan Contact Details: Development Alternatives Rural Support Programme which is helping local village 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 organizations in over 800 villages in the region. Farmers P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 meet to formulate common policies, build roads and E: [email protected] irrigation channels, and start a programme of tree-planting, W: www.devalt.org while women gain confidence and status as they learn how to process and market fruit and vegetables. The film shows how village organizations can become the driving force not just for economic but also for social change.
Directors: Nicholas Kendall & Jack Silberman Producer: David Yager Production Company: Northern Lights Media Corp. & The Agha Khan Foundation
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Fishing in the Sea of Greed English Title: Freedom
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Original Title: Freedom Language: Marathi, Hindi, Tamil and English Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2001 Duration: 47 min Language: Multiple Indian languages (with English subtitles) Subject Focus: The fishing industry and fishing rights Duration: 58 min Format: Digital Synopsis: This is a film on fishermens’ fight against large foreign factory ships that are depleting the seas, and Subject Focus: Local communities’ control over natural shrimp aquaculture that is destroying coastal lands. Led resources by the National Fishworkers Forum (NFF), fishermen across India are uniting to fight these twin problems. But Synopsis: This is a documentary film about protection and the crisis in the fisheries is worldwide and so must be the conservation of natural resources, and about communities fight of the fishermen. resisting an onslaught on their livelihoods. In a journey that traverses several states in India, the film documents attempts Director: Anand Patwardhan by local people to protect and control their natural resources.
Contact Details: Director: Amar Kanwar Anand Patwardhan Producer: A K Productions 2nd Floor, 27, Lokmanya Tilak Colony Marg, No. 2 Dadar (East), Mumbai 400 014 Contact Details: P: 022-24143782; F: 022-24142946 Amar Kanwar E: [email protected], [email protected] A K Productions, N-14A, Saket, New Delhi 110 017 P: 011-26516088, 26534712; M: 9810216088 F: 011-26513556 E: [email protected] English Title: Five Realities of the Future
Language: English Duration: 42 min English Title: Gadia Lohar: A Life and Livelihood Format: DVD in Question?
Subject Focus: Community initiatives for control over Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 resources Language: English Duration: 24 min Synopsis: The five vignettes that make up Damien Rea’s Format: Mini DV film together demonstrate the power of community action in helping people take control of their own lives. In Costa Subject Focus: Gadia lohars of Rajasthan Rica, the Bribri people have fought a successful battle to win back the ancestral lands wrested from them by Spanish Synopsis: This film is an effort to understand the reasons settlers. On the Japanese island of Ishigaki, the villagers behind the failures of government initiatives in providing of Shiraho staged a campaign to stop the government better life and livelihood to Gadia lohars, a nomadic building an airport which would destroy their priceless coral community of Rajasthan. The film clearly brings out that reef. In India, the villagers of Dhanawas have built their understanding the culture context is vital before formulating own gas generators to provide cheap energy. And in policies for any segment of the society. Hungary, a local group on the outskirts of Budapest has set up a community scheme to monitor and cleanup the heavy metal contamination of the soil that is the legacy of Director: Meenakshi and Vinay Rai 40 years of unregulated industrial development. Contact Details: Director: Damien Rea Leoarts Communication Producer: Damien Rea A-103, LGF, Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar–IV New Delhi 110 024 Production Company: TVE P: 26488898; F: 26216536 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Galleria Sepultura English Title: Gene Hunters
Original Title: Galleria Sepultura Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Language: English Language: English Duration: 54 min Duration: 35 min Format: DVD Format: Digital Subject Focus: Rights of indigenous peoples Subject Focus: The tribal spirit and its imminent death at the hands of society Synopsis: Could DNA from the blood of indigenous people hold the secret of new drugs to treat ravaging human Synopsis: The indigenous people depicted in this film diseases like AIDS or motor neurone disease? Genetic are from the forests of Kerala, the hills of Nagaland, scientists working on the worldwide Human Genome Myanmar and the river islands of Assam. Though Biodiversity Project believe it’s possible, and in the remote seemingly diverse, they share the fate of enforced rainforests of northern Colombia they’re collecting blood disassociation from their traditional legacy of water and from the Ahuaco and Asario Indians to get the DNA for spirit. In doing so, our larger society is shown to their labs. They aim to gather the genetic blueprint of 700 metaphorically assume the role of a modern cannibal, the pure-blooded tribal people before they become extinct or worst hunter — one that feeds upon its own. lose their unique genetic make-up through intermarriage. But, as the film underlines, there is a dilemma. New drugs Producer: Switchblade & Silverspoon can earn massive profits and, community leaders ask, who will benefit? Contact Details: Switchblade & Silverspoon, Director: Ian Taylor A-11 B, 2nd Floor, Sanwal Nagar, New Delhi 110 049 Producer: Luke Holland M: 9811122060 Production Company: ZEF Productions, TVE for channel 4 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Development Alternatives English Title: Gavari-Samajik Prasthabhoomi 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Original Title: Gavari-Samajik Prasthabhoomi W: www.devalt.org Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1999 Language: Hindi Duration: 16 min 54 sec Format: Betacam English Title: Guardians of the Forest Subject Focus: Tribal folk theatre of Rajasthan Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Synopsis: The film celebrates the form of tribal folk theatre Duration: 18 min of south Rajasthan which conveys a message of keeping Format: Digital the environment healthy. Director: Ahmad Azeem Producer: Manohar Lalas Contact Details: Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi Faculty of Engg, JNV University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 P: 0291-2513734; F: 0291-2513733 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org E: [email protected]
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English Title: Hands On — Out of Asia English Title: Hands On: Do it Herself
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Original Title: Hands On: Do it Herself Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Duration: 26 min Language: English Format: Betacam SP, DVD Duration: 25 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Credit initiatives to empower people Subject Focus: Women entrepreneurs using alternate Synopsis: The movie recounts stories of how credit technologies initiatives can boost more than just incomes, and how innovative fishing methods combined with new practices Synopsis: This is a part of a worldwide series of 52 five- can improve people’s livelihoods and safeguard the minute programmes featuring the use of appropriate environment. In Maharashtra, a group of women technologies. Introduced by Annie Lennox, Do it Herself entrepreneurs are benefiting from a new credit scheme, features five stories looking specifically at the solutions which has helped them out of poverty and introduced them which women are using to tackle environmental problems, to the thriving business world. Meanwhile, in Thailand, set up sustainable enterprises and adapt to a changing fishing communities are working to restore depleted fish world. stocks by replanting mangrove and sea grass beds to act as spawning grounds, and by phasing out the destructive Director: Janet Boston push nets. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Development Alternatives P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 E: [email protected] P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Hands On: Cash – No Question
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Duration: 26 min Format: Betacam SP, DVD
Subject Focus: Innovative micro-credit schemes
Synopsis: Banking with a difference: this is what this movie is all about, with stories on innovative micro-credit schemes that are putting profits from green enterprise back into the community.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Hell in the Pacific English Title: Highway to the Hidden Valleys
Original Title: Hell in the Pacific Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Duration: 52 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 55 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Development and its impacts
Subject Focus: Environmental conflicts in Papua New Synopsis: When China and Pakistan cemented their Guinea strategic alliance in the early 1970s by building the Karakorum highway, centuries of isolation in the valleys Synopsis: Defending land has always been a way of life of northern Pakistan came to an end. Ruled for decades in Papua New Guinea. But today, it’s not just quarrelsome by the Mirs, or feudal princes, the people had survived by neighbours the Pacific islanders are having to fight off, a precarious agricultural system which began to but multinational predators keen to cash in on their rich disintegrate after 1972. The Aga Khan Rural Support tropical forests and mineral resources. Hell in the Pacific Programme has now helped set up over 2,000 village investigates three separate conflicts between local Papuan organizations to oversee new projects from irrigation to landowners and subsidiaries of the mining conglomerate, food preservation. But, as the film makes clear, progress Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ). Clashes between police and villagers has also brought tensions. The road is exacting demands over gold extraction rights in one remote region led to from the people of Gilgit, Hunza and Narag as surely as RTZ’s abrupt departure — together with most of the gold. their feudal lords once did, remorselessly changing Pollution from RTZ’s copper mine on the island of patterns of life established over centuries. Bougainville has been a focus of seething resentment since 1988. And now, overriding local objections, Director: Paul Cleary extractors have moved in, unannounced, to develop a new Producer: Paul Cleary island gold mine using cyanide. Production Company: Farthest North Productions, TVE
Director: Glen Ellis Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Contact Details: P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) E: [email protected] 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 W: www.devalt.org P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Honey Hunters of the Blue Mountains English Title: I AM
Language: English Language: English Duration: 33 min Subject Focus: Youth Subject Focus: Kurumba tribals of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve Synopsis: This is a look at the lives of some young people from different backgrounds – the privileged, the not-so Synopsis: One of the last havens of untouched forest privileged, and the tribal artisan — as they explore their land – the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve in south India — is roles, identities and their own sense of self. home to the hunter-gatherer Kurumba tribals. These tribals scale precipitous cliffs using ladders made from vines, to Director: Puneeta Roy collect honey. This film is the first to document their extraordinary livelihood. Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Awards Received by the Film: Second prize, Earth A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 Vision, Santacruz, USA P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] Director: Mike H. Pandy W: www.psbt.org
Contact Details: Riverbank Studios, C-18, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011- 5163 2890, 2641 0684; F: 011- 26216508 English Title: I, Fisherman E: [email protected], [email protected]; [email protected], [email protected] Original Title: Mee Koli W: www.riverbankstudios.com Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Language: Hindi and Marathi (with English subtitles) Duration: 31 min 30 sec English Title: Humanitas — The Disappeared, Format: Betacam SP Refugees and the Prior Nations Subject Focus: Indigenous fishing community’s efforts Original Title: Humanitas — The Disappeared, Refugees to preserve its traditional livelihood and the Prior Nations Date/Month/Year of Production: 1987 Synopsis: This is a story of an indigenous fishing Language: English community: the Kolis, the original inhabitants of Mumbai, Duration: 75 min and today, a community pushed to the fringes of India’s Format: VHS/VCD & DVD commercial capital. From here, they wage their brave war to protect the resources of the sea and their livelihood. Subject Focus: Global humanitarian issues — Refugees Fierce environmentalists, they are the conscience of a and indigenous peoples city hell bent on shortsighted urbanization.
Synopsis: The film is in three instalments, covering global Director: Miriam Chandy Menacherry humanitarian issues: how indigenous communities are Producer: PSBT and Prasar Bharati Corporation finding a new pride in their culture, how ‘disappearance’ Production Company: Filament Pictures Pvt. Ltd. is used as a technique of terror and repression, and the Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting plight of 13 million refugees all over the world. Trust (PSBT)
Director: Bruno Sorrentino Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Miriam Chandy Menacherry, Filament Pictures Pvt. Ltd. 6/5 Hillside D, Raheja Vihar, Powai, Mumbai 400 072 P: 022-28576119, M: 9892644163 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Images of Development English Title: In the Forest Hangs a Bridge
Original Title: Images of Development Original Title: In the Forest Hangs a Bridge Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1999 Language: English Language: Bengali (with English subtitles) Duration: 39 min Duration: 25 min Original Format: 16 mm (available in Digibeta/Betacam/ Format: Mini DV DVD/VCD)
Subject Focus: Urban poor and their displacement Subject Focus: The Adi tribals of Arunachal Pradesh
Synopsis: The film examines the process of urban Synopsis: The film is about the building of a 1,000-feet planning and development and what it means to the poor, suspension bridge by the people of an Adi village, an powerless and marginalized sections of a metropolitan evocation of the tribal community that makes it possible, city like Kolkata. Through its portrayal of the eviction of and a reflection on the strengths — and fragility — of the idea of community. Located deep in the forested hills of slum dwellers on 10 December (ironically, the World Siang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh, these elegant Human Rights Day), the film shows how the process of structures of cane and bamboo are the distinctive mark urban environment planning and development works by of the Adi tribe. Sometimes as long as 1,500 feet, these excluding the poor and marginalized. bridges have traditionally been built by the community members. Their only tool is the dao, a machete. Director: Pramod Gupta Producer: Pramod Gupta Awards Received by the Film: Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) for Best Documentary Film, 1999 National Film Contact Details: Awards; Asian Gaze Award, Pusan Short Film Festival, Korea Pramod Gupta 2, Deshbandhu Road (West), Kolkata 700 035, West Bengal Director: Sanjay Kak P: 033-25778061; M: 9830411525 Producer: Sanjay Kak E: [email protected] Production Company: Octave Communications Pvt Ltd Commissioning Agency: Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART)
English Title: In Search of Greener Pastures Contact Details: Sanjay Kak Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Octave Communications, C4/4048, Vasant Kunj Language: English & Hindi New Delhi 110 070 Duration: 35 min P: 011-26893893; M: 9820139960; F: 011-26123828 Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS E: [email protected]
Subject Focus: Gaddis of Himachal Pradesh
Synopsis: The film covers the lifestyle and struggles of the nomadic Gaddis of Himachal Pradesh.
Producer: Praveen Kumar Production Company: M/s Andaaz Communications
Contact Details: The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in
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English Title: Islands of Individuality English Title: Jagriti
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS
Subject Focus: Man-nature coexistence — the case of Subject Focus: Women and environment conservation the Nicobar Islands Synopsis: This docu-drama shows how women can Synopsis: This is a film on the unique success story of contribute to environment conservation in rural areas. Nicobar Islands. In addition to the protection of aboriginal tribes by restricting entry of non-tribals into the Nicobars, Producer: M/s Vibhor Video Vision the tribal ethos of respect for nature and coexistence with flora and fauna has created a life in harmony with the sea Contact Details: and forests for the Nicobaris. The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Producer: Mrs. Ranjana Kaul Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road Production Company: M/s Leburnum Communications New Delhi - 110 003 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.envfor.nic.in The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 English Title: Jardhar Diary P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in Original Title: Jardhar Diary Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2002 Language: English Duration: 29 min English Title: It can be Done Format: Mini DV
Language: English & Hindi Subject Focus: Community control over natural resources Duration: 20 min Format: U-Matic, VHS Synopsis: The film is about a village called Jardhar tucked away in the hills of the Garhwal Himalayas. The villagers Subject Focus: Tribal rehabilitation have revived their forests, are fighting limestone mining on their hill slopes, staving off power lines which will Synopsis: The tribal rehabilitation programme conducted decimate their pine and sal cover, and reclaiming by the Banvasi Seva Ashram forms the main content of traditional seeds and putting them back into circulation. this film. In this programme, indigenous irrigation systems were used to rejuvenate drought-prone areas. Producer: Krishendu Bose Commissioning Agency: Winrock International, India Production Company: Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Contact Details: Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) New Delhi 110 024 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111 Research and Training (NCERT) F: 011- 24334068 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 E: [email protected] P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 W: www.earthcarefilms.com E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Jeevika — Struggle for Existence English Title: Jungle Pharmacy
Original Title: Jeevika — Struggle for Existence Original Title: Jungle Pharmacy Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Language: English Subject Focus: Livelihood problems — Palamau Duration: 52 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: This documentary is about the livelihood struggles of the people of Palamu district in Jharkhand. Subject Focus: Traditional medicine
Director: Kumar Yugant Synopsis: This film explores the commercial potential of plant remedies in Brazil and the United States. It also Contact Details: explores the traditional knowledge of the Shamans — the Centre for Civil Society tribal healers of Peru and Brazil. The film suggests that K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi an amalgamation of traditional medicine and modern P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 scientific development can bring in a breakthrough in W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org modern healing systems.
Director: Jamie Hartell English Title: Jhilmili’s Story Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Original Title: Jhilmili ki Kahani Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Language: English & Hindi 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Duration: 22 min P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Format: VHS E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Subject Focus: Empowerment of women
Synopsis: It is an account of the transformation of Jhilmili English Title: Kandal Pokkudan village in West Bengal through empowerment of its women. The film depicts how women, democratically organized and given the power of decision-making access Original Title: Kandal Pokkudan to resources, can become catalytic agents for Language: English development. Subject Focus: Kandal Pokkudan, the ecological activist Production Company: Cine Arts India Commissioning Agency: Council for Advancement of Synopsis: This is a biographical film about Kandal People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) Pokkudan, an ecological activist.
Contact Details: Director: Sanju Surendran Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) Contact Details: Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road Centre for Civil Society New Delhi 110 003 India K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 F: 011-24648607, 24625822 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org E: [email protected] W: www.capart.nic.in
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English Title: Khamoshi ke Swar English Title: Kora Rajee
Subject Focus: The handicapped and their welfare Duration: 51 min
Synopsis: There are nearly one crore handicapped people Director: Biju Toppo in India, a large number of whom are deaf and dumb. Production Company: AKHRA ‘Silence’ is an organization in Kolkata, which is training these people in self-promoted income generation activities Contact Details: like making greeting cards, wax lamps, screen prints and AKHRA paintings. The film touches on sensitive issues like how Sastri Nagar, Kanke Road, Ranchi 834 008, Jharkhand attitudes towards the deaf and dumb affect their families P: 0651-2231693 and marriage. E: [email protected]
Production Company: CNN/Turner Broadcasting System English Title: Ladhakh – A Fragile Heritage Contact Details: Development Alternatives Original Title: c – A Fragile Heritage 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Language: English W: www.devalt.org Duration: 21 min Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Wetland conservation in Tibet English Title: Kipdow Synopsis: This is a documentation of a conservation Language: English initiative by the World Wide for Nature-India in the Ladakh Duration: 19 min region: the focus of these initiatives is on the high altitude Format: VHS wetlands of the Tibetan steppe region. The film explores the natural heritage of the region, and describes the Subject Focus: Watershed development and the various conservation strategies that are being activities of MYRADA implemented in cooperation with various stakeholders like the army, the nomadic Changpas, the local administration, Synopsis: The film is an account of the work done by schools, tour operators etc. The film also highlights the MYRADA, a voluntary organization, in the field of relationship that the local community shares with the watershed development, leading to all-round progress of environment. an impoverished area. Director: Himanshu Malhotra Production Company: Council for Advancement of Producer: Himanshu Malhotra People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Production Company: Multi Media Commissioning Agency: World Wide Fund for Nature Contact Details: (WWF)-India Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) Contact Details: Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road Freshwater & Wetlands Conservation Programme New Delhi 110 003 India World Wide Fund for Nature-India P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 172-B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110003 F: 011-24648607, 24625822 P: 011-4150 4815; F: 011-4150 4795 E: [email protected] W: www.wwfindia.org W: www.capart.nic.in
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English Title: Ladhakh — Desert in the Skies English Title: Life II: Patently Obvious
Original Title: Life II: Patently Obvious Subject Focus: Life in the Chang Thang plateau Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Synopsis: The film is a documentation of the harsh life of Duration: 27 min nomads and the rare wildlife of their lands — the Tibetan Format: VHS/VCD & DVD black-necked cranes, Ladakhi wild dogs and wolves, etc. Subject Focus: Benefits of intellectual property protection Production Company: Bedi Ji Productions Pvt. Ltd. Synopsis: Protection of intellectual property is the Contact Details: lifeblood of the new knowledge economy. But while the Bedi Films, E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 benefits to the multinational pharmaceutical or P: 011- 25439939, 25441864, 51444332, F: 011-25430850 telecommunication giants are plain, what relevance do E: [email protected]; [email protected] W: www.bedibrothers.com World Trade Organization patent regulations have for developing countries? Patently Obvious explores the benefits of intellectual property protection in the Indian state of Gujarat. Karimbhai practises herbal medicine from English Title: Lakshmi and Vishwakarma his home. Ten years ago, he lived in a tiny hut, charged nothing for treating patients, and — as his sons had no Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 interest in learning his skills — his knowledge looked likely Language: Oriya to die with him. By contrast, Karimbhai today makes a Duration: 2 min 21 sec good living — with people travelling for miles for treatment and advice. He even has a patent application out for one Synopsis: The film explores a folktale about the goddess of his medicines. His change of fortune came about after of wealth and artisans struggling for survival. he joined the Honeybee Network, which protects and strengthens rural innovators and traditional knowledge Director: Vasudha Joshi keepers by documenting their work and protecting its Production Company: Vasudha Joshi patents.
Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Vasudha Joshi Top Floor, 189 Sarat Bose Road, Kolkata 700029 West Bengal Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 English Title: Life & Livelihood E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Language: English Duration: 14 min
Director: Snehasis Das
Contact Details: Snehasis Das 1478, Lodhi Road Complex, New Delhi 110 003 M: 9811156383 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Life II: Pavements of Gold English Title: Life on Four Wheels
Original Title: Life II: Pavements of Gold Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English, Hindi Language: English Duration: 37 min 32 sec Duration: 30 min Format: DV Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Mumbai’s taxi drivers Subject Focus: Migration and urban poverty Synopsis: Life on Four Wheels is a first hand account of Synopsis: Urban poverty is one of the biggest challenges the lives of Mumbai’s taxi drivers. It reveals how very few facing the world today. The figures are stark: in 1950, the of these men are actually living the life they once aspired number of people living in urban areas amounted to 300 to. Through a series of interviews, the documentary delves million. At the start of the new century, that figure had deeper not just into their existence but also gives the multiplied almost 10-fold, to 2.85 billion. And the flow of viewer a sense of Mumbai as seen through the eyes of rural migrants arriving in the world’s megacities shows no these people. signs of slowing down. With the backdrop of the growing urban slums surrounding Lima, capital of Peru, this programme examines the enduring magnetism of big cities Director: Anshuman Jha — and asks whether the migrants who’ve moved here Production Company: August 6th Productions now feel that city life is the answer to their dreams. Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 Contact Details: W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: Manhole Workers Union
Original Title: Manhole Workers Union Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 English Title: Life IV: Helping Ourselves Language: Gujarati-Hindi-English Duration: 20 min Original Title: Life IV: Helping Ourselves Format: VCD Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: English Synopsis: They are called manhole workers; they work Duration: 24 min below the manhole, invisible. With the haphazard ways Format: VHS/VCD & DVD our gutter system has built, Ahmedabad may have to be evacuated if the manhole stopped work! Yet they get a Subject Focus: Empowerment initiatives in India very raw deal. Most of them belong to the so – called ‘outcastes’. Indian constitution not with standing, they are Synopsis: This programme explores changes in two still very much ill-treated and discriminated against. Their Indian states that have succeeded in giving previously working conditions are terrible. Sometime they have to powerless people some control over their lives. In drive into the filthy gutters, with no protective gear. They Karnataka, the IT revolution has allowed farmers to access are exposed to all kinds of diseases; the threat of death the land deeds so vital to obtaining the credit with which from poisonous gas is ever present. they can sow next year’s harvest. In Andhra Pradesh, women’s self-help groups have enabled rural women to KSSM (Kamdar Swasthya Surakhsa Mandal) the union - change aspects of their lives they were unhappy with, and has enhanced their self – respect and self – confidence. given them a voice in local government. They have a long way to go, but the journey has begun. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Director: Rappai Poothokaren Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Centre for Civil Society P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi E: [email protected] P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.cseindia.org W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org
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English Title: Of Hawks and Hawkers English Title: Sea City
Original Title: Of Hawks and Hawkers Original Title: Sea City Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: English Language: English Duration: 3 min Duration: 30 min Format: DVD Format: DVD
Synopsis: For over two decades, the pavements of Subject Focus: Coastal ecology Calcutta were the lifeline for hawkers. Most of them oper- ated through structures, though technically temporary, de Synopsis: The film takes a look at the life of the Kolis, the facto permanent. Then towards the end of 1996 came original inhabitants of the islands that constitute Mumbai, and ‘Operation Sunshine’. All structures were bulldozed to their relationship with the city that has grown around them. clean up the city. And there was more sunshine… Sun- shine for whom? Director: Lalitha Krishna Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Post Operation Sunshine the hawkers used to come and Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting go but were always on their toes. There were only two Trust (PSBT) colours dominating the locale, brown and grey. In the year Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting 2005 the hawkers appear to have come up with new colour Trust (PSBT) and dimension which goes to show that “Sunshine or no Sunshine, survive we must” Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Director: Shankar S. A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 Contact Details: E: [email protected], [email protected] Centre for Civil Society W: www.psbt.org K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org English Title: Streetwise — A View from the People English Title: Pretty Dyana Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Original Title: Pretty Dyana Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Duration: 24 min Language: Serbia Format: Betacam SP, DVD Duration: 45 min Format: DV Subject Focus: Urban poor and their initiatives to better their lives Synopsis: An intimate look at gypsy refugees in a Belgrade suburb who make a living by transforming Citroen’s classic Synopsis: Today, more than half the world’s population 2cv and Dyana cars into Mad-Max-like recycling vehicles, lives in towns and cities — and billion urban residents are which they use to collect cardboard, bottles and scrap metal. poor. The film takes to the streets and goes ‘down and These modern horses are much more efficient than the out’ in some of the world’s most deprived city districts — cart- pushing competition, but even more important – they to find that the urban poor are very far from seeing also mean freedom, hope and style for their crafty owners. themselves as ‘down’ or ‘out’. Across the world, it’s clear Even the car batteries are used as power generators in that poor people are far from helpless. Where order to get some light, watch TV and recharge mobiles! government’s are lacking, grassroots cooperatives are Almost an alchemist’s dream come true! But the police finding solutions. doesn’t always find these strange vehicles funny… Production Company: TVE Director: Boris Mitic Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives Centre for Civil Society 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 E: [email protected] W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: The Desert’s Edge English Title: The Prior Nation
Language: English Original Title: The Prior Nation Duration: 60 min Language: English Format: VHS Duration: 29 min 13 sec Format: DVD Subject Focus: Desertification and its impact on nomads Subject Focus: Indigenous peoples Synopsis: In western Sudan, Egypt and Libya, the desert is turning drier and lifestyles are changing because of Synopsis: This film deals with key issues concerning ongoing ‘development’. The film records the problems indigenous people, whose existence is being threatened faced by nomads due to the disappearance of whatever by the dominant cultures. There are over 200 million little natural green that is available in the desert. indigenous people all over the world. Tourism, consumerism, big dams and evangelism have been used Production Company: Centre for Science and against them in an effort to civilize them. They have been Environment (CSE) displaced from their land, robbed of their forests and exploited for money. But now the indigenous cultures are Contact Details: fighting back. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Producers: Bruno Sorrentino/Robert Lamb & Zira Rizvi P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Production Company: TVE & Jorden Radio and TV Corp. E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 English Title: The Fire Within P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Original Title: Buru Sengal Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2002 Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Duration: 57 min English Title: The Village Republic Format: Digital Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Subject Focus: Impact of the exploitation of natural Language: English resources on the Oraon tribe Duration: 50 min Format: VHS Synopsis: The Fire Within draws a portrait of the transformation of the land of the ‘Tana Bhagats’, a sect of Subject Focus: Community initiatives to manage envi- the Oraon tribe, who were believers of non-violence and ronment Gandhian philosophy, into a land which is enduring the violent Naxalite movement today. The film also talks about Synopsis: This film is about a few villages of India where the corruption, mafia, energy politics, displacement and villagers have dared to take control of their own issues of tribal identity in an area where coal mining has environment. Through selected examples, the film been going on for more than 100 years. demonstrates how to face the challenge of meeting high productivity needs sustainably. Producer: Shriprakash Commissioning Agency: Ramnika Foundation Production Company: Centre for Science and Environ- ment (CSE) Contact Details: Shriprakash Contact Details: C/o Ramnika Foundation, A-221, Defence Colony Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) New Delhi 110 024 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 and P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 KRITIKA, 30, Randhir Pd. Street, Upper Bazaar E: [email protected] Ranchi 834001, Jharkhand W: www.cseindia.org P: 0651-2317461; M: 9835327661, 9811565551 E: [email protected]; W: www.misatoya.net
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English Title: Treacling Down English Title: Virus in the Antidote
Original Title: Treacling Down Original Title: Virus in the Antidote Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: Sinhalese Language: Virus in the Antidote Duration: 14 min Duration: 42 min Format: DV Format Synopsis: The remote village “Meemure” surrounded by a range of mountains is a place famous for the production of Synopsis: The Dokras are one of the tradionally nomadic jaggery. This village is rural setting still retains old cultural habits tribes who have been engaged in the craft of metal casting mainly because of the poor facilities there. Meemure in certain for centuries. The dokra smiths have now settled down in respects is self sufficient, but its excess production is sold different parts of West Bengal, such as Dariapur, in the after, a tiresome journey from the village. Highly district of Burdwan. This extremely poor craft community commercialized town bags their cherished products for a mere of West Bengal are also most interesting and highly pittance and sold in luxury supermarkets at exorbitant prices. creative. In the recent years, because of the pressures of all embracing industrialization and changing social values, This production attempts to generate a total feeling on they have been forced, by the loss their art is facing. the Meemure villager using only a combination of the Greedy dealers in handicrafts take advantage of this rhythm of the nature and the economic shape and the predicament. cultural angle and expression interwoven with nature. The film shows the villagers tapping the “Kithul tree” to make jaggery and the bees, wasps and butterflies collecting Director: Sukriti Saha Kolkata/ National Institute of nectar from flowers. The bee does a lot of works, an Design, Ahmedabad outsider reaps the benefit. The bee gets no honey. The bee and the Kithul taper suffer the same late. Contact Details: National Institute of Design (NID) Director: Upali Gamlath, Sri Lanka Paldi, Ahmedabad 380007, Gujarat P: 079-2662 3692; F: 079-2662 1167 E: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], Contact Details: [email protected] Centre for Civil Society W: www.nid.edu K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org
English Title: Violence of the Blue Revolution
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Language: English Duration: Approx 30 min
Subject Focus: Shrimp farming and coastal ecology
Synopsis: This film documents the destruction caused to the ecology, environment and livelihoods of Third World fishermen and farmers by export-oriented aquaculture farms — the impact of intensive shrimp farming on fragile coastal ecology, people’s health and livelihoods. The film also examines the peoples’ protests aimed at protecting India’s coasts as well as the livelihoods of millions of fisherfolk and farmers who depend on the rich coastal ecosystems.
Director: Navdanya
Contact Details: Dr. Vandana Shiva Research Foundation for Science, Technology & Ecology (RFSTE) and Navdanya, A-60, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011- 26968077, 26853772; F: 26856795 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Aahvan English Title: Anak Hilang (The Lost Child)
Original Title: Aahvan Language: English, Indonesian Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1996 Duration: 75 min Language: Hindi Format: DVD Duration: 133 min Format: 35 mm Subject Focus: Urban poverty and livelihood
Subject Focus: Anna Hazare and his work on watershed Synopsis: Basri is 12 years old and lives with his family and waste conservation management in a kampong — a shanty town — built on stilts over an estuary in Jakarta, Indonesia. Blocked off by urban Synopsis: The film documents the life and works of Anna development, the estuary has become choked with Hazare, the well-known political-social activist of sewage, plastic refuse and other debris. Depressed by Maharashtra. It demonstrates how he, against all odds, his mother’s death at the hands of a hit-and-run driver transformed the village of Ralegaon into an oasis. and frustrated by life in the kampong, Basri leaves his father and runs away from home. He dreams of becoming Producer: Films Division a musician and joins a group of street magicians, hoping that his new skills will provide a means of changing his Contact Details: fate. But, he discovers, hope for the future lies in family Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, solidarity and facing the truth. Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 Director: Slamet Rahardjo Djarot P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 Producer: Slamet Rahardjo Djarot F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] Production Company: John Hopkins University W: www.filmsdivision.org Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 English Title: Abattoir Waste in Hapur P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Language: English Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Abattoir waste and an initiative to English Title: Bio-medical Waste — Problems and recycle it Solutions
Synopsis: The operation of slaughter houses generates Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2001 an enormous amount of waste, which ends up Duration: 11 min 2 sec contaminating the soil and groundwater. This was the Format: Betacam situation in Hapur, a bustling town in Uttar Pradesh, till local residents decided to do something about it. They Subject Focus: Bio-medical waste joined hands with the divisional forest department in an initiative to recycle the organic waste into manure. Synopsis: The programme intends to create awareness about the proper management and disposal of bio-medical Producer: Development Alternatives waste. In the process, it answers questions like what Production Company: Doordarshan constitutes bio-medical waste and how the various components are separated. Contact Details: Development Alternatives Production Company: EHYD 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.devalt.org Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Bio-waste Management – A Silent English Title: City Sewage Treatment Revolution Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Original Title: Jaiva Malin Ya Samskaranam – Oru Duration: 12 min Misabda Viplavam Format: U-Matic Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Language: Malayalam (with English subtitles) Subject Focus: Urban sewage treatment Duration: 25 min Format: Betacam SP Synopsis: This programme attempts to explain the process of managing city sewage and its treatment. Subject Focus: Involvement of local bodies in bio-waste management Production Company: EPUN
Synopsis: A silent revolution is sweeping through Kerala Contact Details: in the field of bio-waste management. Local bodies are Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) coming forward to manage waste through decentralized NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 methods. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Director: Sree Krishnan K. P. Producer: Co-operative Hospital Kakanadu English Title: Clean Up Kodagu Contact Details: Sree Krishnan K. P. Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 SNRA-102-A, Soorya Nagar, Kachami P. O. Trivandrum Language: English Kerala P: 0471-5574195; M: 09847984732 Duration: 13 min
Subject Focus: Clean-up campaign undertaken by school children in Kodagu English Title: Ceeing Green: Ceeing Clean Synopsis: The film depicts the efforts of school children Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 of Kodagu in Karnataka to clean up their district — by Language: English managing the waste generated in the district. Duration: 27 min Director: Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Subject Focus: Environmental awareness and management of solid waste in Bangalore Contact Details: CEE Delhi Synopsis: The film documents a successful Centre for Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Environment Education (CEE) pilot project: using effective D-35, South Extension – II, New Delhi 110 049 low-cost scientific technology to handle and dispose P: 011-26262878, F: 011-26497050 E: [email protected] garbage in a city. In Bangalore, garbage is segregated W: ceeindia.org into biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes. The biodegradable waste is put into pits and converted into manure using very simple low-cost techniques. The manure is sold to residents for use in their gardens. The non-biodegradable waste is sold to recyclers. In addition to other benefits, the project has created jobs for unemployed young people.
Director: Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
Contact Details: CEE Delhi Centre for Environment Education (CEE) D-35, South Extension – II, New Delhi 110 049 P: 011-26262878, F: 011-26497050 E: [email protected] W: ceeindia.org
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English Title: Cute Bunny English Title: Don’t be Dirty Fellow
Original Title: Cute Bunny Original Title: Don’t be Dirty Fellow Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Language: No spoken language Language: English Duration: 2 min 34 sec Duration: 1 min 50 sec Format: Digital beta Format: DV
Subject Focus: Basic civic sense and cleanliness Subject Focus: Civic sense and cleanliness
Synopsis: The film is about basic civic sense and Synopsis: This film demonstrates how the most responsibility towards your environment. Its protagonist, insignificant things can make a city dirty and dangerous. Cute Bunny, eats a banana and throws the peel on the A person throws a banana peel on the road instead of the road even though he sees a litter bin. But he himself steps dustbin, and people slip because of it. In the end, a small on the peel and falls down, and realizes his mistake. child picks the peel up and throws it in the dustbin, highlighting the film’s message: keeping the city clean is Awards Received by the Film: ‘Jury Special Mention the duty of every citizen. Award’, CMS VATAVARAN 2005 Director: Ashish Jadhav Director: Dhimant Vyas Producer: P. Jayakumar Contact Details: Production Company: Toonz Animation India Pvt. Ltd Ashish Jadhav and Nitesh Jain 12, Vishwarup Darshan Co-Housing Society Kalyan 421 306 Maharashtra Contact Details: P: 05251-2333855, M: 09819054595 P. Jayakumar E: [email protected] Toonz Animation India Pvt. Ltd., 731-739, Nila Technopark Campus, Trivandrum 695 081, Kerala P: 0471-2700928/29; M: 098461 37017 F: 0471-2700954 E: [email protected] W: www.toonzanimationindia.com English Title: Eco Friendly-1 (Malabar Christian College Initiative)
Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2004 English Title: Dirty Business: Basant Lok Jagriti Duration: 12 min 15 sec Committee Format: Betacam
Language: English Subject Focus: Plastics — an initiative to free the Duration: 30 min environment of them
Subject Focus: A local initiative towards a clean Synopsis: Plastic waste has become one of the ugly environment facets of modern urban life. Though polybags have been banned in several places across India, they continue to Synopsis: Located in south-west Delhi, the Basant Lok be used. The students of Malabar Christian College in business complex used to be a dirty and disgusting place. Calicut have come forward with eco-friendly paper bags The picture is somewhat different today with the formation as an alternative to plastic bags. The college authorities of Basant Lok Jagriti Committee, which aims to improve have supported this initiative by declaring the campus a the immediate environment of the complex with plastic-free zone. participation from all the offices in the vicinity. Production Company: ACLT Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Development Alternatives P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Eco Friendly-2 (KVIC Initiative) English Title: Ecosystem in India-2 (Ecomechanics-B) Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2004 Duration: 14 min 55 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: May 1986 Format: Betacam Duration: 12 min 48 sec Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Using fibre-based products in place of plastics Synopsis: Plastic waste has become one of the ugly facets modern urban life. Every where it has become more Synopsis: Many plastic products which are non- than an eye sore, a pollutant degrading the environment. biodegradable, cannot be recycled; the only solution lies Though poly bags have been banned all over India it in propagation of eco-friendly alternatives. Some such continues to be used. The only solution is the propagation alternatives which have been a part of traditional crafts in of eco friendly alternatives. The students of the Malabar villages have been revived to replace plastic products. Th Christian College in Calicut has come forward with eco film highlights the revival of eco-friendly products in Kerala friendly paper bags as an alternative to plastic carry bags. due to the efforts of the fibre design-cum-development The college authorities support the activities of the Eco centre of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission friendly club by declaring the campus as plastic free zone. (KVIC), Trivandrum. The centre has developed new This program portrays the eco friendly initiatives of the products and designs from fibres drawn from banana and Malabar Christian college students. agave plants. Production Company: EPUN Production Company: ACLT Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Efficient Garbage Disposal English Title: Eco-city Vrindavan Language: English Original Title: Eco-city Vrindavan Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Language: English (with English subtitles) Subject Focus: Waste disposal Duration: 21 min 30 sec Format: DV-CAM Synopsis: How can urban waste separation be made more systematic? Do we, who are mainly responsible for Subject Focus: Pollution at religious places (Vrindavan) generating this inorganic waste, have a role to play? The film offers a few suggestions. Synopsis: Vrindavan, associated with Krishna, has visitors from all over the world. It is a very small town, but garbage Producer: Development Alternatives has become a constant feature in many of its sacred Production Company: Doordarshan spaces. Tonnes of solid waste are generated in Vrindavan every day by a population of 40,000 residents and about Contact Details: 1,50,000 pilgrims. The Vrindavan experience is also the Development Alternatives story of most holy cities and pilgrim places in India. 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Director: Satyen Wanchoo W: www.devalt.org Producer: Satyen Wanchoo Production Company: Avifauna Films
Contact Details: Satyen Wanchoo E-122, G K – II, II Floor, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011-51639318; M: 9811178881 E: [email protected] W: www.avifaunafilms.com
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English Title: Environmental Sciences-10 (Solid English Title: Fly-ash Bricks as Building Material Waste Management) Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2003 Duration: 30 min Duration: 18 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Recycling waste — using fly-ash
Subject Focus: Solid waste management Synopsis: Chimneys of thermal power plants emit an environmental hazard called fly-ash. But this waste can Synopsis: Environmental Sciences is a series that covers be used in making building bricks. the syllabus on the subject for degree courses. The aim of the series is to provide an audio-visual experience to Producer: Development Alternatives students. Part 10 of the series focuses on the techniques Production Company: Doordarshan of solid waste management practised by various municipalities. Today, items that we no longer need or Contact Details: cannot reuse are generally thrown away and turned into Development Alternatives waste materials. With rising urbanization and changes in 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 lifestyles and food habits, the amount of solid waste P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 generated has been increasing rapidly. It has become very E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org necessary that we master the techniques of handling this waste.
Production Company: ECAL English Title: Flying Menace
Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2002 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Duration: 16 min 27 sec NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Format: Betacam P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Subject Focus: Fly-ash generation and reuse
Synopsis: Power is a major ingredient in economic English Title: Exnora: Setting an Example development. In India, it is the thermal power stations that supply most of the power. In the process, they generate a Language: English by-product called fly-ash — which becomes a problem Duration: 30 min not only for the thermal power stations, but also for the people living around. Subject Focus: Local initiative in urban waste and pollution management Production Company: ECAL
Synopsis: The cleaning up of the filth and pollution in our Contact Details: surroundings is often regarded as the job of the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) government. Exnora, a civic body in Chennai, has involved NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 local people in an effort to keep their cities clean. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Gandki English Title: Golden Garbage of Calcutta
Date/month/year of Production: 1995 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Language: Gujarati Language: English Duration: 7 min Duration: 25 min Format: PAL, U-Matic, Colour Format: U-Matic Highband
Subject Focus: Municipal waste management Subject Focus: Solid waste management in Kolkata
Synopsis: Leelaben, a vegetable vendor and producer Synopsis: This film deals with the tug-of-war between of Video SEWA, decides to intervene and clean up the garbage generators and garbage disposers and highlights growing garbage dump in her locality in Ahmedabad. Her the methods the corporation uses for the disposal of only way of articulating her concern is through her video. garbage in the eastern fringe of Kolkata. With its help, she succeeds in forcing the authorities to take note and improve the situation. Producer: Mr. Gul Bahar Singh
Contact Details: Contact Details: The Secretary Vedio Sewa Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Krushna Bhavan, Opp Sakar-II, Ellisbridge Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat New Delhi - 110 003 P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.sewa.org W: www.envfor.nic.in
English Title: Garbage English Title: Green Mounds: Fly-ash Disposal
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Language: English Language: English, Hindi and Gujarati Duration: 30 min Duration: 12 min 30 sec Subject Focus: Disposal and reuse of fly-ash Subject Focus: Urban waste management Synopsis: Fly-ash is a pollutant containing toxic elements, Synopsis: The film was developed as part of Rochak, a but new methods are being developed for recycling it into project that involved college students in waste mainstream products. The public sector National Thermal management in Ahmedabad. Power Corporation’s power project at Ghaziabad is currently experimenting with a completely different and Director: Sanjay Joshi innovative ash disposal system. Producer: Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Producer: Development Alternatives Contact Details: Production Company: Doordarshan Video Resource Centre Secretariat Centre for Environment Education, Southern Regional Cell Contact Details: 143, Kamala Mansion, Infantry Road, Bangalore 560 001 Development Alternatives Karnataka 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 080-22869094/9907; F: 080-22868209 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.ceeindia.org, www.kidsrgreen.org, www.ceevrc.org W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Gujari Bazaar English Title: Hands On 3 — Lifting the Lid
Original Title: Gujari Bazaar Original Title: Hands On 3 — Lifting the Lid Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Language: Gujarati and Hindi (with English subtitles) Language: English Duration: 17 min Duration: 24 min Format: DV/VCD/DVD Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Waste recycling Subject Focus: Sewage control and management
Synopsis: Since 1411, every Sunday, on the banks of Synopsis: Ask anyone who is fortunate enough to live in the Sabarmati River, Ahmedabad hosts a unique market. a household with a flush toilet, what happens to their Many of the sellers here are artisan-entrepreneurs who sewage — and the answer would most likely be: “I don’t recycle waste into very useful things. Everything needed know and don’t want to”. But with six billion people in the to furnish a poor man’s house can be found there. Gujari world each producing 550 litres of excreta a year, the Bazaar discards the very concept of waste; people here world’s waste is going to waste. This Hands On find some creative use for what others may consider programme lifts the lid on the world’s toilets: we go down waste. This market plays a prophetic role in a world rushing the drain in Karachi, get a worm’s eye view in Ireland and headlong into unbridled consumerism. sit with the Swedes in Stockholm.
Director: Rappai Poothokaren S. J. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Producer: Rappai Poothokaren S. J. Production Company: Gurjarvani, Ahmedabad Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Rappai Poothokaren S. J. P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Gurjarvani, St. Xavier’s College Campus, Ahmedabad 380 009 E: [email protected] P: 079-26300127, 26303114 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected]
English Title: Hands-on 8 — Waste Watchers English Title: Gumar Katha Original Title: Hands-on 8 — Waste Watchers Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Language: Oriya Language: English Duration: 45 min Duration: 24 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Open air defecation and how to stop it Subject Focus: Waste recycling and management Synopsis: Open air defecation is common in many places in India. The practice is the root cause of the prevalence Synopsis: Recycling may be the answer to dealing with of many water-borne diseases. The film examines the garbage — a survey shows that it is five times more reasons and puts forth some solutions. energy-efficient than burning plastic. This ‘Hands-on’ looks at recycling incentives for both companies and consumers: Director: Rural Welfare Institute (RWI) Norwegian vending machines are programmed to refund the committed recycler and Venetians are turning canal- Contact Details: clogging weeds and sky-choking smog into paper. Rural Welfare Institute (RWI) At. Hansapaa Ro. Chanarapada, Via. Nimapara Dist Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Puri 752 106, Orissa P: 06758-252604 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Hands-on: City Scope English Title: Hands-on: Waste Watchers
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Language: English Language: English Duration: 26 min Duration: 24 min Format: Betacam SP, DVD Format: Betacam SP, DVD
Subject Focus: Waste management — local initiatives Synopsis: Burning rubbish in the backyard can be as polluting as using a municipal waste incinerator, and, as Synopsis: In slums and shantytowns, local services for landfill sites become harder to find, the hunt is on to sewage, housing and waste barely exist. The film features discover alternative ways of dealing with rubbish. five stories from around the world where citizens groups Recycling may be the answer — a recent survey showed and neighborhood committees are finding ways of working that it is five times more energy efficient than burning with cash-strapped local councils. plastic. The movie looks at recycling incentives for both companies and consumers: Norwegian vending machines Production Company: TVE are programmed to refund the committed recycler and Venetians are turning canal-clogging weeds and sky- Contact Details: choking smog into paper. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Production Company: Earth Report VI /TVE P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.devalt.org Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] English Title: Hands-on: Waste to Wages W: www.devalt.org
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Duration: 26 min English Title: Hatya Format: Betacam SP, DVD Original Title: Hatya Subject Focus: Reaping profits by recycling waste Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2002 Language: Hindi Synopsis: Take two sisters, a heap of bicycle tyres, and Format: 16 mm a passion for ‘way out’ fashion – and you have the ‘tubular belles’, the latest in rubberware from the Netherlands! Subject Focus: Animal welfare, against the backdrop of Rubber isn’t the only waste from the throwaway society communal harmony which can be turned into wages. Two Thai scientists have come up with biodegradable food containers made from Synopsis: The film moves through a story: a cow has cassava. The movie reports on how a new breed of died, and Hindus and Muslims are blaming each other for entrepreneurs is seeing riches in rubbish. her death. Finally, a post-mortem is done and the killer is discovered — polythene bags. The film goes on to Production Company: Earth Report VI/TVE advocate the messages of humanity and communal harmony, besides saying ‘no’ to plastic bags. Contact Details: Development Alternatives Producer: AVVM Films, Mr. Vikas Bali 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Contact Details: E: [email protected] AVVM Films W: www.devalt.org Producer, 31, Juhu Supreme Shopping Centre, Gulmohar Cross Road No. 9, Vile Parle (West), Mumbai 400 049 Maharashtra P: 022-26705863/64; F: 26205487 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Integrated Waste Management English Title: Japan’s Lessons on Economy and Environment — Our Pollution Experience’ Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2001 Duration: 13 min 7 sec Original Title: Shoonya Utsarjan ki Chunauti — Japani Format: Betacam Udyog Dwara ek Pahal Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Subject Focus: Integrated waste management Language: Hindi Duration: 29 min Synopsis: Conventional methods of waste management Format: VHS/VCD & DVD in our country are inadequate to handle the problem of waste generated in our environment. The film advocates Subject Focus: Japanese industry and its eco-friendly an alternative solution: through low-cost sanitation initiatives technologies, the basis of integrated waste management. Synopsis: Farsightedness, will power and a firm commitment Production Company: EPUN towards preserving the environment has prompted Japanese industry to take up the zero emissions challenge. Premier Contact Details: Japanese companies like Ebara Corporation, Tokyo Electric, Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Kirin Brewary, Koa Corporation etc have taken innovative NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 steps to reduce waste, reuse and recycle material. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Director: Hitori Kamanaka Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
English Title: It is not Garbage Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1999 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Duration: 18 min 26 sec E: [email protected] Format: Betacam W: www.cseindia.org
Subject Focus: Solid waste management English Title: Jeevan Chalne ka Naam Synopsis: Solid waste management is a major challenge in most cities. The film documents the efforts of some Original Title: Jeevan Chalne ka Naam professionals who have taken up the challenge. They have Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 designed and developed a process for turning Language: Hindi biodegradable mixed solid waste into manure. Duration: 7 min Format: Betacam SP Production Company: EPUN Subject Focus: Household waste management — a Contact Details: success story Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Synopsis: This film documents the real life success story P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org of a young household maid, Shuchita, who manages to reduce the overall household garbage production in the place she works to just 20% of what it used to be. She converts the wet garbage into organic manure, and disposes of other wastes including plastics by giving them to garbage pickers for recycling.
Director: Kanu Priya Producer: Ankit Jain Production Company: Gul Guncha Arts
Contact Details: Kanu Priya/ Ankit Jain 309, Shikha Apartments, 48, Patparganj, New Delhi 110 092 P: 011-55256990; M: 9810009406, 9212096333 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Kaagda Peeth — ‘The Crow’s Back’ English Title: Kachra: Jeevika Banam Vyavasaya (Hindi version of Earth Report VIII: Pulp Aid) Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: Gujarati-English Original Title: Earth Report VIII: Pulp Aid Duration: 27 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Format: Mini DV Language: Hindi Duration: 26 min Subject Focus: Waste disposal and management Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Synopsis: The movie is aimed at generating awareness Subject Focus: Waste recycling industry and trade in about how garbage travels through a city and where it recycled products finally reaches. Woven in are stories of sweepers, municipal workers and the indispensable rag-pickers. The Synopsis: Europeans generate an average of 300 kg of movie ends with a discussion on ways and means of waste per person per year. Across Europe, 45 million changing the prevailing conditions. tonnes of waste paper is recycled each year. Most of it goes back into Europe’s paper mills. But around 7% is Director: Ipsit Patel exported to the developing world. Are these exports Production Company: Ipsit Patel harming local enterprise in poorer countries? Or is it a sensible way to recycle and stimulate new business on a Contact Details: global scale? Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 English Title: Kaash P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: Hindi Duration: 18 min English Title: Khilte Hain Gul Yahan
Subject Focus: Life of a sanitary worker Original Title: Khilte Hain Gul Yahan Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2004 Synopsis: This video film captures the life of a sanitary Language: Hindi worker, and attempts to sensitize the viewer about the Duration: 10 min relationship between the day-to-day practices of the Format: Betacam SP sanitary worker and his/her health. Subject Focus: Household garbage segregation — a Director: Ms. Kiron Wadhera, ACORD success story
Contact Details: Synopsis: This film documents the real life success story Asian Centre for Organization Research And Development of a young household maid, Shuchita, who manages to (ACORD), C-126, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi 110 048 reduce the overall household garbage production in the P: 011-26410616, 26238495 place she works to just 20% of what it used to be. She E: [email protected] converts the wet garbage into organic manure, and disposes of other wastes including plastics by giving them to garbage pickers for recycling.
Directors: Kanu Priya/Ankit Jain Producers: Kanu Priya/Ankit Jain Production Company: A Suraj Vision
Contact Details: Kanu Priya / Ankit Jain 309, Shikha Apartments, 48, Patparganj, New Delhi 110 092 P: 011-55256990; M: 9810009406, 9212096333 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Let’s Build Paradise English Title: Mahadaan
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Original Title: Mahadaan Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2005 Duration: 12 min Language: Nepali (with English subtitles) Duration: 56 min Subject Focus: Solid waste management in Bangalore Format: Digital beta — a citizens’ initiative Subject Focus: Environmental degradation Synopsis: In the film, CEE interns organize civic meetings to explain how the public can cooperate in segregating Synopsis: The film shows how deforestation, construction and managing waste. Residents pay a nominal fee, and work and generation of garbage can damage the citizens’ committees in each area use the money to environment. bankroll the waste management initiative. In the process, ragpickers and unemployed youth are provided Director: Chunilal Ghimirey employment. Producer: Member Secretary, State Pollution Control Board Director: Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Production Company: Siva Enterprise (P.) Ltd. (Film Production House) Contact Details: CEE Delhi Contact Details: Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Chunilal Ghimirey D-35, South Extension – II, New Delhi 110 049 Bodhi Griha, Nam Nang, Gangtok 737 101, East Sikkim P: 011-26262878, F: 011-26497050 P: 03592-204228, M: 9832054984 E: [email protected] W: ceeindia.org
English Title: Manage Karo Garbage Zara-1 English Title: Life Goes On… Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1997 Language: English Original Title: Life Goes On… Duration: 16 min 52 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Format: Betacam Language: English (with English subtitles) Duration: 5 min 27 sec Subject Focus: Waste management Format: Digital Beta Synopsis: Garbage is choking Delhi up. But there are Subject Focus: Violation of bio-medical waste disposal initiatives like Dr. Iqbal Malik’s environmentally friendly regulations garbage disposal scheme, that have made a difference. Synopsis: The film is a documentation of what goes on Production Company: MDEL in the name of disposing hazardous bio-medical waste. The narrative revolves around a ragpicker couple, who Contact Details: narrate how a local hospital dumps bio-medical waste in Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) the neighborhood. There is no municipal corporation or NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 police authority to check this violation of environmental P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 laws. The ragpickers are forced to work in this hazard; W: www.cec-ugc.org they have no other means of survival.
Director: Ms. Suparna Gangal Producer: Ms. Suparna Gangal Production Company: SMS Producations
Contact Details: Ms. Suparna Gangal 161, Madhu Manjiri Apartment, Lane # 4, Dahanukar Colony Pune 411 038, Maharashtra P: 020-2539381, M: 09822887822 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Metal Magic English Title: Modern Society Plastics and Recycling Original Title: Metal Magic Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1998 Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2004 Language: Gujarati and Hindi (with English subtitles) Duration: 15 min 51 sec Duration: 13 min Format: Betacam Format: DV/VCD, DVD Subject Focus: Recycling of plastic waste Subject Focus: Recycling of waste Synopsis: The programme explains how plastic waste Synopsis: This film is a tribute to those little-known people generated at factories and at the level of consumers can who make this earth a better place to live in: the women be recycled. It also attempts to show how recycling of and men who recycle metal waste. They are artisan- plastics helps in environmental protection and entrepreneurs who keep the free of metal-litter, and cater conservation of plastic resources. to poor people’s needs. Production Company: AOSM Director: Rappai Poothokaren, S. J. Producer: Rappai Poothokaren, S. J. Contact Details: Production Company: Gurjarvani, Ahmedabad Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Rappai Poothokaren, S. J. W: www.cec-ugc.org Gurjarvani, St. Xavier’s College Campus Ahmedabad 380 009, Gujarat P: 079-26300127, 26303114 E: [email protected] English Title: Nagara Nyrmalya
Original Title: Nagara Nyrmalya Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2002 English Title: Metamorphosis Language: Kannada Duration: 11 min Original Title: Urumattram Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2002 Language: Tamil Subject Focus: Ubran solid waste management Duration: 32 min Format: 35 mm Synopsis: Through a human drama, the film attempts to convince communities that the problem of solid waste Subject Focus: Impact of the divide between generations management is not one of ‘dump-and-forget’ by using on the environment ‘pourakarmikas’ (safai karmacharis) as “mere extensions of brooms”. The real problem is how to creatively engage Synopsis: Revolving around a grandfather, his son and individuals and communities with pourakarmikas in finding grandson, the film tells the story of the son who is in a sustainable solutions. hurry to escape to the U. S. He is convinced that he has tied up all the loose ends, like securing the future of his Producer: Environment Support Group family and taking proper care of his old father. The Commissioning Agency: Indo-Norwegian Environment grandfather is shocked by the easy translation of the Programme ancestral home into money, and completely shattered by the irresponsibility of maximizing gains in turning it over Contact Details: to a plastics factory. Environment Support Group Non-government Organisation, S-3, Rajashree Apartments Producers: Friendship Scripts Pvt. Ltd. & Adhi Bahavaan 18/57, 1st Main Road, S. R. K. Gardens, Jaynagar Talkies Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 560 041 P: 080-26531339; F: 080-26341977 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.altindia.net Friendship Scripts Pvt. Ltd. & Adhi Bahavaan Talkies Producers, F-4, Komal Apartments, 18-Jagadeeswaran Street, T. Nagar, Chennai 600 017 P: 044-24831981; F: 044-28206455 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Nirula’s and Recycling English Title: Plast-I — City
Language: English Original Title: Plast-I — City Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2003 Language: Hindi Subject Focus: Environment-friendly measures Duration: 12 min 45 sec undertaken by Nirula’s Format: Digital
Synopsis: Nirula’s, the fast food chain, is trying to do its Subject Focus: Plastic wastes bit in promoting environment-friendly measures like using recycled bags, composting etc. in its day-to-day work. Synopsis: The film raises awareness about the hazards of generating plastic waste, and calls for following the Producer: Development Alternatives strategy of the three Rs – reduction, reuse and recycle. Production Company: Doordarshan The film does not take any sides, but takes a definite stand in favour of reuse and re-cycling of plastics. It also provides Contact Details: alternative solutions to the problem. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Producer: Xavier Institute of Communications P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Commissioning Agency: The Orchird — An Ecotel Hotel E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Xavier Institute of Communications St. Xavier’s College, Mahapalika Marg, Mumbai 400 001 English Title: Organizing for a Better Livelihood: P: 022-22621366; F: 022-22658546 E: [email protected] Waste Paper Pickers in SEWA
Original Title: Organizing for a Better Livelihood: Waste Paper Pickers in SEWA English Title: Plastic Date/month/year of Production: 1992 Language: Gujarati and English Language: Hindi Duration: 21 min Duration: 60 sec Format: PAL, U-Matic, Colour Subject Focus: Plastics Subject Focus: Wastepaper-pickers of Ahmedabad Synopsis: The PSM shows the harmful effects of plastics Synopsis: There are more than 30,000 wastepaper- and alternatives to plastic use. pickers in Ahmedabad. A majority of them have taken up this occupation following the decline of the textile industry in the city. The film dwells on the paper-picker’s groups Contact Details: organised by SEWA, and the lives of the group members. The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 Contact Details: P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 Vedio Sewa E: [email protected] Krushna Bhavan, Opp. Sakar-II, Ellisbridge W: www.envfor.nic.in Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 E: [email protected] W: www.sewa.org
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English Title: Plastic Pollution English Title: Plastics — Dangerous Disposables
Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1998 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1997 Duration: 10 min 3 sec Duration: 14 min 29 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Plastics Subject Focus: Plastic
Synopsis: Plastics have become a part of our life today. Synopsis: The film focus on the hazards of plastic due to Their excessive use is creating a problem for the its mismanagement. environment. The programme documents the uses of plastics, their demerits and solutions. Production Company: MDEL
Production Company: AIND Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Pulp Aid
English Title: Plastic Truth Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Duration: 26 min Language: English Format: Betacam SP, DVD Duration: 21 min 40 sec Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS Subject Focus: The politics of wastepaper recycling
Subject Focus: The uses of plastics Synopsis: Wastepaper from Europe comes to India for recycling. But this has generated a flurry of charges in Producer: M/s Independent Television Co. Pvt. Ltd. India — mainly to the effect that this waste dumping is Production Company: M/s Independent Television Co. disrupting local recycling efforts. Pvt. Ltd. Production Company: Earth Report VIII/TVE Contact Details: The Secretary Contact Details: Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Development Alternatives Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.envfor.nic.in
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English Title: Recycled Paper: The TARA Initiative English Title: Recycling the Waste
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2004 Duration: 30 min Duration: 16 min 2 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: An initiative to produce hand-made paper Subject Focus: Recycling urban solid waste Synopsis: The initiative of Development Alternatives in setting up hand-made paper units has been a success. It Synopsis: Hundreds of tonnes of solid waste and garbage not only produces paper from rags and used paper, but is generated daily in our urban areas. This solid waste also offers employment to unskilled women. can be treated and reused — and the film offers some suggestions. Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 E: [email protected] W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Sewage Recycling in Karnal English Title: Recycling Myths – Plastic Petrol Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Recycling sewage water Subject Focus: Recycling plastics Synopsis: In Karnal, Haryana, the experiment of recycling Synopsis: The whole problem of plastic use arises from sewage water and using it for plantations has been a the fact that it is not biodegradable and therefore, not easy success. This success story can be replicated in other to dispose off. Recycling has been a preferred solution. Indian towns and cities. Recycling is advantageous because it saves on energy and resource use. Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Contact Details: Development Alternatives Contact Details: 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Development Alternatives P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 E: [email protected] P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 W: www.devalt.org E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Sharam Nahi Ati-I English Title: Solid Waste Treatment
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Language: Hindi Duration: 17 min 26 sec Duration: 30 sec each Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Spitting Subject Focus: Mining waste
Synopsis: The film is an effort to discourage the nasty Synopsis: Every industrial act, apart from producing the habit of spitting on roads. desired product, also produces unwanted residues. Mining is one such industry. With every mineral produced, a huge Director: Ms. Kiron Wadhera, ACORD amount of earth is dug out which creates an equally large amount of solid waste. This programme discusses how to Contact Details: stop mining waste from polluting the environment. Asian Centre for Organization Research and Development (ACORD) Production Company: EPUN C-126, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011-26410616, 26238495 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 English Title: Sharam Nahi Ati-II W: www.cec-ugc.org
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: Hindi English Title: Tale of Trash Duration: 30 sec Original Title: Tale of Trash Subject Focus: Littering Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Language: English Synopsis: In the film, a child ridicules a man for littering, Duration: 30 min and thus sends out a message against the practice. Format: Betacam
Director: Ms. Kiron Wadhera Subject Focus: Solid waste management
Contact Details: Synopsis: This is a documentary made for the Central Asian Centre for Organization Research and Pollution Control Board on solid waste management. Development (ACORD) C-126, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi 110 048 Director: Krishnendu Bose P: 011-26410616, 26238495 E: [email protected] Producer: Krishnendu Bose Production Company: Earthcare Films Commissioning Agency: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-24625896, 24654221; M: 9811843111 F: 011-24647310 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com
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English Title: The Adventures of Ecogirl and English Title: The Green Dustbin Environman Original Title: The Green Dustbin Original Title: The Adventures of Ecogirl and Environman Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2001 Duration: 29 min Language: English Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Duration: 3 min Format: Digital Subject Focus: Household waste recycling
Subject Focus: Waste disposal and air pollution Synopsis: Most of the refuse an average citizen throws out as garbage is made up of toxic materials which Synopsis: The Adventures of Ecogirl and Environman is decompose slowly, often combining to form highly toxic a series of two environmental movies made by students compounds that diffuse in the soil and eventually of classes VII-X. Story-based and aiming to drive home a contaminate groundwater supplies. The solution, says the message, these movies focus on proper disposal of film, lies in recycling waste. Plastic, glass and paper can garbage and waste at public places and air pollution all be sorted out at home. Bottles can be reused to save caused due to callous attitude of industry. energy cost, and organic waste can be turned into beneficial compost. Producer: Jiva Public School, Director: Lars Brydesen Contact Details: Jiva Public School Contact Details: Jiva Marg, Sector 21B, Faridabad, Haryana Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) P: 0129-2429640, 2431198, 4041539, 4041540 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 F: 0129-2431198, 2296174 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected], [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.jiva.com W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: The Dew Drop & the River… English Title: The Parallel
Original Title: The Dew Drop & the River… Original Title: Samantharam Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Language: English Language: Malayalam (with English subtitles) Duration: 30 min Duration: 25 min 43 sec Format: DVD Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: Community waste management initiatives Subject Focus: Excreta management through Sulabh in Kerala Shauchalayas Synopsis: ‘Zero Waste’ is a holistic concept of resource Synopsis: This film looks at the environmentally safe, management which comprises of resource conservation, affordable and easily adoptable toilet technology — Sulabh building relations, extended producer responsibility, clean Shauchalayas — a solution put forward by Dr. Bindeshwar production and community building. The importance of Pathak to end the menace of defecation in public spaces. the Zero Waste Kovalam programme — which the film documents — is that it has generated more than 100 Director: Umesh Aggarwal permanent jobs in the locality, created small eco-friendly Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra enterprises, launched three self-sustainable waste Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust management systems and revived organic farming. (PSBT) Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting Director: Suneetha T. V. Trust (PSBT) Producer: Amrita T. V. Production Company: Amrita T. V.
Contact Details: Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Suneetha T. V. A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 Program Producer, Amrita T. V., Gandhi Nagar, Vazhuthacaud, P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 Trivandrum 695 014, Kerala E: [email protected], [email protected] P: 0471-2333403; M: 09847171137; F:0471-2328900 W: www.psbt.org E: [email protected]
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English Title: The Realisation English Title: Towards Cleaner and Greener Environment-2 Original Title: The Realisation Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Original Title: Towards Cleaner and Greener Language: English Environment-2 Duration: 1 min 6 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1996 Format: Digital Beta Language: English Subject Focus: Keeping the environment clean Duration: 14 min 8 sec Format: Betacam Synopsis: Through the toy characters of Barbie and Ken, the film gives its message of keeping the environment Subject Focus: Initiatives undertaken by Exnora- clean. Barbie believes in a clean and green world, but International Ken wrecks her toy world, knocking down garbage bins and throwing garbage all over the place. However, he soon Synopsis: This is the second part of the series on Exnora- slips and falls on the very garbage that he was spreading. International, and deals with the NGO’s other activities He realizes his mistake and cleans up the toy world. like solid waste management, environment programmes for students and the WAMP (Waterways Management Director: Vanita Jain Programme). Exnora-International tries to involve the Producer: Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics youth in all these activities.
Contact Details: Production Company: AMAD Jasmeet Singh Bhasin Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics, 23, Shah Industrial Contact Details: Estate, Off Veera Desai Road, Andheri (W) Mumbai 400 053 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 022-26731145-48; F: 022-26730961 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected] P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.maacindia.com W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Towards Cleaner & Greener English Title: Trade Toxic – International Toxic Environment-1 disposal
Original Title: Towards Cleaner & Greener Environment-1 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1996 Duration: 30 min Language: English Duration: 11 min 50 sec Subject Focus: Dumping of toxic wastes Format: Betacam Synopsis: Toxic dumping is the new environmental whip Subject Focus: Initiatives undertaken by Exnora- for the North to be used on the people of the South. The International rich industrialised nations produce about 98% of the world’s hazardous waste. India has been receiving huge Synopsis: This programme highlights the activities of an quantities of potentially damaging metal wastes, lead acid NGO called Exnora-International, which is working towards batteries, plastic scrap, ashes and residues. a cleaner and greener environment with peoples’ participation. Among the initiatives covered are Producer: Development Alternatives civicExnora, vermiculture and the peoples’ toilets. Production Company: Doordarshan
Production Company: AMAD Contact Details: Development Alternatives Contact Details: 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected] P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.devalt.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Tukang Sampah — Masters of English Title: Useful Domestic Garbage Waste Language: English Original Title: Tukang Sampah — Masters of Waste Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Language: English Subject Focus: Recycling domestic biodegradable waste Duration: 45 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: Srishti, a non-profit organization working for a cleaner and greener Delhi, has been involved in a project Synopsis: Forty thousand people in Indonesia earn their that not only takes care of domestic wastes but, in the living from rubbish. It’s a US $50 million a year business. process, generates something useful out of it — by Recycling municipal waste has transformed Surabaya into recycling domestic biodegradable wastes into manure. Indonesia’s cleanest city. The film follows the practitioners of this recycling industry — Slabat, a bottle-picker; Suley, Producer: Development Alternatives his glass collector, who supplies local recycling factories; Production Company: Doordarshan and the yellow-suited ‘waste masters’ of Surabaya now financing their own literacy and re-employment Contact Details: programmes. But successful recycling depends on a Development Alternatives delicate balance of supply and demand, one all too easily 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 upset by the relentless dumping of waste from industrialized P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 countries; as an exasperated environment minister asks in E: [email protected] the film:”Why don’t you exploit your own waste?” W: www.devalt.org
Director: Boris Terpinc Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) English Title: Utilization of Fly-ash
Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2002 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Duration: 12 min 40 sec 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Format: Betacam P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Subject Focus: Using fly-ash
Synopsis: Fly-ash is the by-product of burning coal in thermal power plants. Every year, more and more fly-ash English Title: Use Me is accumulated in the country. What are some ways of dealing with this problem? The film looks at efforts to use Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 this waste. Language: English Duration: 36 sec Production Company: ECAL
Subject Focus: Keeping the city clean Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Synopsis: The film attempts to sensitize people to use NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 garbage bins for disposing off their garbage. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Director: Reena Ashok Production Company: Crest Communication Ltd.
