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KNOCKING ON HEAVEN'S DOOR-20150211
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Spanning multiple musical genres, Tipriti, Shehnaz, Afflatus and Jivi Ben bare their hearts, sing and speak their truths about their aspirations and struggles in a documentary that seamlessly weaves personal stories with the soul of blues, pop, rock and devotional folk music. / / Director - SANJAY BARNELA AND SAMREEN FAROOQUI / Producer & Commissioning Editor - RAJIV MEHROTRA / / Dhaka, Bangladesh / Kerala, India / Nepal / / Sanjay is one of the founder members of Moving Images, a Delhi-based media production team comprising filmmakers and researchers who engage with a variety of issues of common concern. He has produced documentaries on a diverse range of issues including the politics of water, conservation vs. livelihood, renewable energy technologies and high altitude mountain climbs in the Himalayas. He has combined his vast climbing and trekking experience with filmmaking and has filmed extensively at altitudes above 21,000 feet in the Himalayas. Sanjay’s films have been nominated at several international film festivals and have won awards too. / / Samreen completed her Masters from the Mass Communication Research Centre in Jamia Millia Islamia. She has worked with various production houses including Riverbanks Studios and Dusty / Foot Productions in the capacity of a producer and scriptwriter. Currently, she is trying her hand and luck at editing and camera in Moving Images. / / Rajiv Mehrotra is the Managing Trustee and Commissioning Editor of PSBT - his films have won more than 300 awards worldwide, including 32 in 31 years from the President of India. His nine books are available in 50 languages and editions. / / / / / PSBT is a not-for-profit that nurtures and supports the production of independent documentary films. Over two decades, it has produced some 700 documentary films. Each film averages two festival selections and every second film an award. / / Its Board of Trustees includes Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Fali Nariman, Kiran Karnik, Shyam Benegal, Sharmila Tagore and CEO, Prasar Bharati. / / CREDITS / CAMERA: Sanjay Barnela, Samreen Farooqui / EDITING: Samreen Farooqui / SOUND: Aftab Dere, Ashish Yechury, Kartika Singh / / Produced by PSBT supported by The Films Division ,The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting , Government of India / http://www.psbt.org/ ; http://filmsdivision.org/ / / Festival and screening queries: distribution@psbt.org
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