Best. Documentary. Day. Ever.
Exhausted and Exhilerated, in equal measures. Big, big shooting day (up at 5, out at 6, return at 7:45pm, two cameras rolling off and on much of the day), ‘out in the village’, with Koruna.
More tomorrow, I hope. For now, a few pictures, and off to reel in some swoony sleep.
…and doorways [...]
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 [...]
I met Iroj when Amy and I visited Shanta. Recall that the place where Shanta lives is a tiny room, crowded with just one occupant, and that with any number of filmmakers in it it becomes exponentially more so.
So I was milling around in the hallway in my socks, when Iroj came to greet me [...]
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 [...]