Contact Details: Crest Communication A-1/307, Safdurjung Enclave, New Delhi 110 029 P: 011-26183478, 26186116, 26177994, 26183480 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Vam Organics: Making Recycling English Title: Wait Until Dark a Habit Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Language: English Language: English Duration: 13 min Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Improving living conditions in the slums Subject Focus: Waste recycling business of Bangalore
Synopsis: Vam Organics is an example of an industry Synopsis: The film shows that with a little sensitivity and which has proved that setting up effluent treatment plants planning men, women and children who live in inhuman and recycling wastes can be a profitable venture. conditions in slums, can have access to basic infrastructure which makes for a healthier, cleaner life. Producer: Development Alternatives Based on a project in Bangalore for creating awareness of sound methods of waste treatment and disposal, the Production Company: Doordarshan film aimed at increasing the awareness of slum dwellers about the relevance of health and hygiene, using literacy Contact Details: as a tool of intervention. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Awards Received by the Film: Best Film on Waste E: [email protected] Management, Environment India ’99, a film festival on W: www.devalt.org “Corporate Environmental Excellence”
Director: Centre for Environment Education (CEE) English Title: Victims of Garbage Dump Contact Details: CEE Delhi, Centre for Environment Education (CEE) Original Title: Victims of Garbage Dump D-35, South Extension – II, New Delhi 110 049 Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) P: 011-26262878, F: 011-26497050 Duration: 10 min E: [email protected] Format: Betacam W: ceeindia.org
Subject Focus: Ragpickers
Synopsis: Through the story of Rabia, an eight-year-old girl from the Bhalaswar slum of Delhi, the film focuses on the cycle of poverty, illness and deprivation that governs the lives of people who make their living out of sorting garbage at Delhi’s largest garbage dump. Barefoot, the children, who search for things they can sell — like iron, glass, plastic, rubber, copper, packaged food etc — face several health hazards: injuries, infectious diseases and accidents.
Producer: Plan India
Contact Details: Plan India B 4/161, Gulmohar House, 5th Floor, Gautam Nagar New Delhi 110 049 P: 011-26962605, 26968432-34; F: 011-26863417 E: [email protected] W: www.planindia.org
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English Title: Waste English Title: Waste Management
Original Title: Waste Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1991 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Duration: 18 min 22 sec Format: U-Matic Language: No spoken language (with English subtitles) Duration: 26 min 10 sec Subject Focus: Waste management Format: DV Synopsis: This programme describes the pollution control Subject Focus: Waste recycling and recyclers measures adopted in U. S. A. — the procedures for disposal of solid wastes, regulations and measures that Synopsis: This documentary sees environment through can be adopted in Indian conditions. the voice of one of the most vulnerable groups in urban India — children ragpickers. The story revolves around Production Company: AMAD children living under a bridge, along a stinking drain, in Contact Details: Nizamuddin in Delhi, as part of a much-derided community Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) that ‘dirties’ rather than cleans the city. Their livelihoods NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 come from waste picking around Delhi. The film calls upon P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 the public to include this community in all waste recycling W: www.cec-ugc.org efforts. It also appeals to producers of toxics like pesticides and users of toxic products to follow the idea of Extended Producer Responsibility. Waste recycling cannot be English Title: Waste Management termed as a green activity unless the waste recycling community is given healthy and safe working conditions. Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1996 The film is based on the work Chintan Environmental Duration: 12 min 31 sec Research and Action Group has done at the grassroots Format: Betacam level with the waste recycling sector. synopsis: The film highlights waste management technique and process.
Directors: Ashish Paliwal & Tarun Bhartiya Production Company: EPUN Producer: World Health Organization Production Company: Splits End Media Group Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group (CHINTAN) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 C-14, Lajpat Nagar III, 2nd Floor New Delhi 110 024 W: www.cec-ugc.org Phone : +91-11-46574171, 46574172, 46574173 Fax : +91-11-46574174 E-mail : [email protected] http://www.chintan-india.org/ English Title: Waste not Want not
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1996 Duration: 19 min 55 sec English Title: Waste Disposal Format: Betacam
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Subject Focus: Waste management Duration: 16 min 36 sec Format: U-Matic Synopsis: While style and comfort have become the order of the day, the leftovers of modern living are piling up to Subject Focus: Waste disposal and management frightening heights. This film cautions against it and focuses on waste management, garbage disposal, Production Company: MDEL treatment and recycling of waste, and using waste to produce manure and power. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Production Company: EHYD NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Waste not Want not English Title: Wealth of Waste (Microbial and Vermi-composting) Original Title: Waste not Want not Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2005 Duration: 31 min Language: English Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Duration: 18 min 8 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Waste recycling Subject Focus: Composting Synopsis: While many cities in the world generate mountains of garbage, there are others which regard Synopsis: Waste management is a serious problem that rubbish as a resource which can be recycled and provide confronts today’s cities. This film introduces a technique much-needed employment. Focusing on recycling projects called composting that helps convert garbage into high in India, the Philippines and Thailand, this film argues that quality manure. rather than just employing children and scavengers, recycling industries can be formalized to provide support Production Company: AROO and welfare for underprivileged urban communities. Contact Details: Director: Peter Swan Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] English Title: Wealth of Waste (Segregation of W: www.cseindia.org Waste)
Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2005 Language: English English Title: Wealth from Waste Duration: 15 min 25 sec Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 12 min Subject Focus: Waste segregation Subject Focus: Recycling used lubricating oil Synopsis: This is a part of a series on waste management. This programme deals with the laws enacted to overcome Contact Details: the problem of waste, and ways and means of waste Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10-Bhikaiji Cama Place segregation. New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198856; F: 011-26109668 Production Company: AROO E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Welcome Waste English Title: Why Not?
Language: English Original Title: Why Not? Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2003 Language: English Subject Focus: Waste treatment by Western Paques Duration: 3 min 35 sec Format: Betacam SP Synopsis: Pollution prevention pays – this is what Western Paques believes. This company, with an Subject Focus: Basic concepts of conservation and urban elaborate system of waste treatment and recycling, has environment reaped rich dividends. Part of the waste is even recycled to generate power. Synopsis: A group of children begin to notice that their bus-stop is not quite what it used to be. They decide their Producer: Development Alternatives whole city needs some cleaning up! Why Not? is an Production Company: Doordarshan educational film communicating basic concepts in conservation to four-to-seven year old urban children. It Contact Details: is intended for use in schools to initiate dialogue on urban Development Alternatives environmental problems and their appropriate solutions. 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Awards Received by the Film: ‘Jury Special Mention W: www.devalt.org Awards’, CMS VATAVARAN 2005
Director: Anitha Balachandran Producer: Environment Protection Training Research English Title: What a Load of Rubbish Institute (EPTRI) Production Company: Environment Protection Training Original Title: What a Load of Rubbish Research Institute (EPTRI) Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: English Contact Details: Duration: 26 min Anitha Balachandran Format: VHS/VCD & DVD S-364, G K II, New Delhi 110 048 M: 9811396735 Subject Focus: Recycling wastes for profit E: [email protected]
Synopsis: Every day, the people on this planet produce five billion tonnes of rubbish, and the majority of it goes into landfills or is left to rot and fester. This film features some entrepeneurs who are recycling rubbish for a profit. In Bangladesh, one man has set up a daily rubbish collection system for his neighbourhood, and on the beaches of Uruguay there’s a clean-up campaign which is recycling discarded soft drinks cans. In South Africa, over 4,000 shipping containers, used to carry cargo, have found a new lease of life: they have been converted into small shops, community centres and even school rooms. A Finnish entrepeneur has created a new material from waste products which can help keep topsoil in place and so prevent erosion, and in China, plastic waste is being recycled to produce gasoline and diesel fuel.
Director: Luke Gawin Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: A Degree of Concern English Title: A Green Agony
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2006 Original Title: A Green Agony Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2006 Duration: 12 minutes Language: English Duration: 22 min Synopsis: A Degree of Concern”- is about melting glaciers Format: DV CAM in Ladakh. The film takes a very close look at how climate change has hit Ladakh. The in-depth research, scientific Subject Focus: Impact of global warming on the inputs and the climate related data from resources like Sundarbans FRL - DRDO makes this film very unique. The film also shot another human tragedy that unfolded on the Zanskar Synopsis: The film explores the impact of climate change River this year (2006), adding a new dimension to an and global warming on one of the most vulnerable already grave problem. 95 people were stranded as ecosystems in the world — the Sundarbans in India. The Zanskar River melted ahead of its normal schedule in impacts are severe on all residents of this home of the February. Royal Bengal Tiger. The film’s aim is to force people to think of the urgency that the Sundarbans deserves. Director: Syed Fayaz Producer: UK High Commission Awards Received by the Film: Nominated for the ‘Panda Production Company: RGB Films Award’, International Wildscreen Film Festival, 2006; Commissioning Agency: The British Government entered in the ‘Jules Verne Films Festival’, 2006, Los Angeles and Paris; entered in the Toxics Link Film Festival, Contact Details: New Delhi, 2006 Syed Fayaz B-2/40, II Floor, Safadarjung Enclave, New Delhi 110029 Director: Geeta Singh P: 011-2610 1307, M: 98107 38452 E: [email protected] Producer: I STYLUS Production Company: UK High Commission Commissioning Agency: The British government
English Title: A Devastating Dawn Contact Details: (News Magazine No. 132) Geeta Singh and Avinash Kumar Singh I STYLUS, i-39, second floor, Jungpura Extension, New Delhi 110 014 Original Title: A Devastating Dawn P: 011-41823821, 011-65655223; M: 9810340949 (Geeta), Language: English 9810339494 (Avinash); F: 011-41823820 Duration: 10 min E: [email protected], [email protected], Format: 35 mm [email protected]
Subject Focus: Natural disaste; and disaster relief English Title: A Matter of Life and Death Synopsis: This is a report on the devastating earthquake, which shattered the early morning calm in Bihar, West Language: English & Hindi Bengal and Nepal on 21 August, 1988. Measuring 6.5 on Production Company: Central Pollution Control Board the Richter Scale, it killed hundreds and devastated many (CPCB) buildings. The film also documents the relief measures.
Contact Details: Producer: Films Division Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-Cum Office Complex Contact Details: East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi 110 032 Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting P: 011-2230 8902, 2230 6128, 2230 1932 Government of India F: 011-2230 7233, 2230 4948 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 E: [email protected] P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 W: www.cpcb.nic.in F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: A Mercedes for Ashish English Title: A Threat to Environment
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2001 Language: English Language: English Duration: 6 min 38 sec Subject Focus: Urban planning and its impacts Subject Focus: Causes and remedies of pollution Synopsis: This is a documentation of how the modern urban space degrades the human mind and body — roads, Synopsis: This documentary highlights the impacts of air walls, constructions-in-progress, drains overflowing with pollution on environment. The film is divided into three sewage, billboards, etc impact us severely. parts: the first takes us back to the days when India was pollution-free, and compares it to the situation today. The Director: Ruchir Joshi second part identifies the various causes and effects of Commissiong Agency: Public Service Broadcasting air pollution, while the third defines possible solutions. A Trust (PSBT) major part of the film has been made by students.
Contact Details: Director: Jiva Public School Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 Contact Details: P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 Jiva Public School E: [email protected], [email protected] Jiva Marg, Sector 21B, Faridabad, Haryana W: www.psbt.org P: 0129-2429640, 2431198, 4041539, 4041540 F: 0129-2431198, 2296174 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.jiva.com English Title: A Silent Killer
Original Title: A Silent Killer Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2003 English Title: Acid Rain Language: English (with English subtitles) Duration: 23 min Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Format: DV CAM Duration: 18 min Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Arsenic contamination in groundwater in West Bengal Subject Focus: Acid rain
Synopsis: Groundwater drawn through tube-wells in 75 Synopsis: The film attempts to answer questions like what blocks of eight districts in West Bengal shows arsenic is acid rain, what are dry and wet depositions, what are levels well above the permissible limits. Of the state’s 80 the causes and effects of acid rain etc. million people, about 28 million are facing arsenic poisoning through drinking water. With no antidote or cure Production Company: EPUN for arsenic, arsenic-free drinking water is the only preventive solution. As a long-term measure, treated Contact Details: surface water supply schemes can also be introduced. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Director: Dhananjoy Mandal P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Producer: Dhananjoy Mandal Production Company: Mou Films
Contact Details: Mou Films South Duilya (Opp. Christian School), P. O. Duilya Howrah 711 302, West Bengal P: 033-26791724; M: 09433392836 E: [email protected]
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English Title: AD 2048: The Greenhouse Effect English Title: AD 2048: The Ozone Alarm
Original Title: AD 2048: The Greenhouse Effect Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Duration: 50 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 46 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Global environmental crisis and ozone depletion — the scenario for future Subject Focus: Global warming and our future Synopsis: Set in the fictional future of the year 2048, these Synopsis: Set in the fictional future of the year 2048, two Norwegian films focus on the damage human activity the two films in this package focus on the damage human and man-made chemicals are inflicting on the atmosphere activity and man-made chemicals inflict on the — specifically, on what the world may look like if depletion environment and look at what the world may be like if of the ozone layer and global warming continue unchecked. ozone depletion and global warming continue The scenario paints an appalling thesaurus of disaster unchecked. They juxtapose two pictures — a stories: epidemics of ‘supertyphus’ spread by rats, plagues documentary shot in 1988 with the news bulletins of 2048 of grasshoppers devouring food crops, and famine relief — to bring out the horror. The films end on a positive camps in Europe, while in the Middle East hundreds are note, though: world leaders still have time to ward off killed fighting over the last remaining freshwater supplies. the catastrophe. But the films end on an optimistic note, with the suggestion that world leaders still have the time to forge common Directors: Torbjorn Morvik & Petter Nome policies to head off ecological catastrophe. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Awards Received by the Film: Prix Italia for Ecological Contact Details: Films, 1988 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Directors: Torbjorn Morvik & Petter Nome P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Producer: Torbjorn Morvik E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Production Company: NRK
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Air Check
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1993 Duration: 23 min 3 sec Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Air pollution
Synopsis: This film demonstrates how a low-cost method, using an air pollution sampler, can be used for checking air pollution.
Production Company: MDEL
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Air Pollution English Title: Air Pollution-1
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1979 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1996 Language: English Duration: 20 min 14 sec Duration: 11 min Format: Betacam Format: 16 mm, 35 mm Subject Focus: Vehicular air pollution Subject Focus: Air pollution Synopsis: As population grows in India, so does the Synopsis: This film talks about how the wholesomeness numbers of vehicles on its roads. The air in its cities and and purity of air are essential for healthy living. Any towns is choking under a thick fog of petrol and diesel degradation in the natural quality of air not only affects fumes. The results are ailments ranging from serious human beings, but also animals, plants, buildings etc. respiratory troubles to cardiovascular complications.
Production Company: Film Division Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details: Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Government of India NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 W: www.cec-ugc.org F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org English Title: Air Pollution-2
Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1996 English Title: Air Pollution Duration: 20 min 2 sec Format: Betacam Language: English & Hindi Production Company: EPUN Duration: 1 min Contact Details: Production Company: Central Pollution Control Board Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) (CPCB) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-Cum Office Complex East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi 110 032 P: 011-2230 8902, 2230 6128, 2230 1932 English Title: Amal Varsha F: 011-2230 7233, 2230 4948 E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1999 W: www.cpcb.nic.in Language: Hindi Duration: 15 min 13 sec Format: Betacam
Production Company: AIND
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: An Epoch without summer English Title: Asbestos: A Health Hazard
Original Title: An Epoch without summer Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 43 min Format: 35 mm Subject Focus: Asbestos
Subject Focus: Nuclear holocaust Synopsis: The manufacture and use of asbestos has been banned in some countries. The film discusses the Synopsis: The film highlights the eternal winter following health hazards associated with asbestos. a nuclear holocaust. Producer: Development Alternatives Producer: Films Division Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Development Alternatives Government of India 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 E: [email protected] F: 022-23515308, 23511008 W: www.devalt.org E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
English Title: Asbestos: A Lethal Legacy
English Title: Anti Pollution Language: English Duration: 57 min Language: English & Hindi Format: 16 mm, 35 mm Duration: 60 sec Subject Focus: Asbestos Production Company: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Synopsis: The film focuses on the adverse health effects of using asbestos, referred to as the ‘magic mineral’. Contact Details: Taking up the case of an asbestos mining town in Canada, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-Cum Office Complex it reveals the dangerous diseases (like cancer and East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi 110 032 asbestosis) that affect the population. P: 011-2230 8902, 2230 6128, 2230 1932 F: 011-2230 7233, 2230 4948 Production Company: Centre for Science and E: [email protected] Environment (CSE) W: www.cpcb.nic.in Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Atomic Energy English Title: Awaaz
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Duration: 11 min Language: Hindi Format: 16 mm Duration: 23 min 55 sec
Subject Focus: Atomic energy Subject Focus: Pollution
Synopsis: The video explains the basic concepts of atomic Synopsis: Awaaz is a public grievance programme where energy. It defines and constrasts the three known forms the complainant and the overseeing authority are brought of atomic energy release: natural radioactivity, nuclear together on the same platform. Anchored by Rajat Sharma, synthesis and nuclear fission. It also illustrates the the programme has empowered the common man and relationship between atomic energy from the sun and covered topics like environment, crime, police atrocities, chemical energy stored in plants. education and medical negligence.
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Director: Ritu Dhawan Technology (CIET) Producer: Star India Pvt. Ltd.
Contact Details: Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Star India Pvt.Ltd Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education 1st Floor, Central Wing, Thapar House, 124 Janpath Research and Training (NCERT) New Delhi 110 001 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 T: 011-5249 4900; F: 011-5104 9490 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 W: www.star.co.in E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
English Title: Battery Operated Vehicles
English Title: Automobile Emissions Language: English Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2001 Duration: 7 min 50 sec Subject Focus: Battery-operated vehicles — a solution Format: Betacam for air pollution
Subject Focus: Automobile emissions Synopsis: Delhi is the fourth most polluted city in the world. About 60% of the total emissions which pollute the Production Company: AOSM Delhi air, stem from automobile exhausts. The alternative lies in battery-operated vehicles, zero emission vehicles Contact Details: that do not emit exhaust fumes. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Producer: Development Alternatives W: www.cec-ugc.org Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Bhopal – The Survivor’s Story English Title: Blowing in the Wind
Original Title: Bhopal – The Survivor’s Story Original Title: Blowing in the Wind Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Date/Month/ Year of Production: 1991 Language: English (with English subtitles) Language: English Duration: 25 min Duration: 30 min Format: Digital Beta Format: High Band
Subject Focus: Bhopal gas tragedy and after Subject Focus: Flyash pollution
Synopsis: On the night of 2nd December 1984, Methyl Synopsis: This is an environment documentary on flyash Isocyanate, a lethal gas used in making Sevin, a pesticide, pollution. leaked from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal. More than 2,000 were killed instantly. Conservative estimates of the Director: Krishnendu Bose death toll today have mounted to more than 20,000. Wanton Producer: Krishnendu Bose and criminal negligence continues to kill more people each Production Company: Earthcare Films day. More than 500,000 have been affected and at least 50,000 people are left too sick to work. Survivors of this Contact Details: disaster still await justice and continue to suffer: the film Krishnendu Bose explores their grim reality, and also looks at the environmental Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony impacts of thousands of tonnes of toxic wastes that lie New Delhi 110 024 abandoned by the company and the frightening reality of P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 the continued migration of these chemicals into the soil, the E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilm.com groundwater, the vegetation and the people who live there.
Director: Rumah Rasaq Producer: E. Deenadayalan English Title: Breathless Production Company: Other Media Communication Original Title: Breathless Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2005 Other Media Communications Language: No spoken language 139/9, Domlur Layout, Bangalore 560 071, Karnataka Duration: 1 min 30 sec P: 080- 51151589; M: 09845535421 Format: VCD E: [email protected] W: www.othermediacommunications.com Subject Focus: Air pollution
Synopsis: Made by a student, the film highlights the English Title: Bio-methanation Plant impact that choking air pollution has on us.
Original Title: Bio-methanation Plant Director: Ayush Raizada Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: Hindi Contact Details: Duration: 5 min 24 sec Ayush Raizada Format: Betacam SP 4th Floor, Thakur Cinema, Thakur Village, Kandivali (E) Mumbai 400 101 Subject Focus: Pollution control P: 022-28870125, M: 09892188616 E: [email protected] Director: Chaman Gupta Producer: Executive Director, PCRA Production Company: Srishti Pictures
Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhawan, 10, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198809; M: 9810548249; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org
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English Title: Breathless English Title: Buddha Weeps in Jaduguda
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Original Title: Ragi: Kana: Ko: Bonga Buru Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1999 Duration: 3 min 5 sec Language: Santhali, Hindi (with English subtitles) Duration: 55 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Pollution Subject Focus: Uranium mining and its impact on tribals Synopsis: The film moves from lush forests to the village, of Jaduguda, Jharkhand tracing the destruction wrought on the land by human hand. In the city, smoky, dusty habitats appear, and it is Synopsis: Made amidst threats and harassment by UCIL impossible to breathe. and the district administration, the film attempts to depict the gross misuse of power by these authorities in Director: Sanjay Sahare displacing the original inhabitants in the region, their utter Producer: Bankim, Films Division lack of concern for internationally accepted norms and safety precautions in the handling of uranium and its by- products; and their callousness towards its disastrous Contact Details: impact on the people and the region. Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India Director: Shriprakash 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 Producer: Kritika Birsa F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Shriprakash W: www.filmsdivision.org Producer, 30, Randhir Pd, Street, Upper Bazaar Ranchi 843 001, Jharkhand P: 0651-2317461; M: 9835327661, 9811565551 E: [email protected]; [email protected] English Title: Bruno Bozzetto Spots W: www.misatoya.net; www.jadugoda.net
Language: Animation Duration: 16 min English Title: Bulgaria Roadshow Format: DVD Original Title: Bulgaria Roadshow Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Subject Focus: Pollution and waste management Language: English Duration: 26 min Synopsis: In this animation film, a man and his baby stand Format: VHS/VCD & DVD next to Planet Earth. As the baby looks on, the man puts Subject Focus: Environmental issues in Bulgaria up factories, wells, power plants and motorways across the face of the globe. The noise of traffic and machinery Synopsis: Bulgaria’s economic transition continues to have builds to a crescendo, and a dense cloud of pollution significant effects on the country’s environment and people. descends from the sky, blocking out the sun, until it This Roadshow features the efforts of the Wilderness Fund reaches the man and he collapses. Another spot shows to conserve the brown bears of the Rodopi mountains and the earth used as a dustbin, accommodatingly opening their natural habitat. We also visit remote vulture feeding up to receive generations of waste. Once full, it is wrapped grounds in Madzharavo, which have thrived since the up with a bow and presented to a child – whereupon it closure of lead and zinc mines in the area. A closer look is explodes in his face. taken at the country’s power stations, which are a vital source of revenue, but pose the threats of acid rain and potentially disastrous nuclear leaks. Measures are being Production Company: Television Trust for the taken to reduce these and poisonous car emissions — but Environment (TVE) will Bulgaria be able to strike the essential balance between environmental protection and economic growth? Contact Details: Development Alternatives Director: Luke Gawin 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.devalt.org Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Can Polar Bears Tread Water? English Title: Catalytic Converter — A Hope for Green Air Language: English Duration: 53 min Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1996 Format: DVD Duration: 12 min 30 sec Subject Focus: Climate change Format: Betacam
Synopsis: As the Cold War recedes, the world is Subject Focus: Vehicular pollution and catalytic beginning to grapple with new and more insidious threats converters posed by climate change. At a time when the world population is expanding rapidly, a warmer climate Synopsis: The problem of vehicular pollution in urban threatens to reduce grain production from the US, which areas has reached catastrophic levels. To control the supplies over 100 countries, by as much as 17 per cent. situation, it has been made mandatory for all new cars Shortfalls in world food supplies will lead to whole sold from 1st April 1995 to be fitted with a catalytic communities uprooting themselves to move to more connector. Will this help in controlling pollution? The file propitious climates in search of food. Climate change could explores. even trigger wars over scarce resources. Director: Lawrence Moore Production Company: MDEL Producer: Lawrence Moore Production Company: Global Weather Watch in Contact Details: association with Central TV, Television Trust for the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Environment (TVE) & Better World Society NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] English Title: Chain Reactions W: www.devalt.org Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2002 Duration: 15 min 13 sec English Title: Catalytic Converter Format: Betacam
Language: English Subject Focus: Resource depletion and how recycling Duration: 30 min can help stop it
Subject Focus: Controlling air pollution through catalytic Synopsis: The demands of livelihood lead to exploitation converters of natural resources, which in its turn generates by- products called waste. This creates pollution — that is Synopsis: Cities are becoming unliveable due to vehicular one way of looking at the question of pollution. But there emissions. Using catalytic converters in vehicles can be is another: recycling, which not only reduces the pollution, one way of cleaning up the air. but also creates new material out of the waste.
Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: ECAL Production Company: Doordarshan Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Development Alternatives P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Change in the Air English Title: Changing Climates: The Politics
Original Title: Change in the Air Original Title: Changing Climates: The Politics Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Language: English Duration: 22 min Duration: 27 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Climate change and pollution Subject Focus: The politics of climate change
Synopsis: Though accounting for just four per cent of the Synopsis: 2001 was not an auspicious year for world’s population, the US produces close to a quarter of international agreements on climate change. First, the world’s greenhouse gases. Not surprisingly, it is the governments failed to emerge from the Hague climate target of bitter criticism from other nations that claim they conference with even a compromise. Next, the new US are adhering to the Kyoto targets — the US dosn’t seem President, George W. Bush, reneged on his campaign to care. However, that indifference may change. The US commitment to curb CO2 emissions. This was followed is preparing to publish the most comprehensive scientific by news that, as far as the new US administration is survey ever into the impacts of climate change. Benefiting concerned, the Kyoto Accord — designed to reduce from advance knowledge of the report’s findings, this film greenhouse gas emissions — is dead. In the second of travels throughout the US to examine the link between four films on climate change, Earth Report takes a look at unwanted environmental changes and pollution. how difficult it is to align what science indicates must be done with what the international community is prepared Director: Ken Pugh to do. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 E: [email protected] P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Changing Climates: The Impact Original Title: Jalvayu Parivartan: Prabhav Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: Hindi Duration: 27 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: The impact of climate change Synopsis: Is there concrete evidence that the greenhouse effect is changing our climate? This video travels to Africa, Asia and North America to find out if the long predicated change is already having an impact on society and the economy.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Changing Climates: The Science English Title: Chemical Foundations of Physiology Solutions, PH, PK and Buffers: Original Title: Changing Climates: The Science Lecture-2 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2004 Duration: 27 min Language: English Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Duration: 28 min 18 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: The science of climate change Subject Focus: Chemistry and physiology Synopsis: Ever since the industrial revolution sparked the widespead burning of fossil fuels, climatologists have Synopsis: This lecture-based programme explains the been preoccupied with measuring the effect of carbon definitions of terms in chemistry such as Solutions, PH, dioxide (CO2) on the earth’s climate. In this film, Earth PK and Buffers, which are related to Physiology. We come Report takes a look back over 200 years of evolving across solutions everyday in some form of the other. This scientific thought — sometimes confusing and programme defines solutions and discusses about the contradictory — that has shaped the global warming types of solutions and the criteria of true solutions. The debate. solubility of a solute is also explained. PH and PK, the two common chemical scales, have been discussed too Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) with respect to the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. The programme also explains the Biological Buffer Systems Contact Details: of our body. These buffer systems help to maintain a Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) balance between acids and bases within the physiological 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 systems. Graphic cards and animated visuals have been P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 used to enrich the programme and make it easily E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org comprehensible for students.
Production Company: ECAL
English Title: Charminar: Plagued by Pollution Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Language: English NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Duration: 30 min P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Subject Focus: Impact of pollution on historical monuments
Synopsis: It is not only our animals and the planet that are under the threat of extinction; another species that is highly endangered in the country is our historical monuments. The Charminar in Hyderabad is bearing the brunt of a constant attacks by corrosive chemicals in the highly polluted air of the city.
Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Children of Chernobyl English Title: Children of Tsunami Original Title: Children of Chernobyl Original Title: Children of Tsunami Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Duration: 52 min Language: English Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Duration: 50 min Subject Focus: Impact of Chernobyl disaster on local Format: VHS/VCD & DVD residents Subject Focus: Life after the Tsunami Synopsis: When unit four of the power station at Chernobyl exploded on 26 April 1986, it released 90 times as much nuclear radioactivity as the Hiroshima bomb. This Synopsis: They have never met each other. Some have documentary was one of the first to assess the full impact never travelled beyond their native village. They all belong of the explosion on the families living in the contaminated to statistically average families in their communities. Five region. Children are more susceptible to radiation ills than girls and three boys — aged eight to 16 — living in the adults. As a result of damage to their immune systems, coastal areas of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand. doctors witnessed a massive increase in recurrent Each family hit by the Asian Tsunami of 2004. Now, as infections in children, a state of affairs known locally as they cope with the many challenges of rebuilding lives “Chernobyl aids”. The Soviet authorities denied huge and livelihoods, these children of Tsunami tell us their increases in Leukemia and other cancers, but medical personal stories of anguish and survival, courage and files were confiscated and classified as secret. resilience.
Director: Clive Gordon Producer: TVE Asia Pacific Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Children of the New Millennium English Title: Circle of Death
Original Title: Children of the New Millennium Original Title: Mrityuchakra Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2001 Language: English Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Duration: 26 min Duration: 16 min Format: Betacam SP, DVD Subject Focus: Industrial pollution and its impact Subject Focus: Impact of environmental degradation on children Synopsis: The film takes a look at how industrialsation takes place at the cost of water. Maval, a sleepy sub- Synopsis: At the Rio Earth Summit, the UN had warned division of Pune has experienced frantic industrialisation that “environmental degradation is killing children”. Today, in the last decade. The cost of this progress is being paid though children make up only 12 per cent of the world’s in health by the local villagers and tribal population. People population, they bear over half the burden of the world’s have little option but to drink the water of the grossly environmental diseases. This programme investigates why polluted Pauna river. The polluting industries don’t believe children suffer disproportionately from pollution and they are responsible. environmental degradation. Director: CASP Plan, Pune Production Company: TVE/Earth Report VI Contact Details: Contact Details: Plan India Development Alternatives B 4/161, Gulmohar House, 5th Floor, Gautam Nagar 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 New Delhi 110 049 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-26962605, 26968432-34; F: 011-26863417 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.planindia.org
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English Title: Cities under Siege English Title: Cityscapes Delhi
Original Title: Cities under Siege Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Language: English Language: English Duration: 28 min Subject Focus: Delhi’s urban environment Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: The film documents Delhi’s collapsing urban Subject Focus: Urban management initiatives environment and recalls the city’s best-loved 19th century chronicler, Mirza Ghalib. Synopsis: By the year 2000, predictions show that there will be 23 cities in the world with populations over 10 Director: Meera Dewan million. Eighteen of these ‘megacities’ will be in the Commissiong Agency: Public Service Broadcasting developing world — in poorer countries less able to deal Trust (PSBT) effectively with the problems of massive urban expansion. Cities under Siege looks at some innovative urban Contact Details: management efforts — tackling urban poverty in New Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Delhi, India; improving traffic congestion in Bangkok, A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 Thailand; and the ‘clean and green’ movement in the P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 Philippines. E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org Director: Matthew Westfall Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) English Title: Climate Change: Nature’s Revenge Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Original Title: Climate Change: Nature’s Revenge 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Language: English W: www.cseindia.org Duration: 12 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Climate change English Title: City Pollution Synopsis: This report on climate change examines the Original Title: City Pollution costs to the planet of the vicious North-South cycle of Language: Hindi developing country debt and unsustainable development. Duration: 12 min Six billion tonnes of carbon dioxide are deposited into the Format: Betacam atmosphere every year and 3.2 million tonnes of oil are spilled into the oceans. Humans are waging war on the Subject Focus: Responsibility of the society regarding earth, but Nature is taking its revenge. Every year, pollution and its hazardous impact hurricanes and earthquakes devastate communities around the world. In south India, the introduction of Synopsis: The film is about three school-going children renewable solar energy plants have paved the way toward who are very conscious and aware about cleanliness, and greater co-operation between North and South. how their good habits and attitude are shaken and shattered by the pollution all around them. It focuses on Director: Damien Rea the issue of responsibility of the society regarding pollution Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Producer: Children’s Film Society, India Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Children’s Film Society, India P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Films Division Complex, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg E: [email protected] Mumbai 400 026 W: www.cseindia.org P: 022-23526798, 23516136; F: 022-23522610 E: [email protected] W: www.cfsindia.org
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English Title: Climate Control-1 English Title: Climate’s First Orphans Original Title: Climate’s First Orphans Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005-2006 Duration: 14 min 29 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 22 min Format: DVCAM Subject Focus: Greenhouses Subject Focus: Impact of global climate change at the Synopsis: Climate plays a significant role in growth and local level (in Orissa) development of all organisms. By controlling the climate, Synopsis: As the world wakes up to the reality of climate plants can be grown out of season and fresh fruits and change, coastal Orissa is sure that global warming- vegetables can be obtained. The ‘greenhouse’ is a place induced sea level rise is already threatening the existence where climate factors can be controlled to a large extent. of local residents. This documentary depicts the existential dilemma of 20,000 homeless villagers who have lost their Production Company: AIND houses to the Bay of Bengal, that has engulfed more than half the villages in the district in a time span of just five Contact Details: years. Global warming and its impact on climate change Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) has so far been limited as a topic of discussion in scientific NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 communities and intellectual circuits. Though all have P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org been talking about the scientific impacts of global warming- induced climate change through mathematical models, this documentary brings in live examples and covers both sides of the story — giving it a scientific relevance and English Title: Climate Crisis showing its direct impact on people.
Language: English Awards Received by the Film: Officially nominated for Duration: 16 min the San Francisco International Film Festival, 2006 Format: VHS Subject Focus: Climate change Director: Nila Madhab Panda Producer: UK High Commission Synopsis: The film seeks to drive home the point that Production Company: Eleanora Images global climate is changing due to increased burning of Commissioning Agency: The British Government fossil fuels, and a solution must be found for this problem before it’s too late. Contact Details: Production Company: Centre for Science Environment Nila Madhab Panda, Filmmaker 12, Uday Park, 2nd Floor, Khelgaon Marg, New Delhi 110 049 (CSE) P: 011-4164 5938/4164 5940/2652 0491; M: 98113 02557 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) W: www.eleanoraimages.org 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: CNG English Title: Death in the Rain Forest
Original Title: CNG Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Duration: 42 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 1 min 9 sec Format: Mini DV Subject Focus: The Amazon — conservation vs development Subject Focus: Compressed natural gas Synopsis: Chico Mendes, leader of the Brazilian Synopsis: This cell animation treated with water colours rubbertappers, was assassinated in December 1988 is on CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) and its advantages. because of his opposition to ranchers burning the Amazon It casts a happy-go-lucky character, who realizes rainforest to provide pasture for their cattle. The burning usefulness of this fuel as he drives his scooter up a hill. of the rainforest is estimated to account for about 20 per cent of the gases currently contributing to global warming. Awards Received by the Film: ‘Jury Special Mention But the Brazilian economy is crippled by debt — and one Awards’, CMS VATAVARAN 2005 way for the government to earn foreign currency is to exploit the wealth of the Amazon. This edited version of a Director: Debanjan Nandy BBC investigative documentary analyses the conflict Producer: Debanjan Nandy facing Brazil: that between the imperatives of development and the need to protect the environment. Contact Details: Debanjan Nandy Producer: Peter Molly NID, Paldi, Ahmedabad 380 007, Gujarat Production Company: BBC M: 9898383471 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 English Title: Cold Heart of the Ocean P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Original Title: Cold Heart of the Ocean Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Language: German (with English subtitles) Duration: 48 min English Title: Delhi Ridge: The Dying Lung Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Language: English Subject Focus: The Greenland Sea Project (GSP) Duration: 30 min
Synopsis: The film is based on the Greenland Sea Project Subject Focus: Environmental pollution in Delhi — the (GSP), which was aimed at observing and modelling the case of Delhi Ridge atmospheric, ice, oceanic and biological processes relevant to understanding the role of the Nordic Seas in the climate Synopsis: Delhi is on its way to become the most polluted system. The focus of the project is the thermohaline city in the world. The city’s only lung — the Delhi Ridge — circulation in the Greenland Sea, one of the most active is under the threat of encroachment from all sides. Will regions in the global oceans for deep water formation. The the government have the political will and resources to formed water facilitates the global meridional overturning save it? circulation of the oceans and encourages the flow of warm water into the region, which is largely responsible for the Producer: Development Alternatives relatively mild climate of Northwest Europe. Production Company: Doordarshan Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Development Alternatives Contact Details: 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 E: [email protected] P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 W: www.devalt.org E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Earth Matters English Title: Earth Report II: After Kyoto Original Title: Earth Report II: After Kyoto Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: English & Hindi Language: English Duration: 26 min 25 sec Duration: 27 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: The state of the environment in India Subject Focus: Global perceptions of climate change Synopsis: The series takes a hard look at the state of the post-Kyoto summit environment in India: urban pollution, pressures on rural Synopsis: Did the world emerge from the Kyoto summit India, stress on natural resources, and impact of with an agreement that will mark the start of an effective unthinking human development on India’s wildlife and response to climate change? Or was it merely a political forests. It alerts the viewer, and examines his/her part in fudge designed to appease the US Senate ? We get the these concerned issues and in solving them. verdict from leading scientists, politicians and environmental lobbyists. Some believe the Kyoto Director: Mike H. Pandey agreement will be the starting point for a period of effective Producer: Mike H. Pandey action; others that of its own accord, buisness and industry Commissioing Agency: Doordarshan will go for clean energy without the ‘stick’ of government.
Contact Details: Director: Robert Lamb Riverbank Studio Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) C-18, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi 110 048 Contact Details: P: 5163 2890, 2641 0684; F: 2621 6508 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) E: [email protected], [email protected] 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 [email protected] P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 W: www.riverbankstudios.com E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Earth Matters — Noise Pollution
Original Title: Earth Matters — Noise Pollution Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2000 Language: English Duration: 22 min Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Damaging effects of noise pollution
Synopsis: Earth Matters is an environmental series that takes an in-depth and incisive look at the state of our environment and wildlife, and attempts to educate and sensitize people to the threats our environment is facing. In this episode, the series looks into the damaging effects of noise pollution. The most vulnerable victim is the unborn child, though adults are equally susceptible and can suffer permanent hearing loss.
Director: Mike H. Pandey Producer: Mike H. Pandey Commissioing Agency: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Riverbank Studio C-18, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi 110 048 P: 5163 2890, 2641 0684; F: 2621 6508 E: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] W: www.riverbankstudios.com
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English Title: Earth Report VI: Baked Alaska English Title: Earth Report VI: Children of the New Millennium Original Title: Earth Report VI: Baked Alaska Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Original Title: Earth Report VI: Children of the New Language: English Millennium Duration: 27 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Language: English Duration: 26 min Subject Focus: Environmental issues in Alaska Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Synopsis: “The weather’s really changed. Every year, Subject Focus: Impact of environmental pollution on we have mild weather,” says Alaskan elder Eleanor Sam children as she plucks the feathers from a freshly killed goose. “When we were children, we all wore thick fur clothing. Synopsis: Ten years ago at the Rio Earth Summit, the We don’t wear clothes like that no more.” Stories like these UN warned that “environmental degradation was killing are pouring in from all over America’s last great wilderness. children”. Today, while children make up only 12 per cent And they’re backed by science: temperatures in Alaska of the world’s population, they still suffer over half the are rising 10 times faster than the rest of the world. Set burden of environmental diseases. This programme against this alarming example of climate change is a plan investigates why children suffer disproportionately from for further oil development along the Arctic Refuge — an pollution and environmental degradation. issue that has divided the native Alaskan people. The Inupiat people want the jobs and money. The Gwitchin Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Indians think it will destroy the caribou reindeer on which they depend. The oil industry has brought great prosperity Contact Details: — every Alaskan citizen receives a yearly cheque from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) oil profits — but each barrel of oil sent south and burned 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 comes back to Alaska as damage to the delicate balance P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 of Arctic life. E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Earth Report VI: The Long Road to English Title: Earth Report VII: Sky Pirates Recovery Original Title: Earth Report VII: Sky Pirates Original Title: Earth Report VI: The Long Road to Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Recovery Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Duration: 26 min Language: English Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Duration: 27 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Ozone depletion
Subject Focus: Chernobyl and after Synopsis: Despite the rapid elimination of ozone- destroying chemicals, the hole in the ozone layer has not Synopsis: It was the world’s worst nuclear accident: the been plugged. One reason is the illegal trade in CFCs explosion and fire at Chernobyl’s No 4 reactor in April 1986. and other ozone-damaging chemicals. Since then, 8,000 people have died, 2,000 have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, while another 8-10,000 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) cases are expected to develop in the next 10 years. A new report from the UN claims the ‘psycho-social’ welfare of those evacuated from the most contaminated areas Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has also suffered; unemployment, depression and stress- 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 related illnesses are rife. The film introduces the viewer P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 to Ukrainian children who are seriously affected by thyroid E: [email protected] and other cancers, and exposes the everyday reality of W: www.cseindia.org living with low-level radiation.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) English Title: Earth Report VIII: Before the Contact Details: Tsunami-Part I Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Original Title: Earth Report VIII: Before the Tsunami-Part I P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 W: www.cseindia.org Language: English Duration: 23 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD English Title: Earth Report VII (Hands On): City Slickers Subject Focus: Disaster management
Original Title: Earth Report VII (Hands On): City Slickers Synopsis: The scale of the death and destruction wrought Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 by the Tsunami in Asia has shocked the world. Though Language: English earthquakes are difficult to predict, questions are being Duration: 26 min asked. How many lives could have been saved if people Format: VHS/VCD & DVD had been more aware and better prepared? The first part of the two-part series takes viewers on a journey to the Subject Focus: Initiatives for urban management world’s disaster hotspots. We assess what is being learned from the natural disasters that affect the lives of some Synopsis: In slums and shantytowns, local services for 200 million people every year. And we find that even in sewage, housing and waste barely exist. This video the poorest nations, the loss of life and damage can often features five stories from around the world where citizens’ be reduced by modest investment in early warnings and groups and neighbourhood committees are finding ways public education. of working with cash-strapped local councils. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Earth Report VIII: Before the English Title: Earthquake in Garhwal Region Tsunami-Part II (News Magazine No. 209)
Original Title: Earth Report VIII: Before the Tsunami-Part II Original Title: Earthquake in Garhwal Region Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: English Language: English Duration: 8 min Duration: 28 min Format: 35 mm Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Earthquake in Garhwal, 1991 Subject Focus: Disaster management Synopsis: The News Magazine highlights the devastation Synopsis: According to the UN, between 1980 and 2000, in Garhwal wrought by the earthquake of October 1991. It 75% of the world’s population lived in areas that were also shows the rehabilitation efforts initiated for the affected affected at least once by earthquakes, cyclones, floods people. or drought. But as each new disaster takes its toll, what are the lessons that can be learnt? Part II of this two-part Producer: Films Division series travels to Kobe in Japan, Bam in Iran and to the Swiss Alps to see how communities are planning for the Contact Details: next natural disaster. Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) W: www.filmsdivision.org 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: Eco-Fridge
Language: English English Title: Earthen Sphere Needs Care Duration: 30 min
Original Title: Earthen Sphere Needs Care Subject Focus: Eco-friendly refrigerators Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Language: English Synopsis: Countries are being asked to phase out the Duration: 1 min 35 sec use of chemicals that threaten the ozone layer. Until Format: DVD recently, most refrigerators used ozone-depleting chemicals. A new eco-friendly refrigerator has now been Subject Focus: State of our environment introduced in European markets.
Synopsis: This animation film is about Mother Earth, which Producer: Development Alternatives has been affected by hazards caused by the human race. Production Company: Doordarshan The film begins in a house where a boy is playing with his ball. The ball goes out of the house accidentally, on to the Contact Details: road — and into a dirty drainage outlet. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Director: Kiran C. Patil E: [email protected] Producer: Vishal R. Pedanekar W: www.devalt.org Production Company: Kiran’s Creation
Contact Details: Kiran C Patil Aditya Tower, Shop No. 9 Behind Gurukrupa Apartment, Canada Corner, Nashik 422005 Maharashtra P: 0253-2315598; M: 09422253774 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Effects of Air pollution on Materials English Title: Ek Sandesh Swasthaya ke Naam (SPOT) Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1991 Duration: 18 min 25 sec Language: Hindi Format: U-Matic Duration: 44 min
Subject Focus: Impact of air pollution on materials (such Subject Focus: Pollution as historical monuments and buildings) Synopsis: Environment is the essence of life. The spot Synopsis: We normally pay attention towards pollution equates a clean environment with the tenderness of a which affects the health of human beings or any living flower and life in humans. Emissions from different sources organism. This programme discusses the effect of air leads to the loss of tenderness and vigour in a rose, and pollution on materials — monuments and buildings. it reduces into a lifeless bulb. The two conditions of the rose are similar to two conditions in the life of humans – Production Company: EPUN healthy and unhealthy.
Contact Details: Director: Amar Nath ‘Amar’ Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Producer: Doordarshan Kendra, Delhi NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Doordarshan Kendra, Delhi Akashwani Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi 110 001 P: 011-23716852, 23715822; F: 011-23421144 English Title: Effects of Noise Pollution on Health
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1991 English Title: Emission Impossible Duration: 17 min 42 sec Format: U-Matic Original Title: Emission Impossible Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Subject Focus: Noise pollution Language: English Duration: 24 min Synopsis: The programme discusses the effects of noise Format: VHS/VCD & DVD on health, as well as the reasons behind noise pollution. Subject Focus: Climate change Production Company: EPUN Synopsis: The film starts in the United States where a Contact Details: fraction of the world’s population contributes a quarter of Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) the greenhouse gases. In South Carolina, Emission NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Impossible finds that climate change is already having a P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 devastating impact on a poor — mostly African-American W: www.cec-ugc.org — community, but a majority of Americans accustomed to cheap energy appear to care little about global warming. The film contrasts their attitude with those of Europeans and Latin Americans, and finds that the latter have become the leaders in carbon trading, a step towards a global solution to the problem. In Costa Rica, farmers are already trading carbon in a global market.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Environment Impact Analysis English Title: Environmental Pollution-8 (Noise Pollution) Original Title: Environment Impact Analysis Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1991 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2003 Duration: 21 min 33 sec Duration: 18 min Format: U-Matic Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Environment impact assesments Subject Focus: Noise pollution
Synopsis: The programme focuses on environment Synopsis: Environmental Sciences is a series of impact assesments and their objectives. programmes aimed at covering the syllabus of degree courses, by enabling the students to identify with the Production Company: EPUN problem of degeneration of the environment and think seriously about the ways to protect it. In this episode, the Contact Details: causes and effects of noise pollution have been looked Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) into. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Production Company: ECAL W: www.cec-ugc.org
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) English Title: Environmental Autogenesis — NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Is Our Tomorrow Safe? W: www.cec-ugc.org
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Duration: 26 min 51 sec Format: U-Matic English Title: Environmental Science Series Subject Focus: Impact of pollution on our future (Natural Hazards: Cyclones) generations — environmental mutagents Original Title: Environmental Science Series (Natural Synopsis: We are aware that our environment is polluted. Hazards: Cyclones) But are we aware that pollution can not only affect us, but Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2005 our future generations as well? Pollution can trigger a Duration: 26 min 47 sec change even in the DNA structure. These are called Format: Betacam environmental mutagents. Tests done on plants and animal cells reveal that some pollutants can cause such Subject Focus: Cyclones; disaster management havoc that the future generations could be totally different from their parents. Synopsis: A cyclone is a large weather system of winds that rotates around a centre of low atmospheric pressure Production Company: ECAL with a speed over 100 km per hour. High winds are a primary cause of cyclone-inflicted loss of life and property Contact Details: damage. Another cause is the flooding resulting from the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) coastal storm surge of the ocean and the torrential rains, NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 both of which accompany cyclones. In the film, Dr. A. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Balasubramanian of the University of Mysore, talks on W: www.cec-ugc.org cyclones.
Production Company: AMYS
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Environmental Science English Title: Europe Stories 2: Europe on Air (Air Pollution) Original Title: Europe Stories 2: Europe on Air Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Duration: 22 min 58 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 20 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: Mining, industrial processing, population growth, and increase in the numbers of transport vehicles Subject Focus: Air pollution and its control in Europe are key sources of air pollution — and the result is acid rain, global warming, photochemical smog and ozone Synopsis: In Western Europe, frequent urban air quality layer distraction. In this film, Dr. A. Balasubramainan of alerts are testimony to the failure to control pollution from the University of Mysore explains the sources of air cars. With exceptions such as Amsterdam and pollution and the methods to control it. Copenhagen, official efforts to get Europeans out of their cars and on to trains, buses and cycles have not been a Production Company: AMYS success. But cars are only one part of the problem; the prosperous and environmentally conscious European Contact Details: Union is a long way from dealing with other sources of air Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) pollution, some located in neighbouring countries in the NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 East. Earth Report travels to Austria and southern P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Germany to report strategies that could point the way to a W: www.cec-ugc.org pollution-free future. And there’s some encouraging scientific evidence from Finland that nature is recovering from acid rain. English Title: Environmental Science (Atmosphere) Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Original Title: Environmental Science (Atmosphere) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Duration: 25 min 10 sec P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Format: Betacam E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Subject Focus: Atmosphere and environmental degradation
Synopsis: The atmosphere is an important environmental segment that controls most of the bio-geochemical processes on earth. Perennial factors like light, temperature, humidity and wind act as limiting forces, making the atmosphere dynamic. The knowledge of the earth’s atmosphere is essential to understand the interrelations of its components with other spheres. Due to drastic industrialization, the composition of atmospheric air has been changing at a fast rate, leading to problems like global warming, acid rain, photochemical smog, ozone hole, etc.
Production Company: AMYS
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Even Vehicle Smoke Kills English Title: Fistful of Steel
Original Title: Even Vehicle Smoke Kills Original Title: Fistful of Steel Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Language: English Language: Hindi and English (with English subtitles) Duration: 30 sec Duration: 29 min 3 sec Format: DV Format: DV CAM
Subject Focus: Effects of vehicular pollution on our health Subject Focus: ‘Development’ of the Yamuna riverbed in Delhi — distorted notions of development Synopsis: Most people are aware of the harmful effects of cigarette smoking on the human body. But few are aware Synopsis: The film questions the notions of development, that inhaling vehicular smoke can be as deadly. This PSA while highlighting the ecological imbalance caused due uses a disturbed cardiac pattern and a racking cough to to concrete construction on the banks of the river Yamuna effectively demonstrate the effects of vehicular pollution in Delhi — five power stations, massive structures like on our health and urges us to be aware of the damage we the Akshardham Temple, the Delhi Secretariat etc. It also are doing to ourselves. documents the displacement of peasants who are pushed to the fringes in the name of development. Director: Surojit Sen Producer: Aakash Gupta Awards Received by the Film: Best Documentary Film Production Company: Earth Communications Office Award, CMS VATAVARAN 2005 in student category. India Association (Eco India) Directors: Leena, Nidhi and Sabir Contact Details: Producer: A J K MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia Eco India C-2, Panchseel Enclave, New Delhi Contact Details: F: 011-41748395 A J K MCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia E: [email protected] Jamia Nagar, New Delhi 110 025 http://www.eco-india.org/index1.htm P: 011-26987285; F: 011-26982263 E: [email protected] W: www.jmi.nic.in English Title: Experiment with Truth
Original Title: Experiment with Truth English Title: Flight of Death Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Original Title: Flight of Death Duration: 6 min 21 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2001 Format: Betacam SP Language: English Duration: 4 min 30 sec Subject Focus: Pollution Format: Digital beta
Synopsis: The film focuses on pollution through a ruthless Subject Focus: Environment vs development experiment conducted on an 18-month-old child. But is the experiment so contrived? Is it really an experiment at Synopsis: This film dwells on man’s thirst for supremacy, all? The questions remain long after the last frame has which has resulted in inventions that cause destruction to dissolved into nothingness — what remains is the truth. the environment. Inventions like the nuclear bomb are nails on earth’s coffin. Director: Amish Srivastava Producer: Amish Srivastava Director: Shashank Vinayak Amburle Producer: Crest Animation Studios Contact Details: Production Company: Crest Animation Studios Mr. Amish Srivastava Associate Executive Producer, B A G Films, FC-23, Sector 16, Contact Details: Film City, Noida 201 301, Uttar Pradesh Anish H. Mulani M: 9871693525 Crest Animation Studios Ltd., B-22, Nandadeep Society, N. G. E: [email protected] Acharya Marg, Khardevnagar, Chembur, Mumbai 400 071 P: 022-25217788, M: 09869302520 E: [email protected]
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English Title: For a Breath of Fresh Air English Title: Give us a Life Please!
Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1997 Original Title: Give us a Life Please! Duration: 15 min 46 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2004 Format: Betacam Language: English & Hindi Duration: 24 min 39 sec Subject Focus: Vehicular pollution Format: DV Cam
Synopsis: One of the greatest problems faced by urban Subject Focus: Dangers of exposing children to an populations is atmpospheric pollution. According to environment contaminated by toxic elements statistics, 60% of total pollution is caused due to vehicular emissions. The programme describes the problem and Synopsis: Children are our hope, our future. However, suggests steps to control it. with an increasingly contaminated environment and hazardous exposure to toxic elements, they are put to Production Company: AIND serious risk. The film is a chronicling of this serious situation. The documentary also discusses the inevitability Contact Details: of living with this danger. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Director: Ramesh Menon P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Producer: The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) W: www.cec-ugc.org Commissioning Agency: Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation
English Title: Fumes Contact Details: The Energy and Resource Institute (TERI) Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, New Delhi 110 003 Original Title: Fumes P: 011-24682100; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 E: [email protected] Language: No spoken language W: www.teriin.org Duration: 1 min Format: Digital beta
Synopsis: The film opens with the sequence in which a English Title: Global Dumping Grounds man is shown smoking; the smoke coming out from his mouth, turns into a dragon and kills the man, who morphs Language: English into a skeleton. Duration: 52 min Format: DVD Director: Amit Kapoor Producer: B. P. Kapoor Subject Focus: Dumping of hazardous wastes Production Company: Anitoons Production Synopsis: The US produces 500 million tonnes of Contact Details: hazardous waste every year. The high cost of disposal Amit Kapoor within the country together with loopholes in US H-14/11, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi 110 017 environmental laws, mean that hazardous contaminants P: 011-26673462 are shipped abroad to developing countries like Taiwan. E: [email protected] The film is an expose of the vested interests, which W: www.anitoonsindia.com influence the US policy on hazardous waste.
Directors: Lowell Bergman and Sharon Tiller Producer: David Fanning Production Company: The Center for Investigative Reporting and KaED
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Global Environment Series: English Title: Global Warming (Filler 3) A Breath of Fresh Air Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1994 Original Title: Global Environment Series: A Breath of Duration: 1 min 5 sec Fresh Air Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 Language: English Synopsis: This is a capsule version of Environmental Duration: 20 min Pollution through Natural Degradation, the main culprit Format: VHS/VCD & DVD being man, who abuses and misuses his own land and its environs. He is infact out to kill animal life on earth to an Subject Focus: Air pollution and acid rain extent of almost eliminating it. The question is, can man live alone? On this blue planet : Will it (Earth) remain blue Synopsis: The film examines all aspects of air pollution with man’s notorious activities? — its causes, consequences and possible solutions. It also looks into the subject of acid rain in Europe. Production Company: AOSM
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) W: www.cec-ugc.org 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: Green Bucks
Language: English English Title: Global Warming Duration: 52 min Format: DVD Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Duration: 21 min Subject Focus: Principle of sustainable development and Format: U-Matic industry’s response to it
Subject Focus: Global warming Synopsis: The film sets out to explore the way the concept of sustainable industrial development is changing the face Synopsis: The issue of global warming is examined from of businesses around the world. One of the world’s largest the perspectives of forest policy, ozone chemistry chemical companies, DuPont has embraced a policy of management and space technology by three eminent corporate environmentalism and is currently phasing out scientists. production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) worth US $750 million a year. The film also looks at new initiatives to foster Production Company: AOSM sustainable practices in the South with a UNIDO (the United National Industrial Development Organization) Contact Details: project to help clean up poisoned water emissions from Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) small tanning businesses in Africa. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Directors: Gabrielle Kelly, Nick Hart Williams W: www.cec-ugc.org Producers: Gabrielle Kelly, Nick Hart Williams Production Company: Nexus Television
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Green Earth English Title: Green Man
Original Title: Green Earth Original Title: Green Man Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1994 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: Gujarati/Hindi/English Language: Voiceover Duration: 14 min Duration: 3 min 24 sec Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Enviromental pollution Subject Focus: Pollution Synopsis: The film is about a unique superhero, Green Synopsis: God has made the earth beautiful, with enough Man, who saves the earth from the fiery grasp of Lava resources to sustain human and all other life comfortably. Monster, a symbol of environmental hazards posed to the He made man the crown of creation. It is up to man to world. It also criticizes the way urban cities continue to develop or destroy the earth, and he seems increasingly churn out pollutants that feed this monstrous hazard. inclined to do the latter. The programme looks at air, water and noise pollution, and their impact on life, and Director: Prosenjit Ganguly environment. What kind of an earth are we going to Producer: P. Jayakumar bequeath to our children? Production Company: Toonz Animation India Pvt. Ltd.
Director: Rappai Poothokaren, SJ Contact Details: Producer: Rappai Poothokaren, SJ P. Jayakumar Production Company: Gurjarvani, Ahmedabad Toonz Animation India Pvt. Ltd., 731-739, Nila Technopark Campus, Trivandrum 695 081, Kerala P: 0471-2700928/ 29; F: 0471-2700954 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Rappai Poothokaren, SJ W: www.toonzanimationindia.com Gurjarvani, St. Xavier’s College Campus Ahmedabad 380 009, Gujarat P: 079-26300127, 26303114 E: [email protected] English Title: Green Refrigerators: Ozone Friendly
English Title: Green House Language: English Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2000 Language: Hindi Subject Focus: Eco-friendly refrigerators Duration: 17 min 25 sec Format: Betacam Synopsis: The most viable alternative to a conventional Production Company: AIND refrigerator – the vapor absorption technology – was invented almost a century ago, but was long neglected. It Contact Details: uses ammonia as the medium and a simple source of Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) heat is sufficient to drive it. One company in India is NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 currently attempting to make this device more efficient P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org and popular.
Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan, India National Broadcasting
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Green Terrors – Closing Polluting English Title: Hands On Special — From Vogue Industries in Calcutta to Vehicle
Language: English Original Title: Hands On Special — From Vogue to Duration: 30 min Vehicle Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Subject Focus: Industrial pollution Language: English Duration: 26 min Synopsis: A neighbourhood in Kolkata is the home of Format: VHS/VCD & DVD about 500 manufacuring units. They provide employment to thousands and contribute substantially to the Subject Focus: Environment-friendly technologies government’s exchequer. But local residents are now up developed in Europe in arms against the industries for polluting the air and water. Synopsis: This Hands On Special reports on green technologies around Europe — from Denmark, France, Producer: Development Alternatives Sweden, Finland and the UK. From fashion to fuel cells, Production Company: Doordarshan the programme features clothes made from pineapple fibre, cathedrals made from mud and state-of-the-art Contact Details: buoys which work around the clock to detect pollution in Development Alternatives rivers and waterways. 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Director: Janet Boston E: [email protected] Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) W: www.devalt.org
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) English Title: Hands On Omnibus-Part Two 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Original Title: Hands On Omnibus-Part Two W: www.cseindia.org Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: English Duration: 52 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD English Title: Heads Up
Subject Focus: Initiatives to save the environment Subject Focus: Climate change Synopsis: Hands On is a series designed to look at what individuals around the world are doing to save the Synopsis: Barbara Pyle travels to the world’s most remote environment. This part includes nine stories from Spain, inhabited island to meet scientists studying the ancient Germany, Somalia, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, civilization that built mysterious 30-foot statues. They are India, Peru and the Netherlands. Among the technologies learning lessons about climate change, and a culture that and processes featured are how hydrocarbons can be used up its natural resources, a microcosm of what’s substituted for ozone-depleting CFCs in Germany and happening today globally. China; how a new widely available grass might be the answer to farmers suffering soil erosion; and how fish Production Company: CNN/Turner Broadcasting System farms are helping to create profits for local communities. Contact Details: Director: Janet Boston Development Alternatives Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.devalt.org Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Healing the Coast English Title: Hell in the Pacific
Original Title: Healing the Coast Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2006 Duration: 56 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 30 min Format: DVD Subject Focus: Environment-development conflict — Papua New Guinea islander’s vs mining sector Subject Focus: Post-tsunami rehabilitation
Synopsis: Healing the Coast is a journey that explores Synopsis: Defending land has always been a way of life the environmental restoration along Tamil Nadu’s coastline in Papua New Guinea. But today, it’s not just quarrelsome in the post-tsunami context. Many groups have been neighbours the Pacific islanders are having to fight off, working doggedly for decades – trying to protect and but multinational predators keen to cash in on their rich conserve coastal eco-systems; it was only after the tropical forests and mineral resources. The film tsunami of 2004 that their work gathered momentum and investigates three separate conflicts between local importance. The film looks at the re-plantation of coastal landowners and subsidiaries of the mining conglomerate, forests in Auroville, the restoration of fields in Rio Tinto Zinc (RTZ). Clashes between police and villagers Nagapattinam and the slow healing of people in over gold extraction rights in one remote region led to Nagapattinam. The film ends with an ode to the beauty of RTZ’s abrupt departure — together with most of the gold. mangroves and their importance in our ecosystem Pollution from RTZ’s copper mine on the island of Bouganville has been a focus of seething resentment since 1988. And now, overriding local objections, Director: Nina Subramani extractors have moved in, unannounced, to develop a new Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra island gold mine using cyanide. Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting Director: Glenn Ellis Trust (PSBT) Producer: Sylvia Stephens Production Company: Catma Films Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Contact Details: A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 Development Alternatives P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 E: [email protected], [email protected] P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 W: www.psbt.org E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Himalaya
Language: Hindi Duration: 30 sec
Subject Focus: Waste management for saving the Himalayas
Synopsis: This public service message is about conservation of Himalayas and their natural wealth through waste management.
Contact Details: The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi - 110 003 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in
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English Title: Hitler English Title: In Harmony with Nature
Original Title: Hitler Original Title: In Harmony with Nature Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2003 Language: English Language: English Duration: 25 sec Duration: 15 min 52 sec Format: DV Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Vehicular pollution Subject Focus: Pollution control in mining areas
Synopsis: Hitler killed thousands of innocent people in Synopsis: At Bailadila Iron Ore Project, the oldest gas chambers. Today, vehicles are polluting environment mechanized mine of NMDC Ltd, afforestation is done not by expelling toxic gases — and everyone responsible for only as a protective measure to control dust and noise, this pollution is as guilty as Hitler. but also to enhance the aesthetics and to create the required biodiversity and enhance infiltration. The second Director: Rani Jeyaraj goal is to create wind brakes for controlling air pollution. Producer: Rani Jeyaraj With its continuous environmental upgradation works, the Production Company: Trends Adfilm Makers Pvt. Ltd project is moving up steadily in its competitiveness apart from maintaining sustainable development. Contact Details: Trends Adfilm Makers Pvt. Ltd Producer: C. J. Reddy Brown Skins, 9/9, The Worli Shiv Sai CHS, Opp. Glaxo, Commissioning Agency: National Mineral Development Dr. Annie Besant Road, Mumbai 400 025 Corporation Ltd. P: 022-24930730; F: 022-24930731 E: [email protected] W: www.brownskins.net Contact Details: National Mineral Development Corporation Ltd. Tarangini Video Studio, C Block, Shanti Shikara Apartments Rajbhavan Road, Somajiguda, Hyderabad 500 082 English Title: How to Lessen Noise Pollution Andhra Pradesh P: 040-23322846; F: 040-55660181 E: [email protected] Language: English http://www.nmdc-india.com/ Duration: 30 min
Subject Focus: Noise pollution English Title: India and Montreal Protocol Synopsis: Noise in factories and workplaces can be hazardous for our ears. To protect our hearing faculties, Language: English certain measures can be adopted — these are highlighted Duration: 30 min in this story. Subject Focus: India and the Montreal Protocol Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Synopsis: The Montreal Protocol was signed by India to keep up with the norms of climate change mechanisms. Contact Details: How far has India been able to keep up its obligations? Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Producer: Development Alternatives P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Production Company: Doordarshan E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: India Inhales English Title: Inside the Poison Trade
Original Title: India Inhales Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Duration: 52 min Language: English Format: VHS Duration: 25 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Toxic waste dumping
Subject Focus: India as a smokers’ paradise Synopsis: The film discusses the concern of developing countries on the dumping of toxic wastes by the European Synopsis: Every day in India, another 55,000 children start Community. smoking — compared to the 3,000 children who take up the habit in the US, where the numbers are falling. Tobacco Production Company: Centre for Science and is one of India’s favorite pastimes: Indians spit it, chew it, Environment (CSE) smoke it, and roll it. And, inspired by advertising for Wills cigarettes which sponsors the Indian cricket team, children Contact Details: believe that smoking improves cricketing techniques. Hardly Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) surprising, then, that with declining markets in the West, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 and 50% of India’s population under the age of 25, the P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 major tobacco companies are increasingly targeting India E: [email protected] as their new growth market. The film explores the cynicism W: www.cseindia.org of the major global tobacco companies’ campaigns in India, and the work of the activists who have pledged to try to stop them — and halt the soaring increase in cancer cases in India that result from smoking. English Title: Is God Deaf?
