Films
Documentary films by O Foundation.
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गेम्येहाक़ गिपन (Gejmehac Gipan)
2024 short film ”Gejmehac Gipan” by Subhashish Panigrahi
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Bringing Down A Mountain
Bringing Down A Mountain is a speculative film set in a city where everything and everyone is superior, including the internet. Next to the city stands a tall circular mountain, blocking all forms of access to the valley…
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The Volunteer Archivists—2022 Documentary
Collective negligence is threatening two centuries of printed publications in Odia, one of India’s official languages. Volunteer archivists struggle against all odds, including legal battles, to digitalise crumbling book…
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Nani Ma—2022 Documentary
The manmade 1866 famine of Orissa in eastern India killed a million people and gravely inspired the oral literature of the survivors. Two generations later, ninety-five-year-old Musamoni Panigrahi must share her songs an…
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Remosam—2019 Documentary
Far up on the Bonda hills, the Bondak people are met with dysfunctional governance that fails to feed or keep their language alive. Full Synopsis This film takes place in the Mudulipada village of the Malkangiri administ
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MAGE POROB—2019 Documentary
In the face of ongoing mining and land loss, the Ho indigenous village in eastern India struggles to find hope and joy in their annual harvest celebration as it witnesses the devastating effects on their community and th…
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Karinding—2020 Documentary
A 2020 short documentary about the Sundanese musical instrument Karinding, played and narrated by Ilham Nurwansah. Presented by O Foundation and directed by Subhashish Panigrahi.
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MarginalizedAadhaar
Aadhaar, India’s digital identity program, has been marketed by its makers as the most reliable identification for public benefits. But human rights advocates feel the other way. And they all the reasons to do so. Severa
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Gyani Maiya—2019 Documentary
A 2019 documentary in and about the critically endangered Kusunda language of Nepal. Narrated by elder Gyani Maiya Sen Kusunda, presented by O Foundation with support from National Geographic Society.
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Who Owns The Content
A 2019 short film on the complexity of ownership of community knowledge. Narration by Eddie Avila of Rising Voices and presented by O Foundation.