The Volunteer Archivists—2022 Documentary

by Subhashish P. | Dec 3, 2022 | Film

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 digitalize crumbling books.

Nani Ma—2022 Documentary

by Subhashish P. | Sep 26, 2022 | Film

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 and stories before forgetting them and before she is gone.

Remosam—2019 Documentary

by Subhashish P. | Feb 12, 2022 | Film

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 administrative district in Odisha, … Read the...

MAGE POROB—2019 Documentary

by | May 13, 2021 | Film

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 the natural world.

Film: “ Karinding” (2020) — Language is the identity of a nation

by | Apr 29, 2021 | Film

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.

Film: “Gyani Maiya” (2019) — Losing The Kusunda-Language Elder

by | Feb 2, 2020 | Film

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.