Director: Amanda Rudman Language: English Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Duration: 28 min Format: Beta Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Subject Focus: Noise pollution 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Synopsis: Increasing politicization and commerciali- E: [email protected] zation of religion and the consequent use of loudspeakers W: www.cseindia.org has resulted in noise pollution. People are afraid to speak out for fear of being targeted by vested interests and branded communal. So the nuisance continues in the English Title: Indoor Plants as Air Purifiers name of tradition, culture and religion. The film is the story of one man, senior citizen H. S. D’lima, who realized that Language: English unless the fear of the law wasn’t instilled in the minds of Duration: 30 min both law enforcers and lawbreakers, nothing would ever change. Subject Focus: Indoor plants as air purifiers Director: Sanjivan Lal Synopsis: People who work in closed air-conditioned Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) offices often feel ill due to the exposure to objects and machines which emit chemicals. The use of certain indoor Contact Details: plants can actually de-poison the air and make people Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) feel a lot better. A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] Producer: Development Alternatives W: www.psbt.org Production Company: Doordarshan
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Jal Pradushan — Ek Samasya English Title: Jhelum — Purity to Pollution
Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1997 Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1998 Language: Hindi Duration: 14 min 4 sec Duration: 8 min 24 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Pollution of the river Jhelum Production Company: AIND Synopsis: The film begins its journey at the very source Contact Details: of the Jhelum, Verinag, and follows the track through its Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) various tributaries till the river reaches its destination. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Production Company: ASRI
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) English Title: Japan’s Lessons on Economy and NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Environment — Our Pollution Experience P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Original Title: Japan’s Lessons on Economy and Environment — Our Pollution Experience Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 English Title: Kala Pahaar Duration: 29 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Subject Focus: Japan’s initiatives on cleaning up its Language: Hindi environment Duration: 27 min Format: U-Matic Highband Synopsis: After the devastation that precipitated the end of World War II, Japan embarked on a period of intense Subject Focus: Industrial air pollution and its impact on economic reconstruction — with the result that, today, human health Japan’s gross national production ranks second only to that of the United States. But there was a downside to Synopsis: In the film, the father of a school child owns an Japan’s economic miracle. With so much effort devoted extremely polluting factory. The factory affects the local to economic revival, the devastating impact on the residents, but the owner does not take any corrective environment was negle cted. Using shocking footage measures — till his daughter convinces him. of a whole range of pollution-related diseases that appeared in the 1950s — Itai-Itai, Minamata and Yakkaichi Producer: Pashupati Sharma Asthma — the film explores the clean-up measures taken Production Company: M/s P. P. Productions by the Japanese government and industry. With the benefit of hindsight, a cleaner, healthier Japan is now offering to Contact Details: share the lessons it learned with other countries embarking The Secretary on rapid economic development. Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Director: Katsunori Arai Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.envfor.nic.in Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Keeping the Promise: The GEF in English Title: Landscape Designing for Better Action Environment (Osho Teeth)
Original Title: Keeping the Promise: The GEF in Action Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1993 Language: English Duration: 18 min 3 sec Duration: 32 min Format: U-Matic Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Re-greening land Subject Focus: The Global Environment Facility Synopsis: The film demonstrates how a small effort can Synopsis: The film showcases the different activities transform a polluted dirty nallah into a beautiful garden. undertaken by the GEF (Global Environment Facility) to contain environmental degradation, in the backdrop of Production Company: EPUN disappearing rainforests and coral reefs, rising emissions of greenhouse gases, and CFCs from refrigerators etc. Contact Details: causing an ozone hole almost the size of the US. The film Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) looks at case studies from Thailand, Zimbabwe and NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Ethiopia. For instance, it examines the EKOTEZ initiative P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 — designing a machine which can siphon out CFC into a W: www.cec-ugc.org storage container while repairing. GEF is supporting initiatives like this in their effort to reach the market. English Title: Lead in Environment Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Language: English & Hindi Contact Details: Duration: 21 min Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Production Company: Central Pollution Control Board E: [email protected] (CPCB) W: www.cseindia.org Contact Details: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India English Title: Killer Quake (News Magazine No. Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-cum-Office Complex 252) East Arjun Nagar, Delhi - 110 032 P: 011-22307233; F: 22304948 E: [email protected] Original Title: Killer Quake W: http://www.cpcb.nic.in Language: English Duration: 22 min Format: 35 mm
Subject Focus: Latur earthquake
Synopsis: The film documents the aftermath of the killer earthquake that struck Latur and Osmanbad districts of Maharashtra, and records the relief operations.
Producer: Films Division
Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Lecture Series on Environmental English Title: Little Girl Science (Marine Pollution) Original Title: Little Girl Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2005 Language: English Language: English Duration: 25 min 34 sec Duration: 30 sec Format: Betacam Format: Digital beta
Subject Focus: Marine pollution Subject Focus: Vehicular air pollution
Synopsis: Most human activities in and around seas and Synopsis: This PSM works on the analogy that vehicular oceans (such as construction of harbors and ports) have pollution is as bad as smoking and should not be allowed. severe impacts on marine environments. In addition to Sitting in the back seat of a car, a young girl rolls down these, the discharge of radioactive wastes from nuclear her window and inhales deeply — and ends up with a power plants, washing of ships and boats, mining and coughing spasm due to the smog-filled air. The film ends mineral processing along coastal zones, off-shore oil well with a message aimed at igniting the conscience of all drilling, submarine transport and underwater exploration parents: reduce vehicular pollution. are also serious concerns. The film explains the nature of marine pollutants and the methods to control them. Directors: Sonia Bhatnagar & Bhavna Gupta Producer: Abhinandan Sekri Production Company: AMYS Production Company: Earth Communications Office – India Association (Eco India) Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Eco India P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 C-2, Panchseel Enclave, New Delhi W: www.cec-ugc.org F: 011-41748395 E: [email protected] W: www.eco-india.org
English Title: Lecture Series on Environmental Science (Natural Hazards – Floods) English Title: Living in Fear Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2005 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1986 Duration: 28 min 51 sec Language: English, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam Format: Betacam Duration: 33 min Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Floods and their control Subject Focus: Nuclear pollution Synopsis: Dr. A. Balasubramanian of the University of Mysore explains the nature of floods, their causes and Synopsis: The film is about the long-term effects of impact on the environment, and the various methods to nuclear pollution — with the focus on the Indian Rare Earth control them. factory situated on the banks of the Periyar river in Kerala. It gives an account of the occupational health hazards and the possibilities of an environmental disaster due to Production Company: AMYS callous dumping of nuclear waste in the water. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Production Company: Centre for Science and NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Environment (CSE) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Living with Disasters English Title: Living with Noise
Original Title: Living with Disasters Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Duration: 14 min 34 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 4 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Noise pollution Subject Focus: Disaster management Synopsis: Rapid industrialization and the growing Synopsis: Droughts, floods, earthquakes and hurricanes demand for automobiles have made our environment have claimed four million lives over the past 20 years, extremely noisy. This film, while identifying the noise and disrupted the lives of close to half the population of machines and their effect on our lives, explains how noise the planet. Living with Disaster casts aside the familiar can be reduced with minimum efforts and how people news headlines of misery and destruction to present the working in noisy environs can protect themselves. untold story — how relatively inexpensive investment can reap huge rewards, reducing the cost, both in Production Company: ASRI reconstruction and in human suffering. In drought-prone Zimbabwe, farmers have developed their own methods Contact Details: for coping in the harshly arid conditions while in the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Philippines, the programme looks at ways to prevent a NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 typhoon becoming a full-scale disaster. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Director: Damien Rea Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: English Title: Lucia Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Language: English (with subtitles) E: [email protected] Duration: 90 min W: www.cseindia.org Format: DVD
Subject Focus: Urban poverty and the right to one’s English Title: Living with Drought homeland
Original Title: Living with Drought Synopsis: The film is based on an original screenplay by Language: English the late Filipino director Uno Brocka, and chronicles a Duration: 49 min family’s struggle to stay together and build a home in their Format: DVD own country — a country, ironically, which operates an open door policy for tourism and foreign investors. Driven Subject Focus: Community initiatives against to destitution by the activities of foreign multinationals, by environmental degradation pollution and militarization, Lucia is powerless to stop the Synopsis: Living with Drought examines how rural disintegration of her family as they are forced into the communities in the Niger and Kenya are responding to the slums of Manila. severe changes wrought in their environment by climate change, poverty and population pressures. Soil and water Director: Mel Chionglo conservation projects, such as stone terracing and tree Producer: Peter Firstbrook wind-breaks, have helped improve crop yields by as much Production Company: Manila Inter-Filrn/BBC as 25 per cent in some regions. Projects like these, the film concludes, have helped make small but measurable Contact Details: advances in the fight against environmental degradation. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Producer: Eleanor Morris P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Production Company: BBC/Open University E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Man and Environment English Title: Melody…Out of Tune
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Original Title: Raag Viraag Bhaye Duration: 20 min Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Format: U-Matic Language: Hindi Duration: 2 min 58 sec Subject Focus: Man and environment Format: Betacam SP
Synopsis: The programme deals with the relationship of Subject Focus: The relationship of man and nature man and environment — population growth, failing village economies, migration, food shortages and deforestation Synopsis: In this PSM, music is shown as a divine gift, but and how all these lead to increasing contamination. without pure air to breathe, one cannot imagine singing even a single note. Illustrating the intimate relationship between Production Company: AMAD human beings and nature, the film creatively grapples with the filmmaker’s dilemma on a cleaner environment. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Director: Pankaj Tiwari NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Producer: Pankaj Tiwari P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Production Company: Educational Multimedia Research W: www.cec-ugc.org Centre (EMRC)
Contact Details: English Title: Matchbox City Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) Dr. Harisingh Gour V. V., Sagar 470 003, Madhya Pradesh P: 07582-264153; F: 07582-264153 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 E: [email protected] Language: English Duration: 8 min
Subject Focus: Urban environment of Delhi English Title: Miles to Go
Synopsis: The film takes Delhi as a case study to depict Original Title: Miles to Go the problems faced by urban dwellers — lack of clean Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 water, electricity and housing are just some of them. Language: English Travelling through the slums, the grime, and among the Duration: 58 min various population segments — including children — the Format: Digital film exhorts viewers to get over their civic apathy and ignorance and come forward to safeguard the Subject Focus: Environmental conflicts and communities’ environment. rights to livelihoods
Director: Tata Energy Reseach Institute (TERI) Synopsis: The film is about a bus journey across India – seven states, 6,000 kilometers in just 60 days — which is Contact Details: unlike any other journey. The chosen destinations do not The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) feature in a tourist brochure: instead, they are India’s Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road forgotten backyards, inhabited by people brushed under New Delhi 110 003 the carpet of indifference and apathy. This is a story of P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 individuals fighting for their basic rights. E: [email protected] W: www.teriin.org Producers: Rajani Mani & Nina Subramani Commissioning Agency: Greenpeace India
Contact Details: Elephant Corridor Films 022 Maria Mansions, viviani Road, Richards Town Bangalore 560 005, Karnataka P: 080-4152 6137; M: 09845241260, 9810331301, 9811007797 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.elephantcorridor.org
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English Title: Modern Society, Plastics & English Title: No Doubt at All Environment Original Title: No Doubt at All Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Duration: 26 min 26 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 24 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Plastics Subject Focus: Climate change Synopsis: The programme explains whether plastics are really a threat to environment. Synopsis: The world’s nations emerged from Kyoto with an agreement by industrialised nations designed to Production Company: AOSM stabilise and then reduce greenhouse gases. At the Bonn meeting of 161 governments, we find that little progress Contact Details: has been made, especially in the US where there is no Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) sign that its mighty 25 per cent share of the world’s energy NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 use is likely to be reduced. Meanwhile, there is a small P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 but vocal minority who argues that the case for climate W: www.cec-ugc.org change is still unproven. Earth Report goes to the cloud forests of Costa Rica, the highlands of Ethiopia and to Chesapeake Bay in USA to find that the evidence for a English Title: Mucking up the Med changing climate is overwhelming. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Language: English Duration: 51 min Contact Details: Format: DVD Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Subject Focus: Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Synopsis: Only 300 Monk seals, it is estimated, are W: www.cseindia.org now left in the Mediterranean Sea. Victims of environmental degradation and angry fishermen who blame them for their dwindling catches of fish, the Monk English Title: Noise Pollution seal’s tragic demise has become a symbol of what has happened to the Mediterranean Sea over the last 25 Date/Month/Year of Production: May 1989 years. Over-development, over-fishing and the Duration: 9 min 6 sec relentless dumping of industrial waste and sewage have Format: U-Matic turned it into a dangerous, disease-ridden and often dead sea. The influx of 100 million tourists a year, the lack of regulations covering waste dumping, and the Subject Focus: Noise pollution geography of the Mediterranean itself, where water exchange through the Straits of Gibraltar can take up Synopsis: Noise pollution is a growing menace in our to 200 years, makes the prospect of cleaning up look society. Modern technological development has grim. established beyond doubt its deleterious effects on us.
Director: Ashley Bruce Production Company: AROO Producer: Ashley Bruce Production Company: TVE & TV Espanola Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Development Alternatives W: www.cec-ugc.org 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Noise Pollution English Title: NTPC Ash Mount
Language: English & Hindi Original Title: NTPC Ash Mount Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Subject Focus: Noise pollution Language: Hindi Duration: 3 min 52 sec Production Company: Central Pollution Control Board Format: Betacam SP (CPCB) Subject Focus: Pollution control measures undertaken Contact Details: by industry Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India Directors: Asrar Shamse & Kailash Bhutani Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-cum-Office Complex Producer: Executive Director, PCRA East Arjun Nagar, Delhi - 110 032 Production Company: Superads P: 011-22307233; F: 22304948 E: [email protected] W: http://www.cpcb.nic.in Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhawan 10, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi 110 066 English Title: Noise Pollution in Developing P: 011-26198809; M: 9810548249; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] Countries W: www.pcra.org
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Duration: 21 min Format: U-Matic English Title: Numbers
Subject Focus: Noise pollution Original Title: Numbers Language: English Synopsis: In the film, Dr. Kameswaran begins by Duration: 25 sec explaining how human hearing has evolved over Format: Digital beta thousands of years and then discusses the diseases that Subject Focus: Vehicular air pollution occur due to unduly high levels of noise. It is finally emphasized that education, legislation and controls like Synopsis: Fifty lakh premature deaths; four lakh asthma noise-free zones are all necessary to minimise noise patients — these are some of the startling figures of air pollution in developing countries. pollution’s fallouts. The film attempts to establish in a simple way that the Number Plate is a powerful reminder Production Company: AMAD of the havoc caused by vehicular air pollution. Every time people look at the digits on a Plate, they think of the Contact Details: alarming proportions to which health hazards caused by Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) vehicular emissions have risen. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Director: Veneet Raj Bagga W: www.cec-ugc.org Producer: Rediffusion DYR Pvt Ltd Production Company: Onions Films
Contact Details: Rediffusion DYR Rediffusion DYR Pvt Ltd, Vasisht House 7/2 & 7/3 Kalu Sarai, Begampur, New Delhi 110 017 P: 011-26521940-47, 011-26858109, M: 9811226976 E: [email protected] W: www.rediffusiondyr.com
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English Title: Oceans and Climate Change English Title: Our Beautiful Planet
Original Title: Oceans and Climate Change Original Title: Our Beautiful Planet Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1990 Language: English Language: English Duration: 19 min Duration: 120 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Impact of global warming on marine Subject Focus: Environmental pollution environments Synopsis: A consortium of public broadcasting Synopsis: This video news release marks the release of organisations from Asia, Europe, North America and a report Turning up the heat: How global warming Australia join forces to produce this two hour programme threatens life in the sea produced by WWF and the Marine on the global environmental crisis and global initiatives Conservation Biology Institute. This new scientific study needed to solve the crisis. The film illustrates by giving highlights impacts from the Poles to the Tropics — affecting examples of different countries and environmental a range of species from phytoplankton to polar bears, sea problems faced by them. It also includes a computer birds and coral reefs. In particular, it warns that global analysis of potential climate change and presents results warming could destroy the salmon fishing industry in of an international questionnaire answered by more than Alaska and Canada’s British Columbia. 7,000 environmental NGOs.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Director: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Producers: NHK, TVO, ZDF, MPT, SBS, SVT, TTV,TVT, HKTV, Central Independent TV (U.K.) Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 E: [email protected] P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: One Child, One Voice English Title: Our Daily Air Original Title: One Child, One Voice Language: English Original Title: Our Daily Air Duration: 46 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 Format: DVD Language: English Duration: 35 min Subject Focus: Environmental crisis and its solutions Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Synopsis: Seven children from around the world share Subject Focus: Air pollution their hopes and fears for the future of the planet. Each talks about critical environmental issues such as global Synopsis: “We are not only what we eat, but what we warming or acid rain that affect their countries — and the breath”, claims presenter Paulo Betta in this investigation possible solutions open to them. The film uses the into the quality of the air in Rio de Janeiro. To underline dramatic device of an eerie, surrealistic fair-ground at his point, Betta sits cross-legged inhaling the fumes of Santa Cruz, California, to illustrate the variety of threats the heavy traffic entering one of the major underpasses to the global environment. The fairground scenes and the that traverse Rio de Janeiro, and then goes on to contrast children’s views are intercut with documentary footage the experience with breathing the air at the mountain-top from around the world and the film concludes by urging retreat of one of its wealthier inhabitants. Betta discovers viewers worldwide to make their own ‘leaf’ pledges to that the city’s air reflects the political dynamics of his support environmental legislation. country: there’s enough for everyone — with the vital Director: Malcolm Clarke distinction that it’s pure for some, and polluted for many. Producer: Elliot Rosenblatt Production Company: Turner Broadcasting/Exec. Director: Tete Moraes Producer — Peter Wagg Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Development Alternatives 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Our Present, their Future English Title: Ozzy Ozone
Original Title: Our Present, their Future Original Title: Ozzy Ozone Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Language: English Duration: 40 sec Duration: 10 min Format: DV Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Pollution and environmental degradation Subject Focus: Ozone depletion
Synopsis: This film shows a young boy engrossed in Synopsis: Ozzy Ozone is an animated film for raising making a drawing, colouring small squares and drawing awareness about ozone layer protection. This video takes smoke circles in the air. After completing the picture, he a voyage of discovery to find out exactly who and what is reviews his work and labels it as ‘scenery’. The final picture attacking the ozone layer and how children can play an that emerges is one of closely packed buildings, chimneys, important role in making a difference. cars and a skyline crowded by bill boards and highrises. That the young boy could not imagine a greener scene to Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) draw, is the message at the end of the PSM: we decide the future of our posterity, and thus have an enormous Contact Details: responsibility towards using natural resources wisely. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Director: Lavanya Selvam P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Contact Details: Lavanya Selvam No. 99, 4th Avenue, Ashok Nagar, Chennai 600 083 Tamil Nadu English Title: Ped – The Tree P: 044-24894177, M: 09840606333 E: [email protected] Original Title: Ped – The Tree Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Language: Hindi and English English Title: Oxygen Radicals and Antioxidants- Duration: 1 min 59 sec 8 (Environmental Pollution) Format: Mini DV
Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1994 Subject Focus: Saving trees Language: English Duration: 18 min Synopsis: Through a short story of a Sardarji and his Format: Betacam tree, the film presents its message: save trees, stop pollution, and switch to eco-friendly fuel. Subject Focus: How environmental pollution affects our bodies Directors: Rohan Manchanda, Meghan Srivastav, Kirti Pandey, Shweta Dutta, Sami & Amit Synopsis: Our environment is increasingly getting Producer: Wigan and Leigh polluted with pesticides, heavy metals, automobile exhausts, industrial wastes, smoke and even tobacco Contact Details: products. These pollutants and environmental Sangeeta Nigam contaminants are present in the air we breathe, the water Wigan and Leigh Collge, HOD, A 86, Sainik Farms, Central we drink, and the food we consume. But are we doing Avenue, New Delhi 110 062 anything to decrease the toxic effects of these pollutants? P: 011-29552849-51, M: 9811757924, 9811170536 E: [email protected] W: www.wiganindia.org Production Company: ECAL
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Performance on Environment English Title: Plasma Emission Spectroscopy Protection and Metallic Pollutants-2
Original Title: Performance on Environment Protection Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1989 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Duration: 13 min 3 sec Language: Hindi Format: U-Matic Duration: 3 min 30 sec Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: Metallic pollutants and their impact on environment Subject Focus: Conservation Production Company: EHYD
Director: Chaman Gupta Contact Details: Producer: Executive Director, Pteroleum Conservation Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Production Company: Srishti Pictures NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhawan 10, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi 110 066 English Title: Poisonous Snakes and Ladders P: 011-26198809; M: 9810548249; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] Original Title: Poisonous Snakes and Ladders W: www.pcra.org Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Language: English Duration: 24 min English Title: Plasma Emission Spectroscopy Format: VHS/VCD & DVD and Metallic Pollutants-1 Subject Focus: Hazardous products and control over their dumping Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1989 Language: English Synopsis: The Basel agreement was signed by nations Duration: 20 min 2 sec to control transfrontier dumping of hazardous wastes. A Format: U-Matic decade on, ‘Earth Report’ finds that world-wide, new compounds are posing new risks and there’s still the Subject Focus: Detecting metallic pollutants problem of who is responsible for clearing up poisonous sites around the developing world.
Synopsis: The programme focuses on the detection Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) process of metals in air, water and food by plasma emission spectroscope. Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Production Company: EHYD P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.cseindia.org Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Pollution Blood for God
Language: English Duration: 15 min Production Company: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Contact Details: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-Cum Office Complex East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi 110 032 P: 011-2230 8902, 2230 6128, 2230 1932 F: 011-2230 7233, 2230 4948 E: [email protected] W: www.cpcb.nic.in
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English Title: Pollution Due to Social Practices English Title: Pollution-1 (Water, Solids and Air)
Language: English & Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1998 Production Company: Central Pollution Control Language: English Board (CPCB) Duration: 12 min 44 sec Contact Details: Format: Betacam Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-Cum Office Complex Subject Focus: Pollution East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi 110 032 P: 011-2230 8902, 2230 6128, 2230 1932; Synopsis: What are the reasons behind pollution? How F: 011-2230 7233, 2230 4948 do water, solid particles or air get polluted? Dr. Vijay Joshi E: [email protected] W: www.cpcb.nic.in and Dr. Bhushan Patvardhan discuss some of these problems in this programme.
Production Company: EHYD English Title: Pollution Hazir Ho!
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Language: Hindi NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Duration: 16 min P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Subject Focus: Pollution
Synopsis: Set in the backdrop of a court of justice, this comic satire’s characters include Pollution and Ganga. English Title: Pollution-2 (Let us Save Ourselves) Pollution is accused of polluting Ganga and Yamuna. At the end of cross-examination, the judge rules that since Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1989 people in general are also responsible, the matter should Language: English therefore be refered to the peoples’ court. Duration: 20 min 28 sec Format: U-Matic Director: Gauri Shankar Raina Producer: Doordarshan Kendra, Delhi Subject Focus: Pollution
Contact Details: Doordarshan Kendra, Delhi Synopsis: The programme deals with noise and water Akashwani Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi 110 001 pollution — their causes and effects — and suggests some P: 011-23716852, 23715822; F: 011-23421144 remedies.
Production Company: EHYD
English Title: Pollution-1 (Let us Save Ourselves) Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1989 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Language: English P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Duration: 10 min 45 sec W: www.cec-ugc.org Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Pollution
Synopsis: The programme deals with environmental pollution, its causes and control measures. It also looks at indoor and outdoor air pollution.
Production Company: EHYD
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Pollution-2 (New Frontiers in English Title: Protecting the Ecosystem Pollution Control) Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1987 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1998 Duration: 20 min Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 16 min 55 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Environmental activism in Delhi
Subject Focus: Pollution control and management Synopsis: This is a programme on young environmental groups in Delhi, and on the issues they have taken up Synopsis: Pollution control is emerging as a new field of with respect to the preservation of natural forest belts, technology in coming decades. What are the opportunities combating pollution etc. in environmrnt protection and management? Dr. Bhushan Patvardhan and Dr. Vijay Joshi discuss. Production Company: MDEL
Production Company: EPUN Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Race to Save the Sky
English Title: Pradooshan Kya — Kuchh Neetiyon Original Title: Race to Save the Sky ke Sawal Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1990 Duration: 25 min Language: Hindi Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Duration: 27 min Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Ozone depletion and eco-friendly chemicals Subject Focus: Industrial pollution in Udaipur, Rajasthan Synopsis: Brokered by the UNEP, the 1987 Montreal Synopsis: The film documents the contamination of water Protocol was criticised by environmental groups for not resources by industries in the Udaipur canal area of being tough enough. In this film, we find the world is on Rajasthan. These industries also release poisonous gases course to end the threat from ozone-depleting chemicals. and have affected the people of the area, who are now But we also find that the first generation of alternatives trying to organise and resist. are potent greenhouse agents. Now the race is on to get industry and consumers to adopt hydrocarbons — the Production Company: Centre for Science and climate-friendly alternative. Environment (CSE) Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 E: [email protected] P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Reality Bites English Title: Smog Inc.
Original Title: Reality Bites Original Title: Smog Inc. Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: English Language: English Duration: 1 min Duration: 26 min Format: Digital beta Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Environmental pollution Subject Focus: Vehicular pollution
Synopsis: The story revolves around a child who is Synopsis: While we chase the American dream of a car following a holographic image of a butterfly. Placed in an for everyone, we keep paying heavily with our health. Cities urban industrial setting, the film documents the pollution across the country are choking from vehicle exhaust. This being generated by industries. short movie takes an incisive look at the science and Director: Clinton Remedios politics of vehicular pollution. While industry has a Producer: Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics lackadaisical attitude in terms of technological development and cleaning up their emissions, the Contact Details: government turns a blind eye and puts the onus on the Maya Academy of Advanced Cinematics (MAAC) vehicle owner — take care of your tailpipe, it says. At the 23, Shah Industrial Estate, Off Veera Desai Road, Andheri (E) same time it continues to sell dirty fuels, which interacts Mumbai 400 053 with poor technology to spew toxic emissions. While it P: 022-26731145-48; F: 022-26730961 E: [email protected] sells the auto-dream, the industry and along with it the W: www.maacindia.com government fails to see the discipline and massive investments required to follow the extremely toxic Western model. The citizens continue to suffer.
English Title: Save the Ozone Layer: Every Action Director: Pradeep Saha Counts Producer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Original Title: Save the Ozone Layer: Every Action Counts Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Language: English 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Duration: 18 min P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Format: VHS/VCD & DVD E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Subject Focus: Ozone depletion and global efforts to check it
Synopsis: Ozone layer depletion in the upper atmosphere may no longer be front-page news, but the threat to ecosystems and human health it poses has not disappeared. The film talks about what nations can do to halt the damage. Ozone is destroyed, mainly, by two groups of chemicals: halons, used in fire-fighting appliances, and chloroflurocarbons (CFCs), used in dry cleaning, aerosol sprays, air conditioners and refrigerators. Following the well-published hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica in the 1980s, concern had increased to such an extent that governments signed the Montreal Protocol. One result has been the supply of technical guidance and aid to expanding economies like China, encouraging them to adopt more ozone layer-friendly methods of production.
Directors: Deirdre O’connell & Charlotte Metcalf Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Smoke This English Title: Soil Pollution
Original Title: Smoke This Language: English & Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: English Production Company: Central Pollution Control Duration: 30 min Board (CPCB) Format: DVD Contact Details: Subject Focus: Air pollution and transport planning Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-Cum Office Complex, Synopsis: The film concentrates on the plight of the auto- East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi 110 032 rickshaw driver in the context of the efforts of the P: 011-2230 8902, 2230 6128, 2230 1932 government to ‘clean and decongest’ the city of Delhi. F: 011-2230 7233, 2230 4948 E: [email protected] Director: Varun Mathur W: www.cpcb.nic.in Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting English Title: Sonic Litter Trust (PSBT) Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1993 Contact Details: Duration: 21 min Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Format: Betacam A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 Subject Focus: Noise pollution E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org Synopsis: The film deals with noise pollution in urban centres and emphasises on the need to control this environmental nuisance and health hazard. English Title: So Let’s Wait for the End (Filler) Production Company: MDEL Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1998 Duration: 1 min 15 sec Contact Details: Format: Betacam Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Subject Focus: Pollution P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Synopsis: The spot uses the metaphor of a circle as the underlying theme for conveying the relationship that exists between the sun, earth, man and the menace of pollution English Title: Source of Life that he has created. Date/Month/Year of Production: 1986 Production Company: AROO Language: English Duration: 26 min Contact Details: Format: VHS Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Subject Focus: Environmental change and conservation P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Synopsis: The film presents a seven-point agenda for environmental change.
Production Company: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Spot on Environmental Pollution English Title: Status Quo (Filler) Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: February 1999 Duration: 7 min Duration: 1 min 14 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Noise pollution
Subject Focus: Pollution Synopsis: Recent studies show that cities are becoming increasingly noisy. This film takes a satirical look at the problem of noise pollution. Synopsis: The film is a comic look at what happens when one is constantly exposed to pollution of all kinds — noise, Director: Joshy Joseph water and air. Producer: Kuldeep Sinha
Production Company: AROO Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India Contact Details: 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 E: [email protected] W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.filmsdivision.org
English Title: Spot on Noise Pollution (Filler) English Title: Taj Mahal… Beyond the Love Story Original Title: Taj Mahal… Beyond the Love Story Date/Month/Year of Production: February 1999 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Duration: 1 min Language: English & Hindi Format: Betacam Duration: 22 min Format: DV Cam Subject Focus: Pollution Subject Focus: Impacts of environmental pollution on historical monuments Synopsis: See previous entry. Synopsis: Taj Mahal, one of the world’s greatest architectural Production Company: AROO wonders, is under threat. Situated in Agra, one of India’s most chaotic and polluted cities, this majestic monument is Contact Details: gradually being consumed by fumes and chemicals Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) emanating from vehicles, diesel generators, factories, NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 foundries and refineries. To protect the Taj, the government P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 is prepared to close these industrial units, threatening jobs W: www.cec-ugc.org of millions. In a poor country like India, can protecting a monument be more important than livelihood needs?
Awards Received by the Film: Best Documentary Award, Olomouc Film Festival, the Czech Republic; Best documentary nomination, Cries for Justice Category, Pennsylvania Film Festival; Best Documentary, Citimac Film Festival, Pune
Director: Richa Arora Director: Rishu Nigam Producer: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Production Company: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Commissioning Agency: Swiss Agency for Development & Cooperation
Contact Details: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 E: [email protected] W: www.teriin.org
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English Title: The Adventures of Ecogirl and English Title: The Global Changes — A Lecture Environman by Prof. M. G. K. Menon
Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2001 Original Title: The Global Changes — A Lecture by Prof. Duration: 5 min 30 sec M. G. K. Menon Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Subject Focus: Disposal of garbage and air pollution Duration: 24 min 5 sec Format: U-Matic Synopsis: The film is a series of two environmental movies made by student from classes VIII-X. Based on stories, Subject Focus: Global environmental changes they drive home a social message. In the first (The Adventures of Ecogirl), a girl named Leela Litterbug is Synopsis: An International Symposium on Evolution of convinced by Ecogirl that her habit of littering was wrong Deserts was held in Physical Research Laboratory, and unethical. In the second movie (The Adventures of Ahmedabad in 1992. This film covers the presidential Environman), an industrialist, Mr. Moneybags, owns address at the symposium by Prof. M. G. K. Menon, who factory that throws out a lot of smoke. Environman discussed issues related to global changes and the factors convinces him to install new filters in the chimneys of his affecting them. factory. Production Company: EJOD Director: Students of Jiva Public School Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Jiva Public School NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Jiva Marg, Sector 21B, Faridabad, Haryana P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 0129-2429640, 2431198, 4041539, 4041540 W: www.cec-ugc.org F: 0129-2431198, 2296174 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.jiva.com English Title: The Green House Effect
Language: English English Title: The Global Atmospheric Duration: 50 min Consequences of Nuclear War Format: DVD
Language: English Subject Focus: Global warming Duration: 55 min Format: VHS Synopsis: Carbon dioxide and other so-called ‘greenhouse gases’ emitted from power stations, cars, Subject Focus: Impact of a nuclear war factories and agriculture are trapping the Earth’s heat. The film finds new evidence to show that global warming Synopsis: The film shows the devastating impacts that a has already begun. nuclear war can have. Producer: Peter Ceresole Production Company: Centre for Science and Production Company: BBC, Scandinature Films, TVE Environment (CSE) Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: The Living Word English Title: The Thinker
Original Title: The Living Word Original Title: The Thinker Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Language: English Language: English Duration: 10 min Duration: 32 min Format: 35 mm Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Pollution Subject Focus: Pollution and development Synopsis: This is an animated presentation of the problem Synopsis: Anil Agarwal from India and Knud Vilby from of pollution. Denmark discuss the issue of environmental pollution. Agarwal points out the horrifying fact that 7,500 people Producer: Films Division die every year because of air pollution. The film shows how CSE is working on its campaign against air pollution. Contact Details: Development in a poor country like India can’t be cheap. Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, If we are not ready to pay the price for it, we indirectly pay Government of India it through this process of slow murder. The film also 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 focuses on how international policy makers look at it: do P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 they stress on ecology, or only economy? F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org Director: Clyde Niven Producer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Contact Details: English Title: The Wailing Glaciers Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Original Title: The Wailing Glaciers P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 E: [email protected] Language: English W: www.cseindia.org Duration: 20 min 16 sec Format: DV
English Title: The Long Road to Recovery Subject Focus: The deteriorating condition of glaciers
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Synopsis: The documentary brings out the deteriorating Language: English condition of glaciers and the threat it poses for the world. Duration: 26 min A study has shown that glaciers are receding at the speed Format: Betacam SP, DVD of 20 to 50 meters per year. By the year 2035, all glaciers will disappear. With the retraction of glaciers, glacial lakes Subject Focus: The impacts of Chernobyl are formed. When the water level in these lakes rises, it breaches the dam of ice and boulders, unleashing floods. Synopsis: It was the world’s worst nuclear accident – the The recent Sutlej-Beas floods in Kulu and Manali are an explosion at Chernobyl’s Reactor No 4 in April 1986; 8,000 example. people died, 2,000 people have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, while a further 8,000-10,000 cases are expected Director: Manmohan Singh to develop in future. Now, a report from the UN claims that Producer: Manmohan Singh the ‘psycho-social’ welfare of those evacuated from the most Production Company: N. K. Creations contaminated areas has also suffered. Unemployment, depression and stress-related illnesses are rife. Contact Details: Manmohan Singh Production Company: Earth Report VI/TVE H. No. 3043, Sector 37 D, Chandigarh 160 036 P: 0172-2687082, M: 09417047082 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: The Weeping Apple Tree English Title: Through the Smoke Screen
Original Title: The Weeping Apple Tree Original Title: Through the Smoke Screen Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2006 Date/Month/ Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Language: English Duration: 12 min & 22 min (2 Versions) Duration: 7 min Format: DV Pal Format: DV
Subject Focus: Climate Change Subject Focus: Industrial pollution
Synopsis: The film addresses the issue of climate change Synopsis: This film is on cleaning up polluting industries by focusing on the shifting apple-growing belt in Himachal in Ferozabad. Pradesh. Director: Madhurima Sen Bose Director: Vijay S. Jodha Producer: Krishnendu Bose Producer: The British Government Production Company: Earthcare Films Production Company: Vijay S. Jodha Production Commissioning Agency: TERI Commissioning Agency: U.K. Environment Film Fellowship 2005 Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Contact Details: Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony Vijay S. Jodha New Delhi 110 024 Film Director, B-001 Krishna Apra Residency, Sector 61 P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 NOIDA 201301 E: [email protected] T: 98100 68930 W: www.earthcarefilms.com E: [email protected]
English Title: Time to Make a Choice English Title: Thermax Chillers Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2000 Language: English Duration: 7 min 18 sec Duration: 30 min Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Eco-friendly refrigerators Subject Focus: Eco-friendly lifestyle
Synopsis: Countries are being asked to phase out the Synopsis: Man has constantly abused his environment; use of chemicals that threaten the ozone layer. Until the sudden climatic changes, the depleting ozone layer recently, most refrigerators used ozone-depleting etc are all signs of environmental degradation. The time chemicals. Thermax is one company which is devoting a has come to focus on not only the quality of the products lot of R&D to develop eco-friendly fridges. that we manufacture, but also the material used in making them. Western influences have made us slaves to the Producer: Development Alternatives plastic-polythene culture; the Barbie Doll is an example. Production Company: Doordarshan It’s time we reverted to our traditional nature-friendly lifestyle. Contact Details: Development Alternatives Production Company: AROO 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.devalt.org NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Toothpaste: A Boon or a Curse? English Title: Toxicity
Language: English Original Title: Toxicity Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Language: No spoken language Subject Focus: Toothpastes as environmental and health Duration: 2 min 30 sec hazards Subject Focus: Pollution Synopsis: Toothpaste is considered a ‘cure-all’ for all our dental problems. But are we aware of the presence of Synopsis: Times are changing: we live in concrete chemicals in it which could have adverse effects on not jungles, our breathing spaces have become tighter. We only the environment, but also our health? cannot depend even on the free air that we breathe, because it has turned toxic. Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Director: Jason Jerome Lakiang
Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives Jason Jerome Lakiang 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 ZICA STUDIOS, ZICA, Essel World, Gorai Island, Borivali, P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Mumabi 400 091, Maharashtra E: [email protected] P: 022 2845 2312 / 2197; F: 022 2845 2692 W: www.devalt.org 098198972341(Vaibhav Shah) [email protected] www.zica.org
English Title: Top Guns and Toxic Whales
Language: English English Title: Toxicity of Paints Duration: 52 min Format: DVD Language: English Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: The conservation-development debate Subject Focus: Oil-based paints Synopsis: Six thousand years of warfare, combined with 20th century technological prowess, have peaked in the Synopsis: Oil-based paints and their by-products — says skill and sophistication of the F-14A TomCat, the phantom- the film — are highly toxic and contain heavy metals like like Stealth Bomber and the ‘Top Gun’ pilots who fly them. cadmium, lead and titanium dioxide. Worldwide, over US $1 trillion dollar goes towards sustaining that machine. Meanwhile, millions of people Producer: Development Alternatives suffer from poisoned air, water and land, and from the Production Company: Doordarshan forces of drought, flood and storms. And, in the estuary of the St. Lawrence River, the Beluga Whales are so heavily Contact Details: polluted by man-made chemicals that they are classified Development Alternatives — while still alive – as toxic waste. 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Director: Robbie Stamp W: www.devalt.org Producer: Lawrence Moore and Robbie Stamp Production Company: Central TV
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Turning the Tide (I): The Chips are English Title: Unborn Child Down Original Title: Unborn Child Date/Month/Year of Production: 1986 Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 30 sec Format: VHS Format: DV
Subject Focus: Environmental problems and their Subject Focus: Vehicular pollution and its impact on solutions unborn children
Synopsis: The film discusses various environmental Synopsis: Pollution from vehicles is a silent killer. It problems and possible solutions. impacts not only our health, but also that of the unborn child. Production Company: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director: Sameer S. Murudkar Producer: Sameer S. Murudkar Contact Details: Production Company: Earth Communication Office – Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) India Association (Eco India) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Eco India W: www.cseindia.org C-2, Panchseel Enclave, New Delhi F: 011-41748395 E: [email protected] W: www.eco-india.org English Title: Turning the Tide (VII): Bright Green
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1986 Language: English English Title: Unleaded Petrol Duration: 30 min Format: VHS Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Language: English Subject Focus: Environmental crisis and its solutions Duration: 2 min 23 sec Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS Synopsis: Apart from explaining the world’s environmental problems, the film also investigates whether current Subject Focus: Vehicular pollution and clean fuels political stuctures can meet the challenge. Synopsis: The film shows how using unleaded petrol in Production Company: Centre for Science and vehicles fitted with catalytic converters can help reduce Environment (CSE) vehicular pollution.
Contact Details: Producer: Manoj Raghuvanshi Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Production Company: M/s Resonance Communication 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Pvt. Ltd. P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.cseindia.org The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in
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English Title: Unnat Swasthyaki aur Makkhi English Title: Use your Brain (Filler) Niyantran Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1998 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1998 Duration: 1 min 34 sec Language: Hindi Format: Betacam Duration: 9 min 58 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Vehicular pollution
Production Company: AROO Synopsis: The spot reminds people about the ever- increasing numbers of vehicles on our roads today, and Contact Details: the resultant problem of vehicular pollution. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Production Company: AROO P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 English Title: Uranium P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Language: English Duration: 48 min Format: DVD English Title: Vasundhra (Atmospheric Pollution)
Subject Focus: Uranium contamination in Canada Date/Month/Year of Production: Septmber 1997 Language: English Synopsis: Uranium from Canada’s Radium City mines Duration: 10 min 23 sec was used to make the atomic bombs that destroyed Format: Betacam Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Today, the Canadian federal government stipulates that its uranium should only be used Production Company: CDEL for peaceful purposes. But, claims this documentary, the pollution from uranium waste has become a time bomb Contact Details: for Canada’s native people, and threatens to be almost Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) as devastating as those dropped to end the Second World NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 War. By the year 2000, 300 tonnes of uranium waste, P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 containing radioactive by-products, which contaminate W: www.cec-ugc.org local water supplies, will have been dumped on land traditionally used by the Mohawk. English Title: Vehicular Pollution Directors: Dale Phillips and Magnus Isacsson Producers: Dale Phillips and Magnus Isacsson Language: Hindi Production Company: National Film Board of Canada Duration: 25 min (NFBC) Subject Focus: Vehicular pollution Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Synopsis: The film documents the impact of vehicular P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 pollution on health. E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066 P: 011-26198856; F: 011-26109668 E: [email protected] W: www.pcra.org
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English Title: Vehicular Pollution English Title: Wapsi
Language: English & Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Duration: 60 sec Language: Hindi Duration: 37 min Production Company: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Subject Focus: Community initiatives to control environmental degradation Contact Details: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Synopsis: This film recounts the story of the return of an Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-Cum Office Complex ex-defence forces personnel to his native village, and his East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi 110 032 P: 011-2230 8902, 2230 6128, 2230 1932 involvement in environmental pollution control activities. F: 011-2230 7233, 2230 4948 E: [email protected] Producer: The Biscopewala W: www.cpcb.nic.in Contact Details: The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests English Title: Video Game Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 Original Title: Video Game P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in Language: English and Malayalam (with English subtitles) Duration: 30 min 15 sec Format: DV CAM English Title: Warning for Warming Subject Focus: Cultural interchanges of modern times Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1991 Synopsis: The film is a complex video journey on a Motor Duration: 6 min 1 sec Car, that incorporates mythic themes of questing and Format: U-Matic searching, the need for being, for love, for a home and for a promise of a different future, and yet also serves as a Subject Focus: Global warming map of current cultural desires, dreams and fears. It begins its Fetch-Decode-Execute cycle as the subject enters Synopsis: This programme discusses the problem of “suburbs of hell”, the psycho-geographical zone in global warming and the various factors responsible for it. transition where the soft technologies of the interior (the It also analyses the effects — such as melting of glaciers, body) and the hard technologies of the exterior (the increase in earth’s atmosphere, depletion of the ozone environment) are thrown together in collision and almost layer, etc. surgically cut each other up. Production Company: EAHM Director: Vipin Vijay Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Contact Details: Production Company: Holigrail Film Studio Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Vipin Vijay W: www.cec-ugc.org 24/273, TSRA, 105, Sastam Kovil Street, Thykad P O, Trivandrum 695 014, Kerala M: 09847318777 E: [email protected] W: www.psbt.org
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English Title: Warning Signal English Title: What is the Greenhouse Effect?
Language: English & Hindi Original Title: What is the Greenhouse Effect? Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 Production Company: Central Pollution Control Board Language: English (CPCB) Duration: 12 mins Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Contact Details: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Subject Focus: Greenhouse effect Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-Cum Office Complex East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi 110 032 Synopsis: This is a beginner’s guide to the phenomenon P: 011-2230 8902, 2230 6128, 2230 1932 F: 011-2230 7233, 2230 4948 that affects us all: the greenhouse effect. In the film, E: [email protected] experts present their views, and graphics and a variety of W: www.cpcb.nic.in examples and illustrations combine to complete the picture.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) English Title: We Too are Culprits Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1998 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Duration: 11 min 45 sec 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Format: Betacam P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Subject Focus: How an individual contributes to pollution
Synopsis: We normally blame factories and vehicals for causing pollution. The truth, however, is that all of us are English Title: What to do about Carbon Dioxide? contributing towards causing pollution through our everyday activities. The film brings this to the viewer’s Language: English notice and appeals for minimising this trend. Duration: 39 min Format: VHS Production Company: EPUN Subject Focus: The greenhouse effect Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Synopsis: The film explores the main aspects of the NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 greenhouse effect, and also looks at a range of W: www.cec-ugc.org experiments conducted on plants to study the impacts of pollution on them.
Production Company: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Wild Weather English Title: Wrath of Nature
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Original Title: Wrath of Nature Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1989 Duration: 231 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 3 x 28 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Director: John Maguire and Ben Fox Producer: John Maguire and Ben Fox Subject Focus: Natural disasters and how to combat them
Contact Details: Synopsis: In this three-part film, environmentalist Anil British Council Library Agarwal presents the problem of India’s increasing 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 susceptibility to floods and droughts and seeks to P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 E: [email protected] understand the relation they have with degradation of the environment. Part I explores the increase in flood-affected areas in the country and analyses the Himalayan floods. Part II looks at the increased incidents of droughts and English Title: Women in Paradise the conditions which are leading to this, as also deforestation and its impact on rainfall. Part III presents Original Title: Women in Paradise an agenda for change and shows how the country can Language: English combat these growing problems. Duration: 53 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Producer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Subject Focus: Development and the North-South divide Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Synopsis: This four-part series shows how small countries P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 are becoming victims to the hazardous growth of E: [email protected] developed countries. Due to global warming, sea levels W: www.cseindia.org in the Maldives are rising at a threatening pace. Appeals to the international community elicits no response. It shows how industrialisation has led to uprooting the local population. English Title: Zoology (UVLC) (Air Pollution)
Director: Petter Nome Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Language: English Duration: 30 min Contact Details: Format: U-Matic Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Production Company: ZOOL P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.cseindia.org Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: A Day in a Village English Title: A Narmada Diary
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: May 1995 Language: English Language: Marathi, Hindi, Tamil, English and Bhili Duration: 10 min Duration: 57 min
Subject Focus: Water and sanitation campaign Subject Focus: Narmada Bachao Andolan
Synopsis: The film documents a campaign on clean water Synopsis: The film documents five years in the life of the and sanitation in rural areas. School children, women and Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), which has spearheaded other members of the community participated in this the agitation against the dam. In a situation where campaign, which used games, rallies, competitions, government resettlement and rehabilitation programmes exhibitions, workshops, discussions, and even music and have proved inadequate and inappropriate, the NBA has dance to send out its message. emerged as one of the most dynamic struggles being fought in India today. In the name of progress, a relatively self-sufficient, egalitarian and environmentally sound Contact Details: economy and culture will be destroyed and a proud people Video Resource Centre Secretariat reduced to the status of refugees and slumdwellers. Centre for Environment Education, Southern Regional Cell 143, Kamala Mansion, Infantry Road Directors: Ms. Simantini Dhuru and Mr. Anand Bangalore 560 001, Karnataka Patwardhan P: 080-22869094/9907; F: 080-22868209 E: [email protected] W: www.ceeindia.org, www.kidsrgreen.org, www.ceevrc.org Contact Details: Ms. Simantini Dhuru & Mr Anand Patwardhan 2nd Floor, 27, Lokmanya Tilak Colony Marg, No. 2 Dadar (East), Mumbai 400 014 English Title: A Matter of Life and Death P: 022-5720780, M: 9820192398 E: [email protected], [email protected] Original Title: A Matter of Life and Death Language: English Duration: 20 min English Title: A New Time of Cholera Format: 35 mm Original Title: A New Time of Cholera Subject Focus: Water pollution Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Language: English Synopsis: The film looks at the mounting threat of pollution Duration: 24 min of water resources through industrial advancement and Format: VHS/VCD & DVD increasing population. Subject Focus: Cholera 0139, a new strain Producer: Films Division Synopsis: There has always been cholera in the wetlands Contact Details: of Bangladesh. As the annual floods recede, they leave Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting behind a layer of silt - a natural fertiliser which enriches Government of India the fields. But the same floods destroy communities and 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 spill into sewage pools. Wherever that human waste meets P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 water, cholera thrives. In 1993, the waters brought cholera E: [email protected] 0139, a robust new mutation. Nicknamed ‘Bengal’, it has W: www.filmsdivision.org now begun to spread beyond Bangladesh.
Director: Ron McCullagh Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: A Place in the Sun English Title: A Short Story about Water
Original Title: A Place in the Sun Original Title: A Short Story about Water Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1996 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Language: English Duration: 11 min Duration: 24 min Format: 35 mm Subject Focus: Water pollution and rainwater harvesting Subject Focus: Water pollution Synopsis: The video concentrates on water pollution, the Synopsis: This film tells a story: a shoal of fish, in search major types of water pollutants, and issues related to water of a safe and unpolluted place, moves from the river to quality and its impact on nature and human beings. The the unfamiliar environs of the sea, and eventual death. importance and process of rainwater harvesting has also Through this tale, the film attempts to highlight the issue been described in brief. This video is useful for of water pollution. undergraduate students.
Producer: Yash Chaudhary Producers: Jadgish Kulkarni, Y. C. M. Open University, Nashik Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Contact Details: Government of India Jadgish Kulkarni 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 Y. C. M. Open University, Nashik P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 W: www.ycmou.com F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org English Title: A Tale of the Jamuna River
English Title: A River’s Story: The Quest for the Original Title: Oi Jamuna Brahmaputra Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Duration: 60 min Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 54 min Synopsis: The filmmaker and his crew follow the path of Subject Focus: The Brahmaputra River and its people, the Jamuna on a boat. The film looks at the different the ecosystems, its history, geography and the culture. aspects of the river — its extent, its erosion, its shoals, its fishes, and the most interesting, the people living on its Synopsis: The film takes a sympathetic look at the river banks. The film contains a series of interviews with and its people, the ecosystems that it nourishes, as well fishermen, farmers, weavers, boat makers and folk-singers as its history, geography and the cultures and livelihoods who recount the impact of the Jamuna on their lives. of the communities who live thaere. One river, three nations, many cultures. Filmed on location in Tibet, North Director: Tanvir Mokammel East India and Bangladesh, a River’s story tells the stories Producer: Massranga Productions of communities through their own perspectives. In a rare Production Company: Mohammed Wasim, Kalyan Patra, voyage, the film takes viewers to colourful places and Nibash Chisim, Chand Mia exotic communities along the river, which have been isolated for centuries by time and distance. The film treats Contact Details: the river as its main character, as creator, sustainer and a Tanvir Mokammel Flat-5C1, House-15, Road-10, Dhanmondi R/A natural life force, which is a friend to the people and the Dhaka-1205, Bangladesh ecosystems, which flourish on either bank. P: 0088-0175-157385; F: 0088-02-8619913 E: [email protected], [email protected], Director: Sanjoy Hazarika and Jahnu Barua [email protected], [email protected] Production Company: Sanjoy Hazarika, Mimesha W: www.tanvirmokammel.com Production
Contact Details: Sanjoy Hazarika B/14, Press Enclace Saket, New Delhi 110 017 P: 011-26864120, 9818010222
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English Title: A Valley Refuses to Die English Title: Alternatives in Development — Pani Panchayat (I & II) Original Title: A Valley Refuses to die Date/month/year of Production: 1991 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1986 Language: English (with English subtitles and voiceover) Language: English and Marathi Duration: 41 min Duration: 50 min Format: U-Matic, VHS Subject Focus: The case against large dams; Narmada project Subject Focus: Water cooperatives Synopsis: This film, the earliest made against large dams in India, documents the social and ecological problems Synopsis: This film documents a water cooperative caused by the Narmada dams in central India. Focusing movement of small farmers in a drought-prone taluka of on the Sardar Sarovar and Narmada Sagar projects, the Maharashtra. film highlights the problems of deforestation, displacement, health, siltation, salinity and the impact on people’s culture. Production Company: Centre for Science and Documenting different stages of protest between 1988 Environment (CSE) and 1991, the film is narrated through interviews of affected adivasis, local farmers and activists. Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director: K. P. Sasi 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Producer: ALCOM E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Contact Details: K. P. Sasi Flat No. D, Ground Floor, Mayflower Laxmi Apartments, 63, Sultanpalya Main Road, R. T. Nagar, Bangalore 32, Karnataka English Title: And Quietly Dies Vasundhari P: 080-23650916;M: 9945282056 (News Magazine No. 131) E: [email protected]; [email protected] W: www.visualsearch.org Original Title: And Quietly Dies Vasundhari Duration: 10 min Format: 35 mm English Title: Ab Nahin Roothengey Badal Subject Focus: The plight of a village located near a Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 polluted river Language: Hindi Duration: 28 min 52 sec Synopsis: The film deals with the lives of the people of Vasundhari, a village near the Kalu river on the outskirts Subject Focus: Water revolution in Alwar, Rajasthan of Mumbai. The village is inaccessible except through the river, which is polluted by the effluents of nearby factories Synopsis: This is a documentary on a miracle that happened that manufacture dyes and paints. The entire village is in the dry parched land of Alwar district in Rajasthan. Here, slowly dying of mercury poisoning. the groundwater table had fallen to irredeemable depths due to excessive deforestation and mining. The state government Producer: Films Division had declared this area a ‘Dark Zone’. Today, almost all the villages in this belt are green, with dense forests and charged Contact Details: wells. Dead rivers have sprung to life. Water has transformed Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting not just the landscape but also the lives of the men and Government of India women. Villagers are the architects of this change, and they 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 have been guided and inspired by Rajendra Singh, the ‘Water P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 Man’. F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org Director: Anand Syal
Contact Details: Station Director, Doordarshan Jaipur Jhalana Institutional Area, Jhalana Doongri Jaipur 302 004, Rajasthan P: 0141-2511519
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English Title: Another Bhagirath English Title: Assignment
Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2001 Duration: 20 min 58 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 15 min 5 sec
Subject Focus: Narmada project Subject Focus: The Narmada dam and its impact
Synopsis: The Narmada Project is an unique water supply Synopsis: Assignment features a series of social and system in Asia: here, water is lifted from 70 km and after human-interest stories that are a part of ‘India Matters’, a crossing 1,800-feet hills, brought to the city of Indore. This STAR network programme. The stories are topical and a programme depicts the technology used and other unique particular theme is chosen for a week. The programme features of this enterprise. speaks on behalf of unsung heroes, of people whose slient suffereing tends to get ignored and whose triumph is very Production Company: AIND seldom applauded. This story of Assignment focuses on the Narmada tangle. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Director: New Delhi Television (NDTV) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Producer: STAR India Pvt. Ltd. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: STAR India Pvt. Ltd. Star Plus, 205-206, Okhla Industrial Estate, Phase-III New Delhi 110 020 English Title: Arvari P: 011-26316113; F: 011-26317225 E: [email protected] Original Title: Arvari Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Language: English Duration: 14 min English Title: Badlaav Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Subject Focus: Rebirth of the Arvari river Language: Hindi Duration: 25 min Synopsis: This is a story of a small river, the Arvari, which Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS originates in Thanegazi block of Alwar district in Rajasthan. The river, which had remained dried-up for years, has Subject Focus: Water pollution caused by industry come back to life through the concerted efforts of villagers assisted by Tarun Bharat Sangh (TBS), a local voluntary Synopsis: This is a docu-drama depicting effects of water group. pollution by hazardous industry in a village, where the people are not aware of the toxic impacts of the effluents. A school teacher tries to inform the people. Producer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Producer: Mr. Kanwar Narula Contact Details: Production Company: M/s Ad-ventures Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Contact Details: P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 The Secretary E: [email protected] Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests W: www.cseindia.org Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in
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English Title: Begin the Ocean English Title: Bin Paani Sab Soon
Original Title: Begin the Ocean Duration: 5 min Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Language: English Director: Poonam Pal Duration: 1 min 42 sec Format: Digital Beta Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society Subject Focus: Water conservation K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Synopsis: The natural environment in cities — including water — is under threat. The message this visual narrative sends out is that our attitude towards conservation of water is as important as the act of conservation itself. English Title: Bin Paani Sab Sunn
Director: Parag Ahire Original Title: Bin Paani Sab Sunn Producer: Parag Ahire Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Language: Hindi Contact Details: Duration: 40 min 17 sec Parag Ahire Format: 16 mm films A-2/22, Gitanjali Nagar, Jasmine Mill Road, Mahim (E) Mumbai 400 019 Subject Focus: Water conservation P: 022-24023814, M: 986739086
Synopsis: The film highlights the significance of water and looks at issues of distribution, pollution and scarcity English Title: Between the Devil and the Deep of water. It invites people to collect and save the resource. River Producer: Manish Jain Original Title: Dui Paatan ke Beech Mein Commissioning Agency: Manish Jain Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1999 Language: Hindi Contact Details: Duration: 65 min Manish Jain Format: 16 mm films C/o Mr. Rajendra Jain, Sadar Bazar, Kukreshwar Neemuch 458 116, Madhya Pradesh P: 07421-231349 Subject Focus: Water mismanagement in Bihar in the name of ‘protection from floods’
Synopsis: Shot in north Bihar, this film looks at the existing development models that have destroyed the livelihoods of millions of people. Over the years, with each consequent flood, people had developed their own coping mechanisms, which soon became integral to their culture. But man-made floods and waterlogging over vast agriculture lands have pauperized the people of Bihar. Ironically, all this was done to “protect people from floods”!
Producer: Arvind Sinha Commissioning Agency: Arvind Sinha
Contact Details: Arvind Sinha Producer, 17-A, Anil Roy Road, Kolkata 700 029 M: 9433014102; F: 033-24667632 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Birthday English Title: Boond Boond se Ghat Bhare
Original Title: Piranthanaal Original Title: Harvest of Rain Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Language: Tamil (with English subtitles) Language: Hindi Duration: 22 min 40 sec Duration: 48 min Format: MINI DV Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Chennai’s water problem; relationship Subject Focus: Water management between human behavior and environment Synopsis: This video is dedicated to India’s traditional Synopsis: This is a fictional film based on a story by water harvesting systems. The camera wanders through Basheer — in the form of a conversation about a writer Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, recording the who is having existential problems. The everyday tensions profound science of the people. The video analyses a wide of the real world threaten to overwhelm the writer, but he variety of systems as a function of differing ecological regains his balance through the story he writes. The terrains. background of the story is Chennai city, with its severe water problems. Director: Sanjay Kak Producer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director: K. Muthu Kumar Producer: K. Muthu Kumar Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 K. Muthu Kumar P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 470, Nakkirar Street, Madurai 625 019, Tamil Nadu E: [email protected] P: 0452-2458809; M: 09323799865 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected]
English Title: Boond Jiwandhara English Title: Blue Planet: A Natural History of the Oceans Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2005 Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Duration: 15 min 34 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Format: DVD Director: David Attenborough Subject Focus: Rainwater harvesting Producers: Martha Holmes and Andy Byatt Synopsis: This is a documentary on rainwater harvesting Contact Details: systems, and gives brief accounts of the ancient and British Council Library present modes of rainwater harvesting prevalent in India. 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 Production Company: CDEL E: [email protected]
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: CAPART Watershed Guidelines English Title: Chandi ka Samander
Language: English Original Title: Chandi ka Samander Duration: 30 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: Hindi Subject Focus: Developing water resources Duration: 21 min 26 sec Synopsis: Watershed development projects fail to achieve Format: Betacam their desired results on account of faulty programme Subject Focus: A lake which is facing environmental design, inappropriate management structures and degradation and ecological imbalance inadequate technical skills. The film outlines these themes and addresses the subject of development of water Synopsis: This documentary feature is the story of a lake resources. which faces the threat of extinction due to environmental Production Company: Samaj Pragati Sahayog degradation. Sambhar Lake is situated 80 km. from Jaipur. Commissioning Agency: Council for Advancement of About two decades ago, it was the only salt-producing unit People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) in the region. Unfortunately, with the coming up of about 100 private salt manufacturers and due to ecological disbalance, Contact Details: this freshwater lake, one of the biggest in Asia, is dying. Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) Producer: Anand Syal Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 Contact Details: P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 Doordarshan Kendra F: 011-24648607, 24625822 Jhalana Institutional Area, Jhalana Doongri E: [email protected] Jaipur 302 012, Rajasthan W: www.capart.nic.in P: 0141-3711491; F: 0141-3711519
English Title: Chaliyar — The Final Struggle English Title: Changing Currents: Boiling Point
Original Title: Bakkiipathram Original Title: Changing Currents: Boiling Point Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1999 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: Malayalam Language: English Duration: 35 min Format: Beta Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Industrial pollution and human rights — the case of Grasim rayon in Mavoor, Kerala Subject Focus: Conflicts over water
Synopsis: In 1958, the government of Kerala persuaded Synopsis: The film investigates three flashpoints: the the Birlas to open a factory in Mavoor, north Kerala. The Okavango river system in Africa, the Rio Grande in North Grasim rayon pulp factory has been operating since then. America and West Bank in water-starved Middle East, all Here, thousands of workers earn their living trading their veritable powder kegs. While the ecologically vibrant futures for the present. Fumes from the factory wing their Okavango basin is witnessing a struggle between way into the neighbourhood, spreading disease and death. governments bent on using the river for economic gains Effluents gurgle into the Chaliyar river poisoning everything and local populations who fear that the move will destroy on its way to the sea. At a time when environmentalism the delta, farmers across the borders in the US and Mexico was unheard of, a man led his people to save their river are at loggerheads over the sharing of the waters of the and their lives from the killer factory. Rio Grande. In West Bank, in the volatile Middle East, conflicts over water allocation between Israelis and Awards Received by the Film: ‘Bronze Tree Award’— Palestinians has led the Israeli army to destroy age-old CMS VATAVARAN 2002; Special Jury Citation Award, rainwater storage reservoirs of Palestinians and forced MIFF 2000 the hapless people out of their lands. Directors: P. Baburaj & C. Sarathchandran Producer: C. Sarathchandran Directors: Charlie Savile and Bruno Sorrentino Production Company: Third Eye Communications Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Contact Details: C. Sarathchandran Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Third Eye Communications, 101, North Fort Garden 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 North Fort, Tripunithura, Ernakulam 682 301, Kerala P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 0484-784333 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Changing Currents: Dam Dam Dam English Title: Changing Currents: Net Profits
Original Title: Changing Currents: Dam Dam Dam Original Title: Changing Currents: Net Profits Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Language: English Duration: 26 min Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: The case for and against big dams Subject Focus: Fishing industry
Synopsis: Environmental campaigners contend that vast Synopsis: A staggering one-third of the world’s protein schemes such as the Three Gorges in China or Narmada comes from fish. But 11 of the world’s 15 major fishing in India are social and environmental catastrophes in the grounds are seriously depleted. With no slackening in the making. But their backers have a different view: big dams pace at which the seas are being over-fished, inland provide non-polluting energy and control flooding. freshwater fisheries are increasingly taking up the slack. But they depend on a reliable supply of water. This Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) programme looks at measures underway to sustain the boom in fish farming. Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) W: www.cseindia.org 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: Changing Currents: Land of the Rising Water
Original Title: Changing Currents: Land of the Rising English Title: Changing Currents: Not a Dirty Water Word Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Original Title: Changing Currents: Not a Dirty Word Duration: 26 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Language: English Duration: 26 min Subject Focus: Urban water management in Japan Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Synopsis: Built on flood plains, most of Japan’s mega- Subject Focus: Community initiatives is water and cities have taken recourse to high-tech civil engineering sanitation solutions to tackle floods and conserve the country’s wetlands. The film points out that besides these large- Synopsis: Not a Dirty Word looks at the issue of access to scale projects, Japan also offers numerous low-cost, user- safe water and basic sanitation, and its centrality to any kind friendly community initiatives. These initiatives — such of development process — from India’s Sulabh International’s as Nobuo Tokunaga’s small-scale rainwater harvesting acclaimed low-cost, self-financed sanitation facilities that have systems — are drawn from the nation’s 400-year-old led to rehabilitation of scavengers, to the successful Orangi tradition of managing and harvesting water. project in Pakistan’s Karachi, which has used a grassroots movement to create a self-financed sanitation grid. Director: John D. Liu Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Directors: Amber Delahooke and Rob Sullivan Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 E: [email protected] P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 W: www.cseindia.org E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Changing Currents: Plumbing the English Title: Changing Currents: Pumping Rights Part I Pressure
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Language: English Duration: 26 min Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: Betacam SP, DVD
Subject Focus: The right to water Subject Focus: Water crisis and its impact on food security Synopsis: Plumbing the Rights-1 focuses on the issue of water as a common property and a right that is Synopsis: What impact will dwindling water resources indistinguishable from the right to life. The film documents have on our future ability to feed ourselves? Globally, local communities from India and South Africa striving to agriculture uses more than 70 percent of the fresh water maintain this right in the face of official opposition. In the drawn from lakes, rivers and underground reserves. But Indian state of Rajasthan, where community efforts have with a rising population and growing water demand, the revived traditional water harvesting structures called film asks whether there will be enough fresh water to grow johads, villagers of Lava ka Baas are resisting the state sufficient food, let alone provide enough to drink. While government’s move to destroy their johad. In South Africa, underground reserves are being pumped dry, new ways official curb on access to water for people who cannot to catch rainfall could provide a solution to a future water pay for it is forcing communities take the water illegally. crisis.
Directors: Amber Delahooke and Rob Sullivan Production Company: Television Trust for the Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Development Alternatives 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org W: www.devalt.org
English Title: Changing Currents: Plumbing the Rights Part II
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: The right to water
Synopsis: Is water a gift from God, a human right, or just a resource to be traded like any other? The World Health Organization is using the concept of human rights to help achieve clean water for all and to find remedies for the crisis in governance which, they argue, denies people their right to life. The film visits communities in Ghana and Bolivia who are now fighting for their right to water.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Changing Currents: Pumping English Title: Changing Currents: Tell-tale Signs Pressure Original Title: Changing Currents: Tell-tale Signs Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Original Title: Changing Currents: Pumping Pressure Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Duration: 26 min Language: English Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Climate change and its impact on the availability of water Subject Focus: Scarce water resources and local inno- vations to conserve water Synopsis: Devastating floods and droughts — the film’s tell-tale signs of changing hydrological processes — have Synopsis: This short film documents the plight of mining- become common in regions such as Orissa in India and affected people in South Africa: a platinum mine there Mozambique in Africa. In Orissa, the neglect of traditional has taken away the livelihood and water of the water management systems and the official policy of Gamolekana community. For this community, hope could dependence on large-scale development schemes have lie in South Africa’s new Water Law, if it can be fully compounded the problem, while in Mozambique, dams enforced. The camera then visits the districts of Mehsana, over the Zambezi are the culprits. The worst hit, in both cases, are the poorest of the poor. The film puts forth a Bhavnagar and Rajkot in Gujarat, India where strong case for communities and official agencies to work communities have found new ways to catch rainwater. together to adapt to changing climate. Directors: Amber Delahooke and Rob Sullivan Directors: Amber Delahooke and Rob Sullivan Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Changing Currents: Tunnel Vision
Original Title: Changing Currents: Tunnel Vision Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Reviving traditional water supply systems
Synopsis: Dutch film-maker Joshka Wessels records the revival in Syria of a system of underground irrigation that started to fall into disuse at the time of the Roman occupation. The ‘Qanats’ are a membrane of tunnels starting again to supply water to farmers in this arid country. It is believed the Persians invented the system almost three thousand years ago. A case of back to the future?
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Changing Currents: Water on the English Title: Children of the Narmada Brain Language: English Original Title: Changing Currents: Water on the Brain Duration: 13 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Subject Focus: Displacement; Narmada Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: This film looks at the people who face displacement as a result of construction of dams on the Subject Focus: Global negotiations on water Narmada.
