Smile Pinki - Trailer

SMILE PINKI, the captivating story of a little girl in rural India whose life is magically transformed when she receives free surgery to correct her cleft lip has received a coveted Oscar nomination on January 22, 2009 in the category of best documentary short subject. Directed by Megan Mylan.

A Village Cattle Race from India

This is a collection of clips from a documentary on cattle racing in Kerala, India. Filmed at Erimayur in Palakkad district of Kerala.

One Bullet Away - by Nate Fick

In this powerful short documentary, Nathaniel Fick, shows that war is human. Nate Fick is a former captain of First Recon Battalion, USM, who served as a leader of a platoon first in Afghanistan and then in Iraq. His One Bullet Away was a New York Times Bestseller.

The Origins of AIDS (Les Origines du SIDA)

This 2003 controversial, award-winning documentary directed by Peter Chappell & Catherine Peix, is based on the hyphotesis of British journalist Edward Hoope that the HIV virus was first transmitted to children in the Belgian Congo via contaminated polio vaccine.

The Secret History of Hacking

This great documentary from Chanel 4's 'Secret History Of' series, explores the beginnings of hacking and phreaking, featuring technology legends Steve Wozniak (Apple), John Draper (Cap'n Crunch) and Kevin Mitnick.



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Ancient Ritual of Fire Reperformed

The power of fire in all its glory! This 5000 year old ancient hindu ritual of fire - Athiraathram - was reperformed in India in early 2006. I had filmed the entire proceedings that run non-stop day and night for 12 days. Here's a trailer of the documentary. Watch the grand climax where the entire ritual enclosure is burned down as an offering to the fire god.

For more details on this recording and ritual visit:
http://www.vaidikavidyapeedham.org/athiraathram.htm

Now watch the video:



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Glas- by Bert Haanstra

Glas is short a documentary by the legendary Dutch film director Bert Haanstra. This was a commissioned institutional film about the improvisation made in a glass factory. The film turned out to be a classic! Glas won the Oscar for the Best Documentary Short Subject in 1958.

I still remember watching it as a mass media student in Manipal, when director Hariharan screened it for us from a VHS tape. Found this gem recently in Youtube.