Kavita Dasgupta

Kavita Dasgupta visual artist and filmmaker profile Kavita is a visual artist who engages with images, sounds, movement, music, dance, food and other everyday objects to create meaning and help her unravel and understand how she experiences the world. She has worked for nearly two decades as a documentary filmmaker, community media practitioner and television producer. Since the birth of her daughter, Kavita is nurturing the artist and creator in her. visual art The Chase; March 2015 (Experimental Video) Inspired by the experiences of the tribal people being relocated from the forests of Bandhavgarh in Central India. Tiger King of Chichnupur; October 2015 (Photo narrative) The fascinating story of a tribal king who walks with the tiger and whispers to the winds. Khela: Play December 2014 (Photography)The play between Shiva and Parvati, the god and goddess of creation and destruction. Performed by the indigenous people living on the island villages of the Sundarbans in East India. select filmography Trikon Khirki Wala School (2012) DIRECTOR & PROJECT DESIGN This film was conceptualized with the students of Adharshila Learning Center, a school for tribal children from Central India to question, ‘why should learning not be fun and interesting?’ Apna Sheher (Our City) (2006) DIRECTOR, RESEARCH & STORY A development debate on who decides the future of the Indian capital, the workers who have travelled from their villages to build it or those who hold political and social power. Dance with hands held tight (2005) CO- DIRECTOR, STORY & SOUND 80 % of rural women are engaged in livelihoods depended on natural resources in India. Filmed in the coastal villages of Karnataka, Arunachal Pradesh, and Orissa, this film tries to explore key questions of State policy on recognition of indigenous knowledge systems. Produced by United Nations Development Programme, this film won the ‘Most Viewed’ award and the ‘Critics Award for Best Art Film’ at Culture Unplugged festival in 2006. Colours of the Earth (2004) DIRECTOR, NARRATION & STORY Kavitha, is a 25 year old dalit woman who makes films. Her subjects are the women of her community who have challenged the stronghold of caste and acute poverty to create a world of their own. This film was screened at the World Summit on Sustainable Development held at Johannesburg in 2002 international media experience MENTOR & TRAINER European Social Documentary 2008, 2012 ESoDoc is a training initiative offered by ZeLIG School for Documentary and supported by the European Union’s MEDIA Programme. Mentored and trained filmmakers in in two annual events organized in Italy in 2008 and Kenya in the year 2012. PRODUCTION MANAGER AND FIELD PRODUCER The Amazing Race (CBS/AXN- The Amazing Race is a multi-Emmy award wining American reality show produced by CBS Television. Worked as a Production Manager and Field Producer for the Indian sub-continent for 12 seasons of the show between-. participatory media NATIONAL SCHOOL SANITATION INITIATIVE (NSSI) – 3 Short Films 2014 Conceptualized and Trained more than 40 children across urban India to transform their vision towards environment into short films about good sanitation practices. The project was initiated by various Indian government agencies with support from GIZ, Germany. BAHELIYA’S TRAP 2013 Baheliyas are a de-notified nomadic tribe, also known as a criminal tribe, in the forested areas of Central India. Worked with 8 Baheliya boys through a participatory video film to reconnect them to their past and identity and find new meaning for their future. Produced by the Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India. This film was selected for The Golden Elephant, the premiere children’s film festival of India. ENVIORNMENT EDUCATION 2012 Supported by WWF Sweden through their programme with WWF India on Sustainable Development, this project helped train tribal children in Madhya Pradesh and youth on the Islands of the Sundarban delta to produce 3 films on local perspectives of sustainable development. organizational experience Chairperson and Trustee, Feminist Attitude to Technology (FAT), New Delhi-India-: http://www.fat-net.org/ Director and Trustee, Earthcare Outreach (ECO), New Delhi-India:- http://www.earthcarefilms.com/outreach.html Coordinator & Participatory Media Director, Drishti-Video Volunteers (VV), India- Coordinated and Directed the Participatory Media project at Drishti-Video Volunteers from 2006 onwards to establish it as the most successful citizen’s media project in India. contact details Email:-Address: 1302, S:T Olofsgatan-2, Uppsala, Sweden Phone: -