It's The Same Story

Home is an animated chronicle based on the lucid memories of the filmmaker’s 90 year-old-mother, Sheela Sabnani, who remembers and misses her two homes, her two fathers, her sewing machine, and the radio that were separated after the partition of India in 1947.

A collaboration between the Bhil artist Sher Singh and the film-maker Nina Sabnani explains one of the indigenous community’s origin myths.

Based on the traditional Madhubani-style paintings by Lalita Devi, this movie addresses the issue of the dowry system of India.

Tanko Bole Chhe (The Stitches Speak) is an animated documentary which celebrates the art and passion of the Kutch artisans associated with Kala Raksha. The film traces multiple journeys made by the participants towards defining their identities and towards forming the Kala Raksha Trust and the School for Design. The film uses their narrative art of appliqué and embroideries through which they articulate their responses to life, and events as traumatic as the earthquake and as joyful as flying a kite. Through conversations and memories four voices share their involvement in the evolution of a craft tradition.