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A selection of short films that we’ve made to enrich and extend the worlds of our books.

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The Deep ~ Reflections on Warli Art

This short film takes the viewer into the worlds of the Vayeda brothers, as they reflect on their work, Warli art, and journeying to distant shores.

Duration – 19:47 min

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Creation: Making a Handmade Book

How is a book produced in our fair trade book making workshop? Watch how each page of every book is carefully screen printed on handmade paper and expertly bound by hand.

Duration – 07:19 min

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Brer Rabbit Retold

Writer and griot Arthur Flowers re-tells the Brer Rabbit tales, in a musical spoken word performance along with a group of young Indian musicians. This genre defying cross-media project also features short animations.

Duration – 10:44 min

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Sita’s Ramayana

Based on her rendition of the Ramayana from a woman’s perspective, Moyna Chitrakar – a Patua singer and scroll painter from Bengal – performs an episode from the great epic and speaks about her storytelling tradition.

Duration – 08:22 min

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Travels Through South Indian Kitchens

Japanese architect and designer Nao Saito explores kitchens in South India. These four short films follow recipes she documented, providing a glimpse into the lives of the cooks.

Duration – 04:50 min

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The Making of Creation

The Gond artist Bhajju Shyam gathers together the myths and beliefs of his community from central India. He speaks of how the book came about, and the film also showcases how the book is produced at our artisanal workshop.

Duration – 13:14 min

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The Cloth of the Mother Goddess

This short film explores the stories and artistry of Mata-Ni-Pachedi, a traditional ritual textile art form. The words and work of artist Jagdish Chitara guide the viewer through the craft processes and contexts of his tradition.

Duration – 23:15 min

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Between Memory and Museum

This short film extends the dialogue in the book, with folk and tribal artists from across India, on the museum as a space which showcases their heritage. Who has the power to put whom in a museum?

Duration – 19:58 min

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Captain Coconut & The Case of the Missing Bananas

Meet ace detective Captain Coconut, whose great brain can solve any mystery, large or small. He finds himself on a slippery trail of peels and missing numbers…

Duration – 01:02 min

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I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail

A well-known folk poem from 17th century England at first seems nonsensical, but given a break in the middle of each line, its meaning begins to unravel. Text, image and design work together to reveal and conceal.

Duration – 04:07 min

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From Floor To Book: Women’s Everyday Art Traditions

Many traditional arts have their origins in the decorative designs that women create to beautify their homes. This is usually considered part of housework – but what about women artists who have emerged to paint in other contexts, beyond the household? This collection of four short films explores this trajectory, through a feminist perspective.

Duration – 16:32 min

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Handmade Books through the years

Reading for Pleasure

All of us in the publishing house who became readers in childhood did so because we enjoyed it, not because we were made to do it. In fact, we grew up in an era – say around fifty years ago – when parents discouraged ‘story books’ and urged us to concentrate on school work instead. It was perhaps easier then to discover the pleasure of reading as a way to wander imaginatively into another world – there were not many other options vying for our attention. So why is reading still – or even more – important? Because it is surprisingly active and creative, in what it asks of us – the words tell us a story, but the details of the world they conjure up is always filled in by the reader’s own imagination. The act of reading for pleasure is a form of play. No two people read the same book in the same way. A child reader is a reader for life – and it is this insight which gave us the impetus to start publishing books which would interest a child, without an obvious moral thrust on them. We would still stand by our early convictions today, maybe just add something for our current times, which is that reading slows us down. When we are absorbed in a book, it makes us focus for long periods of time – particularly vital in an era which is determined to capture our attention at all costs, and in the process, distract us continually.

Handmade Books through the years

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