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Eco India: Anil Mistry - poacher turned conservationist promotes alternate livelihoods
Directed for a story in Scroll's 'Eco India series' on the Anil Mistry who is promoting alternate livelihood
Client: Scroll.in & DW
Direction: Anirban Dutta Gupta
Camera: Rupam Majumdar
Drone: Suman Pal
Format: HD PAL
Duration: 14 Min
Date: 2021
Eco India is an online environmental video magazine curated by Scroll.in and DW. I directed the short documentary on Anil Mistry, an ex-poacher who had a change of heart and has become an conservationist fighting to save the mangrove forests of Sundarbans and the myriad wildlife that live in it. Along the way, he along with his NGO has introduced various supplementary livelihood options which has helped the villagers be less reliant on venturing into the forest for sustenance.
Boat moving through Sundarbans
The Sundarbans
The Sundarbans
Anil Mistry waiting for his boat
Going out to collect seeds
On the boat
Mangroves
Collecting seeds
Collecting seeds
Sundarban villages
Sundarban villages
Once seeds have been collected
Village women taking up alternative livelihood
Village women taking up alternative livelihood
Fishing
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