Vikalp documentary group is moving its screenings online till the end of the lockdown

A link, available for 48 hours, will be posted every Friday afternoon.

Scroll Staff

· May 07, 2020 · 07:45 am

In short films about Bengaluru’s migrant Metro workers, dreams of home and a better life

The films, made for the 2009 project Behind the Tin Sheets, are being made available to the public.

Malavika Neurekar

· Apr 22, 2020 · 01:59 pm

Watch: Netflix puts documentaries on YouTube to help teachers during Covid-19 lockdown

The move is aimed at boosting online learning for non-Netflix subscribers.

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· Apr 18, 2020 · 10:45 pm

Documentary ‘If Not For You’ finds that Bob Dylan is ‘like a local resident of Calcutta’

Scripted by Jaimin Rajani and directed by Vineet Arora, ‘If Not For You’ connects Kolkata to the legendary singer and songwriter.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Apr 01, 2020 · 02:30 pm

Documentary on Goan bread is also the story of Goa’s insider-outsider politics

Sonia Filinto’s ‘Bread and Belonging’ shows how migrants are filling the void left by local bakers.

Arti Das

· Mar 23, 2020 · 10:00 am

Watch: In documentary from 2005, the story of another rape case and another hangman

Joshy Joseph’s 2005 documentary ‘One Day From A Hangman’s Life’ follows Nata Mullick, the executioner of Dhananjoy Chatterjee.

Malavika Neurekar

· Mar 16, 2020 · 05:00 pm

Documentary on gallerists Kekoo and Khorshed Gandhy is a portrait of the home they created for art

Behroze Gandhy’s film ‘Kekee Manzil’ pays tribute to the founders of Gallery Chemould.

Nandini Ramnath

· Mar 08, 2020 · 02:30 pm

Film series ‘Madhosh Balhami’ brings a Kashmiri poet’s 30-year journey into the limelight

Madhosh Balhami’s work of 30 years was reduced to ashes after his house was involved in a gunfight between militants and security forces in 2018.

Devarsi Ghosh

· Feb 22, 2020 · 08:00 am

In Oscar-nominated ‘The Cave’, chaos and bravery reign in an underground hospital in Syria

Feras Fayyad’s documentary about a subterranean medical facility in the war-torn country will be screened on National Geographic.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 08, 2020 · 02:30 pm

Documentary on Kolkata’s Jewish community is ‘a story of a diaspora of hope’

Subha Das Mollick’s ‘Dwelling in Travelling’ will be screened at the Mumbai International Film Festival.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jan 27, 2020 · 08:00 am

In a documentary on the British view of India before freedom, the Empire strikes back

The film will be broadcast on Discovery Channel on Republic Day.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jan 25, 2020 · 08:00 am

Many major titles missing from programme as Films Division’s biannual documentary festival returns

Among the noteworthy exclusions are Anand Patwardhan’s ‘Reason’ and ‘Shut Up Sona’.

Nandini Ramnath

· Jan 22, 2020 · 09:00 am