Synopsis: The film is a curtain-raiser to the 3rd World Director: Betwa Sharma Water Forum in Japan. It features a cross-section of experts, ministers and the people who live daily with the Contact Details: struggle to find enough clean water to survive. What are Betwa Sharma their expectations from the Forum? Will the world emerge CII/125 Satya Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi 110021 with a plan for meeting the water ‘crisis’? P: 011-26883988 E: [email protected] Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: English Title: Chilika, the Wonder Lagoon Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) (News Magazine No. 220) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Language: English W: www.cseindia.org Duration: 18 min Format: 35 mm
Subject Focus: The Chilika lake English Title: Cherrapunji – Rain, Rain Everywhere, But Not a Drop to Drink Synopsis: Chilika, in Orissa, is the largest inland brackish water reserve in Asia. One hundred and fifty species of Original Title: Cherrapunji – Rain, Rain Everywhere, But birds visit Chilika every year, making the place a bird- Not a Drop to Drink watchers’ paradise. Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Language: English Director: R. Krishna Mohan Duration: 28 min 5 sec Producer: Films Division Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: Severe drinking water crisis and failure Contact Details: of agriculture in Cherrapunji Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India Synopsis: This film focuses on the severe drinking water 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 crisis in Cherrapunji, one of the wettest places on earth. P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 This irony of fate — people trekking long distances to fetch F: 022-23515308, 23511008 drinking water even as the heavens pour — has been E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org brought about by indiscriminate felling of forests in this area. Worse, even the rains, once the pride of Cherrapunji, have decreased due to the felling. Director: Madhumita Nag Chakraborty Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org
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English Title: Chilika: A Fragile Eco-System English Title: Clean Water
Original Title: Chilika: A Fragile Eco-System Original Title: Clean Water Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Language: English Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Duration: 30 min Duration: 3 min 28 sec Format: DVD Format: Digital Video (DV) Subject Focus: Degradation of Chilika Subject Focus: Educating nomads and tribals about clean Synopsis: The film documents the degradation of the water fragile ecosystem of Orissa’s Chilika Lake due to the increase in the population around it, a disregard for Synopsis: The subject of the film is based on a study in a conservation and the uncontrolled expansion of prawn nomadic camp of the Medhangijoshi tribe in Ambernath, culture in its waters. in Maharashtra. In the camp, most of the people suffer from water-borne diseases. This film is to make them Director: Nirad N. Mohapatra aware of the need to use clean water and counsel them Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra on how to get clean water. The bull is used as a mascot to Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting drive home the moral: Don’t drink dirty water, drink only Trust (PSBT) clean water. Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Director: Rajendra Sameer Contact Details: Producer: Rajendra Sameer Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Production Company: Media Lab Asia (Education A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 Project) P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.psbt.org Media Lab Asia Kresit Dept., IIT Mumbai, Mumbai 400 076 P: 022-25764989, M: 09819620415 E: [email protected] English Title: Chilka W: www.cfilt.iitb.ac.in/narajt
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English English Title: Clean Water is Our Basic Right Subject Focus: Degradation of Chilika’s ecosystem Original Title: Clean Water is Our Basic Right Date/month/year of Production: 1988 Synopsis: Chilika has begun showing signs of Language: English degradation — high sedimentation rate, decrease in Duration: 23 min salinity concentration levels, prolific growth of aquatic Format: PAL, U-Matic, Colour weeds, decrease in fish productivity and overall shrinkage of wetland area. Some of the reasons behind these signs Subject Focus: Local initiatives to solve water crisis are the increasing population in and around the lagoon, disregard for conservation and especially uncontrolled expansion of prawn culture in the lagoon. Synopsis: This film talks about how water brought job opportunities for the residents of the waterless and drought-prone areas of Gujarat. Women from the districts Director: Nirad N. Mohapatra of Surendranangar and Banaskantha share their Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) experiences on how the water campaign was initiated to find out workable solutions to water-related problems. Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 Contact Details: P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 Sewa E: [email protected], [email protected] Krushna Bhavan, Opp Sakar-II, Ellisbridge W: www.psbt.org Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 E: [email protected] W: www.sewa.org
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English Title: Coleridge’s Lament English Title: Coral Triangle
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Original Title: Coral Triangle Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Duration: 25 min 31 sec Language: English Duration: 45 min Subject Focus: The Hussain Sagar lake, Hyderabad Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Synopsis: Since the 18th century, the Hussain Sagar lake Subject Focus: Coral reefs of the Philippines in Hyderabad has served the city as its principal water source. Built at a time when the city’s population was less Synopsis: The coral reefs of the Philippines make up the than five lakh, it has been a mute witness to Hyderbad’s largest section of the Malay Triangle in Southeast Asia’s urbanization over the years. At a time when lakes are seas. With 400 different types of corals, the coral triangle turning into ponds and ponds into puddles, can any one is the most diverse coral ecosystem in tropical waters and bet on the lake water remaining as pristine as ever? considered by some marine scientists to be the cradle of coral evolution. The film finds that throughout the Director: P. K. Sai Prakash Philippines, the living resources of the coral reef — the Producer: Audiovisual Research Centre, Hyderabad fish, shells and coral itself — are being plundered. Further, onshore deforestation is leading to siltation which is stifling Contact Details: the living corals. Audio Visual Research Centre (AVRC) Osmania University, Hyderabad 500 007, Andhra Pradesh Director: Lenora Carey P: 040-7098659 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) E: [email protected] Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) English Title: Conserving Water for Irrigation 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Language: English W: www.cseindia.org Duration: 20 min Format: 16 mm
Subject Focus: Water conservation and sustainable English Title: Cursed by a Blessing irrigation Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Synopsis: The film demonstrates various methods of Language: English irrigation and conserving water, and focuses on judicious Duration: 27 min 10 sec use of water for optimal growth of crops. Various water sources and drip irrigation systems have been dealt with Subject Focus: Environmental degradation due to in detail. waterlogging in the Saryupaar region of Uttar Pradesh
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Synopsis: This is a documentary on the problems of Technology (CIET) waterlogging and flash floods being faced by people living in the areas beyond the rivers Saryu, Gandak and Rapti. Contact Details: The documentary is addressed to policy makers, and Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) shows how faulty planning can damage the environment, Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education deteriorate land and ecosystems and affect life. Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Directors: Abha Dayal & Puneet Tandan P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in Contact Details: Abha Dayal, Swati Visuals A-6, Navbharat Times Appts., Delhi 110 091 P: 011-22750193, 22716380; F: 011-22716380 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Dal — Looking for Life English Title: Depleting Water
Date/Month/Year of Production: Jluy 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2003 Duration: 14 min 8 sec Duration: 8 min 25 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: The Dal Lake Subject Focus: Water crisis in Punjab
Synopsis: The Dal Lake in Kashmir is getting polluted; Synopsis: Punjab, the land of the five rivers, is facing an the only thing that can save it is immediate retrieval acute shortage of water for irrigation. It is a matter of measures. Steps have been taken in this direction by serious concern in a society which depends on agriculture authorities. The film probes the cumulative effect of these for its prosperity. The film shows how large-scale paddy retrieval measures and examines whether these measures sowing has led to severe depletion in reserves, and aims are ecologically viable. to educate the people about the consequences of the Green Revolution. Production Company: ASRI Production Company: APAT Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Delhi — The Receding Waters English Title: Do Your Bit
Original Title: Delhi – The Receding Waters Original Title: Do Your Bit Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 6 min Duration: 30 sec Format: DVD/VCD Format: DV
Subject Focus: Delhi’s water crisis Subject Focus: Individual efforts to conserve water
Synopsis: This film on the water problems faced by Delhi Synopsis: The film aims to inspire people to do their bit was screened at the Manila conference of Water in Asian to conserve water. In the film, while a man lets the wash- Cities. basin tap run in his bathroom, his seven-year-old son watches a documentary on TV which shows slum children Directors: Krishnendu Bose and Benoy Jha pumping a hand-pump in vain. The child closes the tap, Producer: Krishnendu Bose and to his surprise, finds water now flowing from the village Production Company: Earthcare Films hand-pump in the documentary. The happiness on the Commissioning Agency: Asian Development Bank children’s faces in the documentary brings a smile to his face as well. Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Awards Received by the Film: Best Public Service Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony Message Spot Award — CMS VATAVARAN 2005 New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 Director: Anand Thakur E: [email protected] Producer: Ogilvy & Mather Advertising Ltd W: www.earthcarefilms.com Production Company: Earth Communications Office India Association (Eco India)
Contact Details: Eco India C-2, Panchseel Enclave, New Delhi F: 011-41748395 E: [email protected] W: www.eco-india.org/index1.htm
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English Title: Don’t Just Worship it – Rivers English Title: Drinking the Sky
Original Title: Don’t Just Worship it – Rivers Original Title: Drinking the Sky Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Language: Hindi Language: English Duration: 1 min 4 sec Duration: 24 min Format: DV CAM Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Water management Subject Focus: How we worship and defile rivers at the same time Synopsis: Dutch filmmaker Joost de Haas travels first to the wettest place on earth, then the driest. In Cherapunjee Synopsis: This film tries to revive the real spirit of religion in north-east India, more than twice as much rain falls in and harness it for conservation. In Hinduism, rivers are one day than what falls on Holland over an entire year. In worshipped as goddesses. But at the same time, people Chile’s Atacama desert, not a drop of rain falls from one defile and pollute these very rivers. year’s end to the next. Both places are populated — and therein lies the intrigue: how do you cope with life and Director: Mandakini Mathur manage water in either of these two spots on earth? Producer: Mandakini Mathur Director: Joost M. De Haas Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Mandakini Mathur Devrai, Panchgani Co-Op Housing Society Contact Details: Satara/ Panchgani 412 805, Maharashtra Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) P: 02168-241220, M: 09422604440 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 E: [email protected] P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Drakhi English Title: Earth Report V: Hope and the Nile Date/Month/Year of Production: 1989 Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Original Title: Earth Report V: Hope and the Nile Duration: 60 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Subject Focus: Drought and its management Duration: 27 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: Drakhi is the story of a young boy Somu and his relationship with his cow, Drakhi. Somu lives in a Subject Focus: The Nile River drought-stricken village, and is shocked when his mother — unable to feed Drakhi — sends her away to a cattle camp. Somu travels to the cattle camp, and realizes that Synopsis: Ten countries share the waters of the Nile today. he cannot take Drakhi back until his village finds a way to But in a region already beset with dispute, a population cope with drought. The film has been set in the Banni predicted to double in 25 years and natural resources region of Kuchh in northwest Gujarat — once a vast already stretched to the limit, the potential for hostility over expanse of natural grassland, and today vulnerable to water is huge. So now, the Nile Basin countries are frequent droughts. Increasing pressures of grazing, embarking on an international co-operation in an attempt neglect of traditional water and soil management systems to head off the threat, provide much needed social and and uncontrolled spread of exotic plant species have economic development and protect the Nile itself. The transformed this area into a near desert. video travels down the river to uncover the social and environmental problems facing the countries of the Nile Producer: Centre for Environment Education (CEE) basin, and to see what hope there is on the horizon.
Contact Details: Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Video Resource Centre Secretariat Centre for Environment Education, Southern Regional Cell Contact Details: 143, Kamala Mansion, Infantry Road, Bangalore 560 001 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Karnataka 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 080-22869094/9907; F: 080-22868209 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.ceeindia.org, www.kidsrgreen.org, www.ceevrc.org W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Earth Report VI: Healing the Rift English Title: Ek Shahar ka Dard
Original Title: Earth Report VI: Healing the Rift Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Language: English Duration: 14 min 27 sec Duration: 26 min Format: DVC (PRO), (Mini DV) Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Environmental crisis in Udaipur Subject Focus: Lake Baringo in Kenya Synopsis: Udaipur’s famed lakes and fountains are dying. Synopsis: Land plus water equals food: an obvious Extensive deforestation has left the region denuded. The equation, but one all too frequently overlooked. But this is film exhorts the viewer to take immediate steps to save the policy behind a project to revitalize Lake Baringo in the city’s water bodies and environment. Kenya’s Rift Valley. Since the 1980s, the lake has been rapidly turning into a swamp. As the lake has shrunk, its fish population and the wildlife that lived around the shores Director: Dr. Pradeep Kumawat went into a sharp decline. Soil run-off from farmers’ fields Producer: Alok Sanskar Vision Creative Society is a major cause of the crisis. Not only is it choking life in Production Company: Alok Sanskar Vision Creative the lake, but also the degraded land can no longer produce Society sufficient food for the local population. Now, local farmers are being encouraged to use techniques which stop the Contact Details: soil being washed away. They’re already getting better Dr. Pradeep Kumawat Alok Sansthan, Hiran Magri, Sector 11, Udaipur 313 001, yields and hopes are growing that the lake itself will recover. Rajasthan P: 0294-2583488, M: 09414158880; F: 0294-2584745 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) E: [email protected] W: www.aloksansthan.org Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 English Title: Environment and Engineers at Lake E: [email protected] Sonoma W: www.cseindia.org Language: English Duration: 38 min English Title: Earth Workers (Two People, One Format: VHS Movement) Subject Focus: Lake Sonoma — environmentally- Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2001 sustainable development Duration: 21 min 54 sec Format: Betacam Synopsis: The film tells the story of how engineers — while constructing dams on Lake Sonoma — carefully Synopsis: With more and more wetlands falling prey to preserved the environment around the region. development and industrialization, it is time to sit up and take note. The film highlights the ecological importance Production Company: Centre for Science and of maintaining wetlands and two peoples’ movements that Environment (CSE) have successfully done so. In the first, a movement around the village of Hainburg along the Danube near Vienna Contact Details: (Austria) led to the creation of the Donau Auen National Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Park. In the second, the villagers of Alwar in Rajasthan, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 India, regenerated six extinct rivers giving a new lease of P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 life to the farming community. E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Production Company: ECAL
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Environmental Science English Title: Fate Worse than Floods (Coastal Elusion) Original Title: Fate Worse than Floods Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Duration: 24 min 10 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 48 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Coastal ecosystems Subject Focus: Controlling floods in Bangladesh Synopsis: The life and the environment of coastal ecosystems are controlled by various abiotic and biotic Synopsis: The annual monsoon rains arrive in factors of both land and the sea. Coasts are not static but Bangladesh each June, flooding the world’s largest river dynamic environments involving mass and energy delta, fertilising the fields and replenishing fish-ponds. But transformations of waves and currents. In the film, Dr. A. in 1987, exceptionally heavy monsoon rains led to the Balasubramanian, an environmental expert, explains the worst flooding in 30 years, with widespread death and geomorphology of coasts, causes of erosion etc. destruction. Overseas donors were swift to respond, first with emergency aid; later, with a new Flood Action Plan Production Company: AMYS (FAP) aimed at taming the great rivers. But, as Bjørn Vassness’s documentary makes clear, the designers of Contact Details: the FAP made a fundamental mistake: they failed to Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) consult the local people about their needs. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Director: Bjorn Vassnes W: www.cec-ugc.org Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: English Title: Environmental Science Series Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 (Estuaries as Marine Ecosystems) P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2005 W: www.cseindia.org Duration: 28 min 30 sec Format: Betacam English Title: Floating Gardens Synopsis: This programme is based on the syllabus of the undergraduate course in environmental sciences. It Date/Month/Year of Production: Septmber 2000 deals with definition and description of estuaries, Duration: 13 min 44 sec ecological characteristics of estuaries, estuarine life, Format: Betacam productivity of estuaries and the protection of estuaries. Subject Focus: The Dal Lake, Srinagar Production Company: AMYS
Contact Details: Synopsis: The film is about the vegetable gardens of Dal Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Lake, as well as the geography of the lake and its past NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 and present status. It introduces the vegetable-sellers P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 living on the lake, their economy and their culture. W: www.cec-ugc.org Production Company: ASRI
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: From Birth to Salvation English Title: Ganga
Original Title: From Birth to Salvation Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2003 Duration: 46 min 45 sec Language: English Format: VHS Duration: 11 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: River Ganga
Subject Focus: Conserving water resources Synopsis: This dance drama depicts the beauty of river Ganga. It also traces the story behind the river’s descent Synopsis: This is a film on the use and misuse of water. to earth, its pollution and the efforts at cleaning it up. It is based on a success story in Burhanpura, and aims to establish the crucial significance of water in human life. Production Company: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Producer: Suman Ganguli Contact Details: Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) ENTECAVE 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 87, Saraswati Kunj, 25, Patparganj, Delhi 110 092 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-22476033; M: 9810840033 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: From the Sea to the Droplets… English Title: Ganga-I
Original Title: Samudra se Boond Tak… Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Language: Hindi Language: Hindi Duration: 29 min 28 sec Duration: 7 min Format: Digital Subject Focus: The river Ganga
Subject Focus: Water and human beings Synopsis: This is the first film in a two-parts series on the river Ganga. It traces the evolution of the river from Synopsis: Samudra se Boond Tak… is an insight into Gomukh and takes the viewer through the plains to how human beings and water affect each other, an account Hardwar, highlighting the changing beauty of Ganga and of how much water is a part of our lives — yet how much its spiritual and socio-economic aspects. it is apart from our lives. Through pictures, music and a few words, the aim is to depict the reality and preciousness Producer: Sudhir Saxena of water in its different forms. Contact Details: Producers: Priyanka S./Siddharth S./Paricher T. Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Contact Details: Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Priyanka S./Siddharth S./Paricher T. P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 D-46, Mahendru Enclave, Opp. Model Town-III E: [email protected] New Delhi 110 009 W: www.ciet.nic.in P: 011-27218536 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Ganga-II English Title: Gavri Gatha
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Language: Hindi Language: Gujarati (with English subtitles) Duration: 25 min 5 sec Duration: 45 min
Subject Focus: The river Ganga Subject Focus: Water, health and sanitation
Synopsis: This is the second film in the series. Synopsis: This video programme aims at creating awareness about the linkages between water, health and Producer: Sudhir Saxena sanitation. Targeted at villagers in the fluoride-affected villages of Lathi and Liliya taluka of Amreli district, the Contact Details: programme highlights the importance of active Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) participation of people in resolving issues related to Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education drinking water, health and sanitation. Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.ciet.nic.in Video Resource Centre Secretariat Centre for Environment Education, Southern Regional Cell 143, Kamala Mansion, Infantry Road, Bangalore 560 001, Karnataka English Title: Gangasagar P: 080-22869094/9907; F: 080-22868209 E: [email protected] W: www.ceeindia.org, www.kidsrgreen.org, www.ceevrc.org Language: Hindi Duration: 56 min
Subject Focus: The Gangasagar Fair English Title: Gilded Mirror
Synopsis: This is a film on the colourful and vibrant Original Title: Gilded Mirror Gangasagar Fair that takes place at the confluence of Date/Month/Year of Production: November 2003 the Ganga and the ocean on Makar Sankranti (15th Language: English January). Duration: 19 min Format: Betacam Director: Dhananjoy Mandal Production Company: Mou Films Subject Focus: Sustainable development and water resource management at Loktak Lake, Manipur Contact Details: Dhananjoy Mandal Synopsis: In Manipuri folklore, it is said that while the South Dulya (Oppsite Christian School), P. O. Dulya Loktak Lake is like a mirror, Lord Thangjing is its gilding. Howrah 711 302, Kolkata The characteristic feature of the Lake is its floating mats P: 033-26791724, 21193790; M: 094333 92836 of vegetation, known locally as Phoomdis. The Lake, one E: [email protected] of the biodiversity hotspots of the world, is also a great reservoir of fish and a winter home for waterfowl. But its existence is now under threat from the construction of the Ithai hydropower project. Deforestation and deposition of silt into the lake have added to its problems. The film examines the project and its underlying issues in detail.
Producer: Satyen Wanchoo Commissioning Agency: Mr. Ujwal choudhary
Contact Details: Director, Avifauna Films E-122, II Floor, Greater Kailash II, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011-51639318/19; F: 011-51639318 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Glimpses from the Dal English Title: Hands On-1 — Water Ways
Original Title: Hay Valay Original Title: Hands On-1 — Water Ways Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Language: English Director: Anumita Dasgupta Duration: 24 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society Synopsis: The theme of the film is using water wisely. If K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi all the world’s water supply was put in a bucket, the P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 moisture clinging to a finger dipped in it represents all the W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org freshwater available to the world’s six billion inhabitants. Most of the stories in the film come from the developing world: Malaysia, where a campaign is protecting forested English Title: H2O watersheds to keep streams clean and flowing all year round; Nepal, where ram-pumps are becoming popular; Original Title: H2O South Africa, where children playing on a roundabout Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 pump up water for a nearby vegetable garden; and Language: English Greece, where water ‘cigars’ are coming to the rescue of Duration: 10 min 57 sec parched islands. Format: Betacam Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Subject Focus: Water and its importance for life Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Synopsis: This is a film on water, a dynamic and key 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 natural resource. Seventy percent of the earth is covered P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 with water. Virtually everything that is living, survives on E: [email protected] this wonderful gift of God. W: www.cseindia.org
Producer: R. Ramsay English Title: The Hard Edge Contact Details: Doordarshan Kendra 24, Ashok Marg, Lucknow 226 001, Uttar Pradesh Original Title: The Hard Edge P: 0522-2205754 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Language: English Duration: 30 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Saving the Zambezi river system
Synopsis: The film documents the efforts of southern African nations to preserve the Zambezi river system and its lagoons, lakes, wetlands and wildlife preserves, reconciling the needs of the wildlife and people sharing its waters.
Director: Peter Ceresole Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Harsud — The Making of a Ghost English Title: Hunting Down Water Town Original Title: Hunting Down Water Original Title: Harsud — The Making of a Ghost Town Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2005 Language: English (with subtitles) Duration: 45 min Duration: 32 min Format: Mini DV Format: Digital Subject Focus: Social dimensions of the water crisis Subject Focus: Submergence of a town due to a large dam Synopsis: “These things look good only on television… things about economy and saving water and all that,” say Synopsis: The film narrates the saga of destruction of a Nidhi and Madhur looking fresh after a rain dance party. town due to its submergence caused by the construction Or take the case of Somabhai Patel of Memna village in of a large dam on river Narmada, and the plight of its Gujarat, who owns 14 borewells on his agricultural land inhabitants due to the sorry state of rehabilitation and and admits: “The water used to be at 100 feet below the viable livelihood sources. ground just a few years ago, now it has gone down to 500 feet.” These are quotes that reinforce the fact that the present water crisis is largely of our own making. It is not Director: Pravin Pagare about failing monsoons or the fact that parts of India are Producer: Abhivyakti Media for Development naturally dry. Water is diverted from the rural countryside Production Company: Abhivyakti Media for Development to meet the unending needs of India’s urban population – not just for drinking, but also, to wash cars, fill swimming Contact Details: pools, to water amusement parks or simply to flush. The Abhivyakti Media for Development film studies the dynamics of this man-made crisis. 31 A, Anandvali, Gangapur Road, Nashik 422 013, Maharashtra Producer: Moving Images P: 0253-2346128 Commissioning Agency: Winrock International E: [email protected]
Contact Details: Moving Images English Title: Harvest of Rain D-3, 3425, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26893384, 26124317, 26524940; M: 09818299212 E: [email protected] Original Title: Harvest of Rain W: www.movingimagesindia.com Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Language: English Duration: 48 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD English Title: Importance of Water
Subject Focus: Traditional water harvesting systems Original Title: Paani ka Mahatva Synopsis: This video is dedicated to India’s traditional Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 water harvesting systems. The camera wanders through Language: Hindi Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, recording the Duration: 4 min 37 sec profound science of the people. Format: Digital
Director: Sanjay Kak Subject Focus: The water crisis in Delhi Producer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Synopsis: The film focuses on issues such as the water Contact Details: crisis in Delhi, equal access to and distribution of water, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) pollution of the Yamuna etc. 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Producer: Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti W: www.cseindia.org Contact Details: Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti Autonomus Body, Gandi Darshan, Rajghat, New Delhi 110 002 P: 011-23392278; F: 011-23392706 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Imrat Manthan English Title: Indian Myth and Ecology-I, II & III (Part I – Water; Part II — Earth; Part III – Air, Fire Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 and Space) Language: Hindi Duration: 27 min 36 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Language: Hindi Duration: 23 min Subject Focus: Water pollution Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS
Synopsis: The film documents the implications of water Subject Focus: Mythology and its links to ecology pollution and initiatives people have taken to find alternatives. Synopsis: Through the five basic elements, the film traces the linkages between mythological scriptures and ecology Director: Pankaj Tiwari and environment. Producer: Audio Visual Research Centre, Sagar Producer: Mr. Bappa Ray Contact Details: Audio Visual Research Centre Production Company: M/s Bappa Ray Productions Dr. H. S. Gour V. V., Sagar 470 003, Madhya Pradesh Contact Details: P: 07582-22153; F: 07582-22153 The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 English Title: In Troubled Waters P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1999 W: www.envfor.nic.in Duration: 20 min 8 sec Format: Betacam English Title: India Roadshow Subject Focus: River pollution Original Title: India Roadshow Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Synopsis: All major cities in the world are located on Language: English riverbanks. Rivers have supported the life of the city and Duration: 26 min have had a major share in its prosperity. But today, rivers Format: VHS/VCD & DVD have been reduced to drainage lines. Is this the heritage we are going to hand over to our future generations? Subject Focus: Environmental issues in India; disaster management in Jamaica Production Company: EPUN Synopsis: When India gained its freedom, the government Contact Details: was convinced that big power projects and industries held Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) the key to rapid growth. The film visits one such project, a NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 dam at the foot of the Himalayas which — some say — P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 has caused more problems than it’s worth. Also featured W: www.cec-ugc.org are a village in Uttar Pradesh, where high levels of fluoride naturally occurring in the water are causing a debilitating bone disease in the residents; the river Ganga which is polluted from chemical effluents from tanneries, human sewage and decomposing bodies; and elephants in West Bengal which are becoming a nightmare for the locals, trampling crops and their villages. In the Hands-On section, we visit Jamaica, examining the devastating effects of hurricanes and looking at what can be done to roofs and banks to make them hurricane-resistant.
Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Information of Three Districts English Title: Jal hi Jeevan – Jal Sanrakshan
Original Title: Information of Three Districts Original Title: Jal hi Jeevan – Jal Sanrakshan Date/month/year of Production: 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Language: English (subtitles) Language: Hindi Duration: 9 min 57 sec Duration: 9 min Format: Betacam SP Format: PAL, Beta, Colour Subject Focus: Water conservation in Rajasthan Subject Focus: Solving water crisis at local levels Synopsis: This is a story of people working together for Synopsis: This film is devoted to SEWA’s interventions conserving water and forests. Water is a scarce and precious in solving the water crisis in the three districts of commodity in western Rajasthan. The people here have Surendranagar, Kutch and Sabarkantha in Gujarat. It found out ways of storing and conserving water in tanks, demonstrates the various measures adopted by SEWA, lakes, nadis, stepwells and khadin. The film also looks at like rainwater harvesting, underground tanks, digging wells the connection water conservation has with protecting forests and repairing and digging handpumps. — in the absence of forests, the environmental balance gets disturbed, leading to the vicious cycle of drought.
Director: Vinod Sati Contact Details: Producer: Vinod Sati SEWA Production Company: Educational Multimedia Research Krushna Bhavan, Opp Sakar-II, Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad 380 Centre 006, Gujarat P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.sewa.org Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) Faculty of Engineering, J. N. V. University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan P: 0291-2513734; F: 0291-2513733 E: [email protected] English Title: Jal
Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2003 English Title: Jal Swaraj (Hindi version of Language: Hindi ‘Changing Currents: Plumbing the Rights-I’) Duration: 60 sec Format: Betacam SP Original Title: Changing Currents: Plumbing the Rights-I Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: Hindi Subject Focus: Water conservation Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: Produced as part of the Fresh Water campaign, this film highlights the relationship between water and Synopsis: Jal Swaraj or Plumbing the Rights-I focuses religion. Its underlying message is: we cannot conserve on the issue of water as a common property and a right water without understanding its significance. The film that is indistinguishable from the right to life. The film documents efforts to conserve and maintain water documents local communities from India and South Africa resources and the work done by government in involving striving to maintain this right in the face of official communities in these conservation initiatives. opposition. In the Indian state of Rajasthan, where community efforts have revived traditional water harvesting Director: Ms. Kala Iyer structures called johads, villagers of Lava ka Baas are Producer: DAVP resisting the state government’s move to destroy their Production Company: M/s Genesis Media (P.) Ltd. johad. In South Africa, official curb on access to water for people who cannot pay for it is forcing communities take Contact Details: the water illegally. Genesis Media (P.) Ltd. Directors: Amber Delahooke and Rob Sullivan B-42, II Floor, Opp. Kargil Park, Jangpura-B New Delhi 110 014 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) P: 011-24375120, 24375124, M: 9811075246 Contact Details: F: 011-24379598 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) E: [email protected] 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Jal Tarang English Title: Jheel aur Jeevan
Original Title: Jal Tarang Original Title: Jheel aur Jeevan Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1973 Language: Hindi Language: Only music (Hindi) Duration: 30 min Duration: 16 min Format: VCD Format: 16 mm
Subject Focus: Communities and their access to Subject Focus: Lake fishermen of Kashmir resources Synopsis: This is a documentary on the fishermen living Synopsis: This film was made as a training tool for near the lakes of Srinagar. communities to help them access resources for watershed management. The film was made for A.R.A.V.A.L.I, an Director: Mohan Kaul N. G. O. in Rajasthan. Contact Details: Director: Kavita Dasgupta Children’s Film Society, India Producer: Krishnendu Bose Films Division Complex, 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg Production Company: Earthcare Films Mumbai 400 026 India Commissioning Agency: A.R.A.V.A.L.I. P: 022-23526798, 23516136; F: 022-23522610 E: [email protected] W: www.cfsindia.org Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 English Title: Jijivisha P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com Original Title: Jijivisha Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Language: English (with English subtitles) Duration: 26 min English Title: Jalakhyan Format: Mini DV
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Subject Focus: The Yamuna and how she influences the Language: Gujarati (with English subtitles) lives of people Duration: 53 min Synopsis: Jijivisha is a fervent desire to live, a name that Subject Focus: Water, health and sanitation — the Lathi- seemed apt for a film that celebrates the sheer survival Liliya Regional Water Supply Scheme instinct of river Yamuna. It traces the journey of the river from its source at Yamunotri to Prayag, where it merges Synopsis: This video programme informs villagers about with the Ganga. It also explores how Yamuna forms an the basics of the Lathi-Liliya Regional Water Supply integral part of the socio-economic and religious lives of Scheme (RWSS), through ‘akhyan’ a combination of the people. music, poetry and prose. This narrative technique is popular in Gujarat. Interviews with villagers and officials Directors: Amit Madheshiya, Charulatha Menon, Ishita of various government departments have been added to Moitra, Kuber Sharma, Shirley Abraham illustrate the main points. Production Company: We For Yamuna
Contact Details: Contact Details: Video Resource Centre Secretariat C/o Amit Madheshiya Centre for Environment Education, Southern Regional Cell Room No. 106, 39 A, Bharat Nagar, Hanuman Mandir Lane, 143, Kamala Mansion, Infantry Road New Delhi 110 065 Bangalore 560 001, Karnataka M: 9818224402 P: 080-22869094/9907; F: 080-22868209 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.ceeindia.org, www.kidsrgreen.org, www.ceevrc.org
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English Title: Johad (A Source of Water) English Title: Kiran (‘A Ray of Hope’)
Original Title: Johad (A Source of Water) Original Title: Kiran Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1999 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 Language: Hindi Language: Hindi Duration: 11 min Duration: 5 min Format: 35 mm Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: A traditional watershed practice in Subject Focus: Individual initatives to regenerate water Rajasthan resources
Synopsis: This is a film on the johad, a traditional Synopsis: Kiran is a salute to those people who are watershed practice in Rajasthan, which provides water making a difference. It focuses on individual initiatives to for irrigation, drinking and other domestic purpose and regenerate water resources. increases biomass productivity due to increased water availability. Producer: Umesh Aggarwal Commissioning Agency: Doordarshan National Producer: Kuldeep Sinha Contact Details: Contact Details: News & Entertainment Television Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting 994, 1st Floor, Laxmi Commercial Complex, Nehru Road Government of India Arjun Nagar, Kotla Mubarakpur, New Delhi 110 003 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 011-24644494/24658384; F: 011-24631408 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 E: [email protected], [email protected] F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org English Title: Lagan
Language: Hindi English Title: Kal ki Talash Mein Duration: 60 sec
Language: Hindi Subject Focus: Water conservation Duration: 35 min Format: VHS Synopsis: This film documents best practices of conserving water at the household level. Subject Focus: The impact of Sardar Sarovar dam Contact Details: Synopsis: The film takes a look at the environmental and The Secretary social issues underlying the building of the Sardar Sarovar Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests dam on the Narmada. It carries interviews with tribals and Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road other people affected by the project. New Delhi - 110 003 India P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] Production Company: Centre for Science and W: www.envfor.nic.in Environment (CSE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Lagan English Title: Lakes in Tears
Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2001 Duration: 30 sec Duration: 20 min 33 sec Format: Betacam Synopsis: PSM is about the conservation of water through best practices at house hold. Subject Focus: Polluted and dying lakes of Bangalore
Contact Details: Synopsis: The programme focuses on the dying lakes of The Secretary Bangalore in Karnataka. Envisioned as the home for Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests hundreds of lakes, the city’s growth has throttled them. Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road There is a dire need for saving whatever remains of these New Delhi - 110 003 India P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 lakes. E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in Production Company: AMYS
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) English Title: Lakes — Protecting and Preserving NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 a Rich Natural Resource P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Original Title: Lakes — Protecting and Preserving a Rich Natural Resource Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 English Title: Lecture Series on Environmental Language: English Science – (Environmental Hazards — Sea Water Duration: 9 min 12 sec Intrusion) Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2005 Subject Focus: Conservation and restoration of lakes in Language: English and around Hyderabad Duration: 23 min 48 sec Format: Betacam Synopsis: The objective of the film is to showcase the various proactive initiatives undertaken by HUDA in Andhra Subject Focus: Sea water intrusion and its impacts Pradesh as a part of the ‘Clean and Green Environment’ Programme. The film highlights the problems created by unplanned urbanization and how it has affected the Synopsis: Sea water intrusion (also called salt water environment adversely, and goes on to examine the encroachment) is a major environmental hazard in coastal restoration measures that have been undertaken on the groundwater systems. It leads to increased salinity of the lakes of the city. groundwater that is available for human consumption. In this lecture series, Dr. A. Balasubramanian, an environmental expert, explains the hydrogeology of coastal Producer: DC Interactive Team zones, mechanism of sea water intrusion, freshwater lens Commissioning Agency: Ms. Lakshmi Parthasarthy, IAS and saltwater upcoming, environmental impacts of intrusion and the methods of preventing saline intrusions. Contact Details: DC Interactive Team DC Interactive, 36, Sarojini Devi Road, Secunderabad Production Company: AMYS Hyderabad 500 003, Andhra Pradesh P: 040-27716901; F: 040-27716903 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Lecture Series on Environmental English Title: Life Line Science (Freshwater Eco-systems) Original Title: Life Line Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2005 Language: English Language: English Duration: 10 min Duration: 20 min 30 sec Format: 35 mm Format: Betacam Subject Focus: The Rajasthan Canal Subject Focus: Freshwater eco-systems Synopsis: The film traces the birth of the Rajasthan Canal Synopsis: This lecture series by Dr Balasubramanian which brings water from the Himalayas to the thirsty Thar discusses topics like the limiting factors of freshwater eco- Desert, thereby changing its climate and environment and systems; lentic eco-systems; physiography of lakes; becoming the life line of the people living in it. ecological zones; the various kinds of lakes; lentic biota and adaptions; and trophic relations and production. Producer: Films Division
Production Company: AMYS Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Contact Details: Government of India Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 W: www.cec-ugc.org E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
English Title: Life Drop English Title: Life of the Dying Lake Original Title: Oeir Thulee Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Duration: 16 min 15 sec Language: Tamil Format: Betacam Duration: 2 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Eutrophication of water bodies Subject Focus: Rainwater harvesting Synopsis: Lakes and other water bodies on which civilization depends are threatened with growing human Synopsis: Through the story of a school girl, this short interference. Artificial enrichment of nutrients — the film highlights the need to save and conserve water. phenomenon which leads to eutrophication, the process of aging — is wiping out these water bodies. The film Producer: G. P. Selvamani throws light on this assault on the lakes. Commissioning Agency: G. P. Selvamani Production Company: AMYS Contact Details: G. P. Selvamani Camera Man, No. 20, Siva Sakthi Nagar, Kolathur Contact Details: Chennai 600 099, Tamil Nadu Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 033-26502225 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Light on the Water English Title: Marubhumi
Original Title: Light on the Water Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: Hindi Language: English Duration: 52 min Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Water and its management in Rajasthan Subject Focus: Life and tradition along the Pamba River Synopsis: The story is based on the narratives of two old in Kerala men, both residents of Jodhpur city — Liaquat Ali Khan who was the Municipality Chairman of Jodhpur in 1964 Synopsis: The first in a series of ethnological and Y. D. Singh who was the famine inspector in 1964 documentaries, this film depicts the 1000-year old tradition and retired as the superintendent of Jodhpur Zoo. The of paying tribute to the river Pamba in the state of Kerala. film was inspired by the research initiated by the members Typically, the villages along the Pamba celebrate a good of the Jodhpur Chapter of INTACH. harvest with a boat festival. Despite the revolutionary changes and large-scale migration in the last 50 years, Awards Received by the Film: Pinnacle Award for Best these customs are being carried forward into the 21st Direction, 1997; part of the Travelling Film South Asia, century. The film also raises vital questions about 2000 traditional environments, and the struggle of individual identity against ideology and market forces. Director: Amar Kanwar
Director: Lygia Mathews Contact Details: Producers: Roabin Mazumdar, Lygia Mathews Mr. Amar Kanwar A. K. Productions, N 14A, Saket, New Delhi 110 017 Contact Details: P: 011-26516088; M: 9810216088; F: 011-26513556 Roabin Mazumdar, Lygia Mathews E: [email protected] 3 Sangrajka House, 558 Adenwalla Road, Dadar Mumbai 400 019, Maharashtra P: 022-4145225; F: 022-4156640 E: [email protected] English Title: May be Tomorrow
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1998 English Title: Loktak Lake in Peril Duration: 8 min 33 sec Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Subject Focus: Heavy metal contamination of rivers Language: English Duration: 13 min Format: Betacam Synopsis: A routine investigation of the water quality parameters of river Yamuna near Dakpathar, Dehradun has revealed appreciable amounts of the heavy metal Subject Focus: Loktak Lake in Manipur cadmium leaching into the water and ultimately getting into food, milk, etc. The finding is shocking — especially Synopsis: This programme deals with the unique lake in because cadmium can trigger several deadly diseases. Manipur and the dangers that it faces in the face of modernization and ‘development’. Production Company: AROO Production Company: AIMP Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Meghdoot ka Sandesh — Rajasthan English Title: Monsoon, India’s God of Life and Gujarat Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 50 min Duration: 29 min 34 sec Producer: Shekar Dattatri
Subject Focus: Traditional rainwater harvesting methods Contact Details: in India Shekar Dattatri Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur Chennai 600 041, Tamil Nadu Synopsis: The film documents rainwater harvesting P: 044- 2441 5744, 2491 4802; M: 0 9841015997 methods and techniques that existed in India in the pre- F: 044-2491 0910, 2491 8747 British era, mainly in the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar E: [email protected], [email protected] and Uttaranchal. W: www.shekardattatri.com
Production Company: Angik Film Makers Commissioning Agency: Council for Advancement of English Title: Mother Dairy Effluent Treatment People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Plant Contact Details: Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Language: English Technology (CAPART) Duration: 30 min Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 India Subject Focus: Mother Dairy’s effluent treatment plant P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] Synopsis: Conscious of its social responsibility to the W: www.capart.nic.in environment and realising the long-term benefits, Mother Dairy was one of the first industries to set up an effluent treatment plant, with a capacity of 15 lakh litres per day in 1982. English Title: Mineral Water (Is it a Viable Alternative?) Producer: Development Alternatives Production Company: Doordarshan Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2003 Language: English Contact Details: Duration: 13 min 45 sec Development Alternatives Format: Betacam 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Subject Focus: Bottled/mineral water W: www.devalt.org
Synopsis: While 71% of the earth’s total surface is covered by water, only 1% of this water is fit for human consumption. With increasing population, the world’s drinking water sources are under threat of severe pollution. To counter this problem, the concept of water filtration originated during the early 20th century: mineral water or bottled water came into existence. The film highlights the different stages in producing mineral water.
Production Company: ASRI
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Mucking up the Mediterranean English Title: Neemi – A Tale of Milking Water
Original Title: Mucking up the Mediterranean Original Title: Neemi — Paani se Doodh ki Kahani Date/Month/Year of Production: 1990 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2002 Language: English Duration: 24 min Duration: 52 min Format: Betacam Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: The check dams of Neemi village, Subject Focus: Pollution of the Mediterranean Sea Rajasthan Synopsis: This film recounts the story of a village where Synopsis: Only 300 Monk Seals, it is estimated, are now a people’s movement changed the barren land’s destiny. left in the Mediterranean Sea. This gradual disappearance Today, the people of this village are self-reliant. Neemi of this species is not only an indicator of a species going has been selected as a model village by UNDP, to be extinct but also of the degradation of the Mediterranean replicated by poor and developing countries that are in Sea. Over-development, fishing, relentless dumping of dire need of cost-effective methods for growth and industrial waste and sewage have turned the sea into a sustainability. And all this was achieved by Magsaysay breeding ground for diseases. The prospect of cleaning Award winner Rajender Singh’s efforts to revive Neemi’s up also looks grim. traditional methods of water harvesting — its check dams.
Director: Ashley Bruce Producers: Vinay Rai & Meenakshi Rai Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Contact Details: Vinay Rai & Meenakshi Rai Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Directors, Leoarts Communication, A-103, LGF, Amar Colony 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Lajpat Nagar-IV, New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-26488898; F: 011-26216536 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Neer Niramaya English Title: Natural System for Waste Water Treatment Original Title: Neer Niramaya Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2005 Language: Hindi Duration: 27 min Duration: 22 min 40 sec Format: Betacam Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Wastewater treatment using plant-based Subject Focus: Control of flourosis by providing safe methods drinking water Synopsis: All 32 districts of Rajasthan are stricken with Synopsis: In this video-lecture, Prof. U. R. Gunale flourosis – a condition caused due to excessive fluoride explains the various methods for treating waste water levels in drinking water. In Rajasthan, this has been naturally — using natural plant purification systems. There aggravated due to insufficient rainfall and receding ground- are many plants like Canna, Tipha etc which are used for water levels. The affected children develop psychological purification. problems due to ugly discoloration of teeth and disfigured limbs. The documentary delves into this critical health Production Company: EPUN problem and also focuses on some scientific and medical initiatives for its treatment and control. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Producer: Ajay Sharma NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Commissioning Agency: Ms. Aperna Vaish, Director W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Doordarshan Kendra Jhalana Doongri, Jaipur 302 004, Rajasthan P: 0141-271519; F: 0141-2711519 E: [email protected]
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English Title: News Magazine No. 325 — Thirst English Title: Nobody Lies in a Temple
Original Title: News Magazine No. 325 — Thirst Original Title: Nobody Lies in a Temple Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Duration: 11 min Language: English Format: 35 mm Duration: 28 min 11 sec Format: Digital-DV Cam Subject Focus: Water scarcity Subject Focus: The village of Ralegan — collective ac- Synopsis: This is a hard-hitting indictment of water tion for village reform and water harvesting scarcity faced by the tribal people living in Jawhar taluka of Maharashtra’s Thane district. Synopsis: Ralegan is a village that smiles even when the rain gods frown. Cine actress Mita Vasisht explores Producer: Y. N. Engineer the magic formula: collective action — whether in decision- making or for the implementation of these decisions — is Contact Details: the mantra of Ralegan. The film rekindles the hope that Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting things can work if people take the initiative and act Government of India collectively. 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Producers: H. B. Muralidhara/Seema Muralidhara, E: [email protected] Beacon Television W: www.filmsdivision.org Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT)
English Title: News Magazine No. 494 — Contact Details: Beacon Television Naula: A Life Line Wing A-1, Flat 103, Siddharth Nagar, Building No. 5, CHS Ltd., Opp. Dheeraj Savera, Borivali (East), Mumbai 400 066 Original Title: News Magazine No. 494 — Naula: A Life P: 022-56764990/28845978; F: 022-28845978 Line E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 Language: Hindi Duration: 10 min Format: 35 mm
Subject Focus: Naula, the traditional source of drinking water
Synopsis: Naula is a natural and traditional source of drinking water for people who live close to mountains. But due to growing population and development activities, even the naula has been severely hit; there is an acute shortage of drinking water in the mountains today.
Producer: A. K. Goorkha
Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Noyyal Tholaintha Thadangal English Title: Ode to a River
Original Title: Noyyal Lost Path Original Title: Ode to a River Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Language: Tamil (with English subtitles) Language: English Duration: 7 min 20 sec Duration: 52 min 5 sec Format: Mini DV Format: VHS and DIGITAL 8 Subject Focus: Loss of natual wealth, energy and beauty, Subject Focus: The River Noyyal and its slow death symbolized by the loss of a river
Synopsis: The Noyyal River owes its origins to the Chola Synopsis: Ode to a River is a personal expression of the rulers of Tamil Nadu, who developed an irrigation system, loss of natural wealth, energy and beauty. The River, which which included 32 large tanks across three districts — represents all rivers of the world, realizes this expression. Coimbatore, Erode and Karur. This irrigation system was In this River, where all life forms live in harmony with each maintained till 1985. But due to the rapid development other, Man intervenes. The River thus also becomes an of industries and textile and dyeing units in and around expression of people’s struggle all around the world, Coimbatore, industrial and textile effluents were let into caught in a vicious cycle where Man is both the destroyer the river. The Noyyal was effectively converted into a and the victim. drainage canal. The Orathupalayam dam, which was built to store the waters of Noyyal for irrigation, is now used Director: Vrinda Samartha C. R. as a storage dam for industrial and textile dyeing Producer: Prof. and Coordinator N. S. Ashok Kumar effluents. The region’s farmers are up in arms against this misuse. Contact Details: United Christian Forum for Human Rights 20, 2nd Cross, Sirur Park Road, Malleshwaram Director: M. Balamurugan Bangalore 560 003, Karnataka Producer: E. Uma Maheswari P: 080-23315633; M: 09886927903 Production Company: Kurinji Kalaiyagam E: [email protected]
Contact Details: M. Balamurugan English Title: Once Upon a Time Room No. 2, First Floor, India Tower, 19-21, Gopalapuram Second Street, Coimbatore 641 018, Tamil Nadu Original Title: Once Upon a Time P: 0422-5544390, 3043390; M: 09443023003 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2005 E: [email protected] Language: English Duration: 19 min 33 sec Format: Mini DV
Subject Focus: Degradation of Delhi’s clear water streams
Synopsis: This film brings to light the erstwhile streams of Delhi, two long-lost water courses that played an important role in the natural science and history of the city. Perennial till the beginning of the nineteenth century, these streams are no more than drains today. The film captures the past of these streams, their nexus with the history and ecology of the city and their journey from streams to drains, attempting to pinpoint instances and developments that led to their eventual decline.
Director: Pawanpreet Kaur Producer: Madhubala Institute of Communication and Electronic Media Production Company: Madhubala Institute of Communication and Electronic Media
Contact Details: Pawanpreet Kaur 304, Hostel Shubhanchal, Opp. Vikas Sadan, INA New Delhi 110 023 M: 9350893887 E: [email protected]
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English Title: One Tap 500 Pots English Title: Paani ka Prabandh
Original Title: One Tap 500 Pots Language: Hindi Date/month/year of Production: 1984 Duration: 12 min 23 sec Language: Gujarati Duration: 4 min 53 sec Format: PAL, U-Matic, Colour Subject Focus: Environment (Water)
Subject Focus: A SEWA initiative to provide access to Producer: Anita Gupta water Contact Details: Synopsis: The tape documents the water problems of Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) the Meghaninagar area of Ahmedabad. Here, one tap Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education would cater to the demands of more than 1,000 Research and Training (NCERT) households — till the video SEWA team decided to Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 intervene, document the problem and show it to the P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Ahmedabad Municipal corporation. Now, each house has E: [email protected] a separate tap. W: www.ciet.nic.in
Contact Details: Vedio Sewa Krushna Bhavan, Opp. Sakar-II, Ellisbridge English Title: Paani Kahe Mujhe Sambhal Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 W: www.sewa.org Language: Hindi Duration: 19 min
Subject Focus: Water and its contribution to health and English Title: Our Liquid Assets hygiene Original Title: Our Liquid Assets Synopsis: This film is targeted at school children, and Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 informs them about the importance of water, its use, its Language: English Duration: 26 min safe storage, and its contribution towards keeping the Format: VHS/VCD & DVD school and its surroundings clean.
Subject Focus: Initiatives to revive wetlands Producer: Anita Gupta
Synopsis: The world’s wetlands are often treated as waste Contact Details: land, but as this film illustrates, marshes, swamps and Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) floodplains are important homes for wildlife, sources of Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education freshwater, filters for pollution, and barriers against flood Research and Training (NCERT) waters. Australia’s Kakadu National Park — 2,000 square Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 kilometres of wetland and forest — is under threat from P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 exotic weeds and animals. In Canada, freshwater lakes E: [email protected] and streams have been damaged by logging, but the W: www.ciet.nic.in situation is improving with better legislation. In Guinea Bissau’s lakes, fish stocks have been dwindling, but local fishermen have put a 10-day ban in place every month, to give the fish a chance to regenerate. A restoration project in Zimbabwe is rehabilitating wetlands in drought-prone areas — vegetables have been planted and medicinal plants which thrive in wet conditions are now cultivated.
Director: Luke Gawin Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Paani, Paani Re….. English Title: Pani re Pani
Original Title: Paani, Paani Re….. Original Title: Pani re Pani Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2002 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 5 min 20 sec Duration: 1 hr 16 min Format: Betacam Format: DVC Subject Focus: India’s water crisis Subject Focus: Domestic wastage of water Synopsis: India is experiencing a severe shortage of Synopsis: This short film deals with something as water. In a series of more than 25 stories, Zee News covers mundane as a bath. The ‘shower’ is a common feature of every aspect of the crisis. Five water bodies (rivers, canals any modern middle class apartment. People take it for and dams) and three villages have been selected as case granted and make the most of it, without realizing how studies. In Punjab and Haryana, both leading agricultural much water they are wasting. states, water reservoirs are depleting fast. Water-intensive agriculture in these states is sucking away all the water. Alternative modes of agriculture which use less water, Producer: Mita Chandran, Mokshaa need to be developed. But the film finds that it is impossible for the state machinery to come up with less water-using Contact Details: agricultural techniques in the next 20 odd years! In the Mokshaa, P. I. P. Communications Pvt. Ltd. semi-peninsular regions of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Proprietor, 1st Floor, 6-3-248/G, Road No. 1, Banjara Hills (Opp. Music World), Hyderabad 500 034, Andhra Pradesh the waters of the Cauvery river have become the bone of P: 040-23305665, 26564101, 26969770, 9818495925 contention; the film delves into the political and socio- E: [email protected] agricultural fallouts of this conflict. The film also incorporates stories on water scarcity in urban areas, governmental plans and programmes to solve the crisis, as well as on the river-linking concept. English Title: Pani (Water) Producer: Zee News, Zee Telefilms Ltd. Language: English & Hindi Contact Details: Duration: 37 min Zee News, Zee Telefilms Ltd. Format: DVD FC 19, Sector 16 A, Noida 201 301, Uttar Pradesh P: 0120-24511064-78; F: 0120-24515240 Subject Focus: Rural women in India and their effort to provide easy access to water English Title: Plants and Water Synopsis: In a village in rural India, the women spend hours every day finding water. Young or old, pregnant or nursing their babies, they make their daily trek across a Language: English stony wasteland to fill their pitchers from the dirty pool at Duration: 22 min the bottom of a waterhole. Meanwhile, their menfolk drink, Format: 16 mm gamble and quarrel. In the film, inspired by a group of Subject Focus: Importance of water for plants local activists and urged on by Kaki, a village grandmother, and her childhood recollection of a spring near the village, Synopsis: This film illustrates the importance of water for the women form a collective and dig a new well to provide different types of plants — it also explains plant structure, water for their families. characteristics of drought-resistant plants, loosening of soil as a means of preserving water and the planting of Director: Sumitra Bhave wind belts to slow down the speed of dry winds. Producer: Sumitra Bhave Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Development Alternatives Contact Details: 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education E: [email protected] Research and Training (NCERT) W: www.devalt.org Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Plants that Live in Water English Title: Pollution
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1995 Duration: 11 min Language: English Format: 16 mm Duration: 11 min 5 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Plants suited to water Subject Focus: Water pollution Synopsis: From the pond to the sea, the film investigates the structures of plants suited to water, carefully Synopsis: This programme highlights the issue of water distinguishing between the two major plant groups: the pollution and some of its sources. It explains standards simplest (algae to kelp) and the complex (plants with roots, for clean and usable water and discusses the stems, leaves etc.). measurement of the extent of pollution in water.
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Production Company: CEC Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Research and Training (NCERT) W: www.cec-ugc.org Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in English Title: Pollution of Ganga
Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1996 Duration: 13 min 34 sec English Title: Plunder Format: Betacam Original Title: Colla Subject Focus: Pollution of river Ganga Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Language: Not language-specific Synopsis: The programme deals with pollution of the Duration: 6 min Ganga. A heavy influx of tourists contributes to every kind Format: Digital Video (DV) format of pollution in the Ganga in Hardwar. Subject Focus: Exploitation of groundwater in Production Company: AROO Plachimada by an international soft drinks company
Contact Details: Synopsis: Through animation, the film looks at the Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) controversy surrounding Coca-Cola’s bottling plant in NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Plachimada in Kerala — the plant has been sucking the P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 region dry of its groundwater. W: www.cec-ugc.org
Directors: Rachana R. S., Vijith Kumar, Aneesh B. S.
Contact Details: Rachana R. S. Rachana House, Pandinjatil Lane, Kumarapuram, Thiruvanthapuram 695 011, Kerala P: 0471-2445178, M: 09447696904 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Rahiman Pani Rakhiye English Title: Rainfall and Water Resources-1
Original Title: Rahiman Pani Rakhiye Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1995 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2002 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 16 min 25 sec Duration: 19 min 24 sec Format: Betacam Format: Digital Subject Focus: The process of rainfall, and harvesting Subject Focus: Water conservation by Raigarh-based rainwater NGO, Nehru Yuva Kendra Synopsis: This programme, created in a discussion Synopsis: A growing scarcity of water has forced man to format, covers the entire mechanics of precipitation — turn to groundwater reserves. But how long can he bank ranging from the formation of clouds and forecasting on them? The film documents the initiatives to conserve monsoons, to rainwater conservation. scarce water resources, undertaken by Nehru Yuva Kendra in and around Raigarh. These initiatives have led Production Company: EPUN to a turnaround in the water-starved region. Contact Details: Producer: Anandi Athaley Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Anandi Athaley W: www.cec-ugc.org Student, Class X, C/o Shri Ajay Athaley, Civil lines Raigarh 496 001, Chhattisgarh P: 07762-224398 E: [email protected] English Title: Rainfall and Water Resources-2
Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1995 Language: English English Title: Rainbows of Dark Sky Duration: 18 min 47 sec Format: Betacam Original Title: Rainbows of Dark Sky Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Production Company: EPUN Language: Assamese (with English subtitles) Duration: 15 min 25 sec Contact Details: Format: Betacam SP Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Subject Focus: Conserving the aqua fauna of P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Northeastern India W: www.cec-ugc.org
Synopsis: This documentary is all about conserving aqua fauna, especially freshwater ornamental fish of the northeast. It focuses on the human interference in the natural sustainability-life cycle flow of these aquatic creatures. Due to mindless fishing, habitat destruction and indifferent attitude of the people, these beautiful fish are on the verge of extinction today.
Director: Sanjib B. Bhardwaj Producer: Sanjib B. Bhardwaj
Contact Details: Sanjib B. Bhardwaj 116, Panipath, N-E Geetanagar, Mother Teresa Road, Guwahati 781 020, Assam P: 0361-2786224; M: 09954014044 E: [email protected], [email protected]
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English Title: Rainwater Harvesting — Public English Title: Rainwater in Summer Service Advertisement Date/Month/Year of Production: February 1998 Original Title: Rainwater Harvesting — Public Service Duration: 11 min 13 sec Advertisement Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2003 Language: English, Hindi and Tamil Subject Focus: Harvesting and conserving rainwater Duration: 1 min 30 sec Format: 35 mm films Synopsis: The water table of a land area supports the plant life and the wells and ponds of that area. However, Subject Focus: Rainwater harvesting when rainwater is allowed to merely flow away into rivers and oceans, the water table goes down. Continuous Synopsis: This film is to promote rainwater harvesting as Contour Trench (CCT) technique helps in saving and a lesson from the past, which provides us a solution for holding the water that would otherwise wash away. the future. The spot revolves around the concept of catching rain in a neighbourhood, creating a cascading Production Company: EPUN effect. People begin to collect water in anything they can lay their hands on. The film evokes the idea that rainwater Contact Details: harvesting is a community effort and it is about building a Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) sharing and caring society. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Awards Received by the Film: Best Public Service Message Award, CMS VATAVARAN 2003
Producer: Saumya Sen & Nandita Das, Leapfrog English Title: Registan Mein Akaal Commissioning Agency: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1992 Duration: 21 min 10 sec Contact Details: Format: Betacam Saumya Sen & Nandita Das, Leapfrog Producers & Directors, A-14, Gulmohar Park Production Company: EJOD New Delhi 110 049 P: 011-26515387, 30954939, M: 9811154329 F: 011-26515387 Contact Details: E: [email protected], [email protected] Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Rainwater Harvesting in Purulia
Original Title: Brishtir Jal Sanrankhan, Purulia Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Language: Bengali Duration: 28 min 46 sec Format: Digital
Subject Focus: Rainwater harvesting for the drought- prone region of Purulia
Producer: Mr. Tanmoy Pramanik Commissioning Agency: The Young Explorer’s Institute for Social Service
Contact Details: Mr. Tanmoy Pramanik Director, Village & P. O. Hatgobindapur, Burdwan 713 407 West Bengal P: 0342-2584011
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English Title: Reservoir Raiders English Title: River Taming Mantras
Original Title: Reservoir Raiders Original Title: River Taming Mantras Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Language: English Language: Hindi and English (with English subtitles) Duration: 24 min Duration: 30 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: DV CAM
Subject Focus: Conflicts in the Middle East, and the need Subject Focus: Flood control in eastern India for agreements on water Synopsis: Large parts of eastern India are subject to Synopsis: In Palestine, ‘land for peace’ has a hollow ring annual flooding. Over the last 50 years, the government to it unless water supplies are secured. The film records has built 14,000 kilometers of embankments in an attempt the destruction by an Israeli army detachment of a to tame the rivers of eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam Palestinian farmer’s rainwater collection tank. Both sides and Orissa. Despite this massive expenditure, losses due are certain they are in the right — the farmer to build his to flooding and the area that is now vulnerable to flooding water collector, the Israeli authorities to bulldoze it. Efficient has increased; 16 per cent of Bihar, for instance, is now users of water the Israelis may be, but it is a scarce and permanently waterlogged, a direct consequence of the unpredictable commodity in this part of the world. Unless construction of embankments. River Taming Mantras peace accords spawn agreements on water, the shocking explores the technological, economic and political events recorded in Reservoir Raiders are certain to be rationale that underlies the adoption of such flood control repeated. measures. The film argues that because these rivers carry an enormous silt load, they have enormous power. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Attempts to control these rivers, therefore, are unlikely to succeed. On the other hand, the vast sums spent on the Contact Details: building and maintenance of these embankments provides Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) endless opportunities for the siphoning of funds. Ultimately, 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 it is the poor who suffer. P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Awards Received by the Film: Best Documentary Film W: www.cseindia.org Award in Environment Category, CMS VATAVARAN 2005
Directors: Sanjay Barnela and Vasant Saberwal English Title: Ridge to Valley Producer: Moving Images
Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1998 Production Company: Moving Images Duration: 14 min 18 sec Format: Betacam Contact Details: Moving Images Subject Focus: Water management (rural) D-3, 3425, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26893384, 26124317, 26524940; M: 09818299212 E: [email protected] Synopsis: The film focuses on water management for W: www.movingimagesindia.com agriculture and how small, low-cost initiatives can be undertaken for it at the village level. It documents Anna Hazare’s concept of saving water — percolating watershed and treatments like cement bund, nalla bund, brushwood dam and Gohian dam, which are used to check the flow of water.
Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Rivers of Sand English Title: Save Narmada, Save Humankind
Original Title: Rivers of Sand Original Title: Save Narmada, Save Humankind Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Language: English Language: English subtitles Duration: 52 min Duration: 14 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: Digital-Mini DV
Subject Focus: Reviving the lakes of Mali Subject Focus: The Narmada valley ecosystem and the struggle of its communities to preserve it
Synopsis: The film shows how the people of Mali have Synopsis: The video tries to portray the struggle of the been able to fight back the encroaching desert in the region communities who have been living on the banks of the where river Niger meets the river Bani. Hard work and a river Narmada for centuries, and their relationship with little aid from the UN have brought new hope. Water has the river, their land and forest. It questions the notion of been brought in from the Niger through pipes and fed into development which allows the destruction of a thriving lakes to provide new life to them. ecosystem and communities for benefits to somebody, somewhere else. The films raises pertinent questions Director: Bruno Sorrentino about the destruction of natural resources from such big Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) projects, the shabby rehabilitation and total disrespect accorded to people’s wisdom, all in the name of national Contact Details: development. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Producer: Abhivyakti Media for Development P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Commissioning Agency: Abhivyakti Media for E: [email protected] Development W: www.cseindia.org Contact Details: Abhivyakti Media for Development 31-A, Survey No. 8, Kalyani Nagar, Aanandwali Shivar, English Title: Sand and Water Gangapur Road, Nashik 422 013, Maharashtra P: 0253-2346128; F: 0253-2346128 Original Title: Jijon Jole Bele E: [email protected] Date/month/year of Production: 2002 Language: Bengali & English Duration: 109 min English Title: Save Water
Subject Focus: Life in the Gabshara Union district in Original Title: Save Water Bangladesh Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: Hindi Synopsis: In the north of Bangladesh, in the middle of Duration: 20 sec the Jamuna river, lies a group of tiny islands — the Format: Betacam SP homeland of the people of Gabshara Union. The district Subject Focus: Water conservation has earned the nickname of ‘Deadly Paradise’. In this film, the filmmaker tries to document this fragile world — where Synopsis: Save Water, based on poetic lyrics supported people try to live with nature inspite of its fury — through by the right visuals, talks about the importance of water poetic images. and the necessity for its conservation.
Director: Shaheen Dill-Riaz Director: Sanjay Tripathi Producers: Sonimages, Shaheen Dill-Riaz Producer: NOC-YCA, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India Production Company: Pulse Media Pvt. Ltd. Contact Details: Shaheen Dill-Riaz Chodowieckistrasse 6/1, Aufgang 1, 10405 Berlin, Germany Contact Details: P: 49-171-1990957 NOC-YCA, Department of Science and Technology (DST) Government of India, 306, Vigyan Sadan, Sector X R. K. Puram, New Delhi 110 022 P: 011-26195312-13; F: 011-26195312 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Save Water English Title: SEWA Drought
Original Title: Save Water Original Title: SEWA Drought Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Date/month/year of Production: 2000 Language: Malayalam (with English subtitles) Language: English (with subtitles) Duration: 1 min 3 sec Duration: 7 min Format: Betacam SP Format: PAL, Beta, colour
Subject Focus: Drought Subject Focus: Drought
Director: Lijin Jose Synopsis: This is an edited version of SEWA’s Fight for Production Company: Centre for Development of Drought, especially produced for screening for the then Imaging Technology (C-DIT) prime minister of India, Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Contact Details: Contact Details: Manoj Krishnan P. Vedio Sewa C-DIT, Gorky Bhavan, Vanross Junction Krushna Bhavan, Opp. Sakar-II, Ellisbridge Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, Kerala Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat P: 0471-2330081; M: 09447886486 P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 F: 0471-2333735, 0471-2328659 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.sewa.org W: www.cdit.org
English Title: SEWA’s Fight for Drought English Title: Searching for Saraswati Date/month/year of Production: 2000 Duration: 62 min Language: English (with subtitles) Duration: 22 min Subject Focus: River Saraswati Format: PAL, Beta, colour
Synopsis: The film has been shot at the 40-day Subject Focus: Drought and drought relief Mahakumbha festival, at the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Yamuna at Allahabad. Amidst the rising Synopsis: This film documents SEWA’s efforts to provide fundamentalism, consumerism and general lack of relief to drought-affected areas of Radhanpur in Gujarat’s concern of today’s world, the filmmakers embark on a Patan district. SEWA arranged for various relief packages search for the invisible river of learning, Saraswati. for women. Besides food items and other things for immediate assistance, these packages also included Director: Sudheer Gupta employment/income opportunities like embroidery work and other traditional crafts. Contact Details: Delhi Films Archive Contact Details: E: [email protected] Vedio Sewa W: www.delhifilmarchive.org Krushna Bhavan, Opp. Sakar-II, Ellisbridge Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 E: [email protected] W: www.sewa.org
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English Title: Spandan (The Resonance) English Title: State of India’s Environment (I): No Drinking Water Original Title: Spandan Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Language: Hindi (with English subtitles) Language: English Duration: 75 min Duration: 27 min Format: Betacam Format: U-Matic & VHS
Subject Focus: Water pollution Subject Focus: Mismanagement of water resources
Synopsis: The subject focus of this short film is don’t Synopsis: Mismanagement of natural resources like pollute water. water, resulting in environmental imbalances, is discussed in the film. It shows that the poor are the worst affected as Awards Received by the Film: ‘Jury Special Mention’— a result of environmental degradation. CMS VATAVARAN 2003 Production Company: Centre for Science and Producers: Vinay Rai & Meenakshi Rai Environment (CSE)
Contact Details: Contact Details: Vinay Rai & Meenakshi Rai Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Directors, Leoarts Communication, A-103, LGF, Amar Colony 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Lajpat Nagar-IV, New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-26488898; F: 011-26216536 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Special Correspondent — Chilika English Title: Stolen Water Lake Original Title: Stolen Water Original Title: Special Correspondent — Chilika Lake Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2001 Language: Dubbed in English (with English subtitles) Duration: 26 min Duration: 21 min 40 sec Format: DVC Format: Mini DV
Subject Focus: Commercial exploitation of Chilika leading Subject Focus: Groundwater extraction by Coca-Cola in to ecological imbalance Plachimada and its environmental and social impacts
Synopsis: Chilika bears a sad testimony to man’s Synopsis: Severe groundwater scarcity and pollution — shameless abuse of nature. The biggest brackish water this has been the lot of the villagers in Plachimada, Kerala, lagoon in the sub-continent, Chilika is known for its ever since Coke’s bottling plant started functioning here biodiversity. But the sparkling blue water of this paradise in 2001. The villagers, mostly farmers and tribals, started is losing its shimmer. Reasons are many. Siltation, weed an agitation in April 2002, demanding the closure of the infestation, choking of inlet and outlet channels, bottling plant. The documentary highlights the situation degradation of catchment area, shrinkage of watershed where even basic rights like drinking water are denied to area…the list is endless. people, as governments try to attract and appease private capital. Producer: Zee News, Zee Telefilms Ltd. Directors: Prasanth and Daya Contact Details: Producers: Prasanth and Daya Zee News, Zee Telefilms Ltd. FC 19, Sector 16-A, Noida 201 301, Uttar Pradesh Contact Details: P: 0120-24511064-78; F: 0120-24515240 Prasanth and Daya E: [email protected] F-36, Panikkers Lane, Sasthamangalam Thiruvanthapuram 695 010, Kerala P: 0471-2311358, M: 09895897524 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Story of Vithule Kond English Title: Tanka & Kuin
Original Title: Katha Vithule Kond Ganwachi (Marathi) Original Title: Sametnay Sahejnay ka Vigyan Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: November 2002 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 16 min Duration: 25 min Format: Betacam Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: An initiative to provide access to water Subject Focus: Traditional water harvesting in Rajasthan
Synopsis: The documentary is based on the story of a Synopsis: The film makes an effort to understand the village, Vithule Kond. Here, the villagers joined hands in traditional, popular and successful water conservation a community initiative to construct small earthern bunds, methods of Rajasthan — the Tankas and the Kuins. which brought water to the parched village. Earlier, the villagers had to walk five-six kms for a single pot of water. Producer: K. Raakesh (Comnet Videotech) Commissioning Agency: K. Raakesh (Comnet Producer: Ram Khakal Videotech) Commissioning Agency: Mukesh Sharma Contact Details: Contact Details: Comnet Videotech, Producer, 6A, Pocket 6, MIG Flat Doordarshan Kendra Mayur Vihar-III, Delhi 110 096 Worli, Mumbai 400 025 P: 011-22613200; M: 9811290961 P: 022-4938444, 4937604; F: 022-4938788 E: [email protected]
English Title: Talon Mein Taal English Title: Temples of Water
Original Title: Talon Mein Taal Original Title: Temples of Water Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Language: Hindi Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 28 min Format: DV Format: DV CAM
Subject Focus: The Bhoj Lake in Bhopal Subject Focus: Mobilisation of rural communities for water harvesting in Rajasthan Synopsis: This is a film on conservation of the Bhoj wetland in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. Synopsis: Water scarcity has reached a critical stage in many areas of rural Rajasthan. While government Directors: Krishnendu Bose and Kavita Dasgupta schemes and aids are dismal or non-existent, many Producer: Krishnendu Bose villages and communities have resorted to tackling the Production Company: Earthcare Films issue themselves. Water harvesting structures and Commissioning Agency: Centre for Environment methods are being devised and implemented at village Education (CEE) level with dramatic results: the film depicts how they have changed the landscape and lives of the people. Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Directors: Abhinandan Sekhri and Prashant Sareen Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra New Delhi 110 024 Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 (PSBT) E: [email protected] Commissioning Agency: Rajiv Mehrotra, Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT)
Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org
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English Title: Thar — Secrets of the Desert English Title: The Agony of Ganga
Original Title: Thar — Secrets of the Desert Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Language: English Language: English Duration: 52 min Duration: 20 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: 16 mm, 35 mm
Subject Focus: Traditional water management in the Thar Subject Focus: Ganga river desert
Synopsis: This film captures the diverse social and Synopsis: The film analyses the various aspects of river cultural practices of the Marwaris, which enabled large Ganga’s condition. populations to survive in the harsh desert environment of the Thar. The villages of Thar have amazing systems of Production Company: Films Division water harvesting such as the kund or kundis; tankas; kuis and bawdis. Similarly, the desert farmer has devised an Contact Details: ingenious system to grow and maintain three excellent Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, sources of fodder — the sewan, jharberi and khejari. Government of India Today, it is the villages that have not yet been ‘modernised’ 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 which have water and fodder even during periods of P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 drought, while the so-called ‘developed’ villages wait for F: 022-23515308, 23511008 water tankers and fodder trucks. E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org Director: Sanjiv Shah Producer: ABNI
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
English Title: Thar: Marubhumi ke Chamatkar Original Title: Thar: Secrets of the Desert Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Language: Hindi Duration: 52 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Traditional water management in the Thar desert Synopsis: This film captures the diverse social and cultural practices of the Marwaris, which enabled large populations to survive in the harsh desert environment of the Thar. The villages of Thar have amazing systems of water harvesting such as the kund or kundis; tankas; kuis and bawdis. Similarly, the desert farmer has devised an ingenious system to grow and maintain three excellent sources of fodder — the sewan, jharberi and khejari. Today, it is the villages that have not yet been ‘modernised’ which have water and fodder even during periods of drought, while the so-called ‘developed’ villages wait for water tankers and fodder trucks.
