Making

Arpit Gaind behind a video camera

Films

2021 · Director/Editor · 5:43

Ayangraji

Documents an alternative agriculture and rice cultivation initiative in Radidih, Gumla district, Jharkhand, following efforts to build community-supported markets and entrepreneurship opportunities for Adivasi people in the region.

A woman planting rice seedlings in a paddy field in Jharkhand, carrying a white basin
Rice cultivation in the fields documented in Ayangraji.
2019 · Director/Producer

Envisioning Development Practice

A stakeholder film documenting the work of the Centre for Development Practice from 2014 to 2019, tracing the organization’s engagement with rural and Indigenous communities over the period.

A group of women preparing food together under a tree during fieldwork
Community gathering documented during production of Envisioning Development Practice.
2019 · Director/Producer

Chinhari: The Young India

Follows Chinhari, a group of Adivasi youth in Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh, India, centering on young girls practicing agriculture and forming care groups within the collective.

A group session with Chinhari youth members seated in a circle, facilitated in person
A Chinhari care-group session with young members of the collective.
2019 · Director/Producer

Inoculating Lac

Documents lac cultivation and livelihoods in Bhanupratappur, Chhattisgarh, following the inoculation process at the center of the region’s lac economy.

Digital Archive Project

2021–present · Curator

Ways of Seeing — An Indigenous Media Archive

Brings together projects and conversations around Community Media practices and Indigenous media that counter conventional media forms, documenting media that reflects community perspectives rather than the filmmaker’s viewpoint. Organized around three themes: Indigeneity and Culture, Indigeneity and Nature, and Indigeneity and Youth.

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