The Hunt-20200527

Human rights in the heartland. / / Directed by Biju Toppo / Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra / / Festivals / Trivandrum, India (Award) / Thrissur, India (Award) / New Delhi, India (Award) / Kolkata, India (Award) / Shimla, India (Award) / Patna, India (Award) / Indian Documentary Producers’ Association Awards (Award) / Mumbai; Kolkata; Puducherry; India / / Biju Toppo is a two-time National Award winning documentary filmmaker from Ranchi, Jharkhand. He is one of the first Adivasi filmmakers to have effectively used a camera to counter the misrepresentation of his community by the ‘mainstream’ media. Belonging to the Uraon community, he has made numerous documentaries on issues of land, displacement, migration, human rights, education and environment, under the aegis of his company, Akhra, in his effort to document peoples’ movements. His films have received national and international recognition. / / Rajiv Mehrotra is the Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. / / / / / PSBT is a not-for-profit that nurtures and supports the production of independent documentary films. Over two decades, it has produced some 700 documentary films. Each film averages two festival selections and every second film an award. / / Its Board of Trustees includes Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Fali Nariman, Kiran Karnik, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore and CEO, Prasar Bharati. / / Credits / Cinematographers: Biju Toppo, Anand Marandi, Anand Hembrom, Tirth Raj Biruli / Sound: Shiv Kumar Gajudhar / Editor: Deepak Bara / / Produced by PSBT in partnership with Doordarshan India. / http://www.psbt.org/ ; http://www.ddindia.gov.in/ / / For Festival and screening queries, please write to us at [email protected]