Director: Sanjiv Shah Producer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: The Bitter Drink English Title: The Blue Eye of Siberia (in two parts) Original Title: Kaippuneeru Date/Month/ Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Duration: 104 min (Two part) Language: Malayalam (English subtitles) Format: DVD Duration: 26Min Subject Focus: Lake Baikal Format: DV Synopsis: Lake Baikal in Siberia is the deepest lake on Subject Focus: The People of Plachimada in Kerala a earth. Known as the Blue Eye of Siberia, it contains one- majority of them tribals, launched a struggle against the fifth of the world’s freshwater reserves and is home to most powerful corporate company in the world, the Coca over 2,500 species of fish and crustaceans. To the Tungas, Cola. Buryat and other peoples living on the lake and the lake’s islands, Baikal wields tremendous spiritual power. The film, Synopsis: Kaippuneeru” The Bitter Drink The Bitter Drink an Anglo-Soviet production, shows that the delicate is the second film in a series on environmental struggles balance of this ancient ecosystem has been brought close to destruction because of overfishing and industrialization. in Kerala produced by Third Eye Communications. The Effluents from factories and unused timber dumped back People of Plachimada, a sleepy hamlet in Kerala southern into the lake are poisoning its waters. Scientists say that India, were excited when they came to know that the Global even if the pollution stopped right now, it would take 300- Giant Coca Cola is setting up a bottling plant in their village. 400 years for the lake to rejuvenate itself. The year was 2000. But soon the People realized that the presence of the Multi National Company like Coca Cola Director: Yuri Beliankin has its own problems. The bottling plant guzzles 100’s of Producer: Frances Berrigan 1000’s of litres of ground water everyday. The neighboring Production Company: Cicada Productions wells have gone dry. The quality of the ground water has Contact Details: also changed. It has become unfit for use. Their agriculture Development Alternatives has been affected by the changes in the water table and 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 by the solid and toxic effluents from the plant. The year P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 was 2002. The People of Plachimada, a majority of them E: [email protected] tribals, launched a struggle against the most powerful W: www.devalt.org corporate company in the world, the Coca Cola. Their demand is to close down the plant. The Bitter Drink documents the formative days of this David and Goliath English Title: The Campaign Begins battle. The film is an updated version of the struggle which is two years old now. Date/Month/Year of Production: 1990 Language: English Director: P Baburaj & C Saratchandran Duration: 37 min Producer: Third Eye Communications Format: U-Matic
Contact Details: Subject Focus: Water scarcity and conservation Mr. C. Sarathchandran and Mr. P. Baburaj Third Eye Communications, 101, North Fort Gate, Tripunithura, Ernakulam 682301, Kerala Synopsis: This film records the pressure which fishermen P: 0484-2784333 face because of dwindling water resources. It also covers E: [email protected]; the ‘save water save life’ march organised in 1989 — the [email protected] march went through the country and ended in Kanyakumari, and established linkages between different regions facing water-related problems.
Production Company: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: The Dying Dal Lake English Title: The Green Deserts
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Original Title: The Green Deserts Duration: 15 min 2 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Format: U-Matic Language: English Duration: 44 min Subject Focus: Dal Lake, Jammu & Kashmir Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Subject Focus: Traditional water management in Oman Synopsis: Located in the heart of the city of Srinagar, and surrounded by the famous Moghul gardens of Synopsis: There are more than 4,000 falaj in Oman — Shalimar, Nishat and Chashm-e-shahi, the once beautiful deep underground tunnels that carry water from the gorges Dal Lake of Kashmir is on the verge of extinction. This of the Haja mountains into the sweltering heat of the film documents the causes that have led to the pollution desert. Built in pre-historic times by Persian immigrants of the lake, endangering it and the livelihoods of the people from across the Gulf, the falaj are marvels of civil living on it. engineering, creating oases in the surrounding desert. Sophisticated irrigation systems allow Omani farmers to Production Company: ASRI grow fields of alfalfa, onions and even barley in the mountain valleys, as well as roses, limes and date palms. Contact Details: The Green Desert is an account of the history of Oman’s Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) water management system and of the importance the NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Omanis attach to its upkeep. P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Director: Thomas Schultze-Westrum Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: English Title: The Earthworkers (The River Story) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2000 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Language: English E: [email protected] Duration: 20 min 12 sec W: www.cseindia.org Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: River pollution English Title: The Melody of the Monsoon Synopsis: Rivers have been revered and considered sacred by many communities across different cultures. At Original Title: The Melody of the Monsoon the same time, they have been looked upon and used as Language: English a conduit for sewage draining into the sea. Today, many Duration: 42 min major rivers of the world are brimming with garbage and Format: 35 mm stinking of filth. The film visits some major rivers — the Thames in UK, the Rhine in Germany, the Yamuna in Delhi Subject Focus: Monsoons and the Betwa in Madhya Pradesh — to examine their state and asks whether the people are they coming forward Synopsis: The film celebrates the monsoons, a special to clean up the rivers that they have polluted. season of rains, festivities and affirmation of the renewal Production Company: ECAL of life.
Contact Details: Producer: Films Division Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting W: www.cec-ugc.org Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: The Paal System English Title: The Source of Life for Sale
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Original Title: The Source of Life for Sale Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2004 Duration: 18 min 15 sec Language: English (with English subtitles) Subject Focus: Traditional rainwater management Duration: 58 min system (Paal) in north-east Rajasthan Format: DV
Synopsis: The film deals with the Paal system of irrigation, Subject Focus: Impact of privatization of water in India which was prevalent in the Arawali range of Alwar district in Rajasthan about 50 years ago. The system is based on Synopsis: This is a documentary on the impact of harnessing rainwater at the foothills through earthen bunds privatization of water bodies in India. The film records the and using it for irrigating crops. PRADAN has revived this struggles of local people against the sale of rivers in system, as a result of which the region’s mustard Periyar, Malampuzha, Attappadi, Sheonath, Kelo, Ganga production has doubled. Canal and the River-linking Project. It also documents the Director: Sanjay Joshi protest of local people against the impact of Coca-Cola Producer: PRADAN production in Plachimada, Shivganga and Mehdiganj.
Contact Details: Director: K. P. Sasi Sanjay Joshi Producer: Ajit Muricken Jo Productions, 4/ Kurmanchal Niketan, 115, IP Extension Delhi 110 092 Production Company: Ajit Muricken E: [email protected] Contact Details: K. P. Sasi 103, May Flower Laxmi Apartment, 63, Sulthan Palya Main English Title: The Rain Catchers — A practical Road, R. T. Nagar, Bangalore 560 032 guide to solve your water problems M: 09945282056 E: [email protected] Original Title: The Rain Catchers — A practical guide to W: www.visualsearch.org solve your water problems Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: English Duration: 38 min English Title: The State of Marine Mammals Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Language: English Subject Focus: Urban rainwater harvesting Duration: 27 min Format: DVD Synopsis: Catch rain where it falls: this is the unambiguous message that The Rain Catchers, a training Subject Focus: Conserving marine mammals and information video on urban rainwater harvesting, Synopsis: The threat to the existence of many marine carries. The video is an easy-to-use resource guide. It mammals — whether from pollution, fishermen or native answers all the key questions — such as what is urban hunters – has become an emotive issue in many parts of rainwater harvesting and how it is done — and goes further the world. This WTN-TVE co-production examines both to look at policy dimensions, products and technologies sides of the debate — from the native hunters in the Arctic and maintenance issues across a range of geoclimatic to the anti-whaling protests in USA, and from the tragedy zones in India. The film takes the viewer to different cities of the dolphins killed by tuna fishermen in purse-seine documenting a wide range of urban water harvesting case nets to the use of dolphins in military training. It seeks to studies from industry, academic institutions, residential show how both threatened species as well as fishermen’s buildings, clubs, colonies, slum dwellings, urban water livelihoods can be safeguarded. bodies and sports facilities. Producer: Jennifer Wilson Director: Pradip Saha Production Company: WTN, TVE Producer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Contact Details: Contact Details: Development Alternatives Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: The Water Trail — Rajasthan English Title: Then the Rains
Language: English Original Title: Then the Rains Duration: 28 min Language: English Duration: 13 min Subject Focus: Access to water and traditional water Format: 35 mm harvesting structures Subject Focus: Monsoons Synopsis: For many of us, water is a freely available natural resource. But for a large section of the population, Synopsis: Rains — in this film — set the melody of life as access to water has never been so easy. Like all other monsoon descends. things, fetching water has a history — an uncomfortable one at times — and this is what the film highlights. Producer: Films Division
Directors: Sanjay Maharishi and Anuradha Maharishi Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Contact Details: Government of India Sanjay Maharishi and Anuradha Maharishi 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 M/s Sanket Productions, FA-338, Mansarover Garden P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 New Delhi 110 015 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 P: 011-25534890/25431627; F: 011-25437230 E: [email protected] E: [email protected], W: www.filmsdivision.org [email protected]
English Title: Those Paryavaranwala English Title: The Water-borne Diseases Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Language: Gujarati (with English subtitles) Language: English Duration: 50 min Duration: 18 min 57 sec Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Water, health and sanitation — CEE initiatives Subject Focus: Water-borne diseases Synopsis: This video documents CEE’s activities in the Synopsis: This documentary explains how man fields of water, health and sanitation in the fluoride-affected contaminates water, how various water-borne diseases villages of Lathi-Liliya taluka of Amreli district. These spread, and ends with an appeal for preventive measures activities comprise meetings, training programmes, to save water from pollution. children’s fairs, competitions for school children, working with water committees etc. Apart from documenting the Production Company: EJOD activities, experiences of partners such as villagers and government officials have also been included in the form Contact Details: of interviews. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Video Resource Centre Secretariat W: www.cec-ugc.org Centre for Environment Education, Southern Regional Cell 143, Kamala Mansion, Infantry Road, Bangalore 560 001, Karnataka P: 080-22869094/9907; F: 080-22868209 E: [email protected] W: www.ceeindia.org, www.kidsrgreen.org, www.ceevrc.org
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English Title: To Dam or Not to Dam English Title: Troubled Waters
Original Title: To Dam or Not to Dam Original Title: Troubled Waters Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Language: English Language: English Duration: 24 min Duration: 16 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: Digital
Subject Focus: Large dams and their viability Subject Focus: The coral reefs of Lakshadweep
Synopsis: Once upon a time, there was a land where Synopsis: The film explains how this ecosystem came people needed drinking water, where cities needed into being, and traces the growth and diversity of the reefs electricity, and where crops needed irrigation. How could and the factors that contribute to their health and well- such a land satisfy its needs? Over 45,000 times in the being. It also shows how close this ancient ecosystem last century, a land such as this one decided to build some came to being totally destroyed in 1998 and the reasons dams. But activists and affected people now believe these for this devastation. The film ends with the current state were very bad decisions, and some have even died trying of the reef, how it is regenerating, its importance to the to prove it. This film examines the findings of the World world and the paramount need to protect it. The main thrust Commission on Dams on the question: to dam or not to of the film is to show how all nature is inter-connected dam? The Commission spent two and a half years of and inter-dependent. Man is a vital part of the natural world, exhaustive research and intense dialogue searching for and any destruction of the environment or a living species the answer. will have serious consequences for all of us.
Director: Johanna Schwartz Awards Received by the Film: ‘Best of Festival Award’ Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) CMS VATAVARAN 2003
Contact Details: Producer: Mitali Dutt Kakar Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Contact Details: P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Mitali Dutt Kakar E: [email protected] Director, Reef Watch Marine Conservation, Priyanka Bldg. W: www.cseindia.org 50 St. Pauls Road, Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050 P: 022-26518223; M: 09820085039 F: 011-26518209 E: [email protected], [email protected] English Title: Turning the Tide (VI): No Dam Good
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1986 English Title: Turning the Tide (IV): Into Deep Language: English water Duration: 30 min Format: VHS Date/Month/Year of Production: 1986 Language: English Subject Focus: Big dams Duration: 30 min Format: VHS Synopsis: The film questions the financial and environmental viability of big dams. Subject Focus: Water pollution
Production Company: Centre for Science and Synopsis: The film explains the causes of water pollution. Environment (CSE) Production Company: Centre for Science and Contact Details: Environment (CSE) Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Contact Details: P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) E: [email protected] 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 W: www.cseindia.org P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Underground Water Depletion English Title: Vanishing Existence
Original Title: Bhugarbh Jal Starr Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2003 Duration: 11 min Language: Hindi Format: Betacam Duration: 48 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Water pollution Subject Focus: Over-exploitation of groundwater reserves and what it implies Synopsis: This is a story of the village of Kamadi, well- known as a bird-watching destination. Water pollution in Synopsis: This animated spot has been created to the village has given rise to a host of environmental increase the awareness of viewers and sensitize them problems, one of which is the reduced numbers of towards the grave threat being posed by over-exploitation migratory birds that now make the village their home. of our precious groundwater reserves. The groundwater level is dropping at an alarming rate throughout the Production Company: EPUN country, resulting in a scarcity of potable water and adversely affecting flora and fauna in these areas. If this situation continues unabated, we would be facing an Contact Details: imminent environmental disaster and sustenance of life Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 itself would be in question. This urgent problem needs to P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 be addressed not only by governments, but also by the W: www.cec-ugc.org involvement of the masses.
Producers: Bhargav Roy & Kamal Gulati
Contact Details: English Title: Vanishing Existence Doordarshan Kendra (A Case of Kavadi Village) 24, Ashok Marg, Lucknow 226 001, Uttar Pradesh P: 0522-2205754 Original Title: Vanishing Existence (A Case of Kavadi E: [email protected] Village) Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2002 Language: English English Title: Unquiet Flows the Chaliyar Duration: 11 min Format: Betacam SP Original Title: Unquiet Flows the Chaliyar Date/Month/Year of Production: May 1999 Language: English Subject Focus: Water pollution in Kavadi village Duration: 37 min Format: Betacam Synopsis: The film is a case study of a village called Kavadi located near Pune. Once, rare migratory birds had Subject Focus: The struggle of a village to protect the made this village their home. But the water in the river second largest river in Kerala flowing through the village has become extremely polluted over the years, and all life-forms have been affected. The Synopsis: The film is an attempt to chronicle the longest fish are dying, migratory birds have stopped coming, crop drawn out environmental struggle in India. It documents yields are falling, and even the local birds are ending up the death and destruction of the river Chaliyar due to dead. industrial pollution. This story of a dying river is also a requiem to the men and women living and dying along the once idyllic banks of the Chaliyar. Director: Balkrishna Damle Producer: Balkrishna Damle Awards Received by the Film: Best Documentary Film Production Company: Educational Multimedia Research Award—‘Water for Life’ category CMS VATAVARAN 2003 Centre (EMRC)
Director: Sridevi Mohan Contact Details: Producer: Sanjay Mohan Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC) University of Pune, Pune 411 007, Maharashtra Contact Details: P: 020-25690701; F: 020-25690315 Sanjay Mohan E: [email protected] Abhaya, 82, Bodheswaran Road, Behind Police Camp, Nandavanam, Trivandrum 695 033, Kerala P: 0471-2321940; M: 09846032194 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Vanya — Tryst With a Green English Title: Vasundhra (Dal Lake) Future Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1998 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Language: English Duration: 21 min 45 sec Duration: 10 min 32 sec Format: U-Matic Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Catchment area treatment in the Sardar Production Company: CDEL Sarovar Dam Contact Details: Synopsis: The programme talks about catchment area Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) treatment measures around the Sardar Sarovar Dam in NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Gujarat — such as a plan to plant 2,000 saplings per W: www.cec-ugc.org hectare.
Production Company: EAHM English Title: Vasundhra (The Dying Lake: Contact Details: Hussain Sagar) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1997 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Language: English W: www.cec-ugc.org Duration: 9 min 59 sec Format: Betacam
English Title: Vapasi Production Company: CDEL
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995-1996 Contact Details: Language: Hindi & Bhojpuri Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Duration: 55 min 11 sec NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Subject Focus: Environmental degradation due to waterlogging in the Saryupaar region of Uttar Pradesh
Synopsis: This is a motivational film for grassroots-level English Title: Vikalp workers and people of the villages of eastern Uttar Pradesh. It revolves around the problems of waterlogging Language: Hindi and flash floods in the region due to faulty planning. The Duration: 20 min film uses Bhojpuri folk music and lyrics which have been Format: VHS especially composed to make its message more effective. Subject Focus: Rainwater harvesting Directors: Abha Dayal & Puneet Tandan Synopsis: This is a technical film which demonstrates Contact Details: the process of constructing rainwater harvesting Abha Dayal, Swati Visuals structures. It shows how effective these structures have A-6, Navbharat Times Appts., Delhi 110 091 been in a few villages of Gujarat. P: 011-22750193, 22716380; F: 011-22716380 E: [email protected] Production Company: Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART)
Contact Details: Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 India P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] W: www.capart.nic.in
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English Title: Village Contact Drive English Title: Warning Signal
Original Title: Village Contact Drive Original Title: Warning Signal Date/month/year of Production: 1985 Language: English Language: Hindi and English Duration: 11 min Duration: 19 min 20 sec Format: 35 mm Format: PAL, U-Matic, colour Subject Focus: Water pollution Subject Focus: Water, sanitation and community health Synopsis: The film holds up the dangers of water pollution Synopsis: The film is on the integrated project on water, and warns us to take precautions in time. sanitation and community health carried out by an organisation called SWACH, which is functional since Producer: Films Division 1986 in three southern districts of Rajasthan. Safe drinking water, environmental sanitation, health education and Contact Details: guineaworm control form the basis of the project, which Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting emphasises on women. Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 Contact Details: P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 Vedio Sewa F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Krushna Bhavan, Opp. Sakar-II, Ellisbridge, E: [email protected] Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat W: www.filmsdivision.org P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 E: [email protected] W: www.sewa.org English Title: Water
Original Title: Paani English Title: Village of Dust, City of Water Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Language: English Original Title: Village of Dust, City of Water Duration: 1 min 6 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: 2006 Format: DV Cam Language: English Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: The importance of water in our lives Format: DVD Synopsis: The film is a reminder of things that are Subject Focus: Water management important to human life, and suggests possible substitutes. But water is one element which is irreplaceable. Synopsis: The film negotiates the rough terrain of water use and abuse across India. Director: Kuldeep Gaur Producers: Kuldeep Gaur, Subroto Paul Director: Sanjay Barnela Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Contact Details: Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Kuldeep Gaur (PSBT) 24, 1st Floor, DDA Flats, Lado Sarai, Mehrauli Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting New Delhi 110 030 Trust (PSBT) M: 9871700535 E: [email protected]
Contact Details: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org
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English Title: Water English Title: Water
Original Title: Water Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2001 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2003 Duration: 4 min 29 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 58 min Format: 35 mm Subject Focus: The cultural and practical significance of water for Indians Subject Focus: Water crisis and the importance of water management Synopsis: In India, water is an integral part not only of the cultural heritage, but also of socio-economic status. Synopsis: The film deals with the imminent water crisis, This programme endeavours to provide a glimpse into and throws light on water management to overcome the the wide significance and privilege that water enjoys in calamity. India. An effort has been made to point out both the spiritual and the practical significance of water. Producers: Films Division/Urmi Chakraborty Production Company: AROO Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Contact Details: Government of India Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 W: www.cec-ugc.org E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
English Title: Water — Every Drop Counts English Title: Water Original Title: Water — Every Drop Counts Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Original Title: Water Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2000 Duration: 26 min Language: English Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Duration: 23 min 53 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Water use, abuse and management Subject Focus: Water and the need for its conservation Synopsis: With the demand for water likely to double in the next two decades, it is the top priority of countries all Synopsis: Decades of environmental degradation and the round the world. The film explores issues related to water mismanagement of our water resources have led to use, access and management in different regions. In scarcity of freshwater in India. The film looks into what Japan, we see how the upkeep of golf courses uses seven can be done to rejuvenate our water resources and restore times the amount used in intensive agriculture. In Lesotho, the delicate balance of our ecosystem. Nature is resilient two new dams are being built to supply water and electricity and can bounce back, if given the chance. And only to South Africa’s civil engineering projects — causing mankind can offer that chance to nature. hardships for indigenous farmers in the process. In the drought-prone Lake Taal region of the Philippines, a Producer: Arjun Pandey solution to the water problems has emerged in the shape of the wind pump. In Kathmandu, Nepal, residents Contact Details: exposed to the daily threat of contaminated water are Riverbank Studios gearing up to meet the problem head-on. C-18, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011-26216508, 51632890, 26410684; F: 011-26216508 E: [email protected], [email protected], Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) [email protected] W: www.riverbankstudios.com Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Water — The Elixir of Life English Title: Water Filters and Their Efficiency
Original Title: Jalam — Jeevante Amruthu Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2001 Duration: 30 min Language: Malayalam Duration: 13 min 45 sec Subject Focus: Water filters Format: Betacam Synopsis: Around 80% of communicable diseases in India Subject Focus: Water pollution and environmental are water-borne; they include killers like gastro-enteritis, degradation in Kerala typhoid, diarrhoea, cholera etc. Every year, we lose 200 million man-days to these diseases. The film examines Synopsis: Kerala is a land where nature has been at her the efficacy of water filters in containing the scourge. splendorous best. But a catastrophe is now looming large over the state. Deforestation and landfills have affected Producer: Development Alternatives water percolation, resulting in uncharacteristic droughts. Production Company: Doordarshan Chemical contamination has affected coastal life and ocean wealth. The film calls for a change in lifestyles to Contact Details: preserve the state’s precious resources. Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Producer: Nature Trust T: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 Commissioning Agency: Dr. B. Ashok, IAS E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
Contact Details: Nature Trust Balachandran V., M. G. Trustee, Nature Trust, Padma Vilas, English Title: Water Harvesting TC 25/945, East Thampanoor, Trivandrum 695 014, Kerala P: 0471-2324721 E: [email protected], [email protected] Original Title: Jal Sanchay Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2005 Language: Gujarati/Hindi/English Duration: 25 min English Title: Water and Water Pollution Format: DV Cam/VCD/DVD
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Subject Focus: Water harvesting Duration: 32 min 8 sec Format: U-Matic Synopsis: Water harvesting and storage is no more a luxury in India, but an absolute necessity. There are many Subject Focus: Water pollution traditional and modern ways of harvesting water, which are both inexpensive and eco-friendly. The programme Synopsis: The programme talks about the utility of water, explains these ways with working models, most of which its distribution, disposal, pollution and the effects of this can be easily built and maintained at household or pollution on man. It also highlights water standards and institutional levels. treatment systems. Director: Rappai Poothokaren, S. J. Production Company: EMKU Producer: Rappai Poothokaren, S. J. Production Company: Gurjarvani, Ahmedabad Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Rappai Poothokaren, S. J. Gurjarvani P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 St. Xavier’s College Campus, Ahmedabad 380 009, Gujarat W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 079-26300127, 26303114 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Water Ignites Life & Hope English Title: Water is God
Original Title: Water Ignites Life & Hope Original Title: Pani Devta Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 23 min 43 sec Duration: 7 min 45 sec Format: Betacam Format: Digital
Subject Focus: Community management of water Subject Focus: Water for life and traditions resources
Synopsis: The documentary takes a look at some Director: Dr. Neeharica Rashmi, inspiring stories of water harvesting and management by Producer: M. S. Movies local communities in India. One of them is in Jhabua district Commissioning Agency: Dr. Neeharica Rashmi in Madhya Pradesh, where villagers have started a large- scale movement for water conservation. Contact Details: M. S. Movies Producer: Tata Energy Reseach Institute (TERI) C/o Dr. R. C. Mishra, B-14, LIG Colony Commissioning Agency: Swiss Agency for Development Harda 461 331, Madhya Pradesh and Cooperation P: 07577-222398 E: [email protected] Contact Details: The Energy Resource Institute (TERI) Darbari Seth Block, IHC Complex, Lodhi Road English Title: Water is Life — Without Water, It’s New Delhi 110 003 India P: 011-24682100, 41504900; F: 011-24682144, 24682145 Emptiness E: [email protected] W: www.teriin.org Original Title: Jal Jiwan Hai — Bin Paani Sab Soona Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2002 Language: Hindi English Title: Water in Your Tank Duration: 26 min 50 sec Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Subject Focus: The drinking water crisis Language: English Duration: 26 min Format: Betacam SP, DVD Synopsis: The programme tries to present the problem of drinking water in rural and urban India in a holistic Subject Focus: Hydrogen-powered cars manner. It examines the mindless denudation of green cover from the earth, which has caused serious depletion Synopsis: Automobiles account for more than 20% of in groundwater levels — leading to acute shortage of global emissions of carbon dioxide, and that proportion is potable water. growing rapidly. Cleaning up the internal combustion engine – or replacing it altogether – is now an urgent Producer: Devika Moktan priority if we are to combat climate change. This movie Commissioning Agency: Doordarshan Kendra looks at the cars of the future. They look normal, but under the bonnet is a remarkable piece of technology – the fuel Contact Details: cell. Fuel cells generate electricity from hydrogen, with Doordarshan Kendra water as the only by-product. Though the world’s leading Akashwani Bhawan, Parliament Street, New Delhi 110 001 car manufacturers are already working on hydrogen- P: 011-23715822; F: 011-23421144 powered cars, how quickly they can be introduced is still E: [email protected] a matter of contentious debate.
Production Company: TVE
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Water Pollution — Causes & Effects English Title: Water so Precious
Language: English & Hindi Original Title: Water so Precious Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Production Company: Central Pollution Control Board Language: Hindi (CPCB) Duration: 11 min Format: Betacam Contact Details: Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Subject Focus: Significance of water for human survival Parivesh Bhawan, CBD-Cum Office Complex East Arjun Nagar, New Delhi 110 032 Synopsis: We use water in our homes, in industries and P: 011-2230 8902, 2230 6128, 2230 1932 F: 011-2230 7233, 2230 4948 to irrigate our farmlands. But due to our lack of concern E: [email protected] for it, its scarcity has become a problem for us. As our W: www.cpcb.nic.in demands for water grow, we will have to use our supplies and reserves sustainably. The more we learn about water, the better we will be able to meet this challenge.
English Title: Water Quality Supply in an Producer: Children’s Film Society, India Industrial Town Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1994 Children’s Film Society, India Duration: 17 min 54 sec Films Division Complex, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg Format: Betacam Mumbai 400 026 India P: 022-23526798, 23516136; F: 022-23522610 E: [email protected] Subject Focus: Water contamination in Europe’s W: www.cfsindia.org industrial townships
Synopsis: This is a discussion-based programme, in which Prof. Wolfram discusses water quality issues in the English Title: Water Treatment at Point of Use industrial town of Bremen in Germany. Water contamination is a real problem in European cities as well, Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1991 but there is also an effort to resolve it through research. Duration: 23 min 26 sec Format: U-Matic Production Company: EPUN Subject Focus: Water treatment technologies Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Synopsis: Home-based water treatment devices are NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 based on different techniques, which are meant to remove P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 physical, chemical and micro-biological pollutants. Ultra- W: www.cec-ugc.org violet rays are also being used to purify water.
Production Company: AROO
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Water Turned Poison English Title: Water Wars
Original Title: Water Turned Poison Original Title: Water Wars Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 Language: English Language: English Duration: 3 min 59 sec Duration: 3 x 50 min Format: DV Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Pollution of the Yamuna in Delhi Subject Focus: Role of water in power politics in various countries Synopsis: The film concentrates on the Yamuna river, the lifeline of Delhi, but one heavily polluted by sewage Synopsis: In this trio of programmes investigating the role effluents and a high rate of sedimentation. Its water is no of water in power politics, ‘Good as Gold’ focuses on the longer fit to support any life. US where water is a highly marketable commodity (something few people have and a lot of people want). In Director: Siddha Nath Tiwari the San Luis Valley of Colorado, geologists identify a vast Producer: Siddha Nath Tiwari underground lake whose contents, if pumped across the Rockies to thirsty Denver, represent a fortune for the Contact Details: brokers and rights merchants. In the second programme, Siddha Nath Tiwari ‘To the Last Drop’, the focus shifts to the Middle East where C/o Dada Pan Bhandar, 253/A/6, Shahpur Jat water inevitably raises the stakes within every regional New Delhi 110 049 dispute or settlement. The final programme, ‘The Giver of M: 9810559545 Life’, highlights the Islamic heartland of the former CIS E: [email protected] where the implications of the Aral Sea’s demise are viewed as a catastrophe.
English Title: Water War Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Original Title: Water War Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Language: English P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Duration: 10 min 49 sec E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Subject Focus: Water conflicts — the Indo-Pak Indus Water Treaty
Synopsis: Conflicts over water are spreading across the English Title: Water Wars: The Giver of Life world; when such a confrantation crops up between two nuclear neighbours who have a history of three battles, it Language: English can take the form of a ‘water war’. The Indus Water Treaty Format: DVD between India and Pakistan – that helps the two countries share the water of five rivers that flow from Kashmir — Subject Focus: Degradation of the Aral Sea has become a point of confrontation. Synopsis: The film focuses on the Islamic countries of Producer: Nutan Manmohan, All Time Productions the former Soviet Central Asia where the fate of the Commissioning Agency: Mark Bauman, National disappearing Aral Sea is described as a catastrophe on a Geographic Channel, USA par with Chernobyl. Irrigation schemes to feed the thirsty cotton fields of Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are to blame. Contact Details: All Time Productions Contact Details: 7, Golf Apartments, Sujan Singh Park, New Delhi 110 003 Development Alternatives P: 011-2464 3740, 2462 9194, 2464 3481, 2463 3426 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 M: 98111 11200; F: 011-2464 3732 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.alltimefilms.com W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Water: Everybody Lives English Title: Watershed Downstream — Parts I & II Date/month/year of Production: 1999 Original Title: Water: Everybody Lives Downstream — Language: Gujarati Parts I & II Duration: 10 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Format: PAL, Beta, colour Language: English Duration: 26 min Subject Focus: SEWA’s water campaign in Banaskantha Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Synopsis: Banaskantha, in north-west Gujarat, is a Subject Focus: The threats to world’s rivers drought-affected district which suffers from severe water crisis. In the villages here, arranging for the water required Synopsis: Taking inspiration from the theme of the World for daily consumption is the responsibility of the women. Day for Water, this programme follows a symbolic river In 1995, SEWA launched a water campaign here and as it flows across four continents. Using scenes from five initiated alternative employment opportunities. In this film, of the world’s great rivers, the film identifies the threats to women share their experiences about the impact of the the planet’s great river systems. Interviews with top experts campaign. and international decision-makers reinforce the message of the World Day for Water: all the water that we use is second-hand. If you do not want trouble with your Contact Details: neighbour downstream, use this finite resource wisely. Vedio Sewa Krushna Bhavan, Opp. Sakar-II, Ellisbridge Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) W: www.sewa.org 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org English Title: Waterworks India: Four Engineers and a Manager
Original Title: Waterworks India: Four Engineers and a English Title: Water: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow Manager Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1998 Original Title: Pani: Kal, Aaj aur Kal Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2002 Duration: 22 min Language: Silent Format: Mini DV Duration: 6 min 30 sec Format: Mini DV Subject Focus: Traditional rainwater harvesting and Subject Focus: Water — its misuse and its conservation management
Synopsis: The film is students’ take on how water is used Synopsis: The documentary talks about five unsung in their school. The programme was originally people who have kept the intricate traditional science of conceptualized by students of Jawahar Navodaya water management alive. Four of them, Chewang Norphel Vidyalaya, Alirajpur, Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh) as a (maker of the zing), Magga Ram Suthar (beri), Ran Singh documentation of life in a residential school, with the focus (kundi) and Kunhikannan Nair (surangam) are engineers; on the use and misuse of water. The film took an unexpected Neerkati Ganesan, the fifth, is a water manager. The turn on the second day of the shoot, as the motor that pumps documentary introduces the viewers to the technique as water to the entire school broke down, leaving all taps dry. well as the social management practices governing them. This provided a real opportunity for the students to see what would happen if water was not available. Awards Received by the Film: Second Best Documentary Award, ‘Water for Life’category CMS Producer: New TV, Ahmedabad VATAVARAN 2003 Commissioning Agency: Television Trust for the Environment Producer: Pradip Saha Commissioning Agency: Swedish International Contact Details: Development Agency, Ford Foundation and UN-IAWG-WFS Video Resource Centre Secretariat Centre for Environment Education, Southern Regional Cell 143, Kamala Mansion, Infantry Road, Contact Details: Bangalore 560 001, Karnataka Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) P: 080-22869094/9907; F: 080-22868209 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 E: [email protected] P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 W: www.ceeindia.org, www.kidsrgreen.org, www.ceevrc.org E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Whose Water English Title: Women of the Aral
Original Title: Whose Water Original Title: Women of the Aral Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Language: English Language: English Duration: 26 min Duration: 14 min Format: Mini DV Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Subject Focus: Prevailing policies and community control Subject Focus: Decline of the Aral Sea over water resources; the work of TBS in Rajasthan Synopsis: The world’s fourth largest lake, Aral Sea was Synopsis: This film explores the notion of state ownership once the pride of Kazakhstan. But an ill-judged of natural resources. In India, the state owns all natural development project in the 1960s, designed to divert water resources unless otherwise decreed. This is a story about from the Aral to irrigate cotton fields, resulted in ecological Rajasthan, where 1,000 villages have been revolutionized disaster. The Aral has now shrunk to one-third its original by bringing water back into their lives. The Tarun Bharat size, with a salt concentration no longer able to support Sangh (TBS), led by Rajender Singh, acted as a catalyst marine life. In the city of Aralsk — once a bustling fishing and inspiration for the communities and galvanized them port, now 80 km away from the lake — most of the men to revive their traditional water harvesting systems. Dry are now unemployed and the onus to provide for their rivers were revived and communities’ general economic families has fallen on the women. Organized into well-being swelled. cooperatives, they are now manufacturing clothes and carpets out of the wool from their camels, sheep and goats. Producer: Krishnendu Bose Commissioning Agency: United Nations Development Director: Christopher Hooke Program (UNDP) Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org W: www.earthcarefilms.com
English Title: Women Propose, Water Disposes English Title: Without Borders Date/month/year of Production: 1995 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1988 Language: Gujrati and English Language: English Duration: 10 min 19 sec Duration: 95 min Format: PAL, U-Matic, colour Format: VHS Subject Focus: Water crisis in Gujarat Subject Focus: River pollution and conservation Synopsis: The film shows the effects of severe water Synopsis: The programme looks at the role of four mighty scarcity in the dry districts of Gujarat. It also showcases rivers in the lives of communities in different parts of the SEWA’s water campaign and some government efforts to world: the Ganga in India, the Amazon in South America, improve the situation. the Zambezi in Africa, and the Mississippi in North America. Contact Details: Production Company: Centre for Science and Vedio Sewa Environment (CSE) Krushna Bhavan, Opp. Sakar-II, Ellisbridge Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) W: www.sewa.org 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Women, Water and Work English Title: Words on Water
Original Title: Women, Water and Work Original Title: Words on Water Date/month/year of Production: 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 Language: English (voiceover) Language: English (subtitles in Hindi/Gujarati/Bhilali) Duration: 26 min 10 sec Duration: 85 min Format: PAL, Beta, colour Format: Digital-Mini DV
Subject Focus: SEWA’s water campaign Subject Focus: Rivers as a natural resource, and people’s rights over their resources Synopsis: The film documents how SEWA integrates its water campaign with other development activities for Synopsis: For more than 15 years, people of the Narmada women, with a view to improving their health, income and valley have resisted a series of massive dams on their overall gender relations. It highlights the work done by river, and in their struggle have exposed the deceptive four Water Campaign leaders of SEWA in four different heart of India’s development politics. Words on Water is districts of Gujarat; these leaders have successfully about the sustained non-violent resistance, that almost overcome the water scarcity in their districts and proved joyous defiance, which empowers the people as they themselves in the male-dominated society. struggle for their rights, yet saves them from the ultimate humiliation of violence. Contact Details: Vedio Sewa Awards Received by the Film: Best Long Film prize, Krushna Bhavan, Opp. Sakar-II, Ellisbridge International Festival of Environmental Film & Video, Ahmedabad 380 006, Gujarat Brazil, 2003; prizes at Envirofilm, Slovak Republic; Second P: 079-26580474; F: 079-26587708 Best Documentary Award ‘Water for Life’category CMS E: [email protected] VATAVARAN 2003; award at International Video Festival, W: www.sewa.org Trivandrum
Producer: Sanjay Kak Commissioning Agency: Sanjay Kak
Contact Details: Sanjay Kak Producer/Director, Octave Communications Pvt. Ltd., C-4/4048, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26893893; M: 9820139960; F: 011-26123828 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Yamuna English Title: Yamuna: The Dead Stretch
Original Title: Yamuna Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2002 Duration: 30 min Language: Hindi Duration: 27 min 30 sec Subject Focus: Pollution of the Yamuna Format: Digital Synopsis: Yamuna, a river which finds mention in our Subject Focus: River Yamuna oldest epics, is a dead river today. A number of drains Synopsis: The Yamuna, revered once as a mother carrying the industrial and domestic wastes and effluents goddess, has now been reduced to a sewer. The culture of Delhi, empty their loads into the river. that knew how to co-exist with nature has now been swamped by a consumerist one where nature is Producer: Development Alternatives subservient to man. The film focuses on the present state Production Company: Doordarshan of the Yamuna and the clean-up initiated by the Yamuna Action Plan. Contact Details: Development Alternatives Producer: Nandan Saxena 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 Commissioning Agency: Mr. Manjit Singh P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.devalt.org Top Quark Productions C-227, Anand Vihar, Vikas Marg Extn. New Delhi 110 092 P: 011-22152787; M: 9810367244; F: 95120-2490627 E: [email protected] English Title: Zoology (UVLC) Water Pollution
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2004 Language: English English Title: Yamuna Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Original Title: Yamuna Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Production Company: ZOOL Language: English Duration: 20 min Contact Details: Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Subject Focus: The river Yamuna P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Synopsis: This video is a commentary on the state of the river Yamuna. The film traces the river from its source Yamunotri in Uttarkashi district of Uttaranchal where it is considered sacred and worshipped, through Panipat in Haryana, Delhi and up to the transcendental land of Vrindavan, a place of tremendous religious importance. Between these two religious places the river gets polluted with domestic waste, silt and industrial waste. The 22-km stretch between Wazirabad and Okhla barrage in Delhi is only a miniscule 2 per cent of its catchment area, but it contributes a whopping 80 per cent of the river’s total pollution load. About 2,000 million litres of sewage is pumped into the river from about 16 big drains.
Producer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: A Brush with Death English Title: A Cooperative for Snake catchers
Original Title: A Brush with Death Date/Month/Year of Production: 1987 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2002 Language: English Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 16 min Format: 16 mm Format: Digital Subject Focus: Documentary on the Irula snake catcher’s Subject Focus: The common mongoose, and its Barbaric cooperative. killingd for its hair. Synopsis: The Irula snake catcher’s cooperative society Synopsis: The common mongoose is a fairly widespread is a unique example of sustainable exploitation of a natural species in India. It is placed quite low in the hierarchy of resource. The rules, among the poorest people in society, protected animals in India and is listed under schedule IV are traditional hunter-gatherers who used to catch and of the Wildlife Protection Act. It has always been kill snakes for their skins. When this practice was banned considered a friend of the farmer. Though occasionally under the Wildlife Protection Act, hundreds of rules were known to prey on poultry, it offsets such damage by hunting rendered jobless. A cooperative society was, therefore, the farmer’s enemies — rats, mice and snakes. This film set up by herpetologist Romulus Whitaker and a few others documents the illegal procurement and sale of mongoose to teach the rules to extract venom from the snakes, hair on which thrives the paintbrush-making industry. instead of killing them. The venom is sold to labs producing Because of this, the mongoose is being brutally killed and anti venom serum and the snakes are released back into is on the brink of becoming extinct. the wild after three extractions.
Awards Received by the Film: ‘Golden Tree Award’ in Awards Received by the Film: National Award (India) Wildlife Conservation category of ‘CMS VATAVARAN for Best Film on Ecology and Environment. 2003’. Directors: Shekar Dattatri & Romulus Whitaker Director: Syed Fayaz, RGB Films Producers: Shekar Dattatri & Romulus Whitaker Producer: Wildlife Trust of India Production Company: Eco Media Pvt. Ltd Commissioning Agency: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) Commissioning Agency: Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology (CAPART) Contact Details: Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) Contact Details: A-220, New Friends Colony, New Delhi 110 065 Shekar Dattatri P: 011-2632-6025 / 2632-6026; F: 011-2632-6027 Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur, E: [email protected] Chennai 600 041 Tamil Nadu W: wildlifetrustofindia.org P: 044- 24415744, 2491 4802; M: 0 9841015997; F: 044-2491 0910, 2491 8747 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.shekardattatri.com
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English Title: A Hunter’s Tale English Title: A Journey through Life the Early Ontogeny of Fish Original Title: A Hunter’s Tale Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: November 1999 Language: No spoken language Language: English Duration: 6 min, 15 sec Duration: 19 mins 25 sec Format: DVD Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: An animation film on the harmony Synopsis: The egg of Carpio are small, yellowish sticky between man and nature, incorporating elements from and round, diameter ranging from 0.9 mm to 1.8 mm. The classical Indian miniature art. outer layer is chorion followed by plasma membrane. Sperms are small in size and they penatrate the ovum Synopsis: An arrogant hunter disturbs the peace in jungle triggering cortical reactions. In cortical reactions the by poaching animals at will. From the meek snail to the cortical granules burst releasing their components which mighty elephant – he troubles all creatures. But he realizes get uniformely distributed within the periphery of egg shell. his mistakes; and seeks forgiveness; he also makes The fusion of gamete nucleus transforms it into zygote. amends to restore joy and harmony in nature. The visual The space between plasma membrane and chorian gets treatment of this film incorporates elements from classical filled with liquid components of cortical granules forming Indian miniature art to achieve a lively yet traditional look. perivitelline space. Just hatching larva 4.5 to 4.71 mm in length. The yolk is in the advance stage of obserption Awards received by the Film: ‘Jury’s Special Mention and anal aperture is marked by slight dpression. Mouth is Award CMS VATAVARAN 2005. still non-functional. The somites are approximaely 39-42 in numbers. So after talking a short journey through early Director: Abhishek Singh life, let us pause a little and think over-what is life? Is it the Producer: National Institute of Design first body movements or the formation of heart? It’s difficult to answer. Contact Details: Abhishek Singh Production Company: EJOD L-18, Gandhi Nagar, Near Padav, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh P: 0751-5050016; M: 09886697288 Contact Details: E: [email protected], [email protected] Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: A Rainbow Colored Fish
Language: English Format: Digi Beta
Subject Focus: The Mandarin fish
Synopsis: This film documents the life of Mandarin fish, one of the most colourful and sought after subjects for underwater camera operators and photographers. It has been filmed on location around Palau Island in the Pacific.
Director: Rupin Dang
Contact Details: Rupin Dang 1 Factory Road, Ring Road South, New Delhi 110 029 P: 011-26198255, 26198954, 26163766 E: [email protected] W: www.wildfilmsindia.com
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English Title: A Shivalik Monsoon English Title: A Story of an Urban Zoo - II
Original Title: A Shivalik Monsoon Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2000 Language: English Language: English Duration: 19 min 10 sec Duration: 25 min Format: Betacam Format: Digital beta Synopsis: The programmes is introduction to a series Subject Focus: The Paradise Flycatcher which will explain the importance of zoos, their functions etc. This particular programmes deals more with Synopsis: The Paradise Flycatcher is probably the most information about categories of zoo. History of zoos. Lake beautiful and one of the most commonly seen birds of the kanlaria information about kamala Nehru Zoological Indian subcontinent. The film tracks these birds in their garden of Ahmedabad. home range of the Shivalik Mountains. Production Company: EAHM Director: Rupin Dang Producer: Rupin Dang Contact Details: Production Company: Wilderness Films India Ltd. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Rupin Dang 1, Factory Road, Ring Road South, New Delhi 110 029 P: 011-26191180; M: 9810019704; F: 011-26191180 E: [email protected] English Title: A Story of an Urban Zoo - III
Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2004 English Title: A Story of an Urban Zoo - I Language: English Duration: 16 min 13 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 8 min 21sec Synopsis: This is 2nd part of a series of programme on Format: Betacam urban zoo. In this particular part the subject of conservation of wild fauna in captivity is discussed. Few aspects of Synopsis: In preview two programme of the series a good conservation an dealt in this part. The subject continues quantum of information was provided. This particular in next part of the series. programme is a kind of addenda to these provision two programmes its narrates the success story of a bad zoo Production Company: EAHM of breeding in captivity for Nicoban Pigeons. These could not be red in zoo at Nicoban Islands. It’s under schedule Contact Details: - 1 category of endangered species. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Production Company: EAHM P: 55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Aanathavalam – The Elephant’s English Title: Ahimsa Paradise Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Original Title: Aanathavalam – The Elephants Paradise Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2000 Duration: 30 sec. Language: English (dubbed in English) Duration: 17 min 32 sec Subject Focus: Cruelty towards performing animals. Format: S-VHS Synopsis: Stop paying to see performing animals. Your Subject Focus: Decreasingnumber of Asian elephants encouragement can take a life. Ahimsa is about the cruelty the intimate relationship between humans and elephants towards performing animals, which are made to dance to and to help save the animal. the tune of their captors to earn a few rupees. These animals don’t belong to the concrete jungle, and we have Synopsis: The caparisoned elephant is a requirement for no right to keep them here. every auspicious occasion or celebration in Kerala. The famous Lord Krishna temple in Guruvayoor, Kerala, Director: Kalpesh Patel maintains a 300-year-old elephant camp. One of its kind Producer: Sahara India TV Network in India, this camp for captive elephants trains the animals for processions and temple rituals. The documentary Contact Details: speaks about these elephants and their habits. Sahara India TV Network C/o Sahara India Point, S V Road, Goregaon (W) Director: Vimal V Mumbai 400 104, Maharashtra P: 022-8726584; F: 022-8738824 Producer: P V Vishwambharam
Contact Details: Vimal V English Title: Alive and Just Breathing 149/14 A, Meena Estate, 3rd Layout, Near Water Tank Coimbatore 641028, Tamil Nadu P: 0422-5526288, M: 09443320801 Original Title: Alive and Just Breathing E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Language: English Duration: 2 min 59 sec Format: DV (Digital Video) English Title: Action Plan on Conservation of Old World Fruit Bats Subject Focus: Protecting the animals from cruelty.
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Synopsis: Holding on is harder than it seems when Language: English freedom is taken away. Locked inside he cannot see or Duration: 14 min 8 sec hear anyone. Left with no one other than himself and his Format: U Matic thoughts, he reaches out craving for human touch…withdrawn from his habitat like a caged animal. Subject Focus: Conservation of fruit bats in India and In a condition such as this, does one feel lucky for just other countries. being alive and breathing, or would he rather have the opposite? Alive and Just Breathing was produced by Dr. Synopsis: Paul Racy, a bat specialist in the Species C.M. Hattangdi. Survival Commission (SSC) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), illustrates the need Director: Shravan Hegde & Prathamesh Desai for conservation of fruit bats in the old world, particularly Producer: Dr. C. M. Hattangdi in India. These fruit-eating bats feed on nectar and pollen and are key pollinators and seed propagators. Without Contact Details: them the tropical rain forest, may eventually vanish. Shravan Hegde 5/157, Bhagyalaxmi, Sir Bhalchandra Road, Dadar Production Company: EMKU Mumbai 400 014, Maharashtra P: 022-24143500; M: 09869086908 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: An insight into Environment English Title: Animal Birth Control in Dogs
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1999 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Language: Hindi & English Duration: 19 min10 sec Duration: 30 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Environment and Wildlife
Synopsis: The film starts with an introduction on the Subject Focus: An infotainment capsule on birth control symbiotic relationship between mankind, flora and fauna for stray dogs. which itself is a gift of nature. It shows the location of the National Park, its spread area, its importance and proximity Synopsis: This is an educational film meant for animal to Hyderabad, which now facing the demon of pollution welfare workers municipal workers N.G.O.s and and how this park acts as a carbon sink churning out veterinarians. The film deals with the problem of stray dogs oxygenated air. The film also describes some animal in our cities, the root cause behind this problem and shows species like Sambar, Chital, Squirrel, and birds like Red in detail the entire process of animal birth control through Wattled Lapwing, Pied kingfisher, Peacock etc. The role Sterilisation of male and female dogs. of invertebrates in nature is also emphasized. Directors: Amar Sharma and Rima Chibb The Environment Education Centre in the park, houses a Producers: Amar Sharma and Rima Chibb museum, which contains several wildlife, exhibits, models, Production Company: Collage Teleimages Pvt Ltd posters, throwing light on the functioning Eco-system. Commissioning Agency: Collage Teleimages Pvt Ltd The film encourages and promotes eco-tourism. The nature camps conducted by the forest department to inculcate Contact Details: knowledge about nature among the school children. Collage Teleimages Pvt Ltd D-31 Oakwood Estate, DLF City 2, Gurgaon Director: D. N. Reddy P: 0124-2564304/4582; M: 9810073369, 9868104762 Producer: Andhra Pradesh Forest Department E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.collage.in
Contact Details: Mr. D. N. Reddy View Point, Flat No. 303, Block No. 3, CBR Estates, Deepthisri English Title: Animal Unlimited Nagar, Madinaguda, Hyderabad. 500 050, Andhra Pradesh P: 040-3041617 E: [email protected] Language: English Duration: 20 min Format: 16 mm
English Title: …And Then There Were None Subject Focus: Wildlife in Kruger National Park, South Africa Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Synopsis: The film zooms in on the immense variety of Duration: 21 min wildlife Kruger National Park, South Africa. Among the myriad animals it showeases are some reptiles and about Synopsis: “…And Then There Were None” investigates the 300 varieties of native birds. rampant poaching of otters in India. These playful, inquisitive animals are being persecuted for their highly prized pelts, which are smuggled out of India to be made into fur coats and Production Company: Central Institute of Educational garment trimmings. The film documents hunting by Technology (CIET) professional poachers who use trained dogs to flush out otters from their wetland refuges, as well as the illegal trade in otter Contact Details: skins. This trade is closely linked to the trade in tiger and Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) leopard skins - most big seizures involve all three species. Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Director: Syed Fayaz Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.ciet.nic.in Syed Fayaz B-2/40, II Floor, Safadarjung Enclave, New Delhi 110 029 P: 011-2610 1307, M: 98107 38452 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Arrival of the Olive Ridleys English Title: Artificial Spawning in Frog
Original Title: Arrival of the Olive Ridleys Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 Language: English Language: Spoken Hindi/English Duration: 16 min 9 sec Duration: 24 min Format: U Matic Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Breeding frogs in laboratory conditions. Subject Focus: Conservation of Olive Ridleys. Synopsis: This programme demonstrates how frogs can Synopsis: Arribada, the mass nesting of olive-ridley turtles be spawned in laboratory conditions and talks about some finally happens. Two past expeditions to film this event of the development stages in process. have proved futile. The team and a turtle researcher Vibhash make a long boat crossing and lug their Production Company: EAHM equipment over miles of scorching sand, to reach a remote island beach on India’s eastern coast. The olive-ridley is Contact Details: the smallest and one of the rarest of the seven sea turtles Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) that inhabit the earth’s oceans. As Arribada begins, waves NSC Campus, Aruna Asif Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 upon waves of turtles emerge to lay millions of ping-pong P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 eggs. Countless egg-eating crabs come scampering from W: www.cec-ugc.org their holes for a feast. The film ‘Arrival of the Olive-Ridleys’ asks, can man possibly help turtles survive for posterity? English Title: Australia Roadshow Producer: Naresh Bedi Original Title: Australia Roadshow Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Bedi Films, E-19, Rajouri Garden Language: English New Delhi 110 027 P: 011- 25439939, 25441864, 51444332; F: 011-25430850 Duration: 26 min E: [email protected] Format: VHS/VCD & DVD W: www.bedibrothers.com Subject Focus: Environmental issues in Australia
Synopsis: The Roadshow goes to Kakadu National Park, English Title: Artificial Hatching of Eggs where the rock band Midnight Oil is leading the protest against uranium mining; in the Northern Territories, the Date/Month/Year of Production: November 2000 controversial crocodile farms which meet a demand for Language: English 50,000 hides a year may be the only way to save wild Duration: 19 mins 30 sec populations; Eastern Australia’s Macquarie Marshes are Format: Betacam drying up as thirsty cotton crops take more than their fair share from the water basin; and in Australia’s coastal Production Company: AMAD waters, the efforts to save the Bluefin Tuna and the search for elusive sea-dragons are on. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Director: Marc De Beaufort NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Back from the Brink English Title: Behind the Bar – News Magazine No. 395 Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2001 Language: English Original Title: Behind the Bar – News Magazine No. 395 Duration: 13 min 8 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2004 Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 10 min Subject Focus: Crocodiles Format: 35 mm
Synopsis: Man has always seen reptiles — snakes, Subject Focus: The pathetic conditions of animals crocodiles, lizards, turtles and tortoises — as dangerous imprisoned in small cages in a zoo. and ugly and has pursued the policy that they are better dead. But a healthy presence of these animals is a Synopsis: The film talks about animals cooped up in small guarantee of the environmental health of a region. The cages in a zoo. It emphasises on the need to keep in film looks at one of the most demonised among the family mind the freedom and comfort of the animals while of reptiles — the crocodile. planning a zoo.
Production Company: AMAD Director: Usha Deshpande Producer: Y. N. Engineer Contact Details: Production Company: Films Division Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, W: www.cec-ugc.org Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 English Title: Bats E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org Original Title: Registani Chamgadar Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Language: English Duration: 17 min 55 sec English Title: Bhaloo Format: U-Matic Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Subject Focus: Bats Language: Hindi Duration: 14 min 58 sec Synopsis: As the sun goes down, creatures of the night wake up; among these is the bat. Bats belong to the Synopsis: This is a documentary programme on the bear, Codrectora order of mammals. Around 912 species of bats and is a part of a series of programmes on animals. It are found in the world. shows four different species of bears the Himalayan Bear, the Malayan Bear, the Brown Bear, and the Black Bear commonly found all over India. The programme describes Production Company: EJOD the morphological features, it food habits and other dis- tinguishing chara clerisies of each of these species. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Producer: Usha Narula P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Bhitar Kanika (News Magazine No. English Title: Bhoomi (Episode-108) 242) Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2005 Original Title: Bhitar Kanika (News Magazine No. 242) Language: Hindi Language: English Duration: 30 min Duration: 11 min Format: Betacam SP Format: 35 mm Subject Focus: Snake-catcher of Goa; life forms growing on rocks; elephants; migrating shepherds etc Subject Focus: The Bhitar Kanika wildlife sanctuary in Orissa. Synopsis: The episode contains two stories, some fillers and the ‘Sawaal Jawab’ quiz session. The first story Synopsis: Some 200 km north of Bhubaneswar in Orissa features Goa’s young snake-catcher Rahul Alvares, is Chandbali, from where a two-and-half hour boat ride, recipient of a Sanctuary Award. Rahul has successfully takes one to the wildlife sanctuary of Bhitar Kanika. This fought the myths about snakes and has managed to create deltaic area is covered by dense mangrove forests, bonds between people and snakes. The second story’s crisscrossed by rivers and creeks, and is home to focus is Aparna Vatve’s research on life forms and nature in the rocky outcrops near Pune. The fillers in the episode estuarine crocodiles in large numbers. Considerable range from interesting facts on elephants and on research work about these turtles are underway. Many shepherds in migration, to questions on whether animals types of birds, pythons and king cobras plus a variety of can sense natural calamities in advance. crabs and other creatures too live in this area. Another two-and-half hour ride on boat, takes one to Gahirmatha Director: Nitin P. Nandan the beautiful sea beach, which is the largest rookery for Producer: Siddharth Kak Olive Ridley sea turtles in the world. A trip to Bhitar Kanika Production Company: Cinema Vision India, Mumbai provides enough excitement to wildlife lovers. Commissioning Agency: Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India Producer: Films Division Contact Details: Contact Details: Cinema Vision India Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, 501, Adarsh Nagar, MHB Colony, New Link Road, Jogeshwari Government of India (W), Mumbai 400 102, Maharashtra 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 022-26365946; F: 022-26366642 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 E: [email protected] F: 022-23515308, 23511008 W: www.indiasurabhi.com E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Bibly Brothers-The Men Who Killed English Title: Bird Watching-1 (Rivers, Lakes and the Easter Bunny Swamps)
Original Title: Bilby Brothers-The Men Who Killed the Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1998 Easter Bunny Duration: 16 min 12 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2002 Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 48 min Subject Focus: Wetland birds Format: HD Cam Synopsis: Birds are an integral part of the ecosystem. Subject Focus: Conservation of the Australian Greater The film attempts to study the habits of the birds of Bilby. wetlands, such as the Red Wattled Lapwing, the Pond Heron, the Egret etc. Synopsis: This is a story of two ordinary blokes and their extraordinary crusade against the Easter Bunny. Their Production Company: EPUN mission: to eliminate chocolate Easter bunnies from every shop in Australia and replace them with chocolate easter Contact Details: Bilbies. Rabbits are not native to Australia. Over the years Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) they’ve become monumental pests. Feral rabbits damage NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 the environment and compete with native animals, P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 especially the endangered bilby. Peter McRae and Frank W: www.cec-ugc.org Manthey are two passionate environmentalists who are very vocal about saving the bilby. English Title: Bird Watching-2 (City Parks and Producer: Larry Zetlin Lawn Lovers)
Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: May 1999 Gulliver Media Australia Pty. Ltd. ABN 86010 372531, P.O. Box 371, Paddington, Qld Duration: 18 min 6 sec Australia, 4064 Format: Betacam P: 61-07-33670899; F: 61-07-33682164 E: [email protected] Subject Focus: Urban birds
Synopsis: This programme puts across the point that one English Title: Bird Sanctuary dosen’t need to go very far from the city for bird watching. It talks of the birds which one can commonly find in neighbourhood gardens, parks and even houses — the Language: English Bulbul, Warbler, Parakeet and the Magpie Robbin. Duration: 23 min Format: 16 mm Production Company: EPUN Subject Focus: Sea-birds Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Synopsis: The film covers the hatching and rearing of a NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 variety of young sea-birds such as Guildlemots, P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Cormorants, Puffins, Terns, Eiderducks and Lesser Black- W: www.cec-ugc.org backed Gulls.
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET)
Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Bird Watching-3 (River Side Birds) English Title: Birds of no Frontier
Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1999 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1987 Duration: 18 min 32 sec Duration: 28 min 17 sec Format: Betacam Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: River birds Subject Focus: Migratory cranes
Synopsis: This episode provides information about river- Synopsis: This programme is on migratory cranes which side birds such as the Kingfisher and the River Tern. come to India during winter.
Production Company: EPUN Production Company: EPUN
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Bird Watching-4 (Strokes and Spoon Bill) English Title: Birds Through my Window
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1999 Original Title: Birds Through my Window Duration: 15 min 5 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 18 min Subject Focus: River birds Format: Digital
Synopsis: This episode of bird watching talks of some Subject Focus: Bird watching and the interrelation ships commonly found river-side birds such as the Painted, of birds and animals. Open Bill, and White-and-Black Necked Storks, and the Spoonbill. Synopsis: The month of May, the time just before the monsoons break in, is the month of nesting. The filmmaker Production Company: EPUN made this film during his summer racations, by closely obsening the variety of birds which flitted in and around Contact Details: his house, and those that built their nests with in the range Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) of his lenses. Through this film, he indicates the inter- NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 nelated nature of birds, animals and the seasons, and P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 obseures that his mans should do their utmost to leave W: www.cec-ugc.org this delecate web of life undisturbed.
Awards received by the Film: The Best Documentary Film in Children Category. CMS VATAVARAN 2003.
Producer: Rudransh Mathur
Contact Details: Rudransh Mathur Dr. Nivsarkar’s Bunglow, Mahabaleshwar Road Panchgani 412 805, Maharashtra P: 02168-241220
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English Title: Birds, Baboons and Other animals- English Title: Born Wild — Episode: Elephants their struggle for Survival Original Title: Born Wild — Episode: Elephants Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Duration: 19 min Language: English Format: 16 mm Duration: 22 min Format: DVC PRO Subject Focus: Wildlife and their fight for survival. Subject Focus: Human-elephant conflict in India
Synopsis: This video brings is life a host of intermingled Synopsis: This is part of a series that looks at India’s wildlife in jungles and plains. wildlife and wild spaces. While we might worship the elephant-headed god, we certainly do not treat his Production Company: Central Institute of Educational counterparts in the wild with any respect. The biggest Technology (CIET) human-animal conflict today in the country is between man and elephant. Hundreds die, acres of crops are destroyed Contact Details: and property damaged — and several elephants too bite Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) the dust every year as a result of this. Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Director: Swathi Thiagarajan Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Producer: NDTV P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Production Company: NDTV E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in Contact Details: NDTV Archana Complex, Greater Kailash-I, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011-26446666; M: 9811660901 English Title: Black Buck E: [email protected]
Original Title: Black Buck Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 English Title: Born Wild Episode: Man vs Animal Language: Hindi Duration: 120 min Original Title: Born Wild Episode: Man vs Animal Format: U-Matic Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2004 Language: English with subtitles Subject Focus: The Black buck and its conservation Duration: 22 min Format: DVC PRO Synopsis: This film also delves into the lifestyles and beliefs of the Bishnoi community in Rajasthan, which has Subject Focus: The human Leopard conflict in Borivali, been making efforts is save the black buck. Mumbai. Synopsis: This is part of a series that looks at India’s Director: All India Jeev Raksha, Bishnoi Sabha wildlife and wild spaces. Their conservation and protection their ecology and environment the people who are working Contact Details: to ensure a brighter and better future for and of course Ashok Bishnoi the various communities who live in and around our forests All India Jeev Raksha, Bishnoi Sabha, Street No. 13, Abohar, and how this impacts on their lives. Ferozpur 152116, Uttar Pradesh P: 01634-234497; F: 01634-230879 This particular episode is about the human–leopard conflict in Borivalli. The question asked is: Are Mumbai’s leopards coming out hunting or is an expanding and greedy city destroying what is rightfully their space in this world?
Director: Swati Thyagrajan Producer: NDTV Production Company: NDTV
Contact Details: NDTV Archana Complex, Greater Kailash – I, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011-26446666; M: 9811660901 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Born Wild-Episode: Snakes English Title: Broken Wings
Original Title: Born Wild-Episode: Snakes Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Duration: 8 min Language: English Duration: 22 min Subject Focus: Disappearing vultures and the impacts Format: DV PRO, DV of this species crash. Synopsis: The outbreak of anthrax and rabies among Subject Focus: Snakes threatened with extincition vultures in western India has assumed alarming.. Over 85 million vultures have died in the region over the past Synopsis: Part of a about series that takes a look at India’s 10 years. The species has crashed below the viable level wildlife and wild spaces, this film asks why there is so of return. In the absence of vultures, hundreds of much fear and superstition about snakes in this country? decomposing carcasses littering the countryside and Why are they worshipped and feared at the same time? roads are not only a source of foul putrefying stench, but What is the reality and what are the myths? Why are these reservoirs of lethal pathogens…mutating and waiting to reptiles so exploited? What is being done to save them spread. This news feature exposes this immense species and why is it important? crash and the serious consequences of the loss of such a crucial link in the food chain. Director: Swati Thyagrajan Producer: NDTV Director: Mike Pandey & Ritambra Rana Production Company: NDTV Producer: Mike Pandey, Riverbank Studio
Contact Details: Contact Details: NDTV Riverbank Studio Archana Complex, Greater Kailash – I, New Delhi 110 048 C-18, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi, 110 048 P: 011-26446666; M: 9811660901 P: 5163 2890, 2641 0684; F: 2621 6508 E: [email protected] E: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] W: www.riverbankstudios.com English Title: Born Wild-Episode: Wildlife Trade 1 & 2 English Title: Building Bodies Original Title: Born Wild-Episode: Wildlife Trade 1 & 2 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 55 min 51 sec Duration: 56 min Format: DVC PRO Format: 16 mm
Subject Focus: Illegal trade in endangered wild species. Subject Focus: History and evolution of marine life
Synopsis: Part of a series that takes a look at India’s wildlife Synopsis: The film is a journey into the history and and wild spaces. Trade in wildlife is a major problem today. evolution of all marine life. It is the second largest and most lucrative trade after the trade in narcotics. Yet, less than a fraction of what is spent Production Company: Central Institute of Educational to prevent the drug trade and less than 1/10th the Technology (CIET) enforcement is in place to prevent the trade in wildlife. This episode looks at the dangers faced not only by India’s big Contact Details: five, the tiger, the elephant, the rhino, the leopard but also Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) at other animals who often disappear under the radar. Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Director: Swati Thyagrajan P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Producer: NDTV E: [email protected] Production Company: NDTV W: www.ciet.nic.in
Contact Details: NDTV Archana Complex, Greater Kailash – I, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011-26446666; M: 9811660901 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Butterflies of Thanuppanchola English Title: Camouflage in Nature through Form and Colour Matching Original Title: Butterflies of Thanuppanchola Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2003 Language: English Language: English Duration: 10 min Duration: 31 min 20 sec Format: 16 mm Format: DV CAM Subject Focus: Protective camouflage among animals Subject Focus: The butterflies of Thanuppanchola rainforest Synopsis: This film shows how nature’s cloak of camouflage protects animals, birds and fishes from their Synopsis: The forests of the Western Ghats, a biodiversity natural enemies. It docments 32 species with their unique hotspot of the world, support more than 330 species of methods of blending in with their surroundings by form butterflies, of which 34 are endemic to the region. and colour matching. Thanuppanchola is a strip of rainforest in the Ghats. The documentary, which aims to create awareness on Production Company: CIET, NEIF biodiversity conservation, was shot here over November and December, 2003 — and it recorded 75 species of Contact Details: butterflies. Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Director: E. Kunhikrishnan Research and Training (NCERT) Producer: Department of Forests and Wildlife Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.ciet.nic.in E. Kunhikrishnan Lecturer, Dept of Zoology, University College, Trivandrum 695 034, Kerala P: 0471-2442853; M: 9447653786 English Title: Camouflage in Nature through E: [email protected] Pattern Matching
Language: English Duration: 8 min English Title: Butterfly: The Jewels on Wings — Format: 16 mm The Life Cycle Subject Focus: Animals and their protective camouflage Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Language: English Synopsis: Many animals have been blessed with Duration: 25 min 2 sec protective designs on their coats/skins to help them blend Format: U-Matic with their variegated surrounding. There are those who need protection because of age, sex or the inability to Subject Focus: Life cycle of a butterfly defend themselves , a they have quiet dress of disguise. There are also those which were warning cloaks of bold Synopsis: The life cycle of a butterfly has been traced design. through visuals in this programme. Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Production Company: EPUN Technology (CIET)
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Research and Training (NCERT) W: www.cec-ugc.org Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Cat on the Edge English Title: Chal Man Jayee Apne Desh
Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Original Title: Chal Man Jayee Apne Desh Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1998 Duration: 13 min 14 sec Language: Hindi Format: Betacam Duration: 19 min 54 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: The tiger and its conservation Subject Focus: Co-existance of man and animal in a Synopsis: The tiger is on the brink of extinction due to cooperative environment, and wildlife conservation. the callous attitudes of humans. Project Tiger has not been much of a help to it. The programme makes an attempt to Producer: Vinod Sati trace the origin and evolution of the animal and portrays its migration to various parts of the earth. It also depicts Contact Details: the methods of scientific survey on tigers and their Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) effectiveness in the current context. Faculty of Engg, JNV University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan P: 0291-2513734; F: 0291-2513733 E: [email protected] Production Company: AMYS
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) English Title: Chasing Butterflies NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Date/Month/Year of Production: August-December 2001 Language: Hindi Duration: 24 min
English Title: Cell Biology-An Overview Subject Focus: Butterflies of the Doon Valley
Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2004 Synopsis: This film is on the life of a butterfly in the Doon Language: English Valley in western Himalayas. The film’s target viewers are Duration: 28 min children, and the film therefore attempts to explain Format: Betacam scientific terms in an easy style.
Subject Focus: Molecules of life that create cells Awards Received by the Film: Bronze Tree Award’, CMS VATAVARAN 2002 Synopsis: This is the first in a series of lecture-based programmes on zoology. The programme demonstrates Directors: Gurmeet Sapal/Husain Akbar/Pervaiz Alam the synthesis of organic molecules that provided the raw Producer: Newswallahs India Ltd. material from which the first organisms arose. It also explains the characteristics of the two types of cells Contact Details: prokaryotie and enkaryotie. Mr. Gurmeet Sapal Explorers, 235-B, Shipra Sun City, Indirapuram, Gaziabad Production Company: ECAL Uttar Pradesh P: 95120-2911290; M: 9810273726, 986823641 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Cherub of the Mist English Title: Chick Embryo Culture-in-vitro
Original Title: Cherub of the Mist Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1991 Date/Month/ Year of Production: 2006 Language: English Language: English Duration: 14 min 17 sec Duration: 50 Minutes Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Wildlife Conservation Subject Focus: In-vitro development of a chick embryo- the process Synopsis: Cherub of the Mist unravels the mystery behind the secretive life of this little cherub of the treetops and Synopsis: Chick embryo culture invitro means developing brings alive the irresistible charms of Ailurus fulgens - the the embryo outside egg in a suitable environment. The fire cat. This is first time the Red Pandas have been filmed programme demonstrates how the culture is done and in the wild, courting, mating, nest building and rearing their talks about the different applications of chick embryo newly-born cubs. culture for embryo toxicity.
The taxonomy of the Red Panda has puzzled the scientific Production Company: EPUN world. It is a highly endangered mammal that lives in temperate forests of the eastern Himalayas. The species Contact Details: ranges from Nepal through North-eastern India and Bhutan Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) and into China. According to the Red Data Book, their NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 total population is estimated to be only 2,500. The P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 population of Red Pandas has sharply declined because W: www.cec-ugc.org of large-scale hunting and trapping for trade and due to disturbances, fragmentation and loss of habitat. English Title: Children’s Magazine-1 Director: Naresh Bedi Producer: Naresh & Rajesh Bedi Production Company: Bedi Films/Bedi Films Visuals Language: Hindi India Duration: 11 min Format: 16 mm Awards: 29th IWFF Awards, US, Best Conservation & Environmental Subject Focus: Animals in captivity
Synopsis: The film takes us to the zoo to document the Contact Details: behaviour of animals in captivity. Bedi Films E 19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110027, India Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Tel. +91 - 011 - 2543 9939, 2544 1864, 4144 4332 Technology (CIET) Fax: +91 - 011 -2543 0850 E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected] Web: www.bedibrothers.com Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Cobra-The Snake God English Title: Coral Reefs
Original Title: Coral Reefs Subject Focus: The beliefs and forms of snake worship Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 in India. Language: English Duration: 28 min Production Company: Bedi Ji Productions Pvt. Ltd. Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Contact Details: Subject Focus: Coral reefs and their ecosystems Bedi Films, E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 P: 011-2543 9939; F: 011-2543 0850 Synopsis: Coral reefs are one of the world’s great natural E: [email protected]; [email protected] miracles. They thrive in nutrient-poor water, yet are also one W: www.bedibrothers.com of the most productive ecosystems on earth. Yet, in recent decades, this precious resource has become increasingly threatened by industrial contamination and development English Title: Conservation of Indian Fruit Bats projects. This documentary focuses on a pioneering research project undertaken in the Caribbean by the Smithsonian Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Institute. The project has contributed a great deal to our Language: English understanding of reef ecosystems and the critical role they Duration: 15 min 4 sec may play in providing future food supplies for the world. Format: U-Matic Directors: Robert Pierce & Karin Lovelande Subject Focus: The Indian fruit bat Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
Contact Details: Synopsis: Fruit bats are considered vermins in India. Our Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) wildlife protection act lists them as crop pest along with 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 common crows, mice and rats. But the truth is fruit bats P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 are the key pollinators of many commercial and wild E: [email protected] species of plants. India has about 12 different species of W: www.cseindia.org fruit bats, of which some are probably extinct and some are nearing extinction. Our country, with diminishing forest resources and diminishing bio-diversity, needs the fruit bats English Title: Cousins and Distant Cousins
Production Company: EMKU Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1994 Language: English Contact Details: Duration: 14 min 11 sec Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Format: VHS NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Subject Focus: An introduction to wild mammals in a zoo. W: www.cec-ugc.org Synopsis: The animals which feature in this programme are the chimpanzee, the hoolock or gibbon, the langur and the rhesus monkey all the primate cousins of man.
Production Company: APAT
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Creeks of Conflict English Title: Crocodile-An Introduction – I
Original Title: Creeks of Conflict Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1996 Date/Month/ Year of Production: 1996 Language: English Language: English Duration: 16 min 23 sec Duration: 30 Min Format: Betacam Format: DVD/VCD Subject Focus: Teasing animals held in captivity Subject Focus: Destruction of mangroves and the ‘arribada’ of Olive Ridley turtles. Synopsis: Teasing and feeding animals that are held in captivity in zoos has always been a major source of Synopsis: On the eastern coast of India lies the entertainment for the public. Legislation against this habit Bhitarkanika sanctuary in Orrisa, the biggest hatchery of has not proven to be effective and notices that request Olive Ridley turtles in the world. About 600,000 turtles the public not to feed or tease animals are largely ignored. have been recorded to come here to lay their eggs in the This film appeals to viewers to fight this practice. month of March-April every year. This film traces the biodiversity and the pressures on the sanctuary. it has Director: Ashavari Majumdar recorded rare footage of the mass nesting of these turtles Producer: Abhyuday Khaitan and the hatchlings taking to the sea for the first time. Contact Details: Director: Krishnendu Bose Ashvari Majumdar and Abhyuday Khaitan Producer: Krishnendu Bose 5th Floor, Block O, 11/11 A, Mayfair Road, Kolkata 700 019 Production Company: Earthcare Films P: 033-22403828, M: 09831689229 Ashvari, 09831134318 Abhyuday, 033-30934600 Abhyuday; F: 22346960 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 English Title: Crocodiles P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 24647310 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com Date/Month/Year of Production: April 1993 Language: English Duration: 12 min 39 sec Format: U Matic English Title: Crocodile & Snakes The Whole Story Subject Focus: Crocodiles
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Synopsis: The film dwells on the taxonomic position of Language: English the crocodile, its palaecology, habitat, food and feeding Duration: 105 min habits, its exoskeleton and the respiratory, excretory and Format: DVD vascular systems: the aim is to provide a preliminary understanding of these reptiles. The film also looks at the Contact Details: crocodile’s evolution and its propagation systems. British Council Library 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 Production Company: EMKU E: [email protected] Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Crocodiles – The Living Dinosaurs English Title: Daryayee Ghoda
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1988 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 18 min 8 sec Duration: 7 min Format: U Matic Subject Focus: Science (Animal) Subject Focus: Crocodiles in India Producer: Usha Narula Synopsis: This programme traces the origins of crocodiles and identifies the different types of crocodiles found in Contact Details: India. It also deals with their habits and their role in Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) maintaining the ecological balance. Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Production Company: AOSM P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.ciet.nic.in Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Dear on the Lake
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1989 English Title: Crow Language: English Duration: 25 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 Language: Hindi Subject Focus: Protecting the Loktak lake in Manipur Duration: 9 min Synopsis: The Loktak lake in Manipur has a floating Subject Focus: The Indian crow grassland known as Keibul Lamjao, which is the world’s last surviving habitat of the endangered brow-antlered deer or the Sangai. The Sangai’s survival depends on the Synopsis: This documentary programme on the crow is protection of this wetland. part of a series on Indian birds. It describes the morphological features of the crow, its life cycle, habitat and food habits. Director: Aribam Syam Sharma
Producer: Karan Singh Contact Details: Aribam Syam Sharma Thangmeiband, opposite ABC godown Contact Details: Imphal 795 001, Manipur Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) P: 0385- 2413310 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Desert Wildlife – Elegant Antelope English Title: Devil & the Deep Sea Nilgai Original Title: Devil & the Deep Sea Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2001 Language: English Language: English Duration: 14 min Duration: 30 min Format: U Matic Format: 35 mm
Subject Focus: The Nilgai Subject Focus: Turtles and their conservation
Synopsis: The film deals with the life cycle of the Nilgai, Synopsis: The film attempts to depict the plight of Olive the largest antelope in India. It depicts the fascinating Ridley turtles and promotes the cause of turtle social life and preferred habitats of this elegant animal. conservation.
Production Company: EJOD Producer: Films Division/Entertrainers India
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Government of India P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org English Title: Desert Wildlife – The Graceful Blackbuck English Title: Diary on Man Monkey Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Language: English Original Title: Diary on Man Monkey Duration: 14 min Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2001 Format: U Matic Language: English, Hindi, Gujarati (with English subtitles) Duration: 27 min 10 sec Subject Focus: The blackbuck Format: DV
Synopsis: The blackbuck is an animal of open plains and Subject Focus: The relationship between Langurs and dry scrub habitats. The filmmakers visit western humans in urban India Rajasthan, the home of the blackbuck, to examine its changing relationship with man and environment. Synopsis: The film explores the intricate relationship that between the Common Langur and humans in the city of Production Company: EJOD Ahmedabad in Gujarat. Why do humans allow the existence of a potentially dangerous wild animal in their Contact Details: midst? The answer to this question takes the viewer into Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) the realms of culture and religion, history and society and NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 how all these create a new urban ecology where nature W: www.cec-ugc.org has found ways of existing.
Director: Anirban Dutta Gupta Producer: National Institute of Design Production Company: National Institute of Design
Contact Details: Anirban Dutta Gupta FB-2, Room No. 2102, DA-IICT, Gandhinagar 380 007. Gujarat P: 079-26639692, M: 09825094175 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Discovering Snakes English Title: Domestic Dogs-I
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1986 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1996 Language: English Language: English Duration: 20 min 4 sec Duration: 19 min 52 sec Format: U-Matic Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Snakes Subject Focus: Dogs
Synopsis: The programme attempts to provide a clearer Synopsis: This is a part of a two-part series on dogs, and understanding of snakes. deals with the evolutionary background of the dog, its domestication and characteristics. Production Company: MDEL Production Company: CEC Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Diversity of Bats English Title: Domestic Dogs-II Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1996 Duration: 18 min 33 sec Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 14 min 17 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Bats Subject Focus: Dogs Synopsis: Illustrated by renowned mammalogist Karl Koopman, the film deals with bats, their feeding habits Synopsis: This part contains a brief discussion of the and their distribution across the world. major types of dogs. It also instructs on the care of dogs and their training. Production Company: EMKU Production Company: CEC Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Don’t Bullshit Me English Title: Duck (Batakh)
Original Title: Don’t Bullshit Me Original Title: Duck (Batakh) Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2005 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 3 min, 24 sec Duration: 10 min 14 sec Format: Mini DV Subject Focus: Ducks Subject Focus: Cruelty to animals Synopsis: This is a programme on ducks, and is part of a Synopsis: This animation film has a short message: do series on birds. It shows and describes the different not be cruel to animals. Instead of resorting to a heavy- species of ducks commonly found in India, and the handed and serious didactic treatment, the filmmakers interesting variations in each species. have tried to convey the message in a humorous manner. Producer: Karan Singh Director: Von Brian Saxena Producer: Wigan and Leigh College Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Wigan and Leigh Collge Research and Training (NCERT) HOD, A-86, Sainik Farms, Central Avenue, New Delhi 110 062 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-29552849-51, M: 9811757924, 9811170536 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.wiganindia.org W: www.ciet.nic.in
English Title: Dr. Robin Bannerjee: The Man – English Title: E — For Elephant His Works Original Title: E — For Elephant Original Title: Dr. Robin Bannerjee: The Man – His Works Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2005 Language: English Language: English Duration: 15 min Duration: 45 min Format: 35 mm Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: The Indian elephant Subject Focus: Dr. Robin Bannerjee’s movement to save the one-horned rhino Synopsis: The film has been shot in the forests of Kerala, and tells the story of a boy’s fascination with two baby Synopsis: The film is about Dr. Robin Bannerjee, his elephants who are being nurtured in their natural habitat. legendary love for Kaziranga and its one-horned rhinos, and his efforts to save them from extinction. Director: Lygia Mathew
Director: Indrajit Narayan Dev Contact Details: Producer: Indrajit Narayan Dev Children’s Film Society, India Films Division Complex, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg Production Company: Brahmaputra Foundation Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 022-23526798, 23516136; F: 022-23522610 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Indrajit Narayan Dev W: www.cfsindia.org Little Hillock, Ranibagan, Beltola, Tinali, Guwahati 781 028 Assam P: 0361-2261122, M: 94351-49766 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Eagle: Wildlife Specials English Title: Earth Report VI: Paper Tiger
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Original Title: Earth Report VI: Paper Tiger Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Duration: 47 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 26 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Director: John Downer Producer: John Downer Subject Focus: Living resources and wildlife of Tasmania
Contact Details: British Council Library Synopsis: Tasmania is one of the last strongholds of the 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 temperate rainforest, which is as much at the risk of P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 extinction as the tropical rainforests of the world. One- E: [email protected] fifth of Tasmania holds a World Heritage status and is home to species like the Tasmanian Devil, the burrowing crayfish and the giant velvet worm. But outside Tasmania’s reserves, environmental campaigners and the timber English Title: Earth Charmers industry are at loggerheads over the sustainable management of the island’s native forests. Original Title: Earth Charmers Date/Month/Year of Production: September 2001 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Language: English Duration: 29 min 55 sec Format: Betacam Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Subject Focus: Sustainable lifestyle and organic farming P: 11-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 11-29955879 E: [email protected] Synopsis: This is part of a television series that sets out W: www.cseindia.org to discover the strengths of traditional Indian knowledge pertaining to lifestyles, farming and eco-systems. India is an ancient civilisation. Traditional practices and rituals here have always stressed on a reverence for the elements of English Title: Earth Report VII (Hands On): nature as the very source of life. Our farming has been The Equator Show attuned to the rhythms of nature and its laws of cyclical change — its strength being high output despite low Original Title: Earth Report VII (Hands On): external inputs coupled with the know-how to organically The Equator Show counter pests, disease and the vagaries of nature. The Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 series assumes greater significance today, when fertilizers Language: English and pesticides have made farming aggressive, brought Duration: 26 min many farmers to the brink of destruction, and disturbed Format: VHS/VCD & DVD the fragile balance between the elements of nature. In such a grim scenario, there is a silent minority that is Subject Focus: Living resources and wildlife — striving to rejuvenate the age-old knowledge-based community initiatives to save wildlife cultural practices through organic farming or rainwater harvesting. Earth Charmers attempts to profile these attempts of individuals, organisations and communities. Synopsis: This programme provides an antidote to the depressing coverage of wildlife destruction in the world’s Awards Received by the Film: ‘Bronze Tree Award’ CMS tropical forests. It profiles communities from Africa, Asia VATAVARAN 2002 and Latin America that have developed indigenous strategies for saving local bio-diversity. They are doing it Producer: Beacon Television for a simple reason: they are making money out of it. Commissioning Agency: Zee Telefilms Ltd. Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Contact Details: Beacon Television Contact Details: Production Company, Wing A-1/Flat 103, Siddharth Nagar Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Building, No. 5, CHS Ltd., Opposite Dheeraj Savera 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Mumbai 400 066, Maharashtra P: 11-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 11-29955879 P: 022-56764990; F: 28845978 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Echoes from the Jungles English Title: Elephant — Lord of the Jungle
Language: Hindi Duration: 24 min Subject Focus: The Indian elephant
Subject Focus: Indian wildlife Synopsis: The film records India’s wild elephants and examines the man-animal conflict. Synopsis: It took three years to produce this thirteen-part serial about India’s endangered wildlife. The episodes Production Company: Bedi Ji Productions Pvt. Ltd. portray the difficulties and uncertainties faced in filming some of the most endangered wild animals of the sub- Contact Details: continent. Bedi Films E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 P: 011-25439939; F: 011-25430850 Director: Naresh Bedi E: [email protected]; [email protected] W: www.bedibrothers.com Contact Details: Bedi Films/Bedi Films Visuals E 19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 English Title: Elephant – The Last Giants on Earth P: 011-25441864, 25439939; F: 11-25430850 E: [email protected]; [email protected] W: www.bedibrothers.com Original Title: Elephant — The Last Giants on Earth Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Language: English Duration: 44 min English Title: Elephant – God or Destroyer Subject Focus: Conservation of the Indian elephant Original Title: Elephant – God or Destroyer Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Synopsis: This is a wildlife documentary on elephant Language: English (with English subtitles) conservation. It has been screened at various film festivals Duration: 30 min across the world, such as the International Wild Life Format: DV Festival (WWF) in Bangalore in 1994 and the Global Environment Film Festival in Tokyo in 1994. Subject Focus: The Indian elephant, and the man- elephant conflict Director: Krishnendu Bose Producer: Krishnendu Bose Synopsis: The film juxtaposes the man-elephant conflict Production Company: Earth Care Films with reverence for the elephant-headed God. Almost 300 Commissioning Agency: Ministry of Environment and poor people die every year in this conflict, which they fight Forests, Government of India. with fire, firecrackers and empty oil tins. Contact Details: Director: Krishnendu Bose Krishnendu Bose Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Director, Earth Care Films, B-91, Defence Colony Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust New Delhi 110 024 (PSBT) P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com Contact Details: Krishnendu Bose Director, Earthcare Films, B-91, Defence Colony New Delhi 110 024 P: 011- 24334171, 24332005; M: 9811843111 F: 011- 24334068 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com
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English Title: Elephant (Haathi) English Title: Endangered Mammals in India
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1985 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1988 Language: Hindi Duration: 21 min Duration: 15 min Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: The elephant Subject Focus: Endangered mammals of India
Synopsis: Through riddles and well-known stories, the Synopsis: Over the last million years, the process of programme talks about the elephant’s strength, natural and human-induced extinction has seen the capabilities and habits. disappearance of many mammals. This programme speaks about some mammals of India which are at the Producer: Usha Narula threshold of extinction.
Contact Details: Production Company: EPUN Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Contact Details: Research and Training (NCERT) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 E: [email protected] W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.ciet.nic.in
English Title: Endangered Species English Title: Endangered Birds of India Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1988 Duration: 102 min Duration: 23 min Format: DVD Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Species that face extinction Subject Focus: Birds of India Synopsis: Over the last three centuries, more than 400 Synopsis: In this programme, Dr. E. Bharucha is in known animal species and an unknown number of plant conversation with Rajendra Jagdale on habitats and species have become extinct. Scientists predict that if breeding patterns of birds. the current abuse of the planet continues, more than 100 species of fauna and flora will be disappearing every day. Production Company: EPUN The film captures the richness and diversity of the natural world and makes a case for saving it. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Director: Philip Cayford NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Producer: Philip Cayford W: www.cec-ugc.org Production Company: Central TV
Contact Details: Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070 P: 011-26134103, 26890380; F: 011-26130817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Environmental Science (Corals) English Title: Fate of the Elephant
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 Original Title: Fate of the Elephant Duration: 23 min 53 sec Date/Month/ Year of Production: 1994 Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 30 min Subject Focus: Coral reefs Format: Betacam
Synopsis: In this programme, Dr. A. Balasubramanian, a Subject Focus: Elephant conservation Professor at the University of Mysore, gives an overview of coral reefs and the intricate characteristics of their Synopsis: This is a documentary on elephant poaching. delicate ecosystems. Director: Krishnendu Bose Production Company: AMYS Producer: Krishnendu Bose Production Company: Earth Care Films Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Krishnendu Bose P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Director, Earth Care films, B-91, Defence Colony W: www.cec-ugc.org New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 011-24647310 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com English Title: Facts about Fish
Language: English Duration: 9 min English Title: Feathered Life of Rajasthan Format: 16 mm Original Title: Feathered Life of Rajasthan Subject Focus: Fish Language: English Duration: 20 min Format: 35 mm Synopsis: The film is a study on various types of fish in tropical marine and freshwater environments. Subject Focus: Migrating birds at the Bharatpur sanctuary Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Synopsis: Waves of migrating birds from faraway places descend on the Keoladeo Ghana bird sanctuary at Contact Details: Bharatpur in Rajasthan every year. This film is a paean to Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) them. Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Producer: Films Division Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, W: www.ciet.nic.in Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Feathers of the Birdmen English Title: Flight of Discovery
Language: English Original Title: Flight of Discovery Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Subject Focus: Illegal bird traders of Delhi Language: English Duration: 22 min Synopsis: This film is on the illegal bird traders of Delhi and government regulations on wildlife trafficking. Subject Focus: Bird sanctuaries of Uttar Pradesh; ecotourism Director: Samir Malhotra Synopsis: The film is designed to attract bird watchers Contact Details: and nature lovers to the rich, diverse and vibrant wetlands Centre for Civil Society of Uttar Pradesh. It identifies over 50 species of birds, K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi and takes viewers on a journey to Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 home to a large number of these species. W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org Director: Himanshu Malhotra Producer: U. P. Tourism English Title: Female Frogs Can Also Say Aye/ Production Company: Multi Media Nay Contact Details: Himanshu Malhotra Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1997 Multi Media, C-50 Defence Colony, New Delhi Language: English P: 011-24616161; F: 011-24633331 Duration: 12 min 53 sec E: [email protected], [email protected] Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Courtship and mating in frogs English Title: Flights of Distress Synopsis: The love life of frogs is a favourite topic of study for ethologists. The use of loud and noisy calls by mating Original Title: Flights of Distress frogs adds to the fascination for the subject. Perhaps Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 because of the nearly exclusive contribution to the field Language: Bengali and English with English subtitles by male scientists, frog courtship has largely been Duration: 32 min 34 sec considered to be a male-dominated affair. But the female Format: Betacam SP of the species plays a no less decisive role. Subject Focus: Illegal trade in Indian birds in West Bengal Production Company: EJOD Synopsis: The film looks at the flourishing trade in Indian Contact Details: birds and seeks to explore the reasons behind its Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) continuance, as well as the stories of the people connected NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 to it. Birds from north and north-east India are brought to P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Kolkata and sold in open markets. A number of byadhs, W: www.cec-ugc.org or traditional bird-catchers, also live and ply their trade in this city.
Director: Somdev Chatterjee Producer: Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
Contact Details: Mr. Somdev Chatterjee FD-220/5, Salt Lake, Sector III, Kolkata P: 033-23377158; M: 09830652443, 09830652443 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Frog Aestivation — A Critical Stage English Title: Ganesh — The Elephant God in Life Cycle
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Subject Focus: Temple elephants of India Language: English Duration: 17 min 2 sec Synopsis: The film depicts how India’s temple elephants, Format: U-Matic enduring figures in the religion and culture of the land, are looked after, worshipped and worked — carrying Subject Focus: Frogs temple deities, shunting trains or transporting logs.
Synopsis: This programme explores the behaviour of Production Company: Bedi Ji Productions Pvt. Ltd. frogs in their hiding places during summer. Contact Details: Bedi Films, E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 Contact Details: P: 011- 25439939, 25441864, 51444332, F: 011-25430850 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) E: [email protected]; [email protected] NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.bedibrothers.com P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Ghoron Kee Dharohar — Oont
English Title: Gaints of the Sea Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2001 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1946 Duration: 20 min 26 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 10 min Format: 16 mm Subject Focus: The camel
Subject Focus: Marine creatures Synopsis: The camel symbolizes the very life-breath for those living in deserts. The film explores the various ways Synopsis: This film is about creatures like sting rays, that this animal is used by desert-dwellers — including whales and devil fish that inhabite the oceans. agriculture, transport and food and nourishment.
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Production Company: EJOD Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Research and Training (NCERT) W: www.cec-ugc.org Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Gir Lion — The Last Refuge English Title: Great Wildlife Moments
Original Title: Gir Lion — The Last Refuge Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 108 min Duration: 24 min Format: DVD Format: Betacam Director: David Attenborough Subject Focus: Conservation of the Asiatic lion Producer: Matthew Clements & Dough Mackay-Hope
Synopsis: Once upon a time, the Asiatic lion ranged on a Contact Details: vast expanse from Arabia to India. Today, 300 of these British Council Library animals are struggling for survival in the Gir forests of 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 Gujarat, their last refuge. The filmamkers track the Gir P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 E: [email protected] lions in an effort to capture the habits and habitats of these magnificent beasts.
Producer: Naresh Bedi English Title: Gulshan Grover for Cattle Transport — Peta Contact Details: Bedi Films E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 Original Title: Gulshan Grover for Cattle Transport — Peta P: 011- 25439939, 25441864, 51444332, F: 011-25430850 Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2004 E: [email protected]; [email protected] Language: Hindi (dubbed in English) W: www.bedibrothers.com Duration: 40 sec Format: Betacam SP
English Title: God’s Elephants Subject Focus: Barbaric treatment meted to cattle while transporting them across the country for the leather Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2001 industry Duration: 22 min 44 sec Format: Betacam Synopsis: This PSM shows film villain Gulshan Grover pointing out that in real life, there are people who commit Subject Focus: Domestication of elephants — the heinous crimes against animals and that we need to “Stop Guruvayur elephant farm the real villains. Stop cruel animal transport”. People for Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (Peta) investigation of the trade in cattle, goats, sheep and other animals reveals beatings, Synopsis: Elephants have been an essential part of our mutilation and miserable death at the hands of transporters culture since time immemorial. In Kerala, there are a and abattoir workers. With this PSM, Peta hopes to make number of elephant owners even today. But the situation the public aware of the atrocities committed on animals. has changed with the ban on logging and the demand of environmentalists to send the elephants back to their natural habitat. As sending domesticated elephants back Director: Kailash Surendranath to the forest is not considered a practical proposition, the Producer: Kailash Surendranath Guruvayur temple administration has set up an elephant Production Company: Kailash Motion Pictures farm to keep the elephants presented to Guruvayurappan. The farm holds 50 elephants. Contact Details: Anuradha Sawhney Kailash Surendranath 3, Everest Building Ground Floor Production Company: ACLT Tardeo, Mumbai 400 034, Maharashtra P: 022-23516326 Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Hamen Bhi Jeene Do (Let Us Live) English Title: Hanuman Langurs — In Their Habitat Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2000 Duration: 2 min Language: English Format: VHS Duration: 16 min 8 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Prevention of cruelty to animals Subject Focus: Hanuman Langurs Synopsis: The film covers Indian culture, tradition and relationship with animals, government and voluntary Synopsis: This film continues the exploration of Hanuman groups’ efforts for prevention of cruelty to animals, as well Langurs, their organized social order, courtship rituals and as mass participation in this cause. the birth of their young. Producer: Ms Chitra Sharma Production Company: EJOD Production Company: M/s Chitra Lekha Productions Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) The Secretary NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road W: www.cec-ugc.org New Delhi - 110 003 India P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in English Title: Hanuman Langurs of Jodhpur
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1987 English Title: Hands On: Pure Gene-eous Language: English Duration: 19 min 54 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Format: U-Matic Language: English Duration: 26 min Subject Focus: Hanuman Langurs Format: Betacam SP, DVD Synopsis: Hanuman Langurs have fascinating behaviour Synopsis: The movie provides an antidote to depressing patterns. They are organized into male bands and bisexual coverage of wildlife destruction in the world’s tropical troops. Their feeding habits, communication patterns, countries. ‘Pure Gene-eous’ profiles communities from infant nurturance, courtship and mating practises are Africa, Asia and Latin America, with their own strategies among the behavioural aspects which this programme for saving local biodiversity. They are doing it for a simple looks at. reason - there’s more money to be made out of development without destruction. Production Company: EJOD
Production Company: Television Trust for the Contact Details: Environment (TVE) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Development Alternatives 111/9-Z, Kishangarh, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070 T: 11- 2613-4103, 2689-0380; F: 11- 2613-0817 E: [email protected] W: www.devalt.org
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English Title: Hanuman Langurs-2 English Title: Himalayan Wilderness (Live & Let Live) Original Title: Himalayan Wilderness Date/Month/Year of Production: October 2000 Language: English Language: English Duration: 22 min Duration: 14 min 48 sec Format: 35 mm Format: Betacam Subject Focus: The serenity and sanctity of the Subject Focus: The Hanuman Langurs of Jodhpur Himalayan landscape
Synopsis: The film looks at the Hanuman Langurs of Producer: Films Division Jodhpur and how their close relations with humans have affected them. For instance, food offered to them by people Contact Details: have resulted in diseases and unpleasant encounters with Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, other animals. Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 Production Company: EJOD F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.filmsdivision.org Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: How Nature Protects Animals
Language: English English Title: Heads and Tails Duration: 11 min Format: 16 mm Original Title: Heads and Tails Subject Focus: Protective adaptation in animals Date/Month/ Year of Production: 1995 Language: English Duration: 30 min Synopsis: The film examines the phenomena of protective Format: Betacam adaptation of various animals. It illustrates different kinds of protection, including the ability to run rapidly, mimicry, colouration armour and secluded homes. Subject Focus: Animal rights Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Synopsis: This is a weekly television magazine on animal Technology (CIET) rights.
Contact Details: Director: Krishnendu Bose and Madhurima Sen Bose Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Producer: Krishnendu Bose Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Production Company: Earthcare Films Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Contact Details: P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Krishnendu Bose E: [email protected] Director, Earthcare films, B-91, Defence Colony W: www.ciet.nic.in New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-24625896, 24654221; F: 24647310 E: [email protected] W: www.earthcarefilms.com
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English Title: Hunters of the North Pole English Title: Illegal Trade of Indian Birds
Language: English Original Title: Bhartiya Pakshiyon ke Avaidh Karobar Duration: 10 min Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Format: 16 mm Language: Hindi Duration: 19 min 10 sec Subject Focus: Animals of the North Pole Format: Betacam
Synopsis: This film documents animals like the walrus, Subject Focus: Illegal trade in Indian birds in Lucknow seal and polar bear, found in the North Pole. Synopsis: Despite trade in Indian birds being declared Production Company: Central Institute of Educational an offense under law, an exclusive market for this trade Technology (CIET) flourishes in Lucknow, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh. Nakkhas, as this market is called, is a place Contact Details: where a variety of birds are bought and sold regularly, Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) while the forest department looks the other way. The film Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education aims at bringing the issue to the attention of the people, Research and Training (NCERT) and making the society aware of the immense harm the Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 practise is causing to wildlife. P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in Producer: Prabhu Jhingran
Contact Details: Doordarshan Kendra English Title: Identification of Fresh Water Fishes 24, Ashok Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh 226 001 P: 0522-2205754, 2205752; M: 9839012884; F: 0522-2287268 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Language: English Duration: 25 min 29 sec English Title: Images of Bats Format: Betacam Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Subject Focus: Identifying and classifying freshwater Language: English fishes Duration: 17 min 46 sec Format: U-Matic Synopsis: The film demonstrates the identification process of more than 1,000 species of freshwater fishes Subject Focus: Bats found in the India, out of a total of 2,500 species — the collection, fixation, preservation and measurements, Synopsis: The Bat Conservation Trust of Great Britain is taxonomic principles of classification, etc have been publishing a book on ‘Images of Bats’ to promote a good explained. The programme also contains a resource list understanding of the animals. Clemency Fisher, who is of key websites and addresses of experts and institutions. involved in the project, illustrates the various images of bats in this programme. Production Company: AIMP Production Company: EMKU Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.cec-ugc.org NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: In Company of Birds English Title: In Quest for Survival
Original Title: In Company of Birds Original Title: In Quest for Survival Language: English Language: English Duration: 22 min Duration: 7 min Format: 35 mm Format: DVD/VCD
Subject Focus: Dr. Salim Ali, India’s foremost ornithologist Subject Focus: Saving the Olive Ridley turtle
Synopsis: This is a biographical film on Dr. Ali. Its Synopsis: The film concentrates on the Olive Ridley turtle highlights are the sequences showing the nesting habits conservation project at the Rushikurlya river mouth in of the Great Hornbill in the jungles of Assam and the Orissa. breeding of the Lesser Flamingoes in the Great Rann of Kutch. Director: Himanshu Malhotra Producer: Himanshu Malhotra Producer: Films Division Production Company: Multi Media Commissioning Agency: World Wide Fund for Nature Contact Details: (WWF)-India Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India Contact Details: 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra Oceans & Coasts Programme P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 World Wide Fund for Nature-India F: 022-23515308, 23511008 172-B, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi 110003 E: [email protected] P: 41504806, 41504815/19, 41504791 W: www.filmsdivision.org F: 41504779, 24691226 W: www.wwfindia.org
English Title: In Defence of the Golden Mahseer English Title: In Search of a Job Original Title: In Defence of the Golden Mahseer Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Language: English Language: English Duration: 9 min 8 sec Duration: 13 min 30 sec Format: Digital Format: Beta
Subject Focus: First ever conservation project for the Subject Focus: Plight of domestic elephants of Assam Golden Mahseer Synopsis: Assam has a tradition of keeping domestic Synopsis: The Gondwana Foundation’s love for the elephants for logging; 1,200 of these elephants still exist. Golden Mahseer, one of the biggest freshwater fish in the The 1997 Supreme Court order of banning felling of trees world, has resulted in this film, which documents an effort has changed the scenario. Overnight, these elephants and to reintroduce the species into river Ken. their mahouts have become jobless. Desperate attempts to sell or transfer them to Kerala and Rajasthan where Producer: Shankar Chandra there is a demand for elephants for tourism and religious purposes, have been unsuccessful because of a law that Contact Details: does not allow transfer or sale of elephants. Shankar Chandra Director, E6 Films, B24 Malcha Marg, Chanakyapuri Director: Mrinal Talukdar New Delhi 110 021 Production Company: Mrinal Talukdar P: 011-25472283; M: 9810234289 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Centre for Civil Society K-36, Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi P: 011-26537456/26521882; F: 011-26512347 W: www.ccsindia.org, blog.ccsindia.org
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English Title: In Search of Rare Cranes English Title: In the Eye of an Insect
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1988 Duration: 22 min Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 14 min 45 sec Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Ladakh and its Black-necked Cranes Subject Focus: The eyes of insects Synopsis: The film is based on environmentalist Prakash Gole’s expedition to Ladakh in search of the rare Black- Synopsis: The programme deals with structures like the necked Crane. Ommatidia and the Corneal Nipples of insects, seen through the electron microscope. Production Company: EPUN Production Company: ECAL Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: In Search of Solution-2 (Translocation of Spotted Deer) English Title: In the Wild — Polar Bears with Ewan McGregor Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2004 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Duration: 13 min 39 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 55 min Format: DVD Subject Focus: Translocation of spotted deer from Mysore Director: Polly Steele zoo Producer: Justine Kershaw
Synopsis: The film celebrates the success and the Contact Details: process of translocation of spotted deer from the Sri British Council Library Chamarajendra Zoological Garden in Mysore — the first 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 attempt in India to have yielded dividends in translocating E: [email protected] spotted deer through mass tranquilisation. Various aspects of the process such as sedation are explained.
Production Company: AMYS
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: In the Womb of Nature Again-6 English Title: Indian Leopards – The Killing Fields (Translocation of Spotted Deer) Original Title: Indian Leopards – The Killing Fields Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2003 Language: English Language: English Duration: 14 min 7 sec Duration: 52 min, 40 sec Format: Betacam Format: DV CAM/MINI DV
Subject Focus: Translocation of spotted deer from Mysore Subject Focus: Leopard-human conflicts in India zoo Synopsis: If the animal world had a beauty pageant, the Synopsis: The film is on the successful translocation of leopard would find a spot right at its top. Fiendishly cunning spotted deer from the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological and breathtakingly beautiful, this elusive cat is responsible Garden in Mysore — the first attempt in India to have for the death of many more people than the tiger. Through yielded dividends in translocating spotted deer through the story of a family that lost a child to leopards, the film mass tranquilisation. looks at ongoing research on these cats and the efforts of conservationists to balance the needs of conservation with Production Company: AMYS that of protecting people.
Contact Details: Awards Received by the Film: ‘Best of the Festival Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Award’, CMS VATAVARAN 2005 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Director: Praveen Singh W: www.cec-ugc.org Producer: Praveen Singh Production Company: Scandinature (now Muddy Boots)
English Title: Indian Animal Laws Contact Details: Praveen Singh Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 702, Malaigiri Apartments, Kaushambi, Ghaziabad 201 010, Language: Hindi, English and regional Indian languages Uttar Pradesh Duration: 10 min (13 episodes) P: 95120-2771428 Format: Betacam E: [email protected] W: www.fulgensproductions.com Subject Focus: Laws in India for animal welfare and wildlife protection Synopsis: This is an infotainment capsule — a series of English Title: Indian Water Birds films — each dealing with a specific law meant for animal welfare and wildlife protection. The target audiences are Language: English & Hindi law enforcement agents, animal rights activists and Duration: 28 min citizens in general. Format: 16 mm Directors: Amar Sharma/Rima Chibb Producers: Amar Sharma/Rima Chibb Subject Focus: Water birds of India Production Company: Collage Teleimages Pvt Ltd Commissioning Agency: Collage Teleimages Pvt Ltd Synopsis: The film depicts the habits, characteristics and distinguishing marks of a variety of water birds — both Contact Details: resident and migratory. Collage Teleimages Pvt. Ltd. D-31 Oakwood Estate, DLF City 2, Gurgaon, Haryana P: 0124-2564304/4582; M: 9810073369, 9868104762 Production Company: Central Institute of Educational E: [email protected], [email protected] Technology (CIET) W: www.collage.in Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Introducing Insects English Title: Irula Snake Catchers Cooperative Society Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Language: English Language: English Duration: 18 min Duration: 12 min Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: The Irula Cooperative, which relies on Subject Focus: Insects traditional snake catching skills of the Irula tribe
Synopsis: The programme introduces the representative Synopsis: Through the Cooperative’s work, the film shows species of insects commonly seen in August. how the special skills of the tribals can be used to meet modern needs and provide a means of livelihood for them. Production Company: MDEL Production Company: Eco Media Commissioning Agency: CAPART Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Council for Advancement of People’s Action and Rural W: www.cec-ugc.org Technology (CAPART) Zone-V-A, 2nd Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-24642391,24642393,24642395 English Title: Invasion of Land F: 011-24648607, 24625822 E: [email protected] W: www.capart.nic.in Language: English Duration: 57 min Format: 16 mm English Title: It’s the Fish Speaking! Subject Focus: Evolution of amphibians Original Title: Me Masa Boltoy! Synopsis: The film takes a close look at amphibians, and Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2004 discusses the crucial stages of the evolutionary process Language: Marathi with English subtitles through which fishes crawled on to land. Duration: 8 min, 4 sec Format: Compact VHS Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Subject Focus: An initiative to conserve both water and fish — fish-friendly check dams Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Synopsis: In India, dams offer waters that are rich in fish; Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education often, more fish are caught here than is necessary. Is there Research and Training (NCERT) a way to conserve water without affecting the life cycle of Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 the fish that breed and live in it? The film tells the story of P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 an exploratory initiative to conserve both water and fish, E: [email protected] through the character of a fish: fish-friendly check dams W: www.ciet.nic.in having fish ladders on them to sustain the fish life cycle.
Director: Jyoti Patil Producer: Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA) Production Company: Producer: Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA)
Contact Details: Maharashtra Institute of Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (MITTRA) 5, Bhupali Apartment, 98/2, Eradwana, Prabhat Road Pune 411 004 M: 09850225179 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Jeevat ke Dhani — Hanuman English Title: Journey to Isolation – 4 Langoor (Translocation of Spotted Deer)
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2004 Duration: 14 min 8 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 13 min 34 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: The Langoor monkeys of Jodhpur Subject Focus: A successful initiative to translocate the Synopsis: Jodhpur’s Hanuman Langoors are unparalleled spotted deer in adapting themselves to the changes in their immediate surroundings. Their strikingly human-like behavioral antics Synopsis: The film celebrates the translocation of the have led to the belief that they are our ancestors. spotted deer (cheetal) from the Sri Chamarajendra Zoological Garden in Mysore. This was the first successful Production Company: EJOD attempt of its kind — using mass tranquilisation — in India.
Contact Details: Production Company: AMYS Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.cec-ugc.org NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Jodhpur ka Hanuman Langoor (English) English Title: Julahey Prakriti ke Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Duration: 19 min 43 sec Duration: 10 min 20 sec Format: U-Matic Format: U-Matic Highband
Subject Focus: Animal behavior — the Langoors of Subject Focus: Spiders Jodhpur Synopsis: This film depicts the role of spiders in keeping Synopsis: There are very few branches in zoology that harmful insects and pests under control in fields and grain have attracted so much attention in the past couple of stores. decades as animal behavior. In this regard, the maximum attention has been paid to the impact of environment on Producer: M/s Sanket socialization and individual behavior. This film is a study of Hanuman Langoors in this context. Contact Details: The Secretary Production Company: EJOD Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 Contact Details: P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) E: [email protected] NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 W: www.envfor.nic.in P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: …Just Another Death English Title: Kabootar
Original Title: …Ekka Nishpap Jiwacha Ant Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2004 Language: Hindi Language: Marathi (dubbed in English) Duration: 8 min 35 sec Duration: 24 min 40 sec Format: DV format Subject Focus: Pigeons
Subject Focus: Unintentional deaths of snakes caused Producer: Karan Singh by vehicular traffic Contact Details: Synopsis: The film focuses on snakes crushed to death Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) due to heavy vehicular traffic on roads passing through Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education forests. An independent survey, conducted at Research and Training (NCERT) Mahabaleshwar in the Western Ghats of India, reveals Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 an alarming figure of 172 snakes of 12 different species E: [email protected] crushed to death on surfaced roads in eight days — on a W: www.ciet.nic.in 250 sq. km. area.
Director: Vilas Kane Producer: Vilas Kane English Title: Kalrav Production Company: View Finders Date/Month/Year of Production: 1991 Contact Details: Language: Hindi Vilas Kane Duration: 22 min 18 sec Flat No. 15, Shashikant Terraces, Tejas Nagar, Kothrud Format: U-Matic Highband & VHS Pune 411 038, Maharashtra P: 020-25380185, M: 09822027282 Subject Focus: Birds in cages E: [email protected]
Producer: M/s Vision Video Corporation
English Title: Just Wild Contact Details: The Secretary Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2001 Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Language: Only music, no spoken word Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 Duration: 1 min 46 sec P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] Subject Focus: Wildlife beyond the jungles W: www.envfor.nic.in
Synopsis: The programme captures the vibrant diversity of animal life not in distant wilderness areas, but often just outside our homes and places of work. It aims to create awareness among the general public about such ‘wildlife’ which exist even in urban settings, but may not always be noticed. It also demonstrates that wildlife need not mean only the “big animals in jungles”.
Director: Centre for Environment Education (CEE)
Contact Details: Video Resource Centre Secretariat Centre for Environment Education, Southern Regional Cell 143, Kamala Mansion, Infantry Road, Bangalore 560 001, Karnataka P: 080-22869094/9907; F: 080-22868209 E: [email protected] W: www.ceeindia.org, www.kidsrgreen.org, www.ceevrc.org
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English Title: Khargosh English Title: King Cobra
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1997 Language: Hindi Language: English Duration: 11 min Duration: 53 min
Subject Focus: Rabbits Subject Focus: The King Cobras of south India Synopsis: The King Cobra is the world’s largest venomous Synopsis: A part of a series on animals, this programme snake, reaching lengths of 18 feet. This film (the first full- is on rabbits. It gives a detailed description of the physical length film ever made on a single species of snake) traits, faculties, habitats, lifestyles and food habits of these explores the natural history of this remarkable snake in animals. the jungles of Kerala. The film follows a male King Cobra as it struggles to keep up with an ever-diminishing habitat, Producer: Ms. Uttam Puri the rainforest, and strays into the world of humans in a tea estate. The snake is caught and tranlocated to another Contact Details: forest, where he mates and fathers a brood. The newborn Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) King Cobras face a challenging world of dangers, with Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education the ultimate threat being their rapidly disappearing habitat. Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Awards Received by the Film: ‘Silver Tree Award’ CMS P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 VATAVARAN 2002 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in Director: Rom Earl Whitaker Commissiong Agency: National Geographic Television
English Title: Kill Fear not Snakes Contact Details: Rom Earl Whitaker Draco Films, P. O. Box-21, Chengalpattu 603 001, Tamil Nadu Original Title: Kill Fear not Snakes P: 04114-29195/ 220195; F: 04114-4998184 Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2005 E: [email protected] Language: English W: www.snakesofindia.com Duration: 3 min Format: Mini DV English Title: Kitchen of a Zoo Subject Focus: Overcoming the fear of reptiles
Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2001 Synopsis: This film is an attempt to evoke appreciation Language: English for one of the most amazing creations of our planet: Duration: 24 min 23 sec reptiles, especially snakes. It is also about overcoming Format: Betacam the fear of reptiles that is ingrained in the human psyche from childhood. Subject Focus: Animals and their food
Director: Kavita K. Meegama Synopsis: People like to visit the zoo and watch its inmates, Producer: Kavita K. Meegama but do they ever ask what do these animals and birds eat, Production Company: Cupid Films and Firefly Creative and how? Animals too have the strictly non-vegetarians Studio, Hyderabad and the equally strictly vegetarians among them. There also some who demand ‘live’ food. The film goes into the kitchen Contact Details: of a typical zoo to take a look at the menu, and the way the Kavita K. Meegama different items are prepared and served. 73, Kalyan Gardens, Sainikpuri Post, Secunderabad 500 094 Andhra Pradesh Production Company: ECAL P: 040-27113612; M: 9849896844 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Kudremukh — A Unique Wilderness English Title: Kurja — Rajasthani Love Bird
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Original Title: Kurja — Rajasthani Love Bird Language: English, Kannada Date/Month/Year of Production: February 1996 Duration: 15 min Language: English Format: Mini DV Duration: 17 min 1 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Kudremukh National Park in south India Subject Focus: The Demoiselle Crane Synopsis: Located in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, the Kudremukh National Park comprises the largest single Synopsis: A small village in the Rajasthan desert has block of shola and grassland ecosystem in south India. It become a paradise for migratory birds such as the has an extraordinarily high diversity of plant and animal Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoids virgo), or the Kurja. For species, including rare ones like the Lion-tailed Macaque, the past decade, the village of Khichan has been the Great Pied Hornbill and the King Cobra. The landscape welcoming the arrival of these cranes, which reach the and the vegetation form an important watershed that place after covering a distance of more than 4,500 to 6,000 provides water to millions of people on the plains below. km. Three important rivers, the Thunga, Bhadra and the Netravati have their origins in the Park. Attracted by the Producer: Praveen K. Jha Park’s beauty, many people undertake treks to Kudremukh. Unfortunately, many of them do not understand the fragile Contact Details: nature of this landscape. They cause forest fires through Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) their carelessness, and leave behind plastic and other Faculty of Engg, JNV University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan garbage in this pristine area. P: 0291-2513734; F: 0291-2513733 E: [email protected] Director: Shekar Dattatri Producer: Shekar Dattatri Production Company: Trust for Environmental Education English Title: Kurjaan — Rajasthani Prem Commissioning Agency: Karnataka Forest Department Pakheru
Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2002 Shekar Dattatri Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur Duration: 16 min 57 sec Chennai 600041 Tamil Nadu Format: Betacam P: 044- 24415744, 2491 4802; M: 0 9841015997 F: 044-2491 0910, 2491 8747 Synopsis: The village of Kichan is a shinning star on the E: [email protected], [email protected] bird sanctuary map of the country — all because Kurjaan W: www.shekardattatri.com (local name of a bird) travel thousands of kilometres from various parts of the world to come here and breed. The birds start arriving towards the end of August or the be- ginning of September — the film is a tribute to them.
Production Company: EJOD
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Ladakh — The Forbidden English Title: Langoor Business Wilderness Original Title: Langoor Business Subject Focus: Wildlife and people of Ladakh Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2005 Language: English, with English subtitles Synopsis: A film on the rare wildlife and people of the Duration: 26 min, 58 sec high altitude border region of Ladakh, it captures — among Format: Betacam SP other things — the activities of the elusive Snow Leopard and the breeding cycle of the Bar-headed Geese. Subject Focus: The Langoor
Production Company: Bedi Ji Productions Pvt. Ltd. Synopsis: The film is on the Phayeris Langur or the Spectacle Monkey, which is found in Tripura. Contact Details: Bedi Films, E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 Director: Dr. Sukarna Deb P: 011- 25439939, 25441864, 51444332, F: 011-25430850 Producer: Dr. Sukarna Deb E: [email protected]; [email protected] Production Company: Deb Production W: www.bedibrothers.com Contact Details: Dr. Sukarna Deb English Title: Land of Gaints/Gaints Claw Ramnagar Road, No 5 (Last), Agartala 799 022, Tripura P: 0381-2202263; M: 09863031759 E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Duration: 57 min Format: DVD English Title: Last Dance of the Sarus
Directors: Jasper James and Tim Haines Language: English & Hindi Producers: Jasper James and Tim Haines Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Contact Details: Subject Focus: The Sarus Crane British Council Library 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 Synopsis: The Sarus Crane, the world’s tallest flying bird, P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 is in trouble. This is an investigative news story on how E: [email protected] the wetlands of eastern India, home to nearly one-third of the world’s population of the Sarus, are being drained to make way for an airport in violation of all environmental laws.
Director: Bahar Dutt Producer: Rohit Khanna
Contact Details: Bahar Dutt J 27-A Jangpura Extn, New Delhi 110 014 P: 9810904748 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Last of the Wild English Title: Leopard-Man Conflict
Language: English Original Title: Leopard-Man Conflict Duration: 17 min Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Format: 16 mm Language: English Duration: 25 min Subject Focus: Vanishing Wildlife of India Format: Digital
Synopsis: The film brings to the screen some of the fast Subject Focus: Leopard attacks on people — the vanishing species of wildlife such as the wild ass and the problem, its causes and solutions lion in the Gir forest. It ends with a note of caution that if immediate care is not taken, these wild species will Synopsis: The film documents the cases of leopard disappear completely. attacks across the country, and the retaliation from people and forest departments which has resulted in the deaths Production Company: Central Institute of Educational of many of these animals. Technology (CIET) Producer: Mahesh Vasantrao Mahajan Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Mahesh Vasantrao Mahajan Research and Training (NCERT) Founder Member, Friends of Nature Association, 1107-126 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 “Bahar Bungalow”, Kadolkar Colony, Talegaon Dabhade P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Pune 410 506, Maharashtra E: [email protected] P: 02114-223551 W: www.ciet.nic.in E: [email protected]
English Title: Law of the Jungle English Title: Leopards of Bollywood
Original Title: Law of the Jungle Original Title: Leopards of Bollywood Date/Month/Year of Production: 1989 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 67 min Duration: 47 min Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Format: Digital Beta
Subject Focus: Living resources and wildlife of the Subject Focus: Leopard-human conflict in Mumbai Orinoco and the Amazon — a comparison Synopsis: The film tells the story of leopards that have struck terror in the suburbs of Mumbai, India’s commercial Synopsis: This documentary contrasts the environment and film hub. Leopards from the adjoining Sanjay Gandhi of La Macarena, a protected conservation area in Orinoco National Park have been responsible for 44 attacks on Savannas torn by political and social turmoil, with that of humans. The film follows Prakash Thosre, a senior forest the Caguan river reserve in the Amazon where settler officer and leopard specialist who was called in to solve organisations have undertaken to protect the environment the problem, on his investigations. in exchange for public service and land tenure. Awards Received by the Film: ‘Jury Special Mention Directors: Patricia Castano and Adelaida Trujillo Awards’ CMS VATAVARAN 2005 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) Director: Animitra Chakravarti Contact Details: Producers: Niret Alva and Nikhil J. Alva Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Production Company: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Miditech Pvt. Ltd. W: www.cseindia.org 121, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon – 122 015, Haryana P: 0124-2397001 – 10; F: 0124-2397011 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.miditech.org
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English Title: Let Live… Snakes English Title: Life in the Indian Desert
Original Title: Let Live… Snakes Original Title: Life in the Indian Desert Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Language: English Language: English with English subtitles Duration: 18 min Duration: 10 min, 33 sec Format: 35 mm Format: Mini DV Subject Focus: Wildlife of the Indian desert Subject Focus: Snakes of Tamil Nadu Producer: Films Division Synopsis: Gods to some, devils to others — thus goes the story of snakes, worshipped and abhored at the same Contact Details: time. The documentary delves into the symbolism and Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, mythology associated with snakes, and uncovers the Government of India reality of these reptiles. 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Director: B. Prem Anand E: [email protected] Producer: B. Prem Anand W: www.filmsdivision.org Production Company: New Lads Cine Production
Contact Details: Prem B Anand English Title: Life is Beautiful (Fill in the Blank) 23, Bakthi Vedantha, I Avenue, Royala Nagar Annexe, Ramapuram, Chennai 600 089 Original Title: Life is Beautiful (Fill in the Blank) P: 044-22490304, M: 09884092282 Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 E: [email protected] Language: English Duration: 24 min Format: PD 170 English Title: Life in the Freezer Subject Focus: Wildlife conservation Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Language: English Synopsis: Through conversations with conservationists, Duration: 174 min the film explores the issue of wildlife conservation with Format: DVD specific reference to the big cats — the reasons behind Director: David Attenborough their extinction, how saving them is related to the survival of other wildlife, conservation efforts being made at various Contact Details: levels, the debate on the approach towards conservation, British Council Library etc. 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 Director: Sanyogita Sharma E: [email protected] Producers: Deepak Sharma & Deepak Shah Production Company: Creative Buds (Pvt. Group)
Contact Details: Deepak Shah, Deepak Sharma 211-Masjid Moth, South Extn – II, New Delhi 110 049 M: 9818297492 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Life of Birds English Title: Life under Wildlife
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Original Title: Life under Wildlife Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Duration: 489 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 22 min Director: David Attenborough Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Producer: David Attenborough Subject Focus: Human-animal conflict in national parks Contact Details: and reserve forests British Council Library 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 Synopsis: This is a film on the conflict between man and P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 E: [email protected] animals when the traditional inheritors of forests are evicted and rehabilitated in inhospitable terrains — all in the name of protecting wildlife. It is a case study of the situation in Nagarhole National Park in Karnataka and English Title: Life on Earth (Part 4) Rajaji National Park in Uttar Pradesh.
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Producer: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Language: English Format: DVD Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Director: David Attenborough 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Producer: Christopher Parsons P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org Contact Details: British Council Library 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401 English Title: Lion-tailed Macaque F: 011-23710717 E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2003 Language: English Duration: 14 min 26 sec English Title: Life on Earth: The Complete Format: Betacam Series Subject Focus: The Lion-tailed Macaque Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English Synopsis: This programme focusses on the conservation Format: DVD of the Lion-tailed Macaque, which is endemic to a few pockets of the Western Ghats. There are only about 3,500 Producer: BBC animals of the species left in the wild today. In the film, Prof. Mewa Singh, a renowed primate expert working on Contact Details: Macaques, provides suggestions for conserving and British Council Library breeding these animals in their natural habitat. 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 Production Company: AMYS E: [email protected]
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Lion-tailed Macaque – English Title: Live and Let Live An Endangered Primate of the Western Ghats Original Title: Jeeyo aur Jeene Do Original Title: Lion-tailed Macaque – An Endangered Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Primate of the Western Ghats Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2003 Duration: 21 min Language: English Format: 35 mm Duration: 14 min, 16 sec Format: Betacam SP Subject Focus: Protecting wildlife
Subject Focus: The Lion-tailed Macaque Synopsis: Salim Khan and Dayaram enter a forest to hunt wild animals. They manage to wound a bear, but the Synopsis: Probably one of the most primitive of all animal pounces on them. Salim and Dayaram run to save macaques, the Lion-tailed Macaque (LTM) is endemic to their lives and in their fright, fall off the cliff. The bear saves the Western Ghats in south India. Only 3,500 animals of their lives and all three become friends. The bear then the species are left in the wild. The film documents the takes them around the forest and shows them the plight behavior, habitat and conservation strategies of this primate. of wounded animals. Ashamed, Salim and Dayaram lay down their weapons in front of the animals. With this story, Producer: J. K. Siddeswara, D. H. Tanuja, V. S. the film aims to instill the message of understanding in Shivakrupa human beings — birds and wild animals also belong to Production Company: Educational Multi Media Research nature and have a right to live a good life. Centre (EMRC) Director: Bhaskar Sarnaik Contact Details: Producer: Children’s Film Society of India Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMRC) University of Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore 570 006 Contact Details: Karnataka Children’s Film Society, India P: 0821-2419562; F: 2415147 Films Division Complex, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg E: [email protected] Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 022-23526798, 23516136; F: 022-23522610 E: [email protected] W: www.cfsindia.org English Title: Little Varju and Friendly Flute
Original Title: Little Varju and Friendly Flute Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 English Title: Long Sails Language: Hindi with English subtitles Duration: 16 min Original Title: Long Sails Format: Betacam SP Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: English Subject Focus: Child labour and wildlife Duration: 30 min Format: DVD Synopsis: In this animation film, Little Varju’s friend, guide and philosopher is his owl, Serwig. Varju’s uncle had Subject Focus: Thuthoor, a fishing village promised to give the boy a sound education and Varju’s mother lets him go in the hope her son will make a name Synopsis: The film dwells on the life and struggles of a for himself. But the crooked uncle makes Varju a bonded celebrated village of fishermen, in Thuthoor on the labour. When the uncle gives Varju an impossible task, southern coast of India. help comes from Serwig. The owl’s friendly flute gathers together every animal in the forest to help Varju. Director: Sajeev Pillai Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Director: Rani Day Burra Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Producer: Children’s Film Society (PSBT) Production Company: Children’s Film Society Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Contact Details: Children’s Film Society, India Contact Details: Films Division Complex, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg Public Service Broadcasting Trust ((PSBT) Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 P: 022-23526798, 23516136; F: 022-23522610 P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 E: [email protected] E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.cfsindia.org W: www.psbt.org
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English Title: Lords of the Air English Title: Madhumakkhiyan
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Duration: 56 min Language: Hindi Format: 16 mm Duration: 18 min 11sec
Subject Focus: Feathers of birds Subject Focus: Honeybees
Synopsis: The programme examines the uses and Synopsis: The film tells the story of Mitho, the bear, who advantages of a unique possession of birds — their eats up all the honey collected painstakingly by feathers. honeybees. The bees, with the help of their friend the rabbit, explain to the bear the entire process of collecting Production Company: Central Institute of Educational honey. Mitho realizes the hard work involved in process Technology (CIET) and regrets his action.
Contact Details: Producer: Central Institute of Educational Technology Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Contact Details: Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education E: [email protected] Research and Training (NCERT) W: www.ciet.nic.in Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in English Title: Lost World Vanished Lives
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: English English Title: Mammalia-1 Duration: 156 min Format: DVD Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1997 Language: English Contact Details: Duration: 10 min 42 sec British Council Library Format: VHS 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 Subject Focus: Mammals E: [email protected] Synopsis: Beginning with a brief discussion of the continental drift and how it led to adaptations in animals, the film goes on to explain the divisions of the animal kingdom, the evolution of mammals and the various characteristic features of Mammalia, the highest class of the animal kingdom.
Production Company: APAT
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Mammalia-2 English Title: Maneka’s Ark/Animal Ark
Date/Month/Year of Production: September 1997 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Language: English Duration: 14 min 33 sec Duration: 24 min (100 episodes) Format: VHS Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Primates, ungulates and carnivores Subject Focus: Animal welfare and wildlife conservation
Synopsis: The programme looks at three orders of Synopsis: This is a weekly television serial which deals Mammalia — Primates, Carnivores and Ungulates. with issues pertaining to the world of nature conservation, Habitats, feeding patterns and characteristics of a variety and aims at generating awareness and shaping public of animals such as Chimpanzees, Gibbons, Langoors, opinion in favour of conservation. This first of its kind Asiatic Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Sambhars, Blackbucks programme is hosted by animal rights activist Maneka and Cheetal have been covered in the film. Gandhi.
Production Company: APAT Directors: Amar Sharma/Rima Chibb Producers: Amar Sharma/Rima Chibb Contact Details: Production Company: Collage Teleimages Pvt. Ltd. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Commissioning Agency: Collage Teleimages Pvt. Ltd. NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Collage Teleimages Pvt. Ltd. D-31 Oakwood Estate, DLF City 2, Gurgaon, Haryana P: 0124-2564304/4582; M: 9810073369, 9868104762 E: [email protected]; [email protected] English Title: Maneka’s ARC W: www.collage.in
Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1998 Language: English Duration: 26 min 20 sec English Title: Mantra of Survival – Adaptation
Subject Focus: Animal welfare Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2003 Language: English Synopsis: This programme is focused on Maneka’s Duration: 10 min 42 sec advocacy of animal rights, which has brought about laws Format: Betacam towards more humane treatment of legged, winged and crawling creatures. Subject Focus: Adaptation in the animal kingdom
Director: Rima Chib/Amar Sharma Synopsis: Over time, the earth has seen millions of Producer: STAR India Pvt. Ltd. species evolving and becoming extinct. Some have survived because they have adapted to their surroundings. Contact Details: This programme presents how animals adapt for survival. Star India Pvt.Ltd 1st Floor, Central Wing, Thapar House, 124 Janpath Production Company: AIND New Delhi 110 001 T: 011-5249 4900; F: 011-5104 9490 Contact Details: W: www.star.co.in Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Marine Communities English Title: Maru Vanya Jeev: Manohaari Kala Hiran Language: English Duration: 15 min Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1994 Format: 16 mm Language: English Duration: 14 min Subject Focus: Marine animals Format: Betacam
Synopsis: The interdependence of marine animals and Subject Focus: The Blackbuck their association in communities is highlighted in this film through various examples. Synopsis: The documentary takes the viewer to western Rajasthan, the land of the Blackbuck (Antelope Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Cervicapara). Reckless decimation of vegetation, Technology (CIET) transformation of open grasslands into cultivated fields and ruthless hunting by man have combined to drive this Contact Details: beautiful antelope almost to the verge of extinction. Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Production Company: EJOD Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.ciet.nic.in NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Marine Micro-Zoo Plankton English Title: Maru Vanya Jeevan – Neelgai Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1985 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1994 Duration: 18 min 13 sec Language: English Format: U-Matic Duration: 14 min Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Aquatic life in the Arctic Subject Focus: The Neelgai (Blue Bull) Synopsis: In this programme, an expert unravels the mysteries of aquatic life in the Arctic. Synopsis: The film deals with the life cycle of the Neelgai, the largest antelope found in the country. Production Company: EPUN Production Company: EJOD Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Contact Details: P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.cec-ugc.org NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Mayura: Our National Bird English Title: Migrating Butterflies
Original Title: Mayura: Our National Bird Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1984 Language: English Language: English Duration: 11 min Duration: 18 min 6 sec Format: 35 mm Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: The peacock Subject Focus: Butterflies
Producer: Films Division Synopsis: This programme focuses on migratory butterflies, such as the Monarch butterfly. Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Production Company: MDEL Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra Contact Details: P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) F: 022-23515308, 23511008 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected] P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.filmsdivision.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Mendhak English Title: Monkeys at Tughlaqabad-1 (Monkeys at Tughlaqabad) Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1995 Duration: 15 min Language: English Duration: 15 min 27 sec Subject Focus: The frog Format: Betacam Producer: Ms. Uttam Puri Subject Focus: Rhesus monkeys of Delhi
Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Synopsis: This is a scientific study of the habits of rhesus Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education monkeys living around Tughlaqabad fort and its Research and Training (NCERT) surrounding areas in Delhi. Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Production Company: MDEL E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Mor (Peacock) English Title: Mungi
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 Original Title: Mungi Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Duration: 10 min 16 sec Language: English with English subtitles Duration: 1 min, 41 sec Subject Focus: The peacock Format: VCD
Producer: Karan Singh Subject Focus: Wildlife conservation, seen through the eyes of an ant Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Synopsis: Mungi unfolds like a riddle — the riddle of Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education wildlife conservation. Human beings have been Research and Training (NCERT) encroaching on natural habitat for years, putting animals Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 and plants in danger of extinction. The protagonist ‘Mungi’, P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] an ant, braves her way through the innumerable W: www.ciet.nic.in encroachments that human beings have made on its natural habitat. The animation film leaves us with an open- ended question: are we willing to seriously conserve wildlife? English Title: Mujhe Jeene Do Director: Sonal Dhokale Date/Month/Year of Production: June 1999 Language: English Contact Details: Duration: 16 min 8 sec Sonal Dhokale Format: Betacam 20/A, Madhuban Apartments, G. Gupte Road, Dombivli (West), Thane 421 202, Maharashtra Synopsis: A detailed discussion has been recorded in P: 95251-2488857; M: 09821441317 E: [email protected] this part of the documentary on the langoors of Jodhpur about the locality-wise variations in their food and medical treatment. The unprecedented medial treatment of wild animals in their own areas of habitation is unique. English Title: Murderous Garment
Production Company: EJOD Original Title: Murderous Garment Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 Contact Details: Language: English Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Duration: 30 sec NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Format: Betacam SP P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Subject Focus: Sale and use of clothes made from animal fur
Synopsis: This short animation film is a criticism of the practice of selling and using clothes made from animal fur. It asks us to look beyond the glamour of such clothing to the price that is paid by the helpless animals, cruelly trapped and killed to cater to our luxury.
