Life In Loom
CREDITS
PRODUCER– FRANCIS MARKUS
DIRECTOR – EDMOND RANSON
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR – ASHOK KUMAR
EDITING – SUPRAJA SURESH, EDMOND RANSON
MUSIC – SUNDARAMURTHY KS, ANGDU KHIGU
SOUND RECORDING – ASHOK KUMAR
SOUND MIXING – GOKUL DEV
ART ILLUSTRATOR – MOHAMMAD DEENA, SANJEEVAN MADHU
NARRATION – NIRAN KUMAR
CINEMATOGRAPHER – EDMOND RANSON
ASSISTANT CINEMATOGRAPHER – SARAVANA
TRANSLATION
MUKUL DAS – HINDI
SUAMYA KAKAN – HINDI
SAILENDRA – ASSAMESE
RITUPARNA SEN – BENGALI
TSERINBG DOLKAR – LADHAKI
SUPRAJA – TAMIL
RANJITA BONDA – REMO
CAST-WEAVERS
BONDA TRIBE
ADIBARI DHANGADAMAJHI
KINKAIR DHANGADAMAJHI
MASTER WEAVERS OF PATAN PATOLA
ROHIT SALVI
RAHUL SALVI.
SAWAN SALVI
BHARATH SALVI
MYSTICS OF MUSLIN JAMDHANI
RAJIB DABNATH
JYOTISH DABNATH
SURVIVAL IN SUALKUCHI
SURAIN KALITA
MINA KALITA
SABITA KALITA
TRISHNA KALITA
BENITA BASHYAM- ENTREPRENEUR
KHANIN- DESIGNER
NOMADIC CHANGPAS
SONAM LATAR
TSERINBG DOLKAR
NAWANG
KANCHIPURAM KAITARI
JEEVANANDAM
DAIVASIGAMANI
VENKATESAN
BUNKARS OF BANARASI
ALAM, ZAYED
MUSHARRAF
ZAHEER ANWAR ANSARI
MUSHTAQ
HAFIZ MOHAMMAD HAARIF
RASHID JAMAL
SHOAIB AKHTAR
Synopsis
Weavers from seven different states of India share their experiences of weaving on looms. From the royal silk weave ‘Patan patola’ to the tribal cloth ‘Ringa’ and various other diverse and culturally authentic weaves practiced by Indian weavers, they are now striving hard to survive amidst the globalized modern world. The unorganized handloom sector employs rural, semi-rural, and tribal people in India. Current socio-economic, political, and climatic changes are relentlessly impacting the livelihoods of weavers. These artisans share their daily struggles to preserve these sustainable traditional weaving methods, passed down from one generation to another for thousands of years.