Earth Witness: Reflections of the Times and the Timeless @PSBTIndia
Earth Witness: Reflections of the Times and the Timeless  @PSBTIndia
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Winner of Awards at Kardzhali, Delhi, Madurai, Trivandrum and the Indian Documentary Producers’ Association Awards, nominated at the prestigious Panda Awards at Bristol and screened at numerous festivals across Auroville, Berlin, Bangalore, Delhi, Goa and Mumbai, among others, the stories of four common people across diverse climatic regions, on the frontlines of grave climate change.

Directed by Akanksha Joshi | 2011
Producer and Commissioning Editor: Rajiv Mehrotra

Akanksha Joshi is a story-teller who uses film, sound, dance to share her experiences of the visible and inner worlds. She is the recipient of many awards for cinematography and direction and has won a nomination for the Wild Screen Awards at Bristol. She continues to be a one woman film company, who films, edits, scripts and directs herself.

Rajiv Mehrotra is the founding Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. He serves as the Trustee/ Secretary of the Foundation for Universal Responsibility of HH the Dalai Lama (For more, see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajiv_Mehrotra).

PSBT was a not-for-profit that nurtured and supported the production of independent documentary films by a diversity of filmmakers from across India. Over two decades, it produced close to 700 documentary films, each film averaging two film festival selections and every second film an award. (Read more here: www.psbt.org, civilsocietyonline.com/cinema/psbt-story-630-films-230-awards-400-filmmakers/, psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/OnGlobalScreens-Article.pdf, thehindu.com/features/cinema/in-the-channels-of-trust/article3942019.ece, psbt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PSBT-Real-Films-on-Real-India.jpg)

PSBT was led by some of India's iconic film personalities - Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Mrinal Sen, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore, with Fali Nariman and Kiran Karnik. From its inception in 2000, Tulika Srivastava was a key member of the Team, joined in 2005, by Ridhima Mehra.

Credits
Script Writer, Narrator, Cinematographer and Editor: Akanksha Joshi
Assistant Cinematographer and Sound Recordist: Dharmender Kumar

Produced by PSBT, for and in partnership with the Films Division.
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Last updated: July 2020
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