Kosi Katha: The Making of a Famine

Note on the Film:

“The latest Government of India figures as of 24th Feb. 09. 5 districts, 35 blocks, 33.29 lakh people, 9.97 lakh live stock, affected area 3.68 lakh hectares, 2.37 lakh houses, 19,323 loss of cattle & 527 human death.

These are official figures of the Government of Bihar and relate only to Kosi floods. Govt spends something to the tune of Rs. 150 – 200 crores annually on all the embankments within the state. Minimizing losses is a subject in itself but accountability of maintaining the structures is a crucial point to avoid disasters like the one that happened in Aug 2008”. (Dinesh Kumar Mishra Author of Trapped. The Story of River Kosi)

It is a very complex question and an even more complex story of human failing. It is a film on the relationship of farmers and food; famine and terrorism; International Aid and the destiny of a state like Bihar.

Link to the film>>>

at MIFF 2010 page 56

Vibgyor 2010 in Thrissur(special screening on 18th Feb at 9:20 am)

Kaise Jeebo Re!{how do i survive, my friend!}

 

• “Kaise Jeebo Re!” {How Do I Survive, My friend!} is a feature length documentary. A story of uprootment, of survival, of struggle and of human-dignity of a people living in the Narmada valley who continue to struggle against large dam projects. May 1997,80 minutes. English & Hindi (Beta) Excellence Award at Earth Vision, Tokyo, Japan, Videolympiade Award 1998, Cape Town, South Africa, IDFA 1997, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Chingari Madison, USA 1997, Prakriti 1998 Hydrabad, India, YIDFF 1999 Yamagata, Japan.