Black Water Fish by Dhrubajit Sarma (6 min)
Day Zero by Prannay Dutta (7 min 42 sec)
Ocean Mud Pickle by Paribartana Mohanty (40 min)
From sustaining life to shaping human settlements, water has always been central to our collective existence. Rivers, in particular, have nurtured communities, agriculture, and culture across time. Yet today, large-scale projects, pipelines, and engineered systems divert water from its natural courses, reflecting our increasingly extractive and indifferent relationship with it.
Now burdened with industrial waste, human waste, and discards of modern civilization, rivers now remind us of both the flow of time and the unnatural pathways we impose upon nature.
This film screening calls to attention the diverse readings of water we derive, apart from extractive means. It aims to provoke reflection, spark conversation, and urge a rethinking of our relationship with this essential element.