Bodies sway to a beat we can’t hear. Instead, a muffled, disembodied voice (Bhumisuta Das) mumbles over flickering black and white images that look soft to the touch

In 2002, a group of women in the state of Uttar Pradesh started a newspaper. They called it Khabar Lagariya (translated as “News Waves”).

Ananad Patwardhane doesn’t care about easy applause. The filmmaker, who made his name with insightful, vivid documentaries that draw attention to both important and controversial topics,

Rather than a universal understanding of the term “independent,” Shweta Kishore argues for a local perspective that needs to be contextualized historically and spatially

Malegaon is a small town in Maharashtra known for its unique film production. No less than Hollywood. Due to the prevailing tensions in society

Kanwar, a 1998 MacArthur Fellow, won the Golden Sink Award for Best Film at the 1998 Mumbai International Documentary Film Festival for his film Time to Take to the Streets.

Khushboo Ranka and Vinay Shukla’s A Worthless Man marked a watershed moment for Indian nonfiction, pioneering a vital new direction for documentaries with a political focus.