IDFA Bertha Fund 2009
Nero's Guests
Nero's Guests
Deepa Bhatia, Deepa Bhatia
India
Nearly 200.000 farmers have committed suicide in India over the last 10 years. But the mainstream media hardly reflects this.Nero´s Guests is a story about India's agrarian crisis and the growing inequality seen through the work of the Rural Affairs Editor of Hindu newspaper, P Sainath. Through sustained coverage of the farm crisis, Sainath and his colleagues created the national agenda, compelling a government in denial to take notice and act.Through his writings and lectures, Sainath tries to make us see the real India, and provokes us to think who are the 'Nero's Guests' in today's world.
Credits
Production
Co-production
Steps India,
Oktober Oy
Steps India,
Oktober Oy
Involved TV Channel
ARTE G.E.I.E.,
YLE
ARTE G.E.I.E.,
YLE
Distribution Benelux
Jan Vrijman Fund
Jan Vrijman Fund