The first time we went to Pragya’s with Nutan to introduce ourselves and to tell them about our project, Pragya pointed to a cozy little bed with carefully placed stuffed animals on top of it and told me, “This is our bed.”
The three of them, mom, Pragya and her eight year old little sister, Praynena, all sleep together. I remember how I used to LOVE [...]
It feels so good to know we are not alone.
I had barely finished my blog session yesterday when I received a comment from a documentary filmmaker we have never met–John Gyovai of Skyhouse Films. His website’s tag line is Telling Stories that capture the heart and mind (I like it). He out is out there doing [...]
Shanta is clearly the head of her class.
We have been spending a lot of time with Shanta, her brother, sister-in-law and niece. Yesterday we visited Shanta at school, walked home with her and then I watched / filmed her doing her homework for three straight hours. She would have done more, but the power went [...]
Scott filming Shanta’s walk home from school.
This is my dream job, to make documentary film. It is my dream to be doing what we are doing right now–going into people’s houses and hanging out with them with the camera on. So, in NO WAY is this a complaint. However, I just want to address that [...]
After a long and illuminating Skype conversation with our dear friend and CDBO (Chief of Documentary Brainstorming Operations), Chris Boulton, we resolved that our film is about women.
What drives most of the conversations we’re involved in here is this simple fact: When women break the generational cycle of undereducation, early marriage, and overwork–only then does their [...]