Director: Ashish Nangia Producer: Ashish Nangia
Contact Details: Ashish Nangia 63, Ashoka Road, Thomas Town, Bangalore 560 084 P: 080-30914886, M: 9886402758 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Naming Ceremony – Christian English Title: Naming Ceremony – Muslim
Original Title: Naming Ceremony – Christian Original Title: Naming Ceremony – Muslim Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 35 sec Duration: 45 sec Format: 35 mm Format: 35 mm
Subject Focus: Saving endangered birds Subject Focus: Saving endangered birds
Synopsis: This film was part of a campaign for raising Synopsis: Part of a series made for the ‘Adopt a rare funds for the ‘Adopt a rare bird’ programme. Shot like a bird’ programme this film has been shot as a naming naming ceremony in a Christian household, the film ceremony in a Muslim household. showcases families, which have adopted and named rare birds after themselves. Director: Bardroy Baretto Producer: Anjan Prakash Director: Bardroy Baretto Production Company: Brown skins Producer: Anjan Prakash Production Company: Brown Skins Contact Details: Brown Skins Contact Details: 9/9, The Worli Shiv Sai CHS, Opp. Glaxo, Dr. Annie Besant Brown Skins Road, Mumbai 400 025, Maharashtra 9/9, The Worli Shiv Sai CHS, Opp. Glaxo, Dr. Annie Besant P: 022-24930730; F: 022-24930731 Road, Mumbai 400 025, Maharashtra E: [email protected] P: 022-24930730; F: 022-24930731 W: www.brownskins.net E: [email protected] W: www.brownskins.net English Title: Natural Heritage of Gujarat
English Title: Naming Ceremony – Hindu Original Title: Natural Heritage of Gujarat Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2000 Original Title: Naming Ceremony – Hindu Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2004 Duration: 42 min Language: English Format: VHS, VCD Duration: 40 sec Format: 35 mm Subject Focus: Environment and wildlife of Gujarat
Subject Focus: Saving endangered birds Synopsis: This public awareness documentary covers Gujarat’s flora and fauna in almost all its sanctuaries and Synopsis: Part of a series made for the ‘Adopt a rare national parks. Rare and endangered wildlife has been bird’ programme, this film has been shot as a naming given due coverage along with wetland and migratory ceremony in a Hindu household. birds. The documentary also looks at the dependence of local communities on the state’s natural resources and Director: Bardroy Baretto the threat that Gujarat’s protected areas survive in. Producer: Anjan Prakash Production Company: Brown Skins Producer: Ashok Mewada Commissioning Agency: Forest Department, Gujarat Contact Details: Brown Skins Contact Details: 9/9, The Worli Shiv Sai CHS, Opp. Glaxo, Dr. Annie Besant NAM Communications Road, Mumbai 400 025, Maharashtra 8/A, Paritosh Society, Naranpura, Ahmedabad 380 013 P: 022-24930730; F: 022-24930731 Gujarat E: [email protected] P: 079-7910656; F: 079-5622905 W: www.brownskins.net E: [email protected]
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English Title: Nature’s Sentinels — Bishnoi English Title: Nesting by Night
Original Title: Nature’s Sentinels — Bishnoi Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1997 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 14 min 44 sec Duration: 28 min Format: Betacam Format: 35 mm Subject Focus: Turtles Subject Focus: Contribution of the Bishnoi community of Rajasthan in nature conservation Synopsis: The programme documents the annual process of nesting of Olive Ridley turtles on the coast of Andhra Synopsis: This is a film on the Bishnoi community, which Pradesh, and the emergence of the hatchlings on the believes in the 29 principles of conservation of nature, of Orissa coast. It also highlights the need to protect these which the most important one concerns the preservation species. of trees, greenery and wildlife. Production Company: EHYD Producer: Y. N. Engineer Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Government of India P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org English Title: Nilgiri Tahr
Original Title: Nilgiri Tahr Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2003 English Title: Nature’s Symphony Language: Malayalam (with English subtitles) Duration: 3 min 5 sec Original Title: Nature’s Symphony Format: Betacam SP Language: English Duration: 10 min Subject Focus: The Nilgiri tahr Format: 35 mm Synopsis: The Eravikulam National Park in the Western Subject Focus: Monsoons and their impact on birds Ghats is the abode of the Nilgiri tahr. Listed as an endangered species, the tahr’s population has increased Synopsis: The approach of the monsoon strikes a note due to ongoing conservation efforts, but receding forest of happiness in the feathered kingdom. The peacock starts cover is still a threat to these elegant animals. dancing in delight — the film celebrates this joy. Director: Sribala K. Menon Producer: Films Division Producer: Department of Forests and Widllife Production Company: Centre for Development of Contact Details: Imaging Technology Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra Contact Details: P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 Manoj Krishnan P. F: 022-23515308, 23511008 C-DIT, Gorki Bhavan, Vanross Junction E: [email protected] Thiruvananthapuram 695 034, Kerala W: www.filmsdivision.org P: 0471-2330081; M: 09447886486 F: 0471-2333735, 2328659 E: [email protected] W: www.cdit.org
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English Title: Operation Gajraj English Title: Operation Kheda
Original Title: Operation Gajraj Original Title: Operation Kheda Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2005 Language: English Language: English Duration: 12 min Duration: 8 min, 18 sec Format: 35 mm Format: DV Subject Focus: Trapping elephants Subject Focus: Expanding urbanization taking over wildlife habitats Synopsis: This is a film on elephant trapping and the risks involved in these operations. Synopsis: This film is based on a true story, and the shots used are original. On 4 April 2004, two wild elephants from Producer: Films Division the forests near Ranchi (Jharkhand) strayed into the city, throwing the city into panic. Forests officials guided the Contact Details: elephants safely to the neighbouring Horhap forests, but the Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting question the film puts forth is: why are we allowing urban areas Government of India to expand by destroying and fragmenting wildlife habitats? 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Director: Diksha Kumari Prasad E: [email protected] Producer: Diksha Kumari Prasad W: www.filmsdivision.org
Contact Details: Department of Forests, Jharkhand Forests Officers Colony, Doranda, Ranchi 834 002 English Title: Panna – Jewel of Central India Jharkhand M: 9934109793 Original Title: Panna – Jewel of Central India Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Language: English English Title: Operation Hot Pursuit Duration: 15 min Format: Mini DV, Super 16 mm Original Title: Operation Hot Pursuit Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2003 Subject Focus: The Panna Tiger Reserve Language: English Duration: 23 min 30 sec Synopsis: Set in the central Vindhyan plateau, the 543 Format: Digital sq. km. Panna Tiger Reserve in northern Madhya Pradesh has the magnificent Ken river running through it. For most Subject Focus: Illegal trade in ivory in India visitors to Panna, the tiger is its main attraction. But the park is also home to a wide variety of other wildlife Synopsis: This film is a racy thriller that follows including leopard, sloth bear, sambhar, chital, chousingha conservationist Vivek Menon as he sets out on the trail of and chinkara. Over 200 species of birds have been illegal ivory trade, sometimes with hidden cameras for recorded here as well. undercover investigations, raids to nab illegal ivory traders, secret meetings with buyers of ivory and sting operations. Director: Shekar Dattatri The trail begins with the culling of elephants in southern Producer: Shekar Dattatri India, and leads to packaged tusks smuggled via trading Production Company: Shekar Dattatri routes in Taiwan and finally to Japan. Commissioning Agency: Wildlife Institute of India (WII)
Producer: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. Contact Details: Commissioning Agency: National Geographic Channel Wildlife Institute of India Post Bag #18, Chandrabani, Dehradun 248 001, Uttaranchal International P: 0135-2640111/15; F: 0135 2640117 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.wii.gov.in Miditech Pvt. Ltd. 121, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon – 122 015, Haryana P: 0124-2397001 – 10; F: 0124-2397011 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.miditech.org
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English Title: Performance on Wildlife English Title: Poisonous Snakes Conservation Language: English Original Title: Performance on Wildlife Conservation Duration: 35 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Format: 16 mm Language: Hindi Duration: 3 min, 50 sec Subject Focus: Snakes Format: Betacam SP Synopsis: The film gives an account of the habits of Subject Focus: Wildlife conservation snakes, snake-hunting in the Kara-Kum desert, and of the uses of snake venom in medicine for curative purposes Directors: Asrar Shamse & Kailash Bhutani and for the production of anti-venom serums. Producer: Executive Director, Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Production Company: Super Ads Technology (CIET)
Contact Details: Contact Details: Petroleum Conservation Research Association (PCRA) Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Sanrakshan Bhavan, 10 Bhikaiji Cama Place Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education New Delhi 110 066 Research and Training (NCERT) P: 011- 26198809; F: 011-26109668 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 E: [email protected] P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 W: www.pcra.org E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
English Title: Point Calimere - Little Kingdom by the Coast English Title: Powers of Unparallel Flights: Siberian Crane Date/Month/Year of Production: 2006 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1999 Duration: 25 min Duration: 11 min 45 sec Format: Betacam Synopsis: Point Calimere is a unique sanctuary by the sea in Tamil Nadu, famous for its herds of blackbuck and Subject Focus: The Siberian white crane flocks of flamingos. It is also known for its feral ponies, and an 18 sq.km. patch of dry evergreen forest full of Synopsis: The Siberian white crane (Grus lucogeranus) medicinal plants. In 2002 the swamps around Point has always been the centre of attraction at the bird Calimere were declared a Ramsar Site, a designation sanctuary in Bharatpur. A large, elegeant bird, it is now given to wetlands of international significance. Over a rare and has been listed as a threatened species. The hundred species of migratory water birds visit these film is a visual essay on the Siberian crane. swamps in winter, but over the years their populations have been declining. Point Calimere – Little Kingdom by Production Company: EJOD the Coast offers a glimpse into this remarkable ecosystem and the problems that confront it. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Director: Shekar Dattatri NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Shekar Dattatri Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur Chennai 600041 Tamil Nadu P: 044- 24415744, 2491 4802; M: 0 9841015997 F: 044-2491 0910, 2491 8747 E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.shekardattatri.com
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English Title: Predator (Part II) English Title: Public Service Message Film 1
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Original Title: Public Service Message Film 1 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Duration: 106 min Language: English Format: DVD Duration: 30 sec Format: Digital video Director: John Mctiernan Producer: Lawerence Gordon Subject Focus: Prevention of captivity of animals
Contact Details: Synopsis: Zoos exhibit captive wildlife for public education British Council Library and entertainment, but they ignore the impact of this 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 captivity on the animals. Captive wildlife can display signs E: [email protected] of distress and abnormal behavior. There have been instances of animals hurting themselves due to ‘zoochosis’. This film informs the viewer about the abnormal behavior that captivity causes and makes an English Title: Primates of India appeal to prevent cruelty against animals.
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1998 Director: Ashavari Majumdar Language: English Producer: Abhyuday Khaitan Duration: 13 min Format: Betacam Contact Details: Production Company: AMAD Ashvari Majumdar and Abhyuday Khaitan 5th Floor, Block O, 11/11 A, Mayfair Road, Kolkata 700 019 Contact Details: P: 033-22403828, M: 09831689229 (Ashvari), 09831134318 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) (Abhyuday Khaitan); 033-30934600 (Abhyuday); F: 22346960 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected] P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: Public Service Message Film 2
English Title: Probation to Freedom-5 Original Title: Public Service Message Film 2 (Translocation of Sptteed Deer) Date/Month/Year of Production: February 2005 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2004 Duration: 30 sec Language: English Format: Digital video Duration: 12 min 59 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Teasing animals held in captivity
Subject Focus: Translocation of spotted deer (chital) Synopsis: Teasing and feeding animals that are held in captivity in zoos has always been a major source of Synopsis: The translocation of spotted deer from the Sri entertainment for the public. Legislation against this habit Chamarajendra Zoological Garden in Mysore has been a has not proven to be effective and notices that request success; in fact, this was the the first successful attempt the public not to feed or tease animals are largely ignored. to transolcate spotted deer through mass tranquilisation This film appeals to viewers to fight this practice. in India. The film presents aspects such as design of the cage for transporting the deer, and the entire process of Director: Ashavari Majumdar transportation (taking the animals to the ‘holding area’ and Producer: Abhyuday Khaitan eventually to the ‘free range environment’).
Contact Details: Production Company: AMYS Ashvari Majumdar and Abhyuday Khaitan 5th Floor, Block O, 11/11 A, Mayfair Road, Kolkata 700 019 Contact Details: P: 033-22403828, M: 09831689229 (Ashvari), 09831134318 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) (Abhyuday), 033-30934600 (Abhyuday); F: 22346960 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 E: [email protected] P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Refugee of the Millennium English Title: Return of the Song Bird
Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2000 Original Title: Return of the Song Bird Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2006 Duration: 23 min Language: English Subject Focus: Man-elephant conflict in Karnataka Duration: 30 min Format: DVD Director: S.K. Chakrabarti Subject Focus: Conservation effort by Angami Nagas Contact Details: Ram Pejawar Pejawar & Pejawar, A1/7, Dattaprasad Apts., 10th Main Road Synopsis: The film documents an indigenous effort by Malleswaram, Bangalore 560 003 the Angami Nagas that has saved diverse ecosystems M: 91803348429 and the beautiful Tragopan bird from extinction in E: [email protected] Nagaland.
Director: Satya Prakash English Title: Refugees of War Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Production Company: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Original Title: Refugees of War (PSBT) Date/Month/Year of Production: 2005 Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting Language: Singhalese Trust (PSBT) Duration: 30 min Format: DV Format Contact Details: Synopsis: Delft is the largest island In the North of Sri Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Lanka. People had inhabited this island from the ancient A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 times and old commercial lines lay across this island. The P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 inhabitants of this island have been put into severe E: [email protected], [email protected] W: www.psbt.org hardships because of the existing war is the North East of Sri Lanka. The majority of the in habitants are fisherman. Mary of them have left their home. The first sequence of the documentary opens a dialogue on the living conditions English Title: Return to the Wild of these fisherman battered by the war. Portuguese brought horses to this island in 1600 A.D. for their warfare. When the invaders left Sri Lanka, they left behind these horses. Original Title: Return to the Wild These horses lived in the jungles of the island for about Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 400 years. The population of the horses today stands 4000 Language: English in number. But today they are on the path to extinction due Duration: 7 min to the scarcity of food and water. The island gets little rainfall. Format: Betacam SP The second sequence of the documentary brings to light the life style of these horses. This documentary brings to Subject Focus: Protecting the tigers of Sundarbans light its attention on the horses. This documentary brings to light the life style of these horses, the tragic situation Synopsis: The Sunderbans Tiger Reserve in India has they are in, the hopelessness of the people resulting from the largest mangrove forests in the world. Tigers from the war and the collapse of their life style. This documentary these forests often stray into nearby villages, and are develops a comparative analysis on broth the horses and attacked and killed by locals. The film’s backdrop is a real- the people of the island being reduced to refugee status life incident — the tranquilisation and translocation of a and the collapse of their life. The program while looking in tigress that had strayed into the village of Bali. Through it, to the impact the war has on the life of the people as well the film explores issues related to tiger conservation. as the animals. The socio economics problems and the environmental problems in the island takes the form of a tour by an explorer. Director: Himanshu Malhotra Producer: Himanshu Malhotra Director: M.W. Geethani Senavirathna/ National Youth Production Company: Multi Media Centre Contact Details: Contact Details: Himanshu Malhotra National Youth Centre Multi Media, C-50 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110 024 113 Somerset Road #01-02 Singapore 238165 P: 011-24330000, 24330005; F: 24330090 T: 006734 4233; F: 006836 2471 E. [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.youthopia.org.sg W: www.wildlifefilms.com
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English Title: Rhino, the Indian Unicorn English Title: Rogue of Kaziranga
Original Title: Rhino, the Indian Unicorn Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 Duration: 27 min Language: Spoken Hindi/English Duration: 24 min Synopsis: The Rogue of Kaziranga is on the prowl. Five Format: Betacam people have died under his marauding feet. The forest authorities summon Dinesh, a legendary elephant hunter Subject Focus: Conservation of the Indian Rhinoceros of Assam. But this Rogue of Kaziranga is an enigma. Who is he? Why is he targeting humans? As Dinesh gropes for Synopsis: In the grasslands of Kaziranga National Park answers, a terrible dance of death continues in the in India’s northeast roams the ‘unicorn’, the Great Indian grasslands of Kaziranga. One-horned Rhinoceros. With about 3,000 rhinos left, this primeval animal is highly endangered. The horn of the Director: Nutan Manmohan rhinoceros is said to possess aphrodisiac properties, and Producer: Nutan Manmohan hunters will kill readily for this horn. The film travels with the park’s guards, tracking the animals. A different facet Contact Details: to the park’s staff is also seen, as they tenderly rear a Nutan Manmohan newborn rhino calf abandoned by its mother. All Time Productions, 7, Golf Apartments, Sujan Singh Park New Delhi 110 003 P: 011-24629194, M: 9811111200; F: 24643732 Producer: Naresh Bedi E: [email protected] W: www.alltimefilms.com Contact Details: Bedi Films, E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 P: 011- 25439939, 25441864, 51444332, F: 011-25430850 E: [email protected]; [email protected] English Title: Sanctuary for Endangered Wildlife W: www.bedibrothers.com Date/Month/Year of Production: January 1997 Language: English English Title: Rise of the Mammals Duration: 19 min 13 sec Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 56 min Subject Focus: Preserving endangered species in zoos Format: 16 mm Synopsis: The zoo tradition in India is one of the oldest in Subject Focus: Evolution of mammals the world. Modern zoos serve as a kind of safety pool for threatened species. This documentary gives an insight Synopsis: This film explains how and why the most into programmes for preserving endangered species in enterprising reptiles evolved into mammals. A large part zoos, and looks at breeding programmes of elephants, of the programme focuses on the Australian marsupials. rhinos, giraffes and primates.
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Production Company: AMYS Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education W: www.cec-ugc.org Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in
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English Title: Sankalp English Title: SARUS
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1995 Original Title: SARUS – Pride of Gujarat Language: Hindi Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Duration: 44 min Language: Gujarati Duration: 22 min Subject Focus: Protection of wildlife and forests and Format: VHS/VCD preservation of tribal life and culture Subject Focus: Conservation of the Sarus crane Synopsis: The film is a visualisation of the story of Samer, who is writing a book on forests and wildlife. To get a first- Synopsis: The Sarus crane is an important resident bird hand glimpse of his subject, Samer visits Chhotanagpur of Gujarat, with large populations in industrialized districts where he stays with his ranger friend Methu. Through this like Ahmedabad and Kheda. The documentary covers the plot, the film looks at issues of deforestation, illegal trade various kinds of wetland habitats preferred by the bird, in forest products and community efforts to save the the threats to its existence, etc. forests. Producer: Deshal Pagi Director: Ashok Saran Commissioning Agency: Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) Foundation Contact Details: M/S Suryatara Movies Contact Details: 69/2B, Kalibari Marg, New Delhi 110 001 Gujarat Ecological Education and Research (GEER) P: 011-23345049, 24607565; F: 23361843 Foundation Indroda Nature Park, P.O. Sector-7 Gandhinagar-382 007 Gujarat P: 079-23221385, 23226829; F: 079-23241128 English Title: Sarang (The Peacock) E: [email protected] W: www.geerfoundation.gujarat.gov.in Original Title: Sarang (The Peacock) Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1999 Language: English English Title: Save the Elephant Duration: 22 min 30 sec Format: Hi 8 Date/Month/Year of Production: October 1993 Language: English Subject Focus: The Indian peacock Duration: 24 min 17 sec Format: U-Matic Synopsis: This is a video presented on two thematic levels. The first is as a film on the Indian peafowl shorn of Subject Focus: Elephant conservation legend, folklore and mythology. The second is as a film which connects the bird to Indian culture through the Synopsis: The film unfolds the story of a successful Raagmala paintings of India — this theme has been initiative to ‘radio-collar wild elephants’. Scientists of the rendered through a visualization of two prominent Bombay Natural History Society, studying these animals Hindustani raagas, the Sarang and the Megh. Depicting in Mudumalai sanctuary in Kerala, encountered problems the life of the peacock from hatching to adulthood, the in keeping track of the herd in the huge forest — the film is a result of observing and photographing the bird in solution they decided upon was to radio-collar the giants. its natural habitat for a period of over one-and-half years. Production Company: EPUN Director: Dr. Susan Sharma
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Dr. Susan Sharma NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 C-2490, Sushantlok Phase I, Gurgaon 122 002, Haryana P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 0124-5045330/331 W: www.cec-ugc.org E: [email protected] W: www.indianwildlifeclub.com
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English Title: Saving Sea Turtles English Title: Say No to Wildlife Products
Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2000 Original Title: Say No to Wildlife Products Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2005 Duration: 16 min 2 sec Language: English Format: Betacam Duration: 9 min 17 sec Format: DV/VHS CD Synopsis: Sea turtles are a vital link in any marine ecosystem. Of the various species nesting along the Indian Subject Focus: Change perceptions, educate and create coast, the foremost is the endangered Olive Ridley. In awareness about conservation Kerala, the three-km long beach at Kolavippalam near Calicut is one of the favourite nesting grounds of Olive Synopsis: This film was made as part of the Tibetan Ridleys. The programme tells the story of a group of Conservation Awareness Campaign to educate Tibetans youngsters from Kolavippalam who devote themselves in India and Tibet about the negative impacts of using to the cause of protecting these turtles. They carefully wildlife products. The campaign was launched by the Dalai collect the eggs from the turtles’ nests, transfer them to Lama in association with the Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) specially constructed hatcheries for safe incubation, and and the Care for the Wild International (CWI). release the hatchlings into the sea. Director: Ms. Sujata Kulshreshtha Production Company: ACLT Producer: Wildlife Trust of India Production Company: Wilde Angle Films, Noida Contact Details: Commissioning Agency: Care for the Wild International, Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) UK NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Wildlife Trust of India A-220, New Friends Colony, New Delhi 110 065 P: 011-26326025/26; F: 011-26326027 E: [email protected] English Title: Saving the Tiger W: www.wti.org.in
Subject Focus: Project Tiger
Synopsis: The film follows the life of a tigress and her English Title: Serpentine Senses cubs over two years, and examines the success of Project Tiger. Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Language: English Awards Received by the Film: Eastman Kodak Company Duration: 4 min 2 sec award for Outstanding Photographic Achievement; Format: U-Matic nominated for the British Academy Awards, 1987 Subject Focus: The sensory powers of snakes Production Company: Bedi Ji Productions Pvt. Ltd. Synopsis: This short programme is on how snakes see, Contact Details: smell, hear or feel — the sensory powers of these reptiles. Bedi Films, E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 The film also looks at certain myths regarding snakes. P: 011- 25439939, 25441864, 51444332, F: 011-25430850 E: [email protected]; [email protected] Production Company: EAHM W: www.bedibrothers.com Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Shadows English Title: Shikaar
Original Title: Shadows Original Title: The Hunt Date/Month/Year of Production: November 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2004 Language: English Language: Bengali (with English subtitles) Duration: 2 min, 55 sec Duration: 9 min 45 sec Format: Betacam SP Format: Mini DV
Subject Focus: Man’s dependance on nature and wildlife Subject Focus: Wanton destruction of wildlife and the need for conservation Synopsis: Shadows is a film that stresses on the consequences of destruction of nature and on how our Synopsis: This is a poetic film portraying the “merciless existence is wholly dependent on the existence of nature destruction of precious life”. It begins with a beautiful dawn, and wildlife. Created in four days, the film puts its point which has rejuvenated the weary spirit of a deer that subtly by using a plot of shadows created in a game of evaded the predators’ grasp all through the night. But the shadow play. dawn brings with it new dangers which can fell the deer.
Awards Received by the Film: ‘Jury Special Mention Director: Saurav Dutta Awards’ – CMS VATAVARAN 2005 Producer: Bikramaditya Guha Roy Production Company: Britishrail Cultural Society Director: Vishal Furia Producer: Mr. Kartikeya Talreja Contact Details: Saurav Dutta Contact Details: 48/1, Dr. A. K. Paul Road, Behala, Kolkata 700 034 Vishal Furia P: 033-24470852, M: 09830096112 K-29, D. L. Jain Colony, 64/Dr. B. A. Road, Opp. Voltasagar, E: [email protected] Chinchpokli, Mumbai 400 012, Maharashtra M: 09820970558 E: [email protected] English Title: Shores of Silence - Whale Sharks in India
English Title: Sheru Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Duration: 24 min Language: Hindi Duration: 1 min Subject Focus: The slaughter of Whale Sharks
Subject Focus: Interdependence of animals, plants and Synopsis: Filmmaker Mike Pandey travels along the human beings Gujarat coast in search of the Whale Shark, and finds them on the run from hunters. The film questions the Synopsis: This animation film, made by physically rationale behind this mindless slaughter of a species challenged and spastic children in a 10-day workshop, already at stake because of its slow regeneration. It is an portrays an interesting conflict between a tree and a hunter effort to create awareness and gather support to protect who comes to the jungle in search of a tiger. The final and conserve this species. message is the interdependence of all living beings. Awards Received by the Film: Panda Award, Wildscreen Director: Meenakshi Rai Festival, Bristol, U. K., 2000-01
Contact Details: Director: Mike H. Pandy Leoarts Communication A-103 (LGF), Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar IV Contact Details: New Delhi 110 024 Riverbank Studios, C-18, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011-26488898, 26216536, 25408343 P: 011- 5163 2890, 2641 0684; F: 011- 26216508 E: [email protected], [email protected] E: [email protected], [email protected]; [email protected], [email protected] W: www.riverbankstudios.com
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English Title: Slumber Beckons – 3 English Title: Snakebite (Translocation of Spotted Deer) Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2004 Duration: 27 min Language: English Format: 16 mm Duration: 13 min 3 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Snakes and their venom
Subject Focus: Translocation of spotted deer Synopsis: Four deadly snakes are featured in this film, which demonstrates the preparation of anti-venom serum Synopsis: This episode in the series on the translocation at the Pune-based Serum Institute. of spotted deer from the Mysore zoo presents the actual operation of tranquilisation which forces the deer under Director: Bedi Brothers sedation. The focus is also on the zoo hospital where state- of-the-art facilities are made available for the animals. Contact Details: Bedi Films Production Company: AMYS E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 P: 011-25439939, F: 011-25430850 E: [email protected], [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.bedibrothers.com Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org English Title: Snakes – 1
Date/Month/Year of Production: August 1996 English Title: Snake Bite and Cure Language: English Duration: 15 min 19 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2004 Format: U-Matic Language: English Duration: 15 min 45 sec Subject Focus: Snakes Format: Betacam Synopsis: The film is an audio-visual encyclopedia on Subject Focus: Snakes bites and their cures snakes. It explores these reptiles’ natural instincts, their physical characteristics, and the nature and purpose of Synopsis: This programme deals with poisonous and non- their venom. Through all this, the film presents a case for poisonous snakes, identification of their bite marks, and conservation of snakes. the first aid procedures to be adopted for snake bites. Production Company: AMAD Production Company: EMKU Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Snakes – 2 (Live & Let Live) English Title: Soliloquy (Illusion of Unspoken Reflection) Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2000 Language: English Original Title: Soliloquy (Illusion of Unspoken Reflection) Duration: 16 min 11 sec Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2005 Format: U-Matic Language: English Duration: 4 min, 10 sec Subject Focus: Poisonous snakes Format: Digital beta
Synopsis: This part of Snakes is focussed on four big Subject Focus: Declining numbers of vultures poisonous snakes — the King Cobra, other Cobras, Kraits and Vipers. The basic characteristics of poisonous snakes, Synopsis: The film is in the form of a monologue dramatic their food habits and effects of poisonous snake bites have speech intended to give the illusion of unspoken reflections been explained. of a scavenger. The animation sketches the vulture as a sacred gift from nature; its purpose is to purify the Production Company: AMAD environment. But despite its exalted status in various religions, the fate of a vulture is hanging in balance: Contact Details: vultures are disappearing from the earth. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Director: Ajit Samal P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Production Company: Pappilion Multimedia W: www.cec-ugc.org
Contact Details: Pappilion Multimedia English Title: Snakes — Myth and Reality 310, Milestone, near Drive-in Theatre Ahmedabad 380 054, Gujarat P: 079-27433806, M: 09825344630 Date/Month/Year of Production: May 1999 E: [email protected] Language: English Duration: 8 min 9 sec Format: Betacam English Title: Spunky Monkey Subject Focus: Snakes Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Synopsis: The film dwells on the myths associated with Language: English snakes (such as cobras having a jewel in their hood etc) Duration: 38 min 30 sec and tries to demolish them. Subject Focus: The Bonnet Macaque in an urban Production Company: EPUN environment
Contact Details: Synopsis: This is the story of two young bonnet macaque Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) monkeys learning to cope with new situations. Searching NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 for food, they venture into a city and come face to face P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 with a host of new challenges — antagonism from humans W: www.cec-ugc.org as well as street dogs, electric cables, and traffic. Through this story, the film documents the behaviour and adaptability of one of India’s most charming primates.
Producer: Rom Earl Whitaker Production Company: DRACO Films and Zebra Films Production Limited Commissiong Agency: National Geograhic Television
Contact Details: Rom E. Whitaker Draco Films, P. O. Box 21, Chengalpattu 603 001, Tamil Nadu P: 04114- 0429195/ 4220195; F: 04114-4998184 E: [email protected] W: www.snakesofindia.com
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English Title: State of Marine Mammals English Title: Temple Macaques & the Red-faced Monkey Original Title: State of Marine Mammals Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2001 Duration: 30 min Language: English Format: VHS/VCD & DVD Duration: 12 min 12 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: Sustainable use of marine resources Subject Focus: Monkeys of North India Synopsis: The threat to the existence of marine mammals — whether from pollution, fishermen or native hunters — Synopsis: The two species of monkeys commonly seen has become an emotive issue in many parts of the world. in north India are the rhesus monkey (red-faced monkey This documentary examines both sides of the debate — or the Macaca mulatta) and the langoor (black-faced from the native hunters in the Arctic to the anti-whaling monkey or the Semnopithecus entellus). The film looks protests in the USA and from the tragedy of the dolphins at both the species. killed by tuna fishermen in purse-seine nets to the use of dolphins in military training. It seeks to show how both the Production Company: EJOD threatened species as well as the fishermen’s livelihood can be safeguarded. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Contact Details: W: www.cec-ugc.org Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] English Title: Tent Making Bats W: www.cseindia.org Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Language: English Format: U-Matic English Title: Tears for the Crocodile Subject Focus: Tent-making bats Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Language: English Synopsis: This programme has been anchored by Duration: 25 min mammalogist Mr. Thomas H. Kunz from Boston University, Format: U-Matic Highband USA. He talks about tent-making bats, especially the type that live off the west coast of Trinidad and Tobago. Subject Focus: The Saltwater Crocodile Production Company: EMKU Synopsis: The film is on the Saltwater Crocodile, an inhabitant of the Bhitar Kanika wildlife sanctuary. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Producer: Mrs. Shubhadarshini Singh NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Production Company: M/s Crown Communications P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi - 110 003 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] W: www.envfor.nic.in
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English Title: The 18th Elephant-3 Monologues English Title: The Ballad of Big All
Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 67 min Duration: 57 min Format: DVD Subject Focus: The concepts of ‘development’ and ‘happiness’, seen against the case of the Asian elephant Director: BBC Producer: Kate Barlett Synopsis: This film is a process of discovery of the reality behind the richly caparisoned tusker in Kerala. The Contact Details: elephant is a ubiquitous symbol of all public festivities, British Council Library and the religious and tourism industry of the state. But 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 beneath the façade of religious devotion and cultural P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 E: [email protected] significance lies brutality of subjugation through torture. The film is ‘presented’ by some of the species now extinct from the planet as a reminder to others of their bleak fate; and as a warning to man to address his ignorance and English Title: The Beauty of Dragons correct his ways. Original Title: The Beauty of Dragons Director: P. Balan Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Language: Hindi Contact Details: Duration: 25 min P. Balan Format: Digital Aumpu Media Trust/Sivani Creations, Karunyam, Edathodam South Eroor, Post Tripunithura, Ernakulam, Kerala P: 0484-2784510; F: 2781075 Subject Focus: The dragonfly E: [email protected] Synopsis: This is the story of a life form that has not only managed to survive for more than 300 million years, but is found even in the farthest corners of the planet today. English Title: The Arrival The film introduces the viewers to the striking beauty of dragonflies, their role in the web of life and, why and how Original Title: Arribada, ‘The Arrival’ have they managed to be around for so long. Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2002 Language: English Producer: Explorers/Gurmeet Sapal Duration: 24 min Commissioning Agency: Explorers Format: Digital Contact Details: Subject Focus: Olive Ridley turtles of Orissa Explorers 235-B, Shipra Sun City, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad Synopsis: This is a compilation of NDTV’s stories on the Uttar Pradesh subject — a news directory for increasing awareness on P: 9810273726 E: [email protected] Olive Ridleys and their struggle for survival. The documentary is about the ‘Arribada’, about the turtles, the beautiful poetry of their lives and the futility of their deaths. The question is, will one of the world’s oldest creatures, who have outlived the dinosaurs, survive?
Producer: New Delhi Television (NDTV)
Contact Details: New Delhi Television (NDTV) Archana Complex, GK 1, New Delhi 110 038 P: 011-51577800 E: [email protected]
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English Title: The Crawling Creatures English Title: The Flying Lily
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1990 Language: English Duration: 17 min 5 sec Duration: 16 min 22 sec Format: U-Matic Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: The Siberian Crane Subject Focus: Reptiles Synopsis: Siberian Cranes are elusive creatures. Very Synopsis: The programme provides an insight into the little information is available on them. This programme characteristics of living forms of reptiles — snakes, tries to present whatever information is available on these crocodiles, lizards, turtles and tuataras. It also touches birds. upon extinct reptiles like dinosaurs. Production Company: EPUN Production Company: EAHM Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.cec-ugc.org
English Title: The Ganges Gharial English Title: The Fading Call of the Siberian Crane Subject Focus: The Gharial
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Synopsis: This film on the long-snouted fish-eating Language: English crocodile of the Ganga River records some behavioral Duration: 30 min sequences, which were shot for the first time. Format: VHS Awards Received by the Film: Panda Award for best Subject Focus: The Siberian Crane wildlife cameraman, International Wildlife Film and Television Festival Wildscreen 1984; Silver Medal, 28th Synopsis: This film on the Siberian Crane records the Annual International Film and TV Festival, New York, 1985 historic reintroduction of this endangered species at Bharatpur. It also documents the way these birds are fitted Production Company: Bedi Ji Productions Pvt. Ltd. with radio transmitters for tracking them while they are migrating. Contact Details: Bedi Films, E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 Producer: Himanshu Malhotra P: 011- 25439939, 25441864, 51444332, F: 011-25430850 E: [email protected]; [email protected] W: www.bedibrothers.com Contact Details: The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road English Title: The Great Indian Rhino New Delhi - 110 003 P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 E: [email protected] Language: English W: www.envfor.nic.in Duration: 50 min Producer: Ashish Chandola
Contact Details: Ashish Chandola A 101/102, Victorian View, Borewell Road, Nellurhalli, White Field, Bangalore 560 066, Karnataka P: 080-28456287; M: 09845400391; F: 080-25560661 E: [email protected]
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English Title: The Home Coming English Title: The Indian False Vampire Bat
Original Title: The Home Coming Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1991 Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2005 Language: English Language: English Duration: 9 min 2 sec Duration: 15 min Format: U-Matic Format: DV Subject Focus: Indian false vampire bats Subject Focus: The Whale Shark
Synopsis: The Whale Shark is the largest living fish in Synopsis: Bats are one of the most fascinating animals the world. Between November and April each year, these in this world. The Indian false vampire bat detects its prey sharks visit the coast of Gujarat. Till recently, they used to by the noise associated with the movement of the prey; it be slaughtered for commercial purposes, and the entire still has to bite the prey to know whether it is edible or not. species suffered a threat to its survival. Spearheaded by the Wildlife Trust of India, a campaign was devised to Production Company: EMKU spread awareness and encourage the local communities to embrace this gentle creature as the ‘Pride of Gujarat’. Contact Details: This video is part of the ‘Save the Whale Shark Campaign’. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Director: Sujata Kulshreshtha P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Producer: Wildlife Trust of India W: www.cec-ugc.org Production Company: Wide Angle Films Commissioning Agency: TATA Chemicals Ltd. English Title: The Jaws of Death Contact Details: Sujata Kulshrestha Wide Angle Films, A-32, Sector 56, Noida 201 307 Original Title: The Jaws of Death Uttar Pradesh Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2005 P: 95120-2582539, M: 9810222305; F: 95120-2582563 Language: English E: [email protected] Duration: 18 min W: www.wideanglefilms.com, www.wti.org.in Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Accidental deaths of wildlife in the English Title: The Indian Cobra Kaziranga National Park
Original Title: The Indian Cobra Synopsis: Kaziranga National Park, the home of the one- Language: English horned rhinoceros, is a world heritage site. The National Duration: 11 min Highway 37 runs across the park on the south, while its Format: 35 mm north is bounded by the Brahmaputra River. During monsoons, flood waters from the Brahmaputra inundate Subject Focus: The Cobra almost 80 per cent of the park. Animals moving towards the south for shelter, get crushed by speeding vehicles Synopsis: This is a film on the king of serpents. on the highway.
Producer: Films Division Director: Gautam Saikia Producer: Gautam Saikia Production Company: Studio Zephyr Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India Contact Details: 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra Gautam Saikia P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 Studio Zephyr, Andeva Enclave, Rajgarh Road F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Guwahati 781 003, Assam E: [email protected] P: 0361-2131339, M: 09435015707 W: www.filmsdivision.org E: [email protected]
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English Title: The Killing Fields — Orissa’s English Title: The Last Flight Appalling Turtle Crisis Original Title: The Last Flight Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2004 Language: English Language: English Duration: 17 min Duration: 24 min 10 sec Format: Mini DV Format: Betacam SP
Subject Focus: Conflict between sea turtles and Subject Focus: Saving the Asian vulture mechanised fishing, and turtle conservation problems and their solutions in Orissa Synopsis: Vultures are dying. Almost 95% of their population has been wiped out in the last 10 years. The film follows the trail of the mystery deaths and nails the Synopsis: Three secluded beaches on the coast of Orissa culprit: Diclofenac, a veterinary drug. Diclofenac enters play host to an extraordinary natural drama: on certain the vulture’s body when it consumes a carcass and causes nights between January and May, thousands of female death by kidney failure. Olive Ridleys climb ashore to lay over a hundred eggs each. The sun and sand incubate the eggs and approximately 45 days later they hatch under cover of Awards Received by the Film: Best Documentary Films darkness. This time, millions of tiny hatchlings make their Award in Wildlife Conservation Category, CMS way in the opposite direction – towards the sea. As a VATAVARAN 2005 species, Olive Ridleys have been around for millions of years, but today these gentle giants of the sea are in Director: Nutan Manmohan conflict with man and his mechanised fishing boats. Producer: Nutan Manmohan Production Company: All Time Productions Director: Shekar Dattatri Producer: Shekar Dattatri Contact Details: Production Company: Shekar Dattatri Nutan Manmohan All Time Productions, 7, Golf Apartments, Sujan Singh Park New Delhi 110 003 Contact Details: P: 011-24629194, M: 9811111200; F: 011-24643732 Shekar Dattatri E: [email protected] rd Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3 East Street, Thiruvanmiyur W: www.alltimefilms.com Chennai 600041 Tamil Nadu P: 044- 24415744, 2491 4802; M: 0 9841015997 F: 044-2491 0910, 2491 8747 E: [email protected], [email protected] English Title: The Lions of Gir W: www.shekardattatri.com Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2001 Language: English English Title: The King is Dying Duration: 52 min approx
Language: English Subject Focus: The Asiatic Lion Duration: 30 min Synopsis: The Lions of Gir is a story of the coexistence of Subject Focus: The Asiatic Lion the last surviving Asiatic Lions and the Maldhari tribes in the forests of Gir in western India. The film also showcases Synopsis: With only 300 left in the wild, the Asiatic Lion in the intricate ecosystem of Gir and the drama that is played India is dying a silent death, says the film. Poaching for out as seasons change and the cycle of life unfolds. nails, deaths from a railway line that runs through the forest and open wells as death traps — all are reasons why the Awards Received by the Film: ‘Jury Special Mention Asiatic Lion will soon be extinct. The film also explores the Award’ – CMS VATAVARAN 2002 culture of the tribal Maldharis, who live alongside the lions.
Director: Rohit Khanna Director: Nikhil Alva/Niret Alva Producer: Bahar Dutt Production Company: Miditech Pvt. Ltd.
Contact Details: Contact Details: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. Bahar Dutt 121, Udyog Vihar, Phase IV, Gurgaon 122 015, Haryana J 27-A Jangpura Extn, New Delhi 110 014 P: 0124-2397001 – 10; F: 0124-2397011 P: 9810904748 E: [email protected], [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.miditech.org
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English Title: The Living Past English Title: The Man and His Zoo
Date/Month/Year of Production: March-September 2001 Original Title: The Man and His Zoo Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2004 Duration: 55 min 52 sec Language: English (dubbed in English) Duration: 2 min Subject Focus: Man-animal relationship Format: Betacam SP
Synopsis: This documentary aims to explore the complex Subject Focus: Freedom for animals relationship that has evolved between man and animal over the years, and examines how ancient practices Synopsis: The film is about a man who loves animals so continue to exist irrespective of whether they make much that he brings them home to live with him. He goes ecological sense or not. The one-hour documentary is in on to buy an entire zoo where he and his animals can live two parts. The first of these deals with the snake charmers happily. But the animals are sad. The protagonist realizes of Orissa, and presents the conflict between the right to why they are sad — because they are locked up in cages livelihood of tribals and the right of wild animals to live in — and he frees them. their habitats. In the second part, residents of the village of Khichan in Rajasthan have been welcoming the Director: Alanna Panday Demoiselle Cranes every year; these cranes have been Producer: ZEFIC/Yati Jindal coming to the village for centuries to escape the harsh Production Company: Toon Club winter. Contact Details: Director: H.B. Muralidhara and Seema Muralidhara Toon Club Ist Floor, Surbala, Plot No. 287, S. V. Road, Bandra (W) Contact Details: Mumbai 400 050, Maharashtra Seema Muralidhara/Sunayana Sadarangani P: 022-26511026, M: 09322646283 A-1/103, Siddhartha Nagar, Off. Western Express Highway E: [email protected] Borivali (E), Mumbai, Maharashtra W: www.toonclub.net P: 022-28864761; F: 28845978 E: [email protected], [email protected] English Title: The Name of the Game — Camouflage
Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1989 Duration: 20 min 27 sec Format: U-Matic
Subject Focus: Camouflage practices among animals
Synopsis: In nature, camouflage in one form or the other is widely used by prey and predators to decieve one another. The programme throws light on six modes of deception, and explains auditory and olfactory camouflage.
Production Company: EJOD
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: The Nest English Title: The Red Wattled Lapwing
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2002 Language: Bangla Language: English Duration: 38 min Duration: 6 min 38 sec Format: Betacam Subject Focus: A tribal family’s efforts to save a group of migratory birds Subject Focus: The red wattled lapwing
Synopsis: The film is a story of the bondage between a Synopsis: The red wattled lapwing of India belongs to tribal family and its feathered friends. For three generations the Charadrridae family. The programme highlights the the Mahatos, who have seen the migratory birds come physical qualities, breeding and nesting habits of the bird, right into their courtyard, have considered them an which is also known as the “teetahri” in Hindi. extension of their family. But the birds are now falling prey to local hunters, and the family tries to save them at the Production Company: AIND cost of their own lives. Contact Details: Awards Received by the Film: Silver Lotus (the National Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Film Award) for the best film on Environment and NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Conservation in India, 2000; Best Documentary Award, P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 BFJA (Bengal Film Journalists Association) W: www.cec-ugc.org
Director: Supriyo Sen English Title: The Red-faced Monkey — Temple Contact Details: Mekok Supriyo Sen Audio Visual Perspective, 11/44, Nagendranath Road Kolkata 700 028 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2003 P: 033-25507319 Language: English E: [email protected] Duration: 12 min 5 sec Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: Monkeys of north India English Title: The Powerful Coils – Python Synopsis: North India is home to only two varieties of Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1999 monkeys — the Rhesus or the red-faced monkey (Mekok Language: English mulatto) and the langoor or the dark-faced monkey Duration: 11 min 38 sec (Semanopathex entellus). Both belong to the same family, Format: Betacam but their sub-species are identified on the basis of presence or absence of neck bags. Subject Focus: The python Production Company: EJOD Synopsis: There are 236 species and sub-species of snakes in India. The python is unique among these. Unlike Contact Details: most snakes, the python a a vestigial pelvis and still Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) possesses the remnants of two hind limbs in the form of NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 small claw-like spurs. The film documents this reptile, P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 which can reach a maximum recorded length of seven W: www.cec-ugc.org metres.
Production Company: EJOD
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: The Ridley’s Last Stand English Title: The Turtle People
Original Title: The Ridley’s Last Stand Original Title: Aamakaar Date/Month/Year of Production: November 2002 Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2002 Language: English Language: Malayalam/English Duration: 45 min 30 sec Duration: 76 min 35 sec Format: DV Format: Digital
Subject Focus: Olive Ridley sea turtles in Orissa and the Subject Focus: Habitat protection and the right of a indiscriminate destruction of marine resources community over local natural resources
Synopsis: The Ridley’s Last Stand takes a look at the Synopsis: The people of a village in north Kerala fight to lives and times of the Olive Ridley and provides new preserve their village and their livelihoods, which are insights into the natural history and conservation of these threatened by sand mining. For 10 years, they have been mysterious creatures. It also presents a strong case that, conserving Olive Ridley Turtles that come to their beach in saving the Ridley, we can save the livelihoods of to nest. Sand mining on their estuary threatens to destroy thousands of artisanal fishermen and their families. The all that they have done. conservation of the Ridley will directly lead to the conservation of all marine resources. Producer: Sunil Shanbag/Chrysalis Films Commissioning Agency: Chrysalis Films Awards Received by the Film: ‘Golden Tree Award’ in National Resource Conservation Category – CMS Contact Details: VATAVARAN 2003 Chrysalis Films Armaan, 23, Saraswati Road, Santa Cruz (West) Producer: Shekar Dattatri Mumbai 400 054, Maharashtra P: 022-26601181; F: 022-26600588 E: [email protected] Contact Details: Shekar Dattatri Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur Chennai 600041 Tamil Nadu English Title: The White Elephant P: 044- 24415744, 2491 4802; M: 0 9841015997 F: 044-2491 0910, 2491 8747 E: [email protected], [email protected] Original Title: The White Elephant W: www.shekardattatri.com Date/Month/Year of Production: 1978 Language: Hindi Duration: 130 min Format: Betacam English Title: The Tiger of Indian Waters: The Mighty Mahseer Subject Focus: The friendship between a boy and an albino elephant Language: English Synopsis: This is a chronicle of two orphaned children, Format: Digi beta Shibu and his sister, Rani, who live with their abusive maternal uncle and aunt. Things take a turn for the better Subject Focus: The mahseer when Shibu befriends an albino elephant in the nearby forest, and through this elephant, named Airawat, finds a Director: Rupin Dang pot full of gold coins. Unfortunately, his uncle and aunt come to know of this and they inform the Emperor, who Contact Details: undertakes to capture the elephant at any cost. Rupin Dang Managing Director, Wilderness Films India Ltd., 1 Factory Director: Tapan Sinha Road, Ring Road South, New Delhi 110 029 Producer: R. A. Jalan, Pratap Agarwal P: 011-26198255, 26198954, 26163766 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.wildfilmsindia.com Children’s Film Society, India Films Division Complex, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 022-23526798, 23516136; F: 022-23522610 E: [email protected] W: www.cfsindia.org
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English Title: The White Tigers of Nandankanan English Title: Theme and Variations (News Magazine No. 239) Language: English Original Title: The White Tigers of Nandankanan (News Duration: 44 min Magazine No. 239) Format: 16 mm Language: English Duration: 10 min Subject Focus: Evolution in mammals Format: 35 mm Synopsis: The video looks at some of the many variations Subject Focus: The white tiger in mammals which have all evolved from a common ancestor. Synopsis: The modern zoo of Nandankanan is located near Bhubaneshwar in Orissa, and is home to the white Production Company: Central Institute of Educational tiger. It has the largest concentration of these rare animals, Technology (CIET) which are the result of mutant genes. Contact Details: Producer: Films Division Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Contact Details: Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Government of India E: [email protected] 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra W: www.ciet.nic.in P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org English Title: Tiger Census
Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1999 English Title: The Wings of Kokkre Bellur Duration: 23 min 30 sec Format: Betacam Language: English Duration: 45 min Subject Focus: Counting tigers in the wild
Subject Focus: Conservation values of villagers in Kokkre Synopsis: The film is about how a tiger census operation Bellur, Karnataka is conducted in the Melghat Project Tiger reserve. It describes the three different types of techniques used for Synopsis: The Wings of Kokkre Bellur is a film on the the census — the pug mark count, the water hole count relationship between the birds and the people of Kokkre and the block count. Bellur. The birds of Kokkre Bellur are indicators of life. Their survival is as important to the rest of the world as it Production Company: EPUN is to the villagers. The film indicates that peaceful coexistence of species is the only way out. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Awards Received by the Film: Best Film Award, ENFEST; NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Special Jury Prize, Bodrum International Environment Film P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Festival, Turkey
Director: K. P. Sasi
Contact Details: K. P. Sasi 103, May Flower Laxmi Apartment, 63, Sulthan Palya Main Road, R T Nagar, Bangalore 560 032 Karnataka P: 080-26553117, 23650916, M: 9945282056 E: [email protected] W: www.visualsearch.org
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English Title: Tiger Crisis English Title: To Catch an Elephant
Language: English Original Title: To Catch an Elephant Language: English Subject Focus: The tiger and its conservation Duration: 13 min Format: 35 mm Synopsis: This is an investigation into the declining tiger population in India. The film attempts to outline a larger Subject Focus: Capturing and taming wild elephants conservation model which would be sustainable for both humans and tigers. Synopsis: The film is a demonstration of the thrills and suspense that go with capturing and taming wild elephants. Director: Krishnendu Bose Commissioning Agency: Public Service Broadcasting Producer: Films Division Trust (PSBT) Contact Details: Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Public Service Broadcasting Trust (PSBT) Government of India A-86, Nizamuddin East, New Delhi 110 013 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 011-24355941; F: 011-24353825 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 E: [email protected], [email protected] F: 022-23515308, 23511008 W: www.psbt.org E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
English Title: Timeless Traveller — The Horseshoe Crab English Title: To Corbett with Love
Original Title: Timeless Traveller — The Horseshoe Crab Original Title: To Corbett with Love Date/Month/Year of Production: July 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: January 2000 Language: English Language: English Duration: 11 min 38 sec Duration: 27 min Format: Betacam Format: Hi 8
Subject Focus: The Horseshoe Crab Subject Focus: Corbett National Park and Subedar Ali, the mahout Synopsis: The Horseshoe Crab is a unique animal: it emerged from the oceans 562 million years ago and has Synopsis: The film is a portrayal of Corbett National Park, survived unchanged. The species, which is a source of as well as the real life story of Subedar Ali, the mahout some valuable and life-saving medicines, is under threat who survived a tiger attack and opted to continue in the today. Only sound and scientific conservation measures park as a mahout. It also looks at the conversion of Jim will ensure a sustainable population of this marine Corbett, who founded the Park, from hunter to protector creature. of wildlife.
Awards Received by the Film: ‘Silver Tree Award’ in Director: Dr. Susan Sharma Revelation Category – CMS VATAVARAN 2003 Contact Details: Dr. Susan Sharma Director: Gautam Pandey C-2490, Sushantlok Phase I, Gurgaon, Haryana -122 002 Producer: Riverbank Studios P: 0124-5045330/331 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.indianwildlifeclub.com Riverbank Studios, C-18, Chirag Enclave, New Delhi 110 048 P: 011-5163 2890, 2641 0684: F: 011-2621 6508 E: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] W: www.riverbankstudios.com
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English Title: Tota English Title: Trade in Wildlife
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1994 Language: Hindi Language: Hindi Duration: 17 min Duration: 30 min Format: U-Matic Highband Subject Focus: Parrots Subject Focus: Trade in wildlife products Producer: Karan Singh Synopsis: The programme shows the modus operandi Contact Details: of illegal traders in wildlife products like tiger bones and Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) skins, rhino horns, and rare plants. It highlights the causes Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education behind the growing illegal trade turnover, examines the Research and Training (NCERT) existing laws and proposes mechanisms for control and Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 eradication. P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in Producer: Ms. Nalini Singh Production Company: Ms. Nalini Singh
Contact Details: English Title: Tracking Tigers The Secretary Government of India, Ministry of Environment & Forests Original Title: Tracking Tigers Paryavaran Bhavan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road Date/month/year of Production: 2005 New Delhi - 110 003 India P: 91-11-2436 1896, 2436 0721 Language: English E: [email protected] Duration: 32 min W: www.envfor.nic.in Format: Beta/DVcam
Subject Focus: Tiger population estimation techniques English Title: Trials of Life Synopsis: Tracking Tigers is a training video, which introduces the viewer to the different methodologies, which Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 are being used for estimation of tiger populations. Language: English Beginning with a general introduction to the animal and Format: DVD Project Tiger, it goes on to describe the census methodologies such as pugmark technique, digital Director: David Attenborough photography with pugmarks, mapping, index survey, camera trapping and DNA testing. Contact Details: British Council Library Director: Himanshu Malhotra 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 Producer: Himanshu Malhotra P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 E: [email protected]
Contact Details: Multi Media C-50 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-24330000, 24330005; F: 24330090 E. [email protected], www.wildlifefilms.com
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English Title: Tropical Wilderness English Title: Turtle Excluder Device — An Introduction Language: Hindi Duration: 21 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 2003 Format: 16 mm Language: English and Oriya Duration: 15 min Subject Focus: Animals of tropical ecosystems Format: Mini DV
Synopsis: The film provides glimpses of some of the birds, Subject Focus: Installation, use and efficacy of the turtle mammals, reptiles and amphibians of tropical forest excluder device ecosystems. Synopsis: Thousands of Olive Ridley sea turtles die every year, trapped in trawl nets as incidental by-catch. A simple Production Company: Central Institute of Educational and cheap device known as the TED (turtle excluder Technology (CIET) device) can eliminate this problem to a great extent — this film shows how. Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Director: Shekar Dattatri Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Producer: Shekar Dattatri Research and Training (NCERT) Production Company: Shekar Dattatri Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Commissioning Agency: Wildlife Institute of India P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] Contact Details: W: www.ciet.nic.in Shekar Dattatri Plot No. 40, Door No. 11, 3rd East Street, Thiruvanmiyur Chennai 600041 Tamil Nadu English Title: Trr… TRR… P: 044- 24415744, 2491 4802; M: 0 9841015997 F: 044-2491 0910, 2491 8747 E: [email protected], [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001 W: www.shekardattatri.com Language: English and Hindi Duration: 2 min
Subject Focus: Conservation, seen through the eyes of English Title: Turtle Power a frog Original Title: Turtle Power Synopsis: The film revolves around a small frog called Date/Month/Year of Production: 2000 Montu. Montu is full of life and fond of playing the piano. Language: English The film compels the viewers to develop a sensitivity to Duration: 24 min tiny creatures. Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Awards Received by the Film: Nominated for the Subject Focus: Sea turtle conservation in Oman International Children’s Film Festival, 2001, Hyderabad; nominted for the Egypt International Film Festival for Synopsis: For millions of years, sea turtles have roamed Children, 2002, Cairo the oceans and nested on the beaches of Arabia. Yet today, they are struggling to survive in one of the world’s Director: Vinay Rai busiest seas. Pollution from tankers, careless marine development and destructive fishing methods are the main threats. ‘Earth Report’ travels to Oman to track the steps Contact Details: Leoarts Communication being taken to safeguard turtles when they migrate into A-103 (LGF), Amar Colony, Lajpat Nagar IV the Sultanate’s waters. New Delhi 110 024 P: 011-26488898, 26216536, 25408343 Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE) E: [email protected] Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] W: www.cseindia.org
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English Title: Udbilav English Title: Undersea Life
Date/Month/Year of Production: 1992 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 10 min Duration: 11 min Format: 16 mm
Subject Focus: The Otter Subject Focus: Marine life
Synopsis: Part of a series of programmes on animals, Synopsis: The film highlights interactions among sea this documentary focuses on otters. These animals can animals — with each one trying to overpower the other. live both in water and on land, and is quite common across India. Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Producer: Usha Narula Contact Details: Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in W: www.ciet.nic.in
English Title: UGC Lecture Series in English Title: Understanding Animals (I) Environmental Science-3 (Cold Water Fish and its Environmental) Language: English Duration: 17 min Original Title: UGC Lecture Series in Environmental Format: 16 mm Science-3 (Cold Water Fish and its Environmental) Date/Month/Year of Production: August 2005 Subject Focus: The world of animals and its relationship Language: English to the world of man Duration: 27 min 6 sec Format: Betacam Synopsis: This film aims to help teachers and students towards a better understanding of animals, birds and their Subject Focus: Cold water fish ecological link with humans.
Synopsis: In this programme, various types of cold water Production Company: Central Institute of Educational fish and their habitat, immunological characteristics and Technology (CIET) morphological features have been discussed. Issues related to conservation of cold water fish have also been Contact Details: covered. Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Production Company: ASRI Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) W: www.ciet.nic.in NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Understanding Animals (II) English Title: Urok — Feathered Guests — Cattle Egrets Language: English Duration: 24 min Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2000 Format: 16 mm Language: English Duration: 13 min 25 sec Subject Focus: The world of animals and its relationship Format: Betacam to the world of man Subject Focus: Cattle egrets Synopsis: This is the second film in the series (see previous entry). It showcases a large variety of animals in Synopsis: The film tracks a unique annual phenomenon: a sanctuarty and in a zoo. for several years, a large flock of white cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) has been visiting Manipur during late Production Company: Central Institute of Educational summers. The birds are cared for and protected by the Technology (CIET) local landlord and his family.
Contact Details: Production Company: AIMP Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Contact Details: Research and Training (NCERT) Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 E: [email protected] W: www.cec-ugc.org W: www.ciet.nic.in
English Title: Vampire Bats English Title: Upright Parenting Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1992 Language: English Language: English Duration: 16 min Duration: 15 min 36 sec Format: U-Matic Subject Focus: Painted storks Subject Focus: Vampire bats Synopsis: This film talks about social behaviour and habits of painted storks, one of the nine species of storks in India: Synopsis: Vampire bats, found in tropical South America, how they congregate, pair, mate, lay eggs, hatch chicks, feed on blood. The filmmakers meet Prof. Uwe Schmidt, feed, engage in courtship and raise their young. a specialist on these animals, and get an account of the life of vampire bats. Director: Ajit Samal Producer: Ajit Samal Production Company: EMKU Production Company: Pappilion Multimedia Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Pappilion Multimedia NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 310, Mileston, Near. Drive-in-Theatre P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Ahmedabad 380 054Gujarat W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 079-27433806; M: 09825344630 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Vandermarya English Title: Vasundhra (Elephant Trail)
Original Title: Vandermarya Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1997 Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2005 Language: English Language: English (with English subtitles) Duration: 14 min 39 sec Duration: 23 min Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: The Vandermarya tribe Production Company: CDEL
Synopsis: This documentary depicts the lifestyles, hunting Contact Details: techniques, rituals and culture of the Vandermaryas or Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Monkey Hunters. Experts in hunting animals, tribe NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 members are hired by farmers to protect their mango W: www.cec-ugc.org orchards. The tribe specialises in hunting the Hanuman Langoor.
Director: Jayesh A. Shikarkhane English Title: Vasundhra (Siberian Crane) Producer: Jayesh A. Shikarkhane Date/Month/Year of Production: Septmber 1997 Contact Details: Language: English Jayesh A. Shikarkhane Duration: 11 min 49 sec 3, Kanch Co-Op Housing Society, Mumbai 400 052 Format: Betacam Maharashtra P: 022-26499155, M: 09833176033 Production Company: CDEL E: [email protected]
Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) English Title: Vasundhra (Birds of Wetland) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1998 Language: English Duration: 6 min 46 sec Format: Betacam English Title: Vedanthangal — Winter Haven for Birds Production Company: CDEL Original Title: Vedanthangal — Winter Haven for Birds Contact Details: Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1997 Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Language: English NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Duration: 16 min P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Format: Betacam
Subject Focus: The Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary
Synopsis: The Vedanthangal bird sanctuary is the oldest in the country and one of the largest in the world. Vedanthangal has been the home and winter haven for thousands of birds that migrate annually during winter to this sanctuary. Taking the viewer on a trip through the sanctuary, the film appeals for conserving and protecting this precious natural reserve.
Producer: A. Raja
Contact Details: Audio Visual Research Centre (AVRC) Anna University, Sardar Patel Road, Chennai 600 025 P: 044-22200642; F: 044-2200105
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English Title: Victors of the Dry Land English Title: Vultures: Death Watch
Language: English Original Title: Vultures: Death Watch Duration: 57 min Date/Month/Year of Production: April 2005 Format: 16 mm Language: English Duration: 47 min Format: Digital beta Subject Focus: Dinosaurs Subject Focus: The disappearance of vultures Synopsis: A scaly, waterproof skin and the shell-protected egg were the vital innovations for bringing about the Synopsis: The film sets out to find out what’s killing predominance of the reptiles, says this programme on vultures in the Indian sub-continent: over a decade, their the history of the dinosaur. numbers have dropped by almost 90%. Ornithologists across the world are alarmed. Indian communities like Production Company: Central Institute of Educational the Parsis for whom vultures are an important part of Technology (CIET) tradition, are worried; as are the thousands of ‘cattle skinners’ spread across the country who are dependent Contact Details: on the efficiency with which vultures scavenge on animal Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) carcasses for their livelihood. The film explores the Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education dependence of man on this carrion eater. Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Director: Nikhil and Niret Alva P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Producer: Pria Somiah (Supervising Producer) E: [email protected] Production Company: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. W: www.ciet.nic.in Contact Details: Miditech Pvt. Ltd. B Block, Kailash Apartment, Lala Lajpat Rai Road English Title: Vish aur Vishwas — Jaankari New Delhi 110 048 Sanpon ki-II P: 011-26284778, M: 9899866606; F: 011-26282190 E: [email protected] Date/Month/Year of Production: May 2001 Language: Subtitle English Duration: 19 min 29 sec English Title: Walk on the Wild Side Format: Betacam Language: English Subject Focus: Snakes Duration: 24 min
Synopsis: The embellishment of Lord Shiva’s neck, the Synopsis: This film highlight the catastrophic decline of snake has been generally reviled. People tend to believe our natural heritage due to poaching, and urges people that all snakes are poisonous, and this myth makes the to do the one thing that every common citizen can do to life of these reptiles highly unsafe. The film tries to dispel preserve the country’s rich natural treasure: stop buying these clouds of disinformation over snakes. wildlife and inform people about the vastness of India’s biodiversity. Production Company: EJOD Director: Syed Fayaz Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Contact Details: NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Syed Fayaz P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 B-2/40, II Floor, Safadarjung Enclave, New Delhi 110029 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 011-2610 1307, M: 98107 38452 E: [email protected]
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English Title: Water and Life English Title: Whale Wars
Language: English Original Title: Whale Wars Duration: 15 min Date/Month/Year of Production: 1993 Format: 16 mm Language: English Duration: 48 min Subject Focus: Life forms of water and their evolution Format: VHS/VCD & DVD
Synopsis: The film deals with life in water and its evolution Subject Focus: Practice of whaling, and the Japanese from water to the terrestrial environment. It also deals with whaling industry the structural adaptations in animals living in different ecosystems. Synopsis: Are quotes for ‘scientific research’ merely a ruse by Japan’s whalers to carry on an industry that most Production Company: Central Institute of Educational countries want to close down? Whale Wars highlights the Technology (CIET) 1993 international whaling conference in Kyoto, Japan. Its protagonists are two officers from the Environmental Contact Details: Investigation Agency (EIA) who are investigating the Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) dolphin and small whale fishing industry in Japan. The Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Japanese government insists its whalers cater only to local Research and Training (NCERT) consumers. But the EIA team claims that the industry is Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 out of control, and intent on expanding its catches of P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 dolphin and pilot whale. E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in Director: Paul Cleary Producer: Television Trust for the Environment (TVE)
English Title: Water Birds Contact Details: Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) Language: English 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi 110 062 Duration: 11 min P: 011-29955124, 29956110, 29956394; F: 011-29955879 E: [email protected] Format: 16 mm W: www.cseindia.org
Subject Focus: Water birds
Synopsis: The photographic sequences in the film depict English Title: Whistling Hunter the physical characteristics, habits, environment, adaptivity and care of young of the Egret, the Mallard Duck, the Canada Goose and the Brown Pelican. Subject Focus: Dholes, the wild dogs of India
Production Company: Central Institute of Educational Synopsis: The film gives the viewers a glimpse into the Technology (CIET) lives of Dholes, the elusive fox-like animals with reddish brown fur and bushy black tails. Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Production Company: Bedi Ji Productions Pvt. Ltd. Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Research and Training (NCERT) Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Contact Details: P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 Bedi Films, E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 E: [email protected] P: 011- 25439939, 25441864, 51444332, F: 011-25430850 W: www.ciet.nic.in E: [email protected]; [email protected] W: www.bedibrothers.com
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English Title: Who am I? English Title: Why Should Protect Snakes?
Original Title: Kaun Hun Mai? Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2003 Date/Month/Year of Production: 2002 Duration: 17 min Language: Hindi and English (with English subtitles) Format: Betacam Duration: 2 min 15 sec Subject Focus: Snakes Subject Focus: Life cycle of a frog Synopsis: The programme deals with the myths and Synopsis: This is a three-D animation film on the life cycle misconceptions about snakes, and highlights their true of a frog called Joju, who goes through the different stages characteristics. of his life cycle, each time discovering something new about himself. Joju deals with the whole idea of children Production Company: EHYD wanting to grow up and know what they will be when they are adults. Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Director: Ramneek Kaur Majithia NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Producer: Moving Picture Company India Limited P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Production Company: Moving Picture Company India W: www.cec-ugc.org Limited
Contact Details: English Title: Wild Dog Diaries Ramneek Kaur Majithia 31/23, Old Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi 110 060 P: 011-52433316; M: 9810205072 Language: English E: [email protected] Duration: 46 min 45 sec W: www.coroflot.com/ramneek Subject Focus: Dholes, the Indian wild dogs
Synopsis: When filmmaker Krupakar is on the verge of English Title: Why Conserve Wild Animals? abandoning his study of wild dogs in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve of south India, he turns to a tribal, Bomma, for Date/Month/Year of Production: December 1993 help. What follows is a rare synergy where native wisdom Language: English complements modern learning to unveil one of the most Duration: 12 min 42 sec mysterious predators in the Indian forest – the Dhole. The Format: Betacam film depicts a Dhole mother’s struggle to keep her family together, raise her pups and elude dangers. Subject Focus: Wildlife and its conservation Director: Senani Hegde Synopsis: The programme highlights the importance of Producer: Krupakar Senani Features wild animals and the role they play in maintaining ecological balance. Contact Details: Krupakar Senani Features Production Company: AIND No. 1, 12th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, Mysore 570 002, Karnataka P: 0821-2519211 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org
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English Title: Wild Dog Whisling Hunters English Title: Wild Encounters
Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Duration: 30 min Language: English Duration: 25 min 3 sec Subject Focus: Dholes, the Indian wild dogs Subject Focus: Wildlife quiz Synopsis: Dholes are elusive fox-like animals — the wild dogs of India’s forests. They do not communicate through Synopsis: Wild Encounters is a wildlife quiz show howls or barks, but through high-pitched whistles. designed on the rapid fire and knockout format. There are 12 participants and the aim of each is to eliminate all Director: Bedi Brothers the other participants rendering each one “threatened”, Producer: BediFilms/BediFilmsVisuals “endangered” and “extinct” — in that order.
Contact Details: Director: Rima Chibb/Amar Chibb Bedi Films Producer: STAR India Pvt. Ltd. Programme E-19, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi 110 027 P: 011- 25439939, 25441864, 51444332, F: 011-25430850 Contact Details: E: [email protected]; [email protected] Star India Pvt.Ltd W: www.bedibrothers.com 1st Floor, Central Wing, Thapar House, 124 Janpath New Delhi 110 001 T: 011-5249 4900; F: 011-5104 9490 W: www.star.co.in English Title: Wild Encounters
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2001-2002 Language: English English Title: Wild India 24 Hours Duration: 24 min (13 episodes) Format: Betacam Original Title: Wild India 24 Hours Date/Month/Year of Production: June 2004 Subject Focus: Animal quiz show Language: English Duration: 13 min Synopsis: This is a game show which uses the quiz format Format: Digital Beta to generate public interest and awareness about India’s wild heritage and nature conservation. This was the first Subject Focus: The wilderness of India wildlife quiz to be telecast at the national level. Synopsis: This film covers the entire Indian subcontinent Director: Amar Sharma/Rima Chibb in one sweeping montage — from Pakistan to Myanmar, Producer: Amar Sharma/Rima Chibb and from Kashmir to Kanyakumari — in one 24-hour Production Company: Collage Teleimages Pvt Ltd sunrise-sunset-sunrise sequence on a winter day in Commissioning Agency: Collage Teleimages Pvt Ltd December 2003. The journey is done through the heart of wilderness India. Contact Details: Rima Chibb/Amar Sharma Director: Rupin Dang Collage Teleimages Pvt Ltd, D-31 Oakwood Estate, DLF City Producer: Rupin Dang 2, Gurgaon, Haryana Production Company: Wilderness Films India Ltd. P: 0124-2564304/4582; M: 9810073369, 9868104762 E: [email protected]; [email protected] W: www.collage.in Contact Details: Rupin Dang 1, Factory Road, Ring Road South, New Delhi 110 029 P: 011-26191180; M: 9810019704; F: 011-26191180 E: [email protected] W: www.wildfilmsindia.com
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English Title: Wilderness Nepal English Title: Wildlife — Mudumalai Sanctuary
Original Title: Wilderness Nepal Date/Month/Year of Production: July 1998 Date/Month/Year of Production: March 2003 Language: English Language: English Duration: 12 min 3 sec Duration: 24 min Format: Betacam Format: Digital Subject Focus: Mudumalai Sanctuary Subject Focus: Natural history of the Himalayan region, with special reference to Nepal Synopsis: The film is a visual journey into Mudumalai Sanctuary, the first south Indian sanctuary set up in 1900. Synopsis: The film has footage of the Indian rhino and It tries to create an awareness about wildlife and the the Asian elephant at the Royal Chitwan National Park. problems animals face. The film also demonstrates the concept of community forestry, which has been successful in maintaining the Production Company: AMAD wetland area of ’20,000 lakes’. Through all this, the film asks whether there is a future in Nepal for the Asian Contact Details: elephant and the tiger. Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Director: Dr.Susan Sharma P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 W: www.cec-ugc.org Contact Details: Dr. Susan Sharma C-2490, Sushantlok Phase I, Gurgaon, Haryana -122 002 English Title: Wildlife around Kulik P: 0124-5045330/331 E: [email protected] W: www.indianwildlifeclub.com Date/Month/Year of Production: December 2001 Language: English Duration: 23 min 39 sec
English Title: Wildlife — In Communication with Subject Focus: The colony of Asian Open-billed Storks Nature in Kulic Bird Sanctuary West Bengal
Date/Month/Year of Production: March 1994 Synopsis: The Kulik Bird Sanctuary, in the district of North Language: English Dinajpur in West Bengal, covers an area of 35 acres Duration: 14 min 8 sec around the river Kulik and its ox-bow lake. Kulik is famous Format: Betacam as one of Asia’s largest Open-billed Stork colonies. Other than Open-bills, species of water birds like the Night Subject Focus: Wildlife and its conservation Heron, the Median Egret and the Little Cormorant also nest here. The film revolves around the life and activities Synopsis: The film presents a case for protecting and of the storks and other birds. conserving wildlife. Director: Saurav Datta Production Company: AIND Producer: British Cultural Society
Contact Details: Contact Details: Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC) Saurav Dutta NSC Campus, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110 067 Brishtirail Cultural Society, 48/1, Dr. A. K. Paul Road P: 011-55645237, 26897418/19, 26130378, 26122605 Behala, Kolkata 700 034 W: www.cec-ugc.org P: 033-24470852 E: [email protected]; [email protected]
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English Title: Wildlife Diary English Title: Willing to Sacrifice
Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 Date/Month/Year of Production: 1998 Language: English Language: English Duration: 55 min Duration: 25 min Format: DVD Subject Focus: The Bishnoi community Contact Details: British Council Library Synopsis: This documentary narrates a story of individual 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 sacrifice. Killed by poachers, Nihal Chand Bishnoi has P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 E: [email protected] become a martyr in the Bishnoi community of Rajasthan. In him lies the legacy of a community, which has long enjoyed a reputation for protecting the environment and wildlife. English Title: Wildlife of India Director: B. V. P. Rao Original Title: Wildlife of India Producer: B. Dayakar Rao Language: English Duration: 26 min Contact Details: Format: 35 mm B. Dayakar Rao 359, Asian Games Village, New Delhi 110 049 P: 011-26498886; F: 011-24360779 Producer: Films Division E: [email protected]
Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India English Title: Winged Wonderland 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Original Title: Winged Wonderland E: [email protected] Language: English W: www.filmsdivision.org Duration: 18 min Format: 35 mm
Subject Focus: Birds English Title: Wildlife Specials: Tiger Synopsis: The film’s subject is mankind’s feathered Date/Month/Year of Production: 2004 friends. Language: English Format: DVD Producer: Films Division Director: BBC Contact Details: Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Contact Details: Government of India British Council Library 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra 17, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi 110 001 P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 P: 011-23711401, 51497237 (D), 23711401; F: 011-23710717 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.filmsdivision.org
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English Title: Wings of Change English Title: World in a Marsh
Language: English Language: English Duration: 20 min Subject Focus: Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur Format: 16 mm
Synopsis: The film is a detailed account of the biodiversity Subject Focus: Marsh life of this favoured wetland for migratory birds. Tourists from all over the world visit the park to witness the breeding of Synopsis: The film provides an intimate view of the natural birds like the Ibis, Painted Storks, Herons, Spoonbills, etc. world of the marshes. Ecosystems like this cannot be protected without involving local people, says the film. Production Company: CIET
Producer: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Contact Details: Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET) Contact Details: Chacha Nehru Bhawan, National Council of Education Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) Research and Training (NCERT) Hornbill House, Dr. Sálim Ali Chowk, Shahid Bhagat Singh Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi 110 016 Road, Mumbai 400 023, Maharashtra P: 011-26864801, 26864802, 26864803; F: 011-26864141 P: 022-22821811; F: 022-22837615 E: [email protected] E: [email protected] W: www.ciet.nic.in W: www.bnhs.org
English Title: Zoo Manners English Title: Wings of Fire Original Title: Zoo Manners Original Title: Wings of Fire Date/Month/Year of Production: 1984 Language: English Language: Hindi Duration: 14 min Duration: 17 min Format: 35 mm Format: 35 mm
Subject Focus: Flamingos Subject Focus: Keeping a zoo clean
Synopsis: Flamingos, who arrive in the Rann of Kutch in Synopsis: Cleanliness comes naturally to nature’s their breeding season, is the focus of this film. creatures, but not so to human beings. In a zoo, while its premises are being cleaned, the animals too are seen Producer: Films Division cleaning themselves. But soon, visitors to the zoo make the place untidy, and the animals are upset at their careless Contact Details: and inconsiderate behavior. A little girl takes it upon herself Films Division, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to clean up the mess. Government of India 24, Dr. G. Deshmukh Marg, Mumbai 400 026 Director: Jagat Murari P: 022-23515422, 23513176, 23516931, 23513633 F: 022-23515308, 23511008 Contact Details: E: [email protected] Children’s Film Society, India W: www.filmsdivision.org Films Division Complex, 24, Dr.G.Deshmukh Marg Mumbai 400 026, Maharashtra P: 022-23526798, 23516136; F: 022-23522610 E: [email protected] W: www.cfsindia.org
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English Title: Zoos: Centres of Conservation English Title: Zoos — Instruments of Conservation Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Language: English Date/Month/Year of Production: 1996 Duration: 25 min Language: English Format: Betacam, VHS Duration: 30 min Format: VHS (Betacam) Subject Focus: Zoos Subject Focus: Importance of zoos Synopsis: The documentary traces the history and evolution of the Indian zoo and seeks to explore the Synopsis: The role of zoos in today’s world has changed. changing concept and role of modern zoos. Besides Zoos are now more focused on providing near-natural discussing the issues of infrastructural requirements, the environments to animals and breeding endangered film highlights the need for more natural environment for species. animals. Producer: Central Zoo Authority (CZA) Production Company: Central Zoo Authority (CZD) Production Company: Multi Media, New Delhi Commissioning Agency: Central Zoo Authority (CZA) Contact Details: Central Zoo Authority, Annexe 6, Bikaner House, Shahjahan Contact Details: Road, New Delhi 110 003 Central Zoo Authority, Annexe 6, Bikaner House, Shahjahan P: 011-23381585, 23070375; F: 23386012 Road, New Delhi 110 003 W: www.cza.nic.in P: 011-23381585, 23070375; F: 23386012 W: www.cza.nic.in
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AGRICULTURE AND PESTICIDES Meals Ready 14 Mere Desh ki Dharti 14 A New Bullock Cart 2 Mighty Midgets — They also Serve-1 Aangan ke Vriksh 2 (Introduction to Earthworms) 15 Agro Biodiversity – Key to Food, Health and Livelihood Mighty Midgets — They also Serve-2 Security 2 (Biology of Earthworms-1) 15 Amla 2 Mighty Midgets — They also Serve-3 Arajeevinthangalkoru Swargam 3 (Biology of Earthworms-2) 15 Artificial Insemination 3 Mighty Midgets — They also Serve-4 Assault on the Land 3 (Biology of Earthworms-3) 15 Bees, Beekeeping and Ecological Agriculture 3 Mighty Midgets — They also Serve-5 (Biology of Earthworms-4) 16 Bel 4 Mighty Midgets — They also Serve-6 Biological Paradise of Andhra Pradesh 4 (Biology of Earthworms-5) 16 Bitter Harvest 4 Monsoon – The Two Faces of Indra 16 Broken Bread 4 Monsoon Yatra 16 Bt Cotton in Andhra Pradesh: A Three Year Fraud 5 Mulching 17 Bullock-drawn Tractor 5 Neem as a Pesticide 17 Daughters of the Soil 6 Participatory Research with Women Farmers 17 Deconstructing Supper 6 Patent Pending 18 Deleting the Dirty Dozen 6 Pest Wars 18 Desi Beej, Videshi Kabza 6 Pesticide Pollution 18 Drop by Drop 7 Pesticide Trap 18 Earth Report V: Toxic Trail Part 1 7 Pieris — The Biting Butterfly 19 Earth Report VI: High-tech Harvest 7 Poultry Farming 19 Earth Report VI: Prickly Profit 8 Prayer for Rebirth 19 Earth Report VIII: Seeds of Conflict 8 Profits from Poison 19 Fallout of Green Revolution 8 Prospects of Aquaculture in Western Rajasthan 20 Fields of Trees 8 Rational Use of Pesticides 20 First Harvest and Valleys in Transition 9 Revolution and After 20 Flight of Fancy 9 Salt of the Earth 20 Gokshur 9 Sarvodaya Ashram 21 Green Belt around the Plants — The Odukkam Seeds of Freedom 21 Experience 9 Seeds of Life 21 Grizzlies, Government and the Greens 10 Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Sorrow 22 Hands On 5 — From the Farm 10 Seeds of Sorrow 22 Hands On Omnibus-Part One 10 Silk for the Desert-1 22 Hands On: Grow it Yourself 11 Silk for the Desert-2 23 Harvest the Hunger 11 Social Forestry-1 (From Extinction to Existence) 23 Harvest the Rain 11 Social Forestry-2 (From Extinction to Existence) 23 Harvesting Hunger 11 South Africa — The Wasted Land 23 Honey Bee — Architect of Green & Sweet Revolution 12 State of India’s Environment (V): Collective Approach to Land 24 Hunger in the Time of Plenty 12 State of India’s Environment (VIII): Valli’s Story 24 In God’s Own Country 12 Stolen Harvest 24 Jaiv Prodhyogiki: Vardan ya Abhishap (Hindi version of High-tech Harvest) 12 The Crowded Desert 24 Land and Water 13 The Good Earth 25 Living with Drought 13 The Green Desert 25 Maharashtra — Saving the Green Gold 13 The Green Poison 25 The Green Warriors – Apatanis 25 Maru Resham 13 The Hanging Gardens of Arabia 26 Marusthaliya Tiddi — Shatru Kisan Ki-I 14 The Hidden Killer: Pesticides 26 Marusthaliya Tiddi — Shatru Kisan Ki-II 14
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The Slow Poisoning of India 27 Care the Greens 42 The Whistle Blowers 27 Chance for Survival 42 Tomorrow May be the Fatal Day 27 Cockroaches 42 Under the Sun 28 Communities 43 Wheat Today, What Tomorrow? 28 Conservation of Biodiversity 43 Why are Warangal Farmers Angry with Bt Cotton? 28 Coping with Catastrophe 43 Corbett at 60 43 BIODIVERSITY AND FORESTS Courting Nature 44 Creative Cow 44 A Blossom Begins to Sing 30 Crustacea 44 A Journey through Manjira Wildlife Sancturary 30 Cry of the Forest 44 A Journey through Moyar 30 Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary 45 A Man, A Forest 30 Daughter of the Earth 45 A Mirage for a Future? 31 Dawagni: Himalaya ke Dahaktey Van 45 A New Dawn in Coorg 31 Death in the Rain Forest 45 A Special Relationship (Manipur) ‘LAA’ 32 Deemak 46 Aak 32 Delhi Ridge 46 Aam Mahuva ki Shadi 32 Desert Locusts-I, The Farmers’ Foe 46 Aanchar Lake — A Lost Ecological Heritage 32 Desert Locusts-II, The Farmers’ Foe 46 Adaptations of Plants and Animals 33 Destiny 47 Adventuring in Conservation 33 Devta Activists 47 An Ode to My Mother 33 Dhoodha Toli 47 And the Bamboo Blooms 33 Don’t Just Worship It – Trees 47 Apna Jungle Apni Kahani 34 Doon Valley Ecosystem 48 Aranya-Yatra-Ek Sukhad Anubhuti 34 Drosophila — The Fruit Fly 48 Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 – 1 (Plant Killers-1) 34 Drought in Desert 48 Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 – 2 (Plant Killers-2) 34 Earth Charmers 48 Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 (CAZRI: An Information Earth is Worth 49 on Institute) 35 Earth Report VI (Hands On): Pure Geneeous 49 Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 (Renegotiation of Desert) 35 Earth Report VI: Hands On — Out of the Woods 49 Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 (Technology for Productive Desert) 35 Earth Report VI: Paradise Regained 49 Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 (What is a Desert) 35 Earth Report VI: Timber Mafia Part-1 50 Arjun 36 Earth Report VI: Timber Mafia Part-2 50 Ashwagandha 36 Easter Island: The Mystery 50 Avakashita Paaristithik Tantra Prabhandhan 36 Eco-Dharma 50 Avkarshit Parethetik Tantra 36 Ecological Modelling 51 Axing of the Himalayas 37 Ecology and Pollution in Wetland 51 Balumang 37 Ecosystems and Interactions 51 Banking on the Gene 37 Eden of Hope 51 Bargad ne Kaha Dekho Meri Duniya 38 Einthinayude Naalvazhikal 52 Basic Thinks of Mankind 38 Ek aur Nazaria — Maiti Andolan 52 Bhalku… Ek Engineer 38 Environment & Bio-Diversity Part-I 52 Bhoomi (Episode-106) 39 Environment & Bio-Diversity Part-II 52 Bio Control of Teak Defoliator 39 Environmental Science (Coastal Elusion) 53 Bio-Diversity of India 39 Expedition to an Ancient Jungle 53 Biological Deserts 40 Facing a Battle for Survival 53 Biology of Multipedes-I 40 Fate of 1988 National Forest Policy 53 Boodha Pedh 40 Fate of the Forests 54 Born Wild Episode: Sacred Groves 40 Fighting for a Future 54 Bull Cult 40 Finding the Link 54 Can Tropical Rainforests be Saved? 41 Fire of the Forest 54 Canines A-Z 41 Fires in National Park — A Case Study 54 Canvas 41 Fisheries-5 (Culture Fisheries) 55 Capital Green — Green Policy of New Delhi 41 Fisheries-6 (Fisheries-Port — Ratnagiri) 55 Captive Animals — Bonded Labour 42 Forest 55
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Forest Fires: Prevention & Control 55 Let Live 69 Forest Policy ‘88 56 Life 70 Forest Settlements in Gir 56 Life Under Gondola 70 Forestry in India-7 (Forest Policies and Man) 56 Living on Thy Land 70 Forests 56 Looking at Forests 70 Forests — The Last Stand 57 Man and Environment-1 (What on Earth are We Doing Forests & Us 57 to Our Environment?) 71 Forests in Peril-1 57 Man and Environment-2 (What on Earth are We Doing to Our Land?) 71 Forests in Peril-2 57 Forests in Peril-3 58 Man Made Misery 71 Forests of Reverence 58 Mangrove — Facts and Policies 71 Forests of the Gods 58 Mangroves — Life on the Margin 72 Forgotten Villages 58 Mangroves and the Man 72 Ghonsla 59 Mangroves of Sundarban 72 Grassroots 59 Marine Parks 73 Green Medicines 59 Medicinal Plants through Scientoon 73 Green Signals – The Environment in India 59 Mere Desh ki Dharti Part-I 73 Green Warriors of Thar 60 Mere Desh ki Dharti Part-II 73 Greening the Char 60 Mobile Bio-diversity Festival 2002 74 Greening the Mining Mess 60 Monsoon Flowers 74 Greening the Waste Land 60 Mujhe Bachao Nainital 74 Greenline and Greening of Delhi 61 Mystery within Gulf of Kutch 75 Grow More & More Trees 61 Nagarhole: Tales from an Indian Jungle 75 Habitat 61 National Marine Parks of America 75 Halting the Fires 61 Natural Hertiage of Gujarat 75 Hands On — Out of the Forest 62 Nature and Man 76 Healers for All Reasons 62 Nature’s Care 76 How Plants Help Us? 62 Neem: The Green Gold Mine 76 Hymn of Herbs 62 New Forest Policy 76 In the Jungles of Rajasthan 63 Nimiya ka Ped 77 Indonesia: Palm Oil, Primates and Pyromania 63 No More Tigers in the Yard 77 Invocations to the Mountain Goddess 63 No Title 77 Irony 64 Once There was a Forest 77 It’s Our Future Too 64 Once Upon a Time 78 Jack aur Jill ki Kahani 64 Only an Axe Away 78 Jal, Jungle aur Jeevan 64 Orchids of Manipur 78 Joint Forest Management 65 Origin of Life 79 Jungle Pharmacy 65 Our Earth 79 Jungle Tales: Surviving Development in Uttara Kannada 65 Our Jungle Our People 79 Kahani Peepal Wali Gali ki 65 Out of the Blue 79 Kaise Aag 66 Panchghani: Fire on the Mountain 80 Kalpavriksha — Legacy of Forests 66 Papeeha 80 Kanha – Protecting a Paradise 66 Parks or People 80 Kanha National Park 66 Partners in Peril 81 Kareem and his Forest 67 Pastures in the Heaven 81 Kerala: A Green Chronicle 67 Pen vs Pen 81 Khajoor 67 Penguin Island 81 Know Their Land 68 People’s Agenda for Biodiversity: Mobile Fesivals Kudrat ki Den 68 of the D.D.S. 82 Latvia’s Rich Wetlands 68 People’s Participation: Bandhavgarh and Jhabua 82 Learning from Nature-3 (Serene Supremacy) 68 Phosphogypsum as Wood Substitute 82 Learning to Dream Again 69 Plant Succession 82 Leave Nature Alone 69 Poetry of Nature 83 Lecture Series on Environmental Science (Ecology of Prickly Profit 83 Terrestrial Habitat) 69 Pride of Nature 83
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Private Life of Plants 83 The Spirits of Forest 97 Rang 84 The Story of a Kaththa Forest 97 Ravages of Drought 84 The Thin Framework 98 Registani Kalpavriksha — Khejari 84 The Tidal Life of Krishna 98 Romance of Life 84 The Tidal Rhythm 98 Sacred Grove-1 (The Rare Islands of Greenery) 85 The Tragedy 98 Sacred Groves 85 The Tree 99 Sahayak: Species in Partnership 85 The Wake Up Call 99 Sahyadris — Mountains of the Monsoon 86 The Way 99 Sandesh Ek Log Anek 86 The Woodcutter 99 Savage Strikes Back: Parts I, II & III 86 …There is a Fire in your Forest 100 Save Bhitarkanika 87 Threatened Ecosystems in India 100 Save Trees 87 Tinku Lives in Heaven 100 Save Trees, Trees Save 87 Traditions — Bio-diversity in Indian Agriculture 100 Seasons in the Sun 87 Trees Give Life 101 Securing India’s Future: On the Trail of the National Trials of Life: The Complete Series 101 Biodiversity Strategy & Action Plan 88 Unearthed Hell 101 Seeds of Hope 88 Van aur Hum 101 Sehjan 88 Van Laxmi 102 Service of Trees 89 Van Patra 102 Shadows of Tehri 89 Vanishing Forests 102 Shatavari 89 Vasundhara (Forest Trees and People) 103 Shrimp Fever 89 Vasundhra (Sacred Grove) 103 Silent Valley — An Indian Rainforest 90 Vasundhra Mangroves (Vasundhara) 103 Social Forestry 90 Vatavaran (Tree Conservation) 103 Social Insects: Ants Biology, Social Organization 90 Vatsi 1: A Boat with a Difference 104 Socotra: Island of Dragon’s Blood 90 Vriksh Lagao 104 Song of the Forest: Yanomamo 91 Vriksha Mapak Yantra 104 State of the Planet 91 Vrikshamitra 104 Suits and Savages — Why the World Bank Won’t Vrksamitra — A Friend of Trees 105 Save the World 91 Ways and Words 105 Swaran Patri 91 Where The Tallest Grass Grows 105 Swarming Hordes 92 Wilderness Lost and Drying Watershed 106 Symphony in Green 92 Wings of Change 106 Taru 92 Wood for the Tree-1 106 Tensions — Maharashtra Social Forestry Programme 92 Wooden Wonder 106 Thar Registan — Ek Jeevant Paridrashya 93 Woods Were Lovely Dark and Deep…. 107 Thar Registan — Jeevan Vividhata 93 Worship with a Difference 107 The ‘Savage’ Strikes Back Series (Prog. I: Flames in the Forests) 93 The ‘Savage’ Strikes Back Series (Prog. Ill: Rebels of ECO-TOURISM the Forgotten World) 93 A Tribute to Himalaya 110 The Blue Mountains: Land of Biodiversity 94 Ayyappa Poongavanom 110 The Bounties of Nature 94 Baraka 110 The Changing Nature of a Wetland 94 Hands On — Think Global, Act Natural 110 The Decision 94 Ladakh, the Land of Mystery 111 The Fine Balance 95 Ladakh, Unraveling an Enigma (Moosa Ali’s Camel, The Greening of Thailand 95 ‘Enroute to Karakorams’) 111 The Guardian of Nature 95 Nepal Roadshow 111 The Landscape 95 Ocean’s Vengeance – Digha, West Bengal 111 The Last Show on Earth 96 Perspectives on Mountain Tourism-2 (Badrinath Zone: The Last Wilderness 96 Impacts and Implications) 112 The Lifeline of Pocharam 96 The Earthworkers (Paradise Lost and Found) 112 The Man Who Planted Mangroves 96 The Green Brigade 112 The Mud Island 97 The Hanjees Livelihood at Crossroad 112 The Revival 97 Tourism in Andaman & Nicobar 113
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ENERGY Good Earth – Build with Mud 129 Good Family 130 15 Points for Drivers to Save Diesel 116 Green Architecture 130 A Burning Issue 116 Green Fuel – Unleaded 130 A Return to Nature 116 Hands On-2 — It’s a Gas 130 An Area of Darkness 116 Hands On: Fuel for Thought 131 Arid Zone Ecology Phase-1 (Solar Energy Appliances) 117 Hands On: Power to the People 131 Ashtak — The Achievement 117 Interdependence of Plant and Animal Life 131 Bio Urja ki Ujali Kiran 117 Ireda 131 Bio-Diesel Resurrection of Honge Oil 117 Kahani Har Ghar Ki 132 Biogas 118 Kisan ka Dost 132 Biogas — Wealth & Waste 118 Kitchen ki Nounk-Jhonk 132 Biogas, a Blessing 118 Know Them by Dialogue-1 (A Talk with Claude Carrigues) 132 Biogas — Gair-Paramparik Urja ka Srota 118 Know Them by Dialogue-1 (A Talk with Eric Larson) 133 Bio-mass Gasifier, Odonthadai 119 Know Them by Dialogue-2 (A Talk with Eric Larson) 133 Black Gold 119 Know Them by Dialogue: A Talk with Claude Carrigues-II 133 Box Solar Cooker 119 Kuch aur Kadam 133 Burning Bright — Sun, a Viable Energy Option 119 LPG Saving Tips 134 Car Pool System 120 Mahaan Driver 134 Changing Climates: The Future 120 Management Control on Energy 134 Clean Drive – CNG Cars 120 Meal Maker: Solar Cooker 134 Coal-1 (The Captive Sun) 120 Message from Film Actor (Akshay Kumar) 135 Coal-2 (From Pithead to Blast Furnace) 121 Message from Film Actress (Priyanka Chopra) 135 Coal-3 (Earth on Fire) 121 Micro Hydro Power Plant: Need of the Hour-1 135 Concentrator Solar Cooker 121 Nature of Energy 135 Deenbandhu 121 New and Renewable Sources of Energy 136 Domestic Energy Management 122 Non-Conventional Energy Resources 136 Driving for Diesel Economy 122 Non-Conventional Energy Sources-1 (Solar Energy) 136 Earth Report V: Water in Your Tank 122 Non-Conventional Energy Sources-2 (Wind Energy) 136 Earth Report VI (Hands-On): Fuel for Thought 122 Non-Conventional Energy Sources (Solar Energy — Earth Report VIII: Smokeless in China 123 An Answer to Energy Crisis) 137 Embig 123 Nuclear Energy in India 137 Energising – India 123 Nuclear Energy: The Question before Us 137 Energy and Environment 124 Operation Prakriti (Biogas from Fuit & Vegetable Waste) 137 Energy & Environment-1 124 Pawan Urja 138 Energy & Environment-2 124 Pawan Urja: Ek Saabhark Vikalpa 138 Energy & Environment-3 124 Petrol Saving Tips 138 Energy and its Forms 125 Petroleum Story 138 Energy Consciousness in the Commercial Sector 125 Phir Bhi Dil Hain Hindustani 138 Energy Conservation 125 Power to the People 139 Energy Flow in Eco-System 126 Printer 139 Energy for All 126 Pump Chalao, Diesel Bachao 139 Energy for Rural Development 126 Renewable Energy Sources: Anoxic Bio-Degradation 140 Energy from Wind, Water and Sun 126 Role of Energy Management Centre in Improving Energy Management 127 Energy Efficiency 140 Environment Shapes National Culture-1 (Biogas-1) 127 Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi 140 Environment Shapes National Culture-2 (Biogas-2) 127 Safar ka Sabak 140 Environmental Science Series (Energy Resources) 127 Santa Banta aur Diesel ki Bachat 141 Fluorescent Lamps as Energy Conservers 128 Saur Urja — Gair-Paramparik Urja ka Amit Srota 141 Fuel Briquettes 128 Save Every Drop 141 Fuel Economy in 2/3 Wheelers 128 Save Petrol in Cars 141 Future – 2040 AD 128 Save Petrol Save Money 142 Geothermal Energy Sources 129 Sewage Gas: The Initiative in Okhla 142 Gharat 129 Smokeless Chullah 142 Good Cooking Habits 129 Solar Concentrator 142
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Solar Cooker 143 From the Sublime to the Ridiculous 156 Solar Passive House-1 (The Principles) 143 Ghas ka Prabandh 156 State of India’s Environment (II): The Kilowatt Question 143 Giants and Dwarfs 157 Tap Energy Unlimited 143 Green Animation: Cartoons to Save the World 157 TERI, Uttam Urja 144 Growing Up 157 The Breezy Boon: Wind Power 144 Hair: Cables of Information 158 The Scientist 144 Hands On — City Scope 158 The Solar Passive House-2 (A House for all Seasons) 144 Hands Up for the Environment and the Market 158 Tirkit Dheena Kala Sona 145 Health in the City 158 Tractor Chalao, Diesel Bachao 145 Heredity and Environment 159 Trash into Cash 145 Hole in One 159 Tuning of Boilers & Furnace 145 How Realistic can These Models Be? 159 Turning the Tide (II): Running Out of Steam 145 Hunters and Hunted 159 Urja Utsav, Energy Skills as Life Skills 146 Infinite Variety 160 Who’s Got the Power? 146 Insect Zoo 160 Whose Energy for Whom 146 Kaksha ki Safai 160 Wind is Power 146 Khel Khel mein Badlo Duniya 160 Wind Mills: from Energy to Electricity 146 Khullam Khulla — Environment Special 161 Land of Sun and Sand — The Arid Region 161 ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Learning from Nature-1 (Neglected Nectar) 161 Learning from Nature-2 (Back to Nature) 161 A Day at the Zoo 148 Learning through Environment 162 A Journey Through Life — Early Omtogeny of Fish 148 Leaving No Trace – Cyclist in the City 162 A Walk Through the Ridge 148 Life in a Pond 162 Abhiyan 148 Life Series 3 (a) The Road from Rio-27 (b) The Trade ACAP 149 Trap-27 (c) The Perfect Famine-27 163 Animation Compilation 149 Low Cost Housing 163 Aspects of Arctic Environment 149 Maan Gaye 163 Aur Kitne Dhara: Sikudte Sansadhan, Pasarte Hum 149 Magic of Life 164 Bandits and the Backhanders 150 Makkhi ki Dawat, Aap ki Afat 164 Bhoomi (Earth) 150 Meena: Three Wishes 164 Buildings that Breathe 150 Nature Walk 164 China Roadshow 151 Our Future World 165 Cycling: A Healthy and Environment-Friendly Way to Oxygen-free Radicals and Antioxidants-11 Travel 151 (Tobacco and Oxygen Radicals) 165 Designing a Lifestyle 151 Oxygen-free Radicals and Antioxidants-12 Destination Ungra 151 (Antioxidants in Food) 165 Development Stall at Trade Fair 152 Paper Problems: Save Paper in Your Office 165 Earth 152 Paryavaran Shiksha Kyon 166 Earth as Witness 152 People and the Planet Compilation 166 Earth Report II: Spain Roadshow 152 Quiz on Environment 166 Earth Report VIII: Communicating for Change 153 Ruchi 166 Eco Mela – Man and Nature ’95 153 Saaf Rahe Tan to Khush Rahe Man 167 Eco-Friendly Gifts 153 Sahi Jagah Par 167 Ecotoons 153 Sasthrakauthukam 167 Education Through Art — Isa Vasya 154 Save Paper 167 Ek Jivan Yatra 154 Science for Survival 168 Environment Shapes National Culture-5 (Manchar) 154 Signs of Hope 168 Environmental Economics 154 Singapore Roadshow 168 Environmental Education — Key for Survival 155 Skinning Mother Nature...!? 169 Environmental Science Series (Ecosystems: Predator Some People 169 and Prey Relationship) 155 Songs and Tears of Nature 169 Environmental Science Series (Introduction to Ecology) 155 Source of Life (I) 169 Environmental Science Series (On-Shore Ecosystems) 155 State of India’s Environment (VII): In and Out of School 170 Evolution and Races of Man 156 Sting in the Tale 170 Fresh from Your Garden 156 Sundara Vasundara (Baldoot) 170
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Teaching of Science through Environment: Rock and Zoology (UVLC) The Circulatory System of Birds and Soil 170 Mammals 181 Terraquiz — A Televised Quiz Programme 171 Zoology (UVLC) The Circulatory System of Reptiles 181 The Circles of Distortion 171 Zoology (UVLC) Tissue Culture 181 The Dinosaur-1 171 Zoology (UVLC) Types of Eggs in Animals 181 The Dinosaur-2 171 Zoology (UVLC) Variation — Its Nature and Resources 181 The Dinosaur-3 172 Zoology (UVLC)-1 — Natural Selection-1 181 The Dinosaur-4 (The Dinosaur with Wings) 172 Zoology (UVLC)-2 — Natural Selection-2 182 The Dinosaur-5 — The Extinction of Dinosaur 172 Zoology (UVLC)-2 — Feeding Nutrition and Digestion The Earth 172 in Invertebrates-2 182 The Fragile Web 173 Zoology (UVLC)-3 — Feeding Nutrition and Digestion in Invertebrates-3 182 The Girl Who Saw the World from Above 173 The State of the Planet 173 The Voice of the Children 173 INDUSTRY AND ENVIRONMENT Third Eye 174 A Second Hand Life 184 Torch Cactus: A Natural Ionizer 174 Apathy – The Indifference 184 UGC Lecture Series in Environmental Science-1 Aviation and Environment 184 (Environmental Protection and Youth) 174 Avoiding Eye Strain in Electronic Factories 185 UGC Lecture Series in Environmetal Science-2 Brickmaster 185 (Natural Resource Management) 174 Building with Mud 185 Unnatural Destiny 175 Chaliyar — The Final Struggle 185 Vasundhra-1 (Ecoquest-1) 175 Chemicals in Cosmetics 186 Vasundhra-1 (Ecoquest-2) 175 Cities under Siege 186 Vasundhra-2 (Ecoquest-2) 175 Closure of Industries in Delhi 186 Vigyan Ashram, Pabal 175 Corporate Cooperate: Seminar on Industry and Vivekanand Research and Training Centre 176 Environment 186 What on Earth are We Doing 176 Costing the Earth 187 When the Bough Breaks 176 Death of a Community Foretold 187 Wildlife Plus (Discovering the Nature of Art) 177 Earth Report IV (Hands On): Back in Business 187 Zoology (UVLC) Animal Behaviour 177 Earth Report V: The Nature of Business 187 Zoology (UVLC) Animal Diversity and Classification 177 Eco Mark: Environment Labelling 188 Zoology (UVLC) Animal Nutrition 177 Effluent Treatment Plant of Dabur 188 Zoology (UVLC) Animal Reproduction 177 Eicher Group’s Initiatives 188 Zoology (UVLC) Aquatic Mammals and their Adaptations 178 Environmental Audits in India 188 Zoology (UVLC) Asexual and Sexual Reproduction 178 Environmental Impact — (Assessment of a Soapstone Mine) 189 Zoology (UVLC) Asexual Reproduction in Non-Chordates 178 Floundering Foundries 189 Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour and Flying Shuttle 189 Development Biology — Biotic Potential 178 Hands On — Fair Trade, Fair Profit 189 Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour and Hangover 190 Development Biology (Population) 179 Hazards in Electroplating 190 Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour and Health Food Shops 190 Development Biology: Basic Features of Hero Honda: An Environment-Friendly Initiative 190 Production, Consumption and Decomposition 179 Hides of Death – Leather in Calcutta 191 Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour and Development Biology: Ecological Principles and Industrial Pollution in Medak 191 Biotic Community 179 Industrial Waste Water Treatment 191 Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour and Insult to Civilization 191 Development Biology: Hormones and Behaviour 179 Khurja Pottery: The Tale behind the Gloss 192 Zoology (UVLC) Ecology, Animal Behaviour and Life II: City Life 192 Development Biology: Learning 180 Love, Women and Flowers 192 Zoology (UVLC) Evolution of Man 180 Mindless Mining – The Tragedy of Kudremukh 192 Zoology (UVLC) Feeding Mechanisms in Animals 180 Money on Trees 193 Zoology (UVLC) Fertilization 180 Occupational Health Hazards in Industry 193 Zoology (UVLC) Food Chain and Food Webs 180 Pearls of Enterprise 193 Zoology (UVLC) Forest Communities 180 Polluters Pay: Gujarat Industries 193
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Retrofitting for Indian Industries 194 Brazil Roadshow 210 Rubbish from the Information Superhighway 194 Breathing Without Air 210 Sanghi Industries 194 Bugyal (Pastures) 210 Sriram Group of Industries 194 Burdened Existence 211 Steering Away Losses 195 Call of the Forest 211 TARAcrete: A Roof for the Millions 195 Centre for Science for Villages, Wardha 211 The Black Triangle 195 Changing Destiny – Best Practices 211 The Black Valley 195 Changing Destiny – Best Practices II 212 The Broken Flight 196 Changing Winds 212 The Green Show 196 Chhakda 212 The Greening of GATT 196 Climb Every Mountain 213 The Many Faces of Madness 197 Co-Existence 213 The Pathetic Story of Patencheru 197 Colours of the Earth 213 The TARA Advantage 197 Common Property Resources 214 The Way to Dusty Death 197 Coping to Survive 214 Tiling Right – Micro Concrete Roofing Tiles 198 Cry of the Forest 214 Tomorrow We Will Finish 198 Dance with Hands Held Tight 214 Toxic Trespass 198 Dawn to Dusk Further… A Story of Horse-cart Pullers 215 VSBK: A Technology for the Millennium 198 Delta Force 215 Welcom Group Hotels and Their Conservation Efforts 199 Desounen: Dialogue with Death 215 White Smoke Rising 199 Development at Gun Point 215 Whose Children 199 Development Flows from the Barrel of the Gun 216 Discovery of God 216 LIVELIHOOD Doodhatoli 216 Down the Drain 216 (In)Visible City 202 Down to Earth 217 …and Nomads Took Root 202 Drops of Hope 217 3..2..1..0..? Who Can Change Me? 202 Earth Report V (Hands On): On the Move 217 A Cooperative for Snake Catchers 202 Earth Report VI: Uphill Struggle — Where Families and A Life of Motion and Commotion 203 Mountains Meet 218 A Magic Mystic Marketplace 203 Exodus 218 A Maritime Livelihood 203 Expressway 218 A New Deal 203 Fight for Survival 219 A Page from the Red Data Book 203 First Harvest/Changing Valleys 219 A Question of Tomorrow 204 Fish Tales 219 A Season Outside 204 Fish Wars 219 A Win-Win Solution 204 Fishing in the Sea of Greed 220 A World of Her Own 205 Five Realities of the Future 220 Aahad Sanskriti Sthal – Ojhiana 205 Freedom 220 Aamchi Kasauti 205 Gadia Lohar: A Life and Livelihood in Question? 220 Aftershocks: The Rough Guide to Democracy 205 Galleria Sepultura 221 Aleesha 206 Gavari-Samajik Prasthabhoomi 221 Gene Hunters 221 Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh 206 Guardians of the Forest 221 And the Bamboo Blooms 207 Hands On — Out of Asia 222 Arrows Against the Wind 207 Hands On: Cash – No Question 222 Aruvacode Diary 207 Hands On: Do it Herself 222 At the Distant Horizon 208 Hell in the Pacific 223 Backstage Boys 208 Highway to the Hidden Valleys 223 Ban on Ragpickers by MCD Delhi 208 Honey Hunters of the Blue Mountains 224 Baphlimali 173 208 Humanitas — The Disappeared, Refugees and the Because of Our Rights 209 Prior Nations 224 Behind the Glitter 209 I AM 224 Beijing Shorts 209 I, Fisherman 224 Bhuj 40 209 Images of Development 225 Blowpipes and Bulldozers 210 In Search of Greener Pastures 225
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In the Forest Hangs a Bridge 225 Garbage 241 Islands of Individuality 226 Golden Garbage of Calcutta 241 It can be Done 226 Green Mounds: Fly-ash Disposal 241 Jagriti 226 Gujari Bazaar 242 Jardhar Diary 226 Gumar Katha 242 Jeevika — Struggle for Existence 227 Hands On 3 — Lifting the Lid 242 Jhilmili’s Story 227 Hands-on 8 — Waste Watchers 242 Jungle Pharmacy 227 Hands-on: City Scope 243 Kandal Pokkudan 227 Hands-on: Waste to Wages 243 Khamoshi ke Swar 228 Hands-on: Waste Watchers 243 Kipdow 228 Hatya 243 Kora Rajee 228 Integrated Waste Management 244 Ladhakh – A Fragile Heritage 228 It is not Garbage 244 Ladhakh — Desert in the Skies 229 Japan’s Lessons on Economy and Environment — Lakshmi and Vishwakarma 229 Our Pollution Experience’ 244 Life & Livelihood 229 Jeevan Chalne ka Naam 244 Life II: Patently Obvious 229 Kaagda Peeth — ‘The Crow’s Back’ 245 Life II: Pavements of Gold 230 Kaash 245 Life IV: Helping Ourselves 230 Kachra: Jeevika Banam Vyavasaya (Hindi version of Life on Four Wheels 230 Earth Report VIII: Pulp Aid) 245 Manhole Workers Union 230 Khilte Hain Gul Yahan 245 Of Hawks and Hawkers 231 Let’s Build Paradise 246 Pretty Dyana 231 Life Goes On… 246 Sea City 231 Mahadaan 246 Streetwise — A View from the People 231 Manage Karo Garbage Zara-1 246 The Desert’s Edge 232 Metal Magic 247 The Fire Within 232 Metamorphosis 247 The Prior Nation 232 Modern Society Plastics and Recycling 247 The Village Republic 232 Nagara Nyrmalya 247 Treacling Down 233 Nirula’s and Recycling 248 Violence of the Blue Revolution 233 Organizing for a Better Livelihood: Waste Paper Virus in the Antidote 233 Pickers in SEWA 248 Plast-I — City 248 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT Plastic 248 Plastic Pollution 249 Aahvan 236 Plastic Truth 249 Abattoir Waste in Hapur 236 Plastics — Dangerous Disposables 249 Anak Hilang (The Lost Child) 236 Bio-medical Waste — Problems and Solutions 236 Pulp Aid 249 Bio-waste Management – A Silent Revolution 237 Recycled Paper: The TARA Initiative 250 Ceeing Green: Ceeing Clean 237 Recycling Myths – Plastic Petrol 250 City Sewage Treatment 237 Recycling the Waste 250 Clean Up Kodagu 237 Sewage Recycling in Karnal 250 Cute Bunny 238 Sharam Nahi Ati-I 251 Dirty Business: Basant Lok Jagriti Committee 238 Sharam Nahi Ati-II 251 Don’t be Dirty Fellow 238 Solid Waste Treatment 251 Eco Friendly-1 (Malabar Christian College Initiative) 238 Tale of Trash 251 Eco Friendly-2 (KVIC Initiative) 239 The Adventures of Ecogirl and Environman 252 Eco-city Vrindavan 239 The Dew Drop & the River… 252 Ecosystem in India-2 (Ecomechanics-B) 239 The Green Dustbin 252 Efficient Garbage Disposal 239 The Parallel 252 Environmental Sciences-10 (Solid Waste Management) 240 The Realisation 253 Exnora: Setting an Example 240 Towards Cleaner & Greener Environment-1 253 Fly-ash Bricks as Building Material 240 Towards Cleaner and Greener Environment-2 253 Flying Menace 240 Trade Toxic – International Toxic disposal 253 Gandki 241 Tukang Sampah — Masters of Waste 254
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Use Me 254 Changing Climates: The Impact 269 Useful Domestic Garbage 254 Changing Climates: The Politics 269 Utilization of Fly-ash 254 Changing Climates: The Science 270 Vam Organics: Making Recycling a Habit 255 Charminar: Plagued by Pollution 270 Victims of Garbage Dump 255 Chemical Foundations of Physiology Solutions, PH, Wait Until Dark 255 PK and Buffers: Lecture-2 270 Waste 256 Children of Chernobyl 271 Waste Disposal 256 Children of the New Millennium 271 Waste Management 256 Children of Tsunami 271 Waste not Want not 256, 257 Circle of Death 271 Wealth from Waste 257 Cities under Siege 272 Wealth of Waste (Microbial and Vermi-composting) 257 City Pollution 272 Wealth of Waste (Segregation of Waste) 257 Cityscapes Delhi 272 Welcome Waste 258 Climate Change: Nature’s Revenge 272 What a Load of Rubbish 258 Climate Control-1 273 Why Not? 258 Climate Crisis 273 Climate’s First Orphans 273 TOXICS AND CLIMATE CHANGE CNG 274 Cold Heart of the Ocean 274 A Degree of Concern 260 Death in the Rain Forest 274 A Devastating Dawn (News Magazine No. 132) 260 Delhi Ridge: The Dying Lung 274 A Green Agony 260 Earth Matters 275 A Matter of Life and Death 260 Earth Matters — Noise Pollution 275 A Mercedes for Ashish 261 Earth Report II: After Kyoto 275 A Silent Killer 261 Earth Report VI: Baked Alaska 276 A Threat to Environment 261 Earth Report VI: Children of the New Millennium 276 Acid Rain 261 Earth Report VI: The Long Road to Recovery 277 AD 2048: The Greenhouse Effect 262 Earth Report VII (Hands On): City Slickers 277 AD 2048: The Ozone Alarm 262 Earth Report VII: Sky Pirates 277 Air Check 262 Earth Report VIII: Before the Tsunami-Part I 277 Air Pollution 263 Earth Report VIII: Before the Tsunami-Part II 278 Air Pollution-1 263 Earthen Sphere Needs Care 278 Air Pollution-2 263 Earthquake in Garhwal Region (News Magazine No. 209) 278 Amal Varsha 263 Eco-Fridge 278 An Epoch without summer 264 Effects of Air pollution on Materials 279 Anti Pollution 264 Effects of Noise Pollution on Health 279 Asbestos: A Health Hazard 264 Ek Sandesh Swasthaya ke Naam (SPOT) 279 Asbestos: A Lethal Legacy 264 Emission Impossible 279 Atomic Energy 265 Environment Impact Analysis 280 Automobile Emissions 265 Environmental Autogenesis — Is Our Tomorrow Safe? 280 Awaaz 265 Environmental Pollution-8 (Noise Pollution) 280 Battery Operated Vehicles 265 Environmental Science Series (Natural Hazards: Cyclones)280 Bhopal – The Survivor’s Story 266 Environmental Science (Air Pollution) 281 Bio-methanation Plant 266 Environmental Science (Atmosphere) 281 Blowing in the Wind 266 Europe Stories 2: Europe on Air 281 Breathless 266 Even Vehicle Smoke Kills 282 Breathless 267 Experiment with Truth 282 Bruno Bozzetto Spots 267 Fistful of Steel 282 Buddha Weeps in Jaduguda 267 Flight of Death 282 Bulgaria Roadshow 267 For a Breath of Fresh Air 283 Can Polar Bears Tread Water? 268 Fumes 283 Catalytic Converter 268 Give us a Life Please! 283 Catalytic Converter — A Hope for Green Air 268 Global Dumping Grounds 283 Chain Reactions 268 Global Environment Series: A Breath of Fresh Air 284 Change in the Air 269 Global Warming 284
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Global Warming (Filler 3) 284 Our Present, their Future 298 Green Bucks 284 Oxygen Radicals and Antioxidants-8 Green Earth 285 (Environmental Pollution) 298 Green House 285 Ozzy Ozone 298 Green Man 285 Ped – The Tree 298 Green Refrigerators: Ozone Friendly 285 Performance on Environment Protection 299 Green Terrors – Closing Polluting Industries in Calcutta 286 Plasma Emission Spectroscopy and Metallic Pollutants-1 299 Hands On Omnibus-Part Two 286 Plasma Emission Spectroscopy and Metallic Hands On Special — From Vogue to Vehicle 286 Pollutants-2 299 Heads Up 286 Poisonous Snakes and Ladders 299 Healing the Coast 287 Pollution Blood for God 299 Hell in the Pacific 287 Pollution Due to Social Practices 300 Himalaya 287 Pollution Hazir Ho! 300 Hitler 288 Pollution-1 (Let us Save Ourselves) 300 How to Lessen Noise Pollution 288 Pollution-1 (Water, Solids and Air) 300 In Harmony with Nature 288 Pollution-2 (Let us Save Ourselves) 300 India and Montreal Protocol 288 Pollution-2 (New Frontiers in Pollution Control) 301 India Inhales 289 Pradooshan Kya — Kuchh Neetiyon ke Sawal 301 Indoor Plants as Air Purifiers 289 Protecting the Ecosystem 301 Inside the Poison Trade 289 Race to Save the Sky 301 Is God Deaf? 289 Reality Bites 302 Jal Pradushan — Ek Samasya 290 Save the Ozone Layer: Every Action Counts 302 Japan’s Lessons on Economy and Environment — Smog Inc. 302 Our Pollution Experience 290 Smoke This 303 Jhelum — Purity to Pollution 290 So Let’s Wait for the End (Filler) 303 Kala Pahaar 290 Soil Pollution 303 Keeping the Promise: The GEF in Action 291 Sonic Litter 303 Killer Quake (News Magazine No. 252) 291 Source of Life 303 Landscape Designing for Better Environment (Osho Teeth) 291 Spot on Environmental Pollution (Filler) 304 Lead in Environment 291 Spot on Noise Pollution (Filler) 304 Lecture Series on Environmental Science Status Quo 304 (Marine Pollution) 292 Taj Mahal… Beyond the Love Story 304 Lecture Series on Environmental Science The Adventures of Ecogirl and Environman 305 (Natural Hazards – Floods) 292 The Global Atmospheric Consequences of Nuclear War 305 Little Girl 292 The Global Changes — A Lecture by Prof. M.G.K. Menon 305 Living in Fear 292 The Green House Effect 305 Living with Disasters 293 The Living Word 306 Living with Drought 293 The Long Road to Recovery 306 Living with Noise 293 The Thinker 306 Lucia 293 The Wailing Glaciers 306 Man and Environment 294 The Weeping Apple Tree 307 Matchbox City 294 Thermax Chillers 307 Melody…Out of Tune 294 Through the Smoke Screen 307 Miles to Go 294 Time to Make a Choice 307 Modern Society, Plastics & Environment 295 Toothpaste: A Boon or a Curse? 308 Mucking up the Med 295 Top Guns and Toxic Whales 308 No Doubt at All 295 Toxicity 308 Noise Pollution 295, 296 Toxicity of Paints 308 Noise Pollution in Developing Countries 296 Turning the Tide (I): The Chips are Down 309 NTPC Ash Mount 296 Turning the Tide (VII): Bright Green 309 Numbers 296 Unborn Child 309 Oceans and Climate Change 297 Unleaded Petrol 309 One Child, One Voice 297 Unnat Swasthyaki aur Makkhi Niyantran 310 Our Beautiful Planet 297 Uranium 310 Our Daily Air 297 Use your Brain (Filler) 310
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Vasundhra (Atmospheric Pollution) 310 Children of the Narmada 326 Vehicular Pollution 310, 311 Chilika, the Wonder Lagoon (News Magazine Video Game 311 No. 220) 326 Wapsi 311 Chilika: A Fragile Eco-System 327 Warning for Warming 311 Chilka 327 Warning Signal 312 Clean Water 327 We Too are Culprits 312 Clean Water is Our Basic Right 327 What is the Greenhouse Effect? 312 Coleridge’s Lament 328 What to do about Carbon Dioxide? 312 Conserving Water for Irrigation 328 Wild Weather 313 Coral Triangle 328 Women in Paradise 313 Cursed by a Blessing 328 Wrath of Nature 313 Dal — Looking for Life 329 Zoology (UVLC) (Air Pollution) 313 Delhi — The Receding Waters 329 Depleting Water 329 WATER Do Your Bit 329 Don’t Just Worship it – Rivers 330 A Day in a Village 316 Drakhi 330 A Matter of Life and Death 316 Drinking the Sky 330 A Narmada Diary 316 Earth Report V: Hope and the Nile 330 A New Time of Cholera 316 Earth Report VI: Healing the Rift 331 A Place in the Sun 317 Earth Workers (Two People, One Movement) 331 A River’s Story: The Quest for the Brahmaputra 317 Ek Shahar ka Dard 331 A Short Story about Water 317 Environment and Engineers at Lake Sonoma 331 A Tale of the Jamuna River 317 Environmental Science (Coastal Elusion) 332 A Valley Refuses to Die 318 Environmental Science Series (Estuaries as Marine Ab Nahin Roothengey Badal 318 Ecosystems) 332 Alternatives in Development — Pani Panchayat (I & II) 318 Fate Worse than Floods 332 And Quietly Dies Vasundhari (News Magazine No. 131) 318 Floating Gardens 332 Another Bhagirath 319 From Birth to Salvation 333 Arvari 319 From the Sea to the Droplets… 333 Assignment 319 Ganga 333 Badlaav 319 Ganga-I 333 Begin the Ocean 320 Ganga-II 334 Between the Devil and the Deep River 320 Gangasagar 334 Bin Paani Sab Soon 320 Gavri Gatha 334 Bin Paani Sab Sunn 320 Gilded Mirror 334 Birthday 321 Glimpses from the Dal 335 Blue Planet: A Natural History of the Oceans 321 H2O 335 Boond Boond se Ghat Bhare 321 Hands On-1 — Water Ways 335 Boond Jiwandhara 321 The Hard Edge 335 CAPART Watershed Guidelines 322 Harsud — The Making of a Ghost Town 336 Chaliyar — The Final Struggle 322 Harvest of Rain 336 Chandi ka Samander 322 Hunting Down Water 336 Changing Currents: Boiling Point 322 Importance of Water 336 Changing Currents: Dam Dam Dam 323 Imrat Manthan 337 Changing Currents: Land of the Rising Water 323 In Troubled Waters 337 Changing Currents: Net Profits 323 Indian Myth and Ecology-I, II & III (Part I – Water; Changing Currents: Not a Dirty Word 323 Part II — Earth; Part III – Air, Fire and Space) 337 Changing Currents: Plumbing the Rights Part I 324 India Roadshow 337 Changing Currents: Plumbing the Rights Part II 324 Information of Three Districts 338 Changing Currents: Pumping Pressure 324, 325 Jal 338 Changing Currents: Tell-tale Signs 325 Jal hi Jeevan – Jal Sanrakshan 338 Changing Currents: Tunnel Vision 325 Jal Swaraj (Hindi version of ‘Changing Currents: Changing Currents: Water on the Brain 326 Plumbing the Rights-I’) 338 Cherrapunji – Rain, Rain Everywhere, But Not a Jal Tarang 339 Drop to Drink 326 Jalakhyan 339
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Jheel aur Jeevan 339 River Taming Mantras 353 Jijivisha 339 Rivers of Sand 354 Johad (A Source of Water) 340 Sand and Water 354 Kal ki Talash Mein 340 Save Narmada, Save Humankind 354 Kiran (‘A Ray of Hope’) 340 Save Water 354, 355 Lagan 340, 341 Searching for Saraswati 355 Lakes — Protecting and Preserving a Rich Natural SEWA Drought 355 Resource 341 SEWA’s Fight for Drought 355 Lakes in Tears 341 Spandan (The Resonance) 356 Lecture Series on Environmental Science – Special Correspondent — Chilika Lake 356 (Environmental Hazards — Sea Water Intrusion) 341 State of India’s Environment (I): No Drinking Water 356 Lecture Series on Environmental Science Stolen Water 356 (Freshwater Eco-systems) 342 Story of Vithule Kond 357 Life Drop 342 Talon Mein Taal 357 Life Line 342 Tanka & Kuin 357 Life of the Dying Lake 342 Temples of Water 357 Light on the Water 343 Thar — Secrets of the Desert 358 Loktak Lake in Peril 343 Thar: Marubhumi ke Chamatkar 358 Marubhumi 343 The Agony of Ganga 358 May be Tomorrow 343 The Blue Eye of Siberia (in two parts) 359 Meghdoot ka Sandesh — Rajasthan and Gujarat 344 The Campaign Begins 359 Mineral Water (Is it a Viable Alternative?) 344 The Dying Dal Lake 360 Monsoon, India’s God of Life 344 The Earthworkers (The River Story) 360 Mother Dairy Effluent Treatment Plant 344 The Green Deserts 360 Mucking up the Mediterranean 345 The Melody of the Monsoon 360 Natural System for Waste Water Treatment 345 The Paal System 361 Neemi – A Tale of Milking Water 345 The Rain Catchers — A practical guide to solve your Neer Niramaya 345 water problems 361 News Magazine No. 325 — Thirst 346 The Source of Life for Sale 361 News Magazine No. 494 — Naula: A Life Line 346 The State of Marine Mammals 361 Nobody Lies in a Temple 346 The Water Trail — Rajasthan 362 Noyyal Tholaintha Thadangal 347 The Water-borne Diseases 362 Ode to a River 347 Then the Rains 362 Once Upon a Time 347 Those Paryavaranwala 362 One Tap 500 Pots 348 To Dam or Not to Dam 363 Our Liquid Assets 348 Turning the Tide (VI): No Dam Good 363 Paani ka Prabandh 348 Troubled Waters 363 Paani Kahe Mujhe Sambhal 348 Turning the Tide (IV): Into Deep water 363 Paani, Paani Re….. 349 Underground Water Depletion 364 Pani (Water) 349 Unquiet Flows the Chaliyar 364 Pani re Pani 349 Plants and Water 349 Vanishing Existence 364 Plants that Live in Water 350 Vanishing Existence (A Case of Kavadi Village) 364 Plunder 350 Vanya — Tryst With a Green Future 365 Pollution 350 Vapasi 365 Pollution of Ganga 350 Vasundhra (Dal Lake) 365 Rahiman Pani Rakhiye 351 Vasundhra (The Dying Lake: Hussain Sagar) 365 Rainbows of Dark Sky 351 Vikalp 365 Rainfall and Water Resources-1 351 Village Contact Drive 366 Rainfall and Water Resources-2 351 Village of Dust, City of Water 366 Rainwater Harvesting — Public Service Advertisement 352 Warning Signal 366 Rainwater Harvesting in Purulia 352 Water 366, 367 Rainwater in Summer 352 Water — Every Drop Counts 367 Registan Mein Akaal 352 Water — The Elixir of Life 368 Reservoir Raiders 353 Water and Water Pollution 368 Ridge to Valley 353 Water Filters and Their Efficiency 368
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Water Harvesting 368 Bhoomi (Episode-108) 385 Water Ignites Life & Hope 369 Bibly Brothers-The Men Who Killed the Easter Bunny 386 Water in Your Tank 369 Bird Sanctuary 386 Water is God 369 Bird Watching-1 (Rivers, Lakes and Swamps) 386 Water is Life — Without Water, It’s Emptiness 369 Bird Watching-2 (City Parks and Lawn Lovers) 386 Water Pollution — Causes & Effects 370 Bird Watching-3 (River Side Birds) 387 Water Quality Supply in an Industrial Town 370 Bird Watching-4 (Strokes and Spoon Bill) 387 Water so Precious 370 Birds of no Frontier 387 Water Treatment at Point of Use 370 Birds Through my Window 387 Water Turned Poison 371 Birds, Baboons and Other animals-their struggle for Water War 371 Survival 388 Water Wars 371 Black Buck 388 Water Wars: The Giver of Life 371 Born Wild — Episode: Elephants 388 Water: Everybody Lives Downstream — Parts I & II 372 Born Wild Episode: Man vs Animal 388 Water: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow 372 Born Wild-Episode: Snakes 389 Watershed 372 Born Wild-Episode: Wildlife Trade 1 & 2 389 Waterworks India: Four Engineers and a Manager 372 Broken Wings 389 Whose Water 373 Building Bodies 389 Without Borders 373 Butterflies of Thanuppanchola 390 Women of the Aral 373 Butterfly: The Jewels on Wings — The Life Cycle 390 Women Propose, Water Disposes 373 Camouflage in Nature through Form and Colour Women, Water and Work 374 Matching 390 Camouflage in Nature through Pattern Matching 390 Words on Water 374 Cat on the Edge 391 Yamuna 375 Yamuna: The Dead Stretch 375 Cell Biology-An Overview 391 Chal Man Jayee Apne Desh 391 Zoology (UVLC) Water Pollution 375 Chasing Butterflies 391 Cherub of the Mist 392 WILDLIFE Chick Embryo Culture-in-vitro 392 A Brush with Death 378 Children’s Magazine-1 392 A Cooperative for Snake catchers 378 Cobra-The Snake God 393 A Hunter’s Tale 379 Conservation of Indian Fruit Bats 393 A Journey through Life the Early Ontogeny of Fish 379 Coral Reefs 393 A Rainbow Colored Fish 379 Cousins and Distant Cousins 393 A Shivalik Monsoon 380 Creeks of Conflict 394 A Story of an Urban Zoo - I 380 Crocodile & Snakes The Whole Story 394 A Story of an Urban Zoo - II 380 Crocodile-An Introduction – I 394 A Story of an Urban Zoo - III 380 Crocodiles 394 Aanathavalam – The Elephant’s Paradise 381 Crocodiles – The Living Dinosaurs 395 Action Plan on Conservation of Old World Fruit Bats 381 Crow 395 Ahimsa 381 Daryayee Ghoda 395 Alive and Just Breathing 381 Dear on the Lake 395 An insight into Environment 382 Desert Wildlife – Elegant Antelope Nilgai 396 …And Then There Were None 382 Desert Wildlife – The Graceful Blackbuck 396 Animal Birth Control in Dogs 382 Devil & the Deep Sea 396 Animal Unlimited 382 Diary on Man Monkey 396 Arrival of the Olive Ridleys 383 Discovering Snakes 397 Artificial Hatching of Eggs 383 Diversity of Bats 397 Artificial Spawning in Frog 383 Domestic Dogs-I 397 Australia Roadshow 383 Domestic Dogs-II 397 Back from the Brink 384 Don’t Bullshit Me 398 Bats 384 Dr. Robin Bannerjee: The Man – His Works 398 Behind the Bar – News Magazine No. 395 384 Duck (Batakh) 398 Bhaloo 384 E — For Elephant 398 Bhitar Kanika (News Magazine No. 242) 385 Eagle: Wildlife Specials 399
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Earth Charmers 399 It’s the Fish Speaking! 412 Earth Report VI: Paper Tiger 399 Jeevat ke Dhani — Hanuman Langoor 413 Earth Report VII (Hands On): The Equator Show 399 Jodhpur ka Hanuman Langoor (English) 413 Echoes from the Jungles 400 Journey to Isolation – 4 (Translocation of Spotted Deer) 413 Elephant – God or Destroyer 400 Julahey Prakriti ke 413 Elephant — Lord of the Jungle 400 …Just Another Death 414 Elephant – The Last Giants on Earth 400 Just Wild 414 Elephant (Haathi) 401 Kabootar 414 Endangered Birds of India 401 Kalrav 414 Endangered Mammals in India 401 Khargosh 415 Endangered Species 401 Kill Fear not Snakes 415 Environmental Science (Corals) 402 King Cobra 415 Facts about Fish 402 Kitchen of a Zoo 415 Fate of the Elephant 402 Kudremukh — A Unique Wilderness 416 Feathered Life of Rajasthan 402 Kurja — Rajasthani Love Bird 416 Feathers of the Birdmen 403 Kurjaan — Rajasthani Prem Pakheru 416 Female Frogs Can Also Say Aye/Nay 403 Ladakh — The Forbidden Wilderness 417 Flight of Discovery 403 Land of Gaints/Gaints Claw 417 Flights of Distress 403 Langoor Business 417 Frog Aestivation — A Critical Stage in Life Cycle 404 Last Dance of the Sarus 417 Gaints of the Sea 404 Last of the Wild 418 Ganesh — The Elephant God 404 Law of the Jungle 418 Ghoron Kee Dharohar — Oont 404 Leopard-Man Conflict 418 Gir Lion — The Last Refuge 405 Leopards of Bollywood 418 God’s Elephants 405 Let Live… Snakes 419 Great Wildlife Moments 405 Life in the Freezer 419 Gulshan Grover for Cattle Transport — Peta 405 Life in the Indian Desert 419 Hamen Bhi Jeene Do (Let Us Live) 406 Life is Beautiful (Fill in the Blank) 419 Hands On: Pure Gene-eous 406 Life of Birds 420 Hanuman Langurs — In Their Habitat 406 Life on Earth (Part 4) 420 Hanuman Langurs of Jodhpur 406 Life on Earth: The Complete Series 420 Hanuman Langurs-2 (Live & Let Live) 407 Life under Wildlife 420 Heads and Tails 407 Lion-tailed Macaque 420 Himalayan Wilderness 407 Lion-tailed Macaque – An Endangered Primate of the How Nature Protects Animals 407 Western Ghats 421 Hunters of the North Pole 408 Little Varju and Friendly Flute 421 Identification of Fresh Water Fishes 408 Live and Let Live 421 Illegal Trade of Indian Birds 408 Long Sails 421 Images of Bats 408 Lords of the Air 422 In Company of Birds 409 Lost World Vanished Lives 422 In Defence of the Golden Mahseer 409 Madhumakkhiyan 422 In Quest for Survival 409 Mammalia-1 422 In Search of a Job 409 Mammalia-2 423 In Search of Rare Cranes 410 Maneka’s ARC 423 In Search of Solution-2 (Translocation of Spotted Deer) 410 Maneka’s Ark/Animal Ark 423 In the Eye of an Insect 410 Mantra of Survival – Adaptation 423 In the Wild — Polar Bears with Ewan McGregor 410 Marine Communities 424 In the Womb of Nature Again-6 (Translocation of Marine Micro-Zoo Plankton 424 Spotted Deer) 411 Maru Vanya Jeev: Manohaari Kala Hiran 424 Indian Animal Laws 411 Maru Vanya Jeevan – Neelgai 424 Indian Leopards – The Killing Fields 411 Mayura: Our National Bird 425 Indian Water Birds 411 Mendhak 425 Introducing Insects 412 Migrating Butterflies 425 Invasion of Land 412 Monkeys at Tughlaqabad-1 (Monkeys at Tughlaqabad) 425 Irula Snake Catchers Cooperative Society 412 Mor (Peacock) 426
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Mujhe Jeene Do 426 Tent Making Bats 439 Mungi 426 The 18th Elephant-3 Monologues 440 Murderous Garment 426 The Arrival 440 Naming Ceremony – Christian 427 The Ballad of Big All 440 Naming Ceremony – Hindu 427 The Beauty of Dragons 440 Naming Ceremony – Muslim 427 The Crawling Creatures 441 Natural Heritage of Gujarat 427 The Fading Call of the Siberian Crane 441 Nature’s Sentinels — Bishnoi 428 The Flying Lily 441 Nature’s Symphony 428 The Ganges Gharial 441 Nesting by Night 428 The Great Indian Rhino 441 Nilgiri Tahr 428 The Home Coming 442 Operation Gajraj 429 The Indian Cobra 442 Operation Hot Pursuit 429 The Indian False Vampire Bat 442 Operation Kheda 429 The Jaws of Death 442 Panna – Jewel of Central India 429 The Killing Fields — Orissa’s Appalling Turtle Crisis 443 Performance on Wildlife Conservation 430 The King is Dying 443 Point Calimere – Little Kingdom by the Coast 430 The Last Flight 443 Poisonous Snakes 430 The Lions of Gir 443 Powers of Unparallel Flights: Siberian Crane 430 The Living Past 444 Predator (Part II) 431 The Man and His Zoo 444 Primates of India 431 The Name of the Game — Camouflage 444 Probation to Freedom-5 (Translocation of Sptteed Deer) 431 The Nest 445 Public Service Message Film 1 431 The Powerful Coils – Python 445 Public Service Message Film 2 431 The Red Wattled Lapwing 445 Refugee of the Millennium 432 The Red-faced Monkey — Temple Mekok 445 Refugees of War 432 The Ridley’s Last Stand 446 Return of the Song Bird 432 The Tiger of Indian Waters: The Mighty Mahseer 446 Return to the Wild 432 The Turtle People 446 Rhino, the Indian Unicorn 433 The White Elephant 446 Rise of the Mammals 433 The White Tigers of Nandankanan Rogue of Kaziranga 433 (News Magazine No. 239) 447 Sanctuary for Endangered Wildlife 433 The Wings of Kokkre Bellur 447 Sankalp 434 Theme and Variations 447 Sarang (The Peacock) 434 Tiger Census 447 SARUS 434 Tiger Crisis 448 Save the Elephant 434 Timeless Traveller — The Horseshoe Crab 448 Saving Sea Turtles 435 To Catch an Elephant 448 Saving the Tiger 435 To Corbett with Love 448 Say No to Wildlife Products 435 Tota 449 Serpentine Senses 435 Tracking Tigers 449 Shadows 436 Trade in Wildlife 449 Sheru 436 Trials of Life 449 Shikaar 436 Tropical Wilderness 450 Shores of Silence – Whale Sharks in India 436 Trr… TRR… 450 Slumber Beckons – 3 (Translocation of Spotted Deer) 437 Turtle Excluder Device — An Introduction 450 Snake Bite and Cure 437 Turtle Power 450 Snakebite 437 Udbilav 451 Snakes – 1 437 UGC Lecture Series in Environmental Science-3 Snakes – 2 (Live & Let Live) 438 (Cold Water Fish and its Environmental) 451 Snakes — Myth and Reality 438 Undersea Life 451 Soliloquy (Illusion of Unspoken Reflection) 438 Understanding Animals (I) 451 Spunky Monkey 438 Understanding Animals (II) 452 State of Marine Mammals 439 Upright Parenting 452 Tears for the Crocodile 439 Urok — Feathered Guests — Cattle Egrets 452 Temple Macaques & the Red-faced Monkey 439 Vampire Bats 452
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Vandermarya 453 Wild Encounters 457 Vasundhra (Birds of Wetland) 453 Wild India 24 Hours 457 Vasundhra (Elephant Trail) 453 Wilderness Nepal 458 Vasundhra (Siberian Crane) 453 Wildlife — In Communication with Nature 458 Vedanthangal — Winter Haven for Birds 453 Wildlife — Mudumalai Sanctuary 458 Victors of the Dry Land 454 Wildlife around Kulik 458 Vish aur Vishwas — Jaankari Sanpon ki-II 454 Wildlife Diary 459 Vultures: Death Watch 454 Wildlife of India 459 Walk on the Wild Side 454 Wildlife Specials: Tiger 459 Water and Life 455 Willing to Sacrifice 459 Water Birds 455 Winged Wonderland 459 Whale Wars 455 Whistling Hunter 455 Wings of Change 460 Who am I? 456 Wings of Fire 460 Why Conserve Wild Animals? 456 World in a Marsh 460 Why Should Protect Snakes? 456 Zoo Manners 460 Wild Dog Diaries 456 Zoos: Centres of Conservation 461 Wild Dog Whisling Hunters 457 Zoos — Instruments of Conservation 